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A NAPOLEON III EBONISED AND GILT AND
BRONZED-METAL MOUNTED MEUBLE D'APUI
of undulating outline, with a slate marble top and foliate scroll-decorated frieze, enclosed by a door centred by a ribbon-tied oval panel, flanked by sides hung with trophies and fluted half column stiles with scroll capitals, the lock stamped Diehl 19 rue MICHEL-LE-COMTE, Paris -- 35½in. (90cm.) wide, 15in. (38cm.) deep, 44½in. (113cm.) high
Charles-Guillaume Diehl was at this address between 1853 and 1885, this or an identical commode is illustrated in Le Mobilier Francais du XIX Siecle, Denise Ledoux-Lebard, page 167
BRONZED-METAL MOUNTED MEUBLE D'APUI
of undulating outline, with a slate marble top and foliate scroll-decorated frieze, enclosed by a door centred by a ribbon-tied oval panel, flanked by sides hung with trophies and fluted half column stiles with scroll capitals, the lock stamped Diehl 19 rue MICHEL-LE-COMTE, Paris -- 35½in. (90cm.) wide, 15in. (38cm.) deep, 44½in. (113cm.) high
Charles-Guillaume Diehl was at this address between 1853 and 1885, this or an identical commode is illustrated in Le Mobilier Francais du XIX Siecle, Denise Ledoux-Lebard, page 167