Miniature New Orleans 1850's Creole bedroom
In my younger days I played with clay and became good at creating antiques
out of clay in miniature, and painting the clay to look like the various
materials I was coping . As I child I could make a Ancient Roman Village or a
Southern Antebellum town out of clay on the top of a table. In the late 1990's I
was making period rooms in miniature.
Prudent Mallard , 1853
This room Creole New Orleans bedroom from the 1850's was completed in 1999. It
show a Louisiana Creole bed chamber dating from the 1850's. The architecture of
the room is of the Classical Greek Revival period and dates to the 1830's. The
Greek Key doorways in the room have ornate entablatures toped with classical
anthemion's. The paneled doors are wood grained to look like rich flamed
mahogany and birds eye maple. The baseboard and the Creole mantel are
marbleized. At the top of the walls is a classical cornice molding. The transoms
are made up of Neoclassical Bow and arrow design
The furniture in the room is copied from Mid 19th century pieces by Creole
New Orleans most renown cabinetmaker Prudent Mallard. Prudent Mallard was born
in Sevres, France, in 1809, the son of Parisian mother whose husband was a
Scotsman. He emigrated to America in the 1830's first living in New York city
and then moving to New Orleans. Mallard became the most popular cabinetmaker in
New Orleans during the antebellum period and shipped his furniture all over the
South. He died 6 AUG 1879 in New Orleans, having married Augustine Andrea
Beltram with whom he had seven children. The rosewood Rococo Revival bedroom
suit of furniture consists of a half tester bed, dressing table, armoire,
shaving stand & pray due ( a chair to pray on at night).
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