AN ORMOLU AND SEVRES-STYLE MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND PURPLE HEART ARMOIRE, with an arched pediment surmounted by two seated women holding flowers and supporting a ribbon-tied laurel oval, the centre painted with three female figures in 18th century costume above egg-and-dart moulding, the arched panel door with an oval bevelled mirror within an ormolu frame and with bevelled mirrored spandrel and ribbon-tied surmount, flanked to each side by a female caryatid, one holding a sheaf of corn with flowers and vines in her other hand, the companion figure with vines and grapes, the sides with quarter-veneered panels, the lower part of breakfront outline fitted with a drawer, the shaped plinth on toupie feet, late 19th Century

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AN ORMOLU AND SEVRES-STYLE MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND PURPLE HEART ARMOIRE, with an arched pediment surmounted by two seated women holding flowers and supporting a ribbon-tied laurel oval, the centre painted with three female figures in 18th century costume above egg-and-dart moulding, the arched panel door with an oval bevelled mirror within an ormolu frame and with bevelled mirrored spandrel and ribbon-tied surmount, flanked to each side by a female caryatid, one holding a sheaf of corn with flowers and vines in her other hand, the companion figure with vines and grapes, the sides with quarter-veneered panels, the lower part of breakfront outline fitted with a drawer, the shaped plinth on toupie feet, late 19th Century
52in. (132cm.) side; 105½in. (268cm.) high; 25in. (63.5cm.) deep

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