A NAPOLEON III KINGWOOD, PARQUETRY AND MARQUETRY MEUBLE D'APPUI, of Louis XV style, the front inlaid within cartouches with entwined flowers heightened with white-paint, the step serpentine-fronted top above a pair of doors enclosing a blue japanned interior of drawers and pigeon-holes decorated with scrolling flowers, above two drawers inlaid sans traverse with a parquetry panel, the beaded angles mounted with pierced foliage, on short cabriole legs and foliate sabots, restorations, stamped P G D ROY and with a false JME stamp

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A NAPOLEON III KINGWOOD, PARQUETRY AND MARQUETRY MEUBLE D'APPUI, of Louis XV style, the front inlaid within cartouches with entwined flowers heightened with white-paint, the step serpentine-fronted top above a pair of doors enclosing a blue japanned interior of drawers and pigeon-holes decorated with scrolling flowers, above two drawers inlaid sans traverse with a parquetry panel, the beaded angles mounted with pierced foliage, on short cabriole legs and foliate sabots, restorations, stamped P G D ROY and with a false JME stamp
54in. (137.2cm) wide; 60¼in. (153cm.) high; 21in. (53.3cm.) deep

Provenance

Chateau de Grignan

Lot Essay

This meuble d'appui formed part of a suite, sold in these rooms, 2 July 1981, lot 76.
This secretaire-cabinet's serpentined form, acanthus-scrolled mounts and trellised and floral marquetry cartouches, relate to the work of Louis XV ébénistes such as Pierre Migeon II (d.1758)

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