A LOUIS-PHILIPPE ORMOLU-MOUNTED POLYCHROME HORN AND 'BOULLE' CONTRE-PARTIE SIDE TABLE, of serpentine outline, with a later verde antico marble top, the frieze drawer centred by a baldequined tablet with vine-wreathed bacchic mask, the four scrolled sphinx 'herm' supports joined by an undertier and centred by a dragon-handled vase, twice stamped CAILLAUX on the underside of the frame, mid-19th Century

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A LOUIS-PHILIPPE ORMOLU-MOUNTED POLYCHROME HORN AND 'BOULLE' CONTRE-PARTIE SIDE TABLE, of serpentine outline, with a later verde antico marble top, the frieze drawer centred by a baldequined tablet with vine-wreathed bacchic mask, the four scrolled sphinx 'herm' supports joined by an undertier and centred by a dragon-handled vase, twice stamped CAILLAUX on the underside of the frame, mid-19th Century
56in. (142cm.) wide; 34½in. (88cm.) high; 23in. (59cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The Ebeniste Eugène-Paul Caillaux of rue Saint-Benoit specialised in the manufacture of this type of boulle furniture in the mid-19th century. Related furniture was imported at this period by H. D. & I. Falcke, for sale at their Oxford Street, London showrooms (see Sotheby's, London, 16th March, 1990, lot 150 for a table bearing Falcke's label).

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