A FINE PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND CITRONNIER SIDE CABINETS
BY ALFRED-EMMANUEL-LOUIS (DIT ALFRED II) BEURDELEY, PARIS, CIRCA 1870, IN THE MANNER OF BERNARD MOLITOR
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A FINE PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND CITRONNIER SIDE CABINETS
BY ALFRED-EMMANUEL-LOUIS (DIT ALFRED II) BEURDELEY, PARIS, CIRCA 1870, IN THE MANNER OF BERNARD MOLITOR
Each with rectangular brocatelle violette d'Espagne marble top, above a guilloche-applied frieze drawer and cupboard door applied with the Fountain of the Three Graces within a ribbon-tied laurel wreath, the angles headed with Corinthian capitals, on toupie feet with capped sabots, the escutcheon of one cabinet stamped 'BY'
41 ³/₄ in. (106 cm) high, 31 in. (80 cm.) wide, ; 21 ¹/₄ in. (54 cm.) deep
BY ALFRED-EMMANUEL-LOUIS (DIT ALFRED II) BEURDELEY, PARIS, CIRCA 1870, IN THE MANNER OF BERNARD MOLITOR
Each with rectangular brocatelle violette d'Espagne marble top, above a guilloche-applied frieze drawer and cupboard door applied with the Fountain of the Three Graces within a ribbon-tied laurel wreath, the angles headed with Corinthian capitals, on toupie feet with capped sabots, the escutcheon of one cabinet stamped 'BY'
41 ³/₄ in. (106 cm) high, 31 in. (80 cm.) wide, ; 21 ¹/₄ in. (54 cm.) deep
Provenance
A Private Collection: Volume 2, Important Furniture and Decoration Inspired by XVIII Century Models, Sotheby's, New York, 19 April 2007, lot 171.
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