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A PAIR OF NAPOLEAN III ORMOLU-MOUNTED "PURPLE HEART" MAHOGANY AND TULIPWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY SIDE CABINETS
MID-19TH CENTURY
Each with rectangular ormolu-mounted top above a cushion-moulded frieze applied with foliate scrolling mount flanked by parquetry panels above two panelled doors inlaid with stained and engraved foliate garlands within two applied foliate borders and divided by similarly inlaid panels headed by ormolu brackets in the form of putti truncated at the waist, above a plinth with moulded border and applied with foliate garland and square tapering legs with foliate moulded sabots (restoration)--63½ in. (161 cm.) high, 53 in. (135 cm.) wide, 17¾ in (45 cm.) deep (2)
MID-19TH CENTURY
Each with rectangular ormolu-mounted top above a cushion-moulded frieze applied with foliate scrolling mount flanked by parquetry panels above two panelled doors inlaid with stained and engraved foliate garlands within two applied foliate borders and divided by similarly inlaid panels headed by ormolu brackets in the form of putti truncated at the waist, above a plinth with moulded border and applied with foliate garland and square tapering legs with foliate moulded sabots (restoration)--63½ in. (161 cm.) high, 53 in. (135 cm.) wide, 17¾ in (45 cm.) deep (2)