Lot 220
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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND FLORAL MARQUETRY SERPENTINE SIDE CABINET
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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND FLORAL MARQUETRY SERPENTINE SIDE CABINET

BY GEORGES-ALPHONSE-BONIFACIO MONBRO, CIRCA 1860

Details
A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND FLORAL MARQUETRY SERPENTINE SIDE CABINET
BY GEORGES-ALPHONSE-BONIFACIO MONBRO, CIRCA 1860
The upper section with glazed doors enclosing shelves, the base with a velvet lined secretaire drawer with fall front and fitted with two small drawers and cupboards below, stamped to the reverse MONBRO AINÉ
57in. (145cm.) high, 36½in. (93cm.) wide, 15½in. (39cm.) deep
Provenance
Stanley Passmore and by descent.
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Lot Essay

Georges Monbro (d.1884) succeeded his father and in 1863 established a business at 2 Frith Street, Soho Square, London, specialising in fine furniture in the fashionable revival styles. Monbro received several Royal Commissions and exhibited at the 1855 Paris Exhibition Universelle. The business was taken over by Mellier & co in 1868.
See C. Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, London, 1981.

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