A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS-INALID RED TORTOISESHELL EBONY AND EBONISED 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY MIRROR AND CONSOLE TABLE
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with scrolling foliage in contre partie, the central plate within a moulded foliate surround surmounted by a roundell applied with putti representing Time, above a serpentine top additionally inlaid in mother-of-pearl, copper, pewter and ivory and green-painted marquetry decorated with a Berainesque scene, above a waved frieze centred by a putto with floral bouquet, on cabriole legs headed by caryatids terminating in hoof sabots
The mirror: 74¾ x 51 in. (190 x 130 cm.)
The console: 32 in. (81.5 cm.) high; 55 in. (140 cm.) wide; 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep
A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS-INALID RED TORTOISESHELL EBONY AND EBONISED 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY MIRROR AND CONSOLE TABLE
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with scrolling foliage in contre partie, the central plate within a moulded foliate surround surmounted by a roundell applied with putti representing Time, above a serpentine top additionally inlaid in mother-of-pearl, copper, pewter and ivory and green-painted marquetry decorated with a Berainesque scene, above a waved frieze centred by a putto with floral bouquet, on cabriole legs headed by caryatids terminating in hoof sabots
The mirror: 74¾ x 51 in. (190 x 130 cm.)
The console: 32 in. (81.5 cm.) high; 55 in. (140 cm.) wide; 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep