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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND MARQUETRY VITRINE
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND MARQUETRY VITRINE
Late 19th Century
The arched top centred by an oval escutcheon cast with a feather plume, above a glazed panel door with caryatid mounts and a glazed panel to each side, the velvet lined interior with a mirrored back and a shelf, above bombé lower part inlaid with a foliate marquetry, the sides similarly inlaid, on square tapering legs with scroll sabots, the back with printed label BEDEL & CIE LE GARDE MEUBLE PUBLIC/18 Rue St. Augustin, one glazed panel broken
34in. (86cm.) wide; 70in. (178cm.) high; 19in. (48cm.) deep
Late 19th Century
The arched top centred by an oval escutcheon cast with a feather plume, above a glazed panel door with caryatid mounts and a glazed panel to each side, the velvet lined interior with a mirrored back and a shelf, above bombé lower part inlaid with a foliate marquetry, the sides similarly inlaid, on square tapering legs with scroll sabots, the back with printed label BEDEL & CIE LE GARDE MEUBLE PUBLIC/18 Rue St. Augustin, one glazed panel broken
34in. (86cm.) wide; 70in. (178cm.) high; 19in. (48cm.) deep