A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT BRASS-INLAID, TORTOISESHELL, EBONY AND EBONISED 'BOULLE' MEUBLE D'APPUI
BY MATHIEU BEFORT, DIT BEFORT JEUNE, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with egg-and-dart moulded edge above two cupboard doors inlaid in première partie with a foliate canopy centred by figures emblematic of Winter and Spring, within a floral ormolu surround and with corner mounts to the doors, with a Greek-key central divide with female mask, the interior fitted with three shelves, the sides centred by a bearded mask, on a rectangular plinth with gadrooned edge, on bun feet surmounted by a rosette
43 in. (109 cm.) high; 52 in. (132.5 cm.) wide; 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) deep
A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT BRASS-INLAID, TORTOISESHELL, EBONY AND EBONISED 'BOULLE' MEUBLE D'APPUI
BY MATHIEU BEFORT, DIT BEFORT JEUNE, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with egg-and-dart moulded edge above two cupboard doors inlaid in première partie with a foliate canopy centred by figures emblematic of Winter and Spring, within a floral ormolu surround and with corner mounts to the doors, with a Greek-key central divide with female mask, the interior fitted with three shelves, the sides centred by a bearded mask, on a rectangular plinth with gadrooned edge, on bun feet surmounted by a rosette
43 in. (109 cm.) high; 52 in. (132.5 cm.) wide; 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) deep
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