A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III BRASS-INLAID EBONIZED AND MAHOGANY SIDE CABINETS,

BY PECQUEREAU PÈRE, FILS ET GENDRE, CIRCA 1870, EACH ORIGINALLY WITH A SUPERSTRUCTURE,

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A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III BRASS-INLAID EBONIZED AND MAHOGANY SIDE CABINETS,
By Pecquereau Père, Fils et Gendre, circa 1870, each originally with a superstructure,
Each canted rectangular top inlaid with an ebony eliptical and brass banding and with a molded edge, over two panelled short frieze drawers and a pair of center-opening cut-corner panelled doors enclosing a shelved interior, between rounded canted angles set with ebonized anthemion carving, on a conforming stepped plinth base, each stamped in black ink PECQUEREAU PERE, FILS & GENDRE/5 RUE DE CHEMIN VERTS, the ebony veneer to top later
37in. (94cm.) high, 51in. (129.5cm.) wide, 18in. (45.5cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's New York, 25 September 1998, lot 365 ($11,500).

Lot Essay

The firm Pecquereau Père et Fils, founded by Jean-Théodore Pecquereau (b.1807) who served as contremaître in the atelier of Alphonse-Georges Jacob (d.1870), is listed at 5, rue du Chemin-Vert from 1862. The name of the firm changed to Pecquereau Père et Fils et Gilbert Gendre in 1867, narrowing the date of this pair of cabinets to after this date. The firm exhibited in the Universal Exposition of 1855 and again in London in 1862 where they won a medal.

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