AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY ENCOIGNURE with moulded arc-en-arbalette liver-marble top above two shaped doors with canted rectangular panels enclosing two shelves, the angles with scrolled mounts headed by lion-masks, the base centred by a patera flanked by acanthus scrolls, on bracket feet, with label inscribed in ink Lady Parker Garsington, with Duveen label, possibly German

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY ENCOIGNURE with moulded arc-en-arbalette liver-marble top above two shaped doors with canted rectangular panels enclosing two shelves, the angles with scrolled mounts headed by lion-masks, the base centred by a patera flanked by acanthus scrolls, on bracket feet, with label inscribed in ink Lady Parker Garsington, with Duveen label, possibly German
30in. (76cm.) wide; 38½in. (98cm.) high; 21in. (53cm.) deep

Lot Essay

It's 'cupid-bow' shape and ormolu-mounted parquetry decoration with hollow-cornered panels in the Louis XV-style are inspired by the work of Charles Cressent (d.1768), while the cock-headed 'pelta' escutcheon is derived from the work of André-Charles Boulle (d.1732).

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