A FRENCH ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN-MOUNTED WALNUT AND BURR AMBOYNA CABINET-ON-STAND
BY CHARLES-GUILLAUME DIEHL, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular breakfront cabinet surmounted by a shield-mounted pediment and inset with an oval porcelain plaque finely painted with a Classical figure dancing with a putto and marked 'L.M.IE', the cabinet door enclosing ten fruitwood-strung drawers lined in blue silk and with a lock signed 'DIEHL / PARIS/ 19.r.Michel-le-Comte', above a frieze drawer and supported by four tapering legs joined by a stretcher with urn finial
54 ¼ in. (138 cm.) high; 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) wide; 15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.) deep
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN-MOUNTED WALNUT AND BURR AMBOYNA CABINET-ON-STAND
BY CHARLES-GUILLAUME DIEHL, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular breakfront cabinet surmounted by a shield-mounted pediment and inset with an oval porcelain plaque finely painted with a Classical figure dancing with a putto and marked 'L.M.IE', the cabinet door enclosing ten fruitwood-strung drawers lined in blue silk and with a lock signed 'DIEHL / PARIS/ 19.r.Michel-le-Comte', above a frieze drawer and supported by four tapering legs joined by a stretcher with urn finial
54 ¼ in. (138 cm.) high; 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) wide; 15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.) deep