Lot Essay
A similar cabinet by Befort with a lapis lazuli-mounted door was sold Christie's, South Kensington, 10 April 2002, lot 555.
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BY MATHIEU BEFORT (DIT BEFORT JEUNE), PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-AND HARDSTONE-MOUNTED EBONY AND EBONIZED MEUBLE D'APPUI
BY MATHIEU BEFORT (DIT BEFORT JEUNE), PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The canted Belgian black marble top above a pierced acanthus frieze and paneled door centered with a ribbon-tied pietre dure spray of flowers, the angles each with a standing female figure, the paneled sides each with a Nemean lion mask, on a shaped base with foliate clasps, the reverse stenciled 33344 and applied with paper labels, one printed FL POPHAM
52¾ in. (134 cm.) high, 38¼ in. (97.2 cm.) wide, 18 1/8 in. (46 cm.) deep
BY MATHIEU BEFORT (DIT BEFORT JEUNE), PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The canted Belgian black marble top above a pierced acanthus frieze and paneled door centered with a ribbon-tied pietre dure spray of flowers, the angles each with a standing female figure, the paneled sides each with a Nemean lion mask, on a shaped base with foliate clasps, the reverse stenciled 33344 and applied with paper labels, one printed FL POPHAM
52¾ in. (134 cm.) high, 38¼ in. (97.2 cm.) wide, 18 1/8 in. (46 cm.) deep
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