Date: 8/22/04
Auction 3
Auction
4038 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115
New Orleans Orleans Parish Louisiana
29.920877 -90.097717
c. 1850
40.5″ x 35″
Neal Auction, Louisiana Purchase Auction, October 1, 2 & 3, 2004, Lot 722. A Rare Louisiana Creole Gros Rouge Painted Punkah, late 18th/early 19th c., appears to be Southern yellow pine, pegged, mortise and tenon construction, with a raised central panel surrounded by applied molding, waisted triangular shape with strongly curving shoulders, and lower corners flanking a shaped skirt, hanging elements include small wrought iron pins extending from the lower portion of each shoulder and a round finial-type projection drilled with a hole; retains the original surface, height 40 1/2 in., width 35 in. [$10000/15000]
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