Oak Two-Part Cabinet, attr. Roux

American Carved Oak Two-Part Cabinet, mid-19th c., attr. to Alexander Roux, New York elaborately carved scrolled acanthine crest, turned finials, arched double-scrolled cornice, egg and dart molded cartouche glazed doors, flanked by caryatid stiles, scalloped and beaded shelves, lower case with two foliate frieze drawers, hunt and harved relief-carved doors, stepped base, h. 104 1/2 in., w. 57 1/2 in., d. 22 1/2 in Note: The elegant and exuberantly carved two-part cabinet offered here shares many similar aspects with the cabinetry of Alexander Roux, most notably the carved trophy relief panels on the lower portion of the cabinet. Among mid-19th century New York cabinetmakers, Roux was most known for incorporating animal figures in his elaborate pieces and often used themes of hunt and harvest, adhering to the French Renaissance Revival tradition. Roux displayed a sideboard with hunt and harvest carvings at the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1853 in New York and was commissioned to make a pair of related sideboards for the Astor family. This cabinet is closely related to a sideboard in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and a similar oak two-part cabinet sold in these rooms as lot 266 on June 28, 2014.Ref.: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1993.168. Accessed October 21, 2019.