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THBAn Aesthetic Movement Hexagonal Parlor Table, Ahmedabad Wood Carving Company, Attributed to Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932)
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LiveSep 22, 2024
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- Lot Description
Hexagonal form with elaborately carved edges and panels; well worn top, folate trailing vine detail on edges, a center shelf with alternating arched paneled and non-paneled openings, carved panels between the legs forming archways, the legs each appear to be comprised off three pieces, with carved panels to two outward faces edges, copper sheet pentagonal cutouts affixed to the feet with small staples, possibly added later. Areas of loss to corners; nicks and scratches from use; areas of separation between the panels and frame. 21 1/8" tall x 46" across point to point, shelf height at 10 3/8".
Probably between 1885-1900, and possibly assembled in New York. It has become the standard recently to attribute pieces like this first to the Ahmedabad Wood Carving Company, and then to de Forest, as the scholarship and historical record show that de Forest gave the traditional Gujarati carvers (mistri) broad latitude with the particular designs of these tables, not just with regards to the decorative carving, but of the structural design and proportions as well.
In her 2020 presentation to the Olana Partnership, Sarah Coffin, former curator of Decorative Arts at Cooper Hewitt, speaks of the delineation between the bespoke and inventory pieces coming out of the Ahmedabad workshop, and says of one of the tabouret tables in the Church collection:
"These were clearly made as products that were made at the studio to be sold on the open market and this was not something that was peculiar to Church, this particular piece, he would have had some in stock, probably in his own shop, and supplied them first to Church."
Coffin is referring to de Forrest's own shop in New York, which he opened after returning from India and ending his formal partnership with LC Tiffany.
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- Provenance
Acquired by our consignor's grandfather, of Troy, NH and later Jaffrey, NH in the 1950's or early 1960's along with the armchair (lot 20). Family photographic records show these pieces in everyday usage in this family home, beginning in the early 1960's.
It is believed by the family that these pieces were acquired locally, either as gifts or purchases. We believe it's possible that they came from the de Forest family, as Alfred de Forest, Lockwood de Forest's son and notable MIT engineer, and his wife Izette Taber de Forest, notable psychoanalyst, owned a farm in the adjacent town, Marlborough, NH, from the late 1930's until Izette's passing in 1965.
Similar examples:
Christie's 12/12/16 lot 112, and the related example at Olana Historical Site; these examples are smaller, and more ornate
Bonhams 3/27/18 lots 217 and 219; see similar pattern to table top edge
Lawrence University's library teak room example, formerly in Alice Chapman's Milwaukee home
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