A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CABINETS-ON-STAND
LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CABINETS-ON-STAND
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with three-quarter galleried top, above a hinged door and a fall-front secretaire drawer respectively, centred by a Sèvres oval panel decorated with ribbon-tied baskets of flowers, surrounded by ormolu borders and a rosette to each edge, the canted fluted angles headed by laurel swags and ionic capitals and terminating in square flowerheads, the frieze with one drawer inset with Sèvres panels between foliate intertwined rosettes, on square tapering legs joined by pierced stretchers centred by rosettes
53 ¹/₂ in. (136 cm.) high; 22 ¹/₂ in. (57.5 cm.) wide; 15 ¹/₄ in. (39 cm.) deep
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with three-quarter galleried top, above a hinged door and a fall-front secretaire drawer respectively, centred by a Sèvres oval panel decorated with ribbon-tied baskets of flowers, surrounded by ormolu borders and a rosette to each edge, the canted fluted angles headed by laurel swags and ionic capitals and terminating in square flowerheads, the frieze with one drawer inset with Sèvres panels between foliate intertwined rosettes, on square tapering legs joined by pierced stretchers centred by rosettes
53 ¹/₂ in. (136 cm.) high; 22 ¹/₂ in. (57.5 cm.) wide; 15 ¹/₄ in. (39 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Viscounts Astor, Cliveden, Berkshire,
until sold Sotheby's London, 10 December 2003, lot 122.
until sold Sotheby's London, 10 December 2003, lot 122.
Brought to you by
Benjamin Berry
Head of Sale, Associate Specialist