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BY MATHIEU BEFORT, DIT BEFORT JEUNE, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT BRASS-INLAID, TORTOISESHELL, EBONY AND EBONISED 'BOULLE' MEUBLE D'APPUI
BY MATHIEU BEFORT, DIT BEFORT JEUNE, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with egg-and-dart moulded edge above two cupboard doors inlaid in première partie with a foliate canopy centred by figures emblematic of Winter and Spring, within a floral ormolu surround and with corner mounts to the doors, with a Greek-key central divide with female mask, the interior fitted with three shelves, the sides centred by a bearded mask, on a rectangular plinth with gadrooned edge, on bun feet surmounted by a rosette
43 in. (109 cm.) high; 52 in. (132.5 cm.) wide; 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) deep
BY MATHIEU BEFORT, DIT BEFORT JEUNE, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with egg-and-dart moulded edge above two cupboard doors inlaid in première partie with a foliate canopy centred by figures emblematic of Winter and Spring, within a floral ormolu surround and with corner mounts to the doors, with a Greek-key central divide with female mask, the interior fitted with three shelves, the sides centred by a bearded mask, on a rectangular plinth with gadrooned edge, on bun feet surmounted by a rosette
43 in. (109 cm.) high; 52 in. (132.5 cm.) wide; 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) deep
Special notice
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Sale room notice
This cabinet is by Mathieu Befort, dit Befort Jeune. The upright sides, visible when the top is removed, are variously stamped BEFORT JEUNE.
Another example of this model stamped by Befort Jeune, with contre partie marquetry doors, from the Collection of Pierre Lécoules, is illustrated in D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIX Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 50).
Please see lot 18 for a note on Befort Jeune.
Another example of this model stamped by Befort Jeune, with contre partie marquetry doors, from the Collection of Pierre Lécoules, is illustrated in D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIX Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 50).
Please see lot 18 for a note on Befort Jeune.
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