A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted thuya, walnut, tulipwood and porcelain-mounted cabinet-on-stand

BY CHARLES-GUILLAUME DIEHL, PARIS, CIRCA 1865

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A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted thuya, walnut, tulipwood and porcelain-mounted cabinet-on-stand
By Charles-Guillaume Diehl, Paris, Circa 1865
The architectural pediment above a door inset with an oval porcelain panel depicting two young women in a landscape, the lock-plate engraved DIEHL/PARIS/19 r. Michel-le-Comte, opening to reveal a fitted interior, with four drawers to the left and six smaller drawers to the right, each lined with blue silk, the lower section with a blue silk-lined drawer centred by a shell motif and flanked to each side by a pierced boss, on square tapering legs joined by an 'X'-shaped stretcher centred by a ring-handled flaming urn, on tapering feet
20 in. (51 cm.) wide; 54 in. (137 cm.) high; 16¼ in. (41.2 cm.) deep

拍品專文

Of German origin, Charles-Guillaume Diehl (1811-circa 1885) moved to Paris in 1840 and established his workshops at 39, rue Saint-Sébastien, where in 1870 there numbered around 600 employees. During the mid-19th Century, Diehl participated in the major international exhibitions, starting with the Great Exhibition in 1851. Amongst his medal-winning display at the Exposition des Arts industriels of 1861, were a number of articles made from thuya. He was awarded the hors-concours at the 1878 Exhibition.