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MITCHELL AND RAMMELSBERG

• SIGNED MITCHELL AND RAMMELSBERG
  SIGNED MITCHELL AND RAMMELSBERG MT SIDEBOARDSigned Mitchell and Rammelsberg MT Sideboard Condition: Please Email for a detailed condition report.
• MITCHELL AND RAMMELSBERG LABELED
  MITCHELL AND RAMMELSBERG LABELED ROSEWOOD ETAGERE circa 1850 Rococo Revival with pierced carving and a large central mirror flanked by three graduated shelves backed by mirrors serpentine shaped lower console with white marble top and center drawer - h:101.50 w:63 d:21 in.
• An American Renaissance Carved
  An American Renaissance Carved and Burl Walnut Bedroom Suite c. 1860 Mitchell & Rammelsberg Cincinnati Ohio comprising a bedstead and princess dresser; the bedstead and mirror with cartouche crest floral and burl panels and headboard bracketed rails; arched rounded footboard; the dresser with pendant drops and candle shelves marble top center above two drawers flanked by marble top pedestal ends containing four drawers carved foliate pulls blocked base back of mirror stamped; cast iron hardware stamped dresser height 101 in. width 57 in. depth 22 in.; bed height 109 in. length 80 in. depth 60 in. Note: The interplay of burl veneers boldly carved adornments and large proportions on this suite are typical of bedroom furniture known from Mitchell and Rammelsberg in the years surrounding the Civil War. Scholar Ulysses Dietz notes that mid-western furniture makers worked on a "larger than life" scale to appeal to the less tradition-bound society of the West. A bedroom suite consisting of bedstead dresser and armoire with a Mitchell and Rammelsberg label identical to that offered here was sold as lot 435 by Neal Auction Company February 11 1991. Reference: Dietz A Century of Revivals p. 37 pl. 29. and Dubrow. American Furniture of the 19th c. 1840-1880 p 210.
• A Fine American Aesthetic Carved
  A Fine American Aesthetic Carved and Burled Walnut Bedroom Suite c. 1880 attributed to Mitchell and Rammelsberg Cincinnati comprising a half tester bed with elaborate carved and pierced tester bracket supports head and footboard with bracketed rails; matching armoire center stile flanked by mirrored doors two long drawers below; mirrored marble top dresser three short over two long drawers; mirrored marble top washstand long drawer over drawers and cupboard. Provenance: Descended in a New Orleans family acquired from a Royal Street New Orleans purveyor long ago. Note: This bedroom suite is likely part of a group of furniture made in Cincinnati and sold in New Orleans in the 1880's. The use of walnut the proportions case configurations and carved embellishments relate closely to those on a suite sold in these rooms in 1995 and illustrated in Dubrow. Styles of American Furniture 1860-1960 p. 59; a suite stenciled "M & Co. New Orleans" and sold by Neal Auction Company as lot 973 on February 12 2011; and a suite by Mitchell and Rammelsberg exhibited at the Cincinnati Museum of Art. Mitchell and Rammelsburg began their partnership in 1847 and built a vast Cincinnati manufacturing complex with warerooms in St. Louis (1855) Kentucky (1862) and on Royal Street in New Orleans (1865). Frederick Rammelsberg died in 1863 and William Mitchell bought his partner's shares in the business. By 1888 the Rammelsberg name was dropped and the firm continued operation until 1930. Though produced by a large manufactory using steam powered machines the suite offered here shows influence from the renowned programs of Arts and Crafts proponents Henry Lindley Fry William Henry Fry and Benn Pitman who held woodcarving classes for women at the University of Cincinnati School of Design starting in 1873. Reference: Howe. Cincinnati Art Carved Furniture. and Trapp. "'To Beautify the Useful:" Benn Pittman and the Women's Woodcarving Movement in Cincinnati in the Late 19th c. " Victorian Furniture. pp. 174-192.
• VICTORIAN CORNER BOOKCASE.
  VICTORIAN CORNER BOOKCASE. Stenciled mark for Mitchell and Rammelsberg Cincinnati Ohio ca. 1860 walnut cherry and poplar. Molded cornice wave-molded frieze applied moldings to the doors two drawers and a bracket base. Interior has adjustable shelves. Imperfections. 83 1/2''h. 47''w. 15 1/2''d. requires a 35'' corner. For similar examples see Neal Auctions (New Orleans) October 2004 lots 1037 and 1416 and June 2002 lot 450. Old/original finish worn and craze on the drawers and base some minor veneer damage.
• American Rococo Revival Rosewood
  American Rococo Revival Rosewood and faux Rosewood Twin-Size Half Tester Bedstead, probably made by Mitchell and Rammelsberg, Cincinnati, Ohio, third quarter 19th century, the headboard supported by turned posts with pierced brackets supporting the canopy, h. 100", l. 83", inside w. 42", outside l. 48".
• American Rococo Revival Rosewood
  American Rococo Revival Rosewood and Faux Rosewood Arched Top Armoire, attributed to Mitchell and Rammelsberg Furniture Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, third quarter 19th century, the deeply molded cornice over an applied carved frieze and a pair of framed and paneled doors, the base fitted with two side-by-side drawers, h. 99-1/2", w. 61-3/4", d. 23".