A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY AND EBONY PEDESTAL CABINETS
BY MATHIEU BEFORT, DIT BEFORT JEUNE, RETAILED BY MAISON ALPHONSE GIROUX, PARIS, CIRCA 1870
Each with later marble top above door opening to one shelf, the carcass stamped 'BEFORT JEUNE', the reverse stencilled 'MAISON ALPH. GIROUX / PARIS / ....', the mounts regilt
41 ¼ in. (105 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep
A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY AND EBONY PEDESTAL CABINETS
BY MATHIEU BEFORT, DIT BEFORT JEUNE, RETAILED BY MAISON ALPHONSE GIROUX, PARIS, CIRCA 1870
Each with later marble top above door opening to one shelf, the carcass stamped 'BEFORT JEUNE', the reverse stencilled 'MAISON ALPH. GIROUX / PARIS / ....', the mounts regilt
41 ¼ in. (105 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep