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BY MAISON GIROUX, PARIS, THE ENAMEL PLAQUES BY BERNARD-ALFRED MEYER (1832-1904), SÈVRES, DATE 1866
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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY, TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY CABINET SERRE-BIJOUX
BY MAISON GIROUX, PARIS, THE ENAMEL PLAQUES BY BERNARD-ALFRED MEYER (1832-1904), SÈVRES, DATE 1866
The spreading rectangular top centred by a shield mount flanked by arabesques against a checkerboard parquetry ground, enclosing a fitted interior with three compartments lined in pink satin and velvet with a parquetry border, the interior of the stepped top with an ormolu-framed rectangular mirror, the hinges engraved with scrolling acanthus, the lockplate signed 'M.son Ase Giroux et Comp.nie à Paris', above a pair of cabinet doors each mounted with an enamel plaque depicting Classical maidens and signed with a monogram and dated 'AMEYR/ 1866', opening to reveal one faux drawer, an upholstered sliding tray, and three frieze drawers, with a shaped apron and raised on baluster feet
44 in. (112 cm.) high; 39 ¾ in. (101 cm.) wide; 57 in. (22 ½ cm.) deep
BY MAISON GIROUX, PARIS, THE ENAMEL PLAQUES BY BERNARD-ALFRED MEYER (1832-1904), SÈVRES, DATE 1866
The spreading rectangular top centred by a shield mount flanked by arabesques against a checkerboard parquetry ground, enclosing a fitted interior with three compartments lined in pink satin and velvet with a parquetry border, the interior of the stepped top with an ormolu-framed rectangular mirror, the hinges engraved with scrolling acanthus, the lockplate signed 'M.son Ase Giroux et Comp.nie à Paris', above a pair of cabinet doors each mounted with an enamel plaque depicting Classical maidens and signed with a monogram and dated 'AMEYR/ 1866', opening to reveal one faux drawer, an upholstered sliding tray, and three frieze drawers, with a shaped apron and raised on baluster feet
44 in. (112 cm.) high; 39 ¾ in. (101 cm.) wide; 57 in. (22 ½ cm.) deep
Literature
C. Payne, Paris Furniture: The Luxury Market of the 19th Century, San-Remy-en-l'eau, 2018, p. 370 (illustrated).
Special notice
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