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A FRENCH SIMULATED ROSEWOOD MARQUETRY AND GILTMETAL MOUNTED STEEL SAFE, BY L'HERMITTE
Surmounted by a white moulded marble top of recessed outline, the frieze with foliate scroll ornament and fitted with velvet lined interior enclosed by finely machine tooled steel doors enclosed by a fallfront with tulipwood crossbanded kingwood marquetry panel door inlaid with a vase of flowers with locking mechanism, the lower part fitted with steel shelves and shallow enclosed drawer compartment enclosed by a dummy drawer front door with elaborate locking system with engraved stamp on the back BTE L-HERMITTE BTESGDG flanked by fluted giltmetal corinthian columns with laurel leaf collars, the moulded base with square feet, the sides with simulated rosewood quarter veneered panels, engraved several times BTE L'HERMITTE PARIS 1830
32in. (81cm.), 23½in. (60cm.) deep, 57in. (145cm.) high
Surmounted by a white moulded marble top of recessed outline, the frieze with foliate scroll ornament and fitted with velvet lined interior enclosed by finely machine tooled steel doors enclosed by a fallfront with tulipwood crossbanded kingwood marquetry panel door inlaid with a vase of flowers with locking mechanism, the lower part fitted with steel shelves and shallow enclosed drawer compartment enclosed by a dummy drawer front door with elaborate locking system with engraved stamp on the back BTE L-HERMITTE BTESGDG flanked by fluted giltmetal corinthian columns with laurel leaf collars, the moulded base with square feet, the sides with simulated rosewood quarter veneered panels, engraved several times BTE L'HERMITTE PARIS 1830
32in. (81cm.), 23½in. (60cm.) deep, 57in. (145cm.) high
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