A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND PARQUETRY FOUR-PIECE BEDROOM SUITE
BY MERCIER FRÈRES, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising an armoire, commode with vanity mirror and pair of tables de nuit, the armoire with a stepped pediment centred by a ribbon-tied swagged medallion, above a mirror door flanked to each side by a three-quarter mirrored door, the divided interior enclosing five shelves and four drawers on fluted toupie feet; the commode en suite, surmounted by a mirror with arched pediment supported on two flanking drawers, the rosso verona marble top above four lozenge parquetry drawers, on fluted toupie feet; the tables de nuit each with an oval mottled yellow marble top above a drawer and pot cupboard on fluted tapering legs joined by a tier, each with ivorine plaquette signed 'AMEUBLEMENTS DE STYLE / Meubles, Sieges, Teintures MERCIER FRèRES 100, Faubourg St. Antoine, 100 PARIS'
The armoire: 99 in. (251 cm.) high; 71 in. (180 cm.) wide; 19 in. (48 cm.) deep
The commode: 86½ in. (220 cm.) high; 51¼ in. (130 cm.) wide; 25 in. (58.5 cm.) deep
The table d'nuit: 33 in. (84 cm.) high; 18½ in. (47 cm.) wide; 14½ in. (37 cm.) deep (4)
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND PARQUETRY FOUR-PIECE BEDROOM SUITE
BY MERCIER FRÈRES, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising an armoire, commode with vanity mirror and pair of tables de nuit, the armoire with a stepped pediment centred by a ribbon-tied swagged medallion, above a mirror door flanked to each side by a three-quarter mirrored door, the divided interior enclosing five shelves and four drawers on fluted toupie feet; the commode en suite, surmounted by a mirror with arched pediment supported on two flanking drawers, the rosso verona marble top above four lozenge parquetry drawers, on fluted toupie feet; the tables de nuit each with an oval mottled yellow marble top above a drawer and pot cupboard on fluted tapering legs joined by a tier, each with ivorine plaquette signed 'AMEUBLEMENTS DE STYLE / Meubles, Sieges, Teintures MERCIER FRèRES 100, Faubourg St. Antoine, 100 PARIS'
The armoire: 99 in. (251 cm.) high; 71 in. (180 cm.) wide; 19 in. (48 cm.) deep
The commode: 86½ in. (220 cm.) high; 51¼ in. (130 cm.) wide; 25 in. (58.5 cm.) deep
The table d'nuit: 33 in. (84 cm.) high; 18½ in. (47 cm.) wide; 14½ in. (37 cm.) deep (4)
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