A pair of Napoleon III ormolu-mounted, 'Boulle', ebonised and pietre dure-mounted meubles d'appui
A pair of Napoleon III ormolu-mounted, 'Boulle', ebonised and pietre dure-mounted meubles d'appui

CIRCA 1870

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A pair of Napoleon III ormolu-mounted, 'Boulle', ebonised and pietre dure-mounted meubles d'appui
Circa 1870
Each with a shaped breakfront top, above an acanthus-cast frieze, above a central panel door decorated to the centre with an oval pietre dure panel of flowers and a bird within a ribbon-tied mount and with 'Boulle'-work spandrels, the interior with three velvet-lined shelves, flanked to each side by a fluted columnar upright with a shaped glazed panel door, with two velvet-lined shelves, on a plinth base, on bun feet
53¼ in. (135.5 cm.) wide; 44¼ in. (112.5 cm.) high; 19½ in. (49.5 cm.) deep (2)

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