Chene Vert in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana - Creole plantation house

Magazine Antiques, March, 1997 by H. Parrott Bacot

11 Duggan's and Wright's names are inscribed in the very smallest lettering on the medal.

12 See, for example, Stephen Harrison's article, "C. Lee: Maker of Bedsteads for the Southern Market," Maine Antique Digest April 1994, pp. 28-29A, which revealed the startling discovery that the numerous high-post beds found throughout the South stamped "C.LEE" were not made in New Orleans but by Charles Lee's (1817-1889) shop in Manchester, Massachusetts.

13 Mercer's life dates are given in ms. 292, p. 4 (Louisiana and Lower Mississippi River Valley Collection, Louisiana State University Libraries, Baton Rouge).

14 The other two pieces are a chest in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and an armoire presently owned by an antiques dealer in Minnesota.

15 That kitchen was moved to another restored plantation complex in Pointe Coupee Parish.

H. PARROTT BACOT is the director of the Louisiana State University Museum of Art in Baton Rouge.