Lot Essay
Nicolas Petit, maître in 1765
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY SIDE CABINETS
MID-18TH CENTURY, ONE STAMPED N. PETIT
Each with serpentine liver and grey mottled marble top above a cupboard door veneered à quatre faces and centrally inlaid with a ribbon-tied floral spray within a shaped medallion, the sides similarly veneered the rounded angles fitted with pierced foliate-cast chutes, on short cabriole legs with pierced acanthus-cast sabots (restoration to veneer) -42½in. (108cm.) high, 31½in. (80cm.) wide, 15¾in. (40cm.) deep (2)
MID-18TH CENTURY, ONE STAMPED N. PETIT
Each with serpentine liver and grey mottled marble top above a cupboard door veneered à quatre faces and centrally inlaid with a ribbon-tied floral spray within a shaped medallion, the sides similarly veneered the rounded angles fitted with pierced foliate-cast chutes, on short cabriole legs with pierced acanthus-cast sabots (restoration to veneer) -42½in. (108cm.) high, 31½in. (80cm.) wide, 15¾in. (40cm.) deep (2)