A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, MAHOGANY AND BOIS-DE-BOUT MARQUETRY SERPENTINE VITRINE
Lot 153

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, MAHOGANY AND BOIS-DE-BOUT MARQUETRY SERPENTINE VITRINE

OF LOUIS XV STYLE, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed16 September 2014

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GBP 8,750

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, MAHOGANY AND BOIS-DE-BOUT MARQUETRY SERPENTINE VITRINE
OF LOUIS XV STYLE, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
With moulded mottled red, beige, grey and green Campan marble top over a central cupboard door enclosing two shelves, the door inlaid with a floral spray, the glazed flanking cupboards with serpentine fronts and sides, each with two glass shelves, the locks stamped DUVIVIER/ PARIS/ RE ST ANTOINE, the whole mounted with very fine gilt-bronzes
50 in. (127 cm.) high; 56 ½ in. (143.5 cm.) wide; 18 in. (45.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Duvivier made locks for many of the best cabinet-making firms in Paris at the end of the 19th century, including Linke, Maison Millet and Maison Krieger.