A walnut and marquetry serpentine-shaped open bookcase

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

细节

A walnut and marquetry serpentine-shaped open bookcase
Second half 19th Century
The frieze and uprights inlaid with foliate marquetry, with two apertures each with two adjustable shelves, on a plinth base
45½in. (115.5cm.) high; 12½in. (31.5cm.) deep; 73¼in. (186cm.) wide

拍品专文

The French furnishings exhibited at the 1862 London International Exhibition encouraged the taste for flowered marquetry and 'Boulle' inlay, produced by firms such as Messrs. Jackson and Graham and Messrs. Holland & Sons. Patterns for related flower-inlaid furniture featured in Henry Lawford's, Cabinet of Marquetry, Buhl and Inlaid Wood, 1870.