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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND PIETRE DURE-MOUNTED CUT BRASS-INLAID EBONY AND EBONIZED SIDE-CABINET
Lot 23PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE BERNARD CASTRO, REMOVED FROM HISTORIC PANFIELD, LONG ISLAND (LOTS 1-23)

A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND PIETRE DURE-MOUNTED CUT BRASS-INLAID EBONY AND EBONIZED SIDE-CABINET

THE PIETRE DURE POSSIBLY RUSSIAN, PETERHOF IMPERIAL LAPIDARY WORKS, MID-19TH CENTURY

Fermé20 October 2011

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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND PIETRE DURE-MOUNTED CUT BRASS-INLAID EBONY AND EBONIZED SIDE-CABINET
THE PIETRE DURE POSSIBLY RUSSIAN, PETERHOF IMPERIAL LAPIDARY WORKS, MID-19TH CENTURY
The breakfront black marble top above an acanthus frieze and glazed door centered with a ribbon-tied bouquet, the interior with a shelf, the sides mounted with figures emblematic of Winter and Autumn, the angles each with a satyr herm, on shaped apron and block feet
52¼ in. (132.5 cm.) high, 44 in. (111.5 cm.) wide, 19½ in. (50 cm.) deep

Note du spécialiste

The depth and arrangement of the flowers on the present lot resemble raised hardstone works often associated with the Imperial Peterhof Lapidary Workshop rather than the prolific Florentine stone-cutting studios of the 19th century. The present cabinet, presumed to be one of a pair, relates closely to a pair of hardstone-mounted cabinets illustrated in Edward Petrovich Gau's mid-19th century watercolor of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna's Grand Drawing Room at the Winter Palace.