A Napoleon III ormolu- and Sevres-style porcelain-mounted, cut brass and tortoiseshell-inlaid ebony and ebonised 'Boulle' console table
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A Napoleon III ormolu- and Sevres-style porcelain-mounted, cut brass and tortoiseshell-inlaid ebony and ebonised 'Boulle' console table

BY MATHIEU BEFORT, DIT BEFORT JEUNE, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A Napoleon III ormolu- and Sevres-style porcelain-mounted, cut brass and tortoiseshell-inlaid ebony and ebonised 'Boulle' console table
By Mathieu Befort, dit Befort Jeune, Paris, Third quarter 19th Century
The shaped top decorated with a Berainesque scene, above a frieze centred by an oval plaque depicting a courting couple, flanked to each side by two oval portrait medallions, on cabriole legs, each headed by an espagnolette, joined by a shaped stretcher, on scrolling acanthus sabots, the carcass stamped BEFORT JEUNE to the back
35¾ in. (91 cm.) high; 66 in. (168 cm.) wide; 22½ in. (57 cm.) deep
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品專文

Mathieu Befort, dit Before Jeune, was the son of Jean-Baptiste Befort (d. 1840), who established his Paris workshops in 1817 in the faubourg Saint-Honoré. He was a brother of Bernard Befort, ébéniste-marqueteur and 'antiquaire' and like him specialised in 'meubles de Boulle'. The firm received a medal at the 1844 Exposition des Produits de l'Industrie française. Befort Jeune was recorded at Neuves-Saint-Gilles from 1844 until 1880.