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A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted, cut brass and tortoiseshell-inlaid ebony and ebonised 'Boulle' meuble d'appui

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

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A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted, cut brass and tortoiseshell-inlaid ebony and ebonised 'Boulle' meuble d'appui
By Mathieu Befort, dit Befort Jeune, Paris, Third quarter 19th Century
The rectangular black marble top above an acanthus frieze and pair of doors flanked by figures emblematic of Winter and Spring, flanked to each side by a figure of Cupid holding a flower-filled basket, the interior with two adjustable shelves, the sides centred by putti emblematic of the Arts, on toupie feet each headed by a patera; the carcass stamped BEFORT. JEUNE
46½ in. (118 cm.) high; 43¾ in. (111 cm.) wide; 16¼ in. (41 cm.) deep

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VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

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.

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