A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY AND EBONY MEUBLE D’APPUI
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY AND EBONY MEUBLE D’APPUI
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY AND EBONY MEUBLE D’APPUI
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY AND EBONY MEUBLE D’APPUI
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID AND TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY AND EBONY MEUBLE D’APPUI

THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID AND TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY AND EBONY MEUBLE D’APPUI
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular black marble top above an egg and dart border and a central panel decorated in contre partie mounted with a baldachine over a Bacchic figure and a Summer maiden, flanked by panels strapwork mounts to the corners and similarly decorated in contre partie centred by figures of Ceres and Bacchus respectively, the two doors enclosing two shelves, the sides brass-strung and hung with a male maks, on toupie feet each headed by a patera
47 ½ in. (121 cm.) high; 52 in. (132 cm.) wide; 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) deep
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