A BOULLE BRASS-INLAID EBONY AND RED-TORTOISESHELL CARTONNIER, the stepped plinth above a shaped rectangular top and ten variously-sized gilt-embossed red-leather removable compartments, alphabetically inscribed, above three short drawers inlaid en contre partie with foliate arabesques, the sides with both a female-mask and a satyr-mask, the lower section with a pair of doors inlaid en premier partie with courtly figures, trumpeters, monkeys and foliate-arabesques and enclosing a fitted interior with one shelf, the sides with simulated panels, upon a gadrooned plinth with foliate angle-clasps, 19th Century, the marquetry of the doors early 18th Century

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A BOULLE BRASS-INLAID EBONY AND RED-TORTOISESHELL CARTONNIER, the stepped plinth above a shaped rectangular top and ten variously-sized gilt-embossed red-leather removable compartments, alphabetically inscribed, above three short drawers inlaid en contre partie with foliate arabesques, the sides with both a female-mask and a satyr-mask, the lower section with a pair of doors inlaid en premier partie with courtly figures, trumpeters, monkeys and foliate-arabesques and enclosing a fitted interior with one shelf, the sides with simulated panels, upon a gadrooned plinth with foliate angle-clasps, 19th Century, the marquetry of the doors early 18th Century
41½in. (105.5cm.), 63¼in. (160.5cm.) high; 13½in. (34cm.) deep

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