A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONISED, BRASS AND RED TORTOISESHELL-INLAID BOULLE SIDE CABINETS, each with rectangular top and egg-and-dart moulding, the frieze-mounted with acanthus above a door simulated as four drawers each inlaid with masks, birds and insect amidst strapwork, flanked by pilasters with ionic capitals on turned toupie feet, the panelled sides mounted with lyres, second quarter 19th Century, the boulle panels to the drawer fronts early 18th Century

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONISED, BRASS AND RED TORTOISESHELL-INLAID BOULLE SIDE CABINETS, each with rectangular top and egg-and-dart moulding, the frieze-mounted with acanthus above a door simulated as four drawers each inlaid with masks, birds and insect amidst strapwork, flanked by pilasters with ionic capitals on turned toupie feet, the panelled sides mounted with lyres, second quarter 19th Century, the boulle panels to the drawer fronts early 18th Century
26½in. (67.5cm.) wide; 40in. (103cm.) high; 12in. (30.5cm.) deep (2)

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