THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A fine Napoleon III ormolu-mounted mahogany vitrine-on-stand
Third Quarter 19th Century
The shaped top with pierced gallery, above a conforming case set with two glazed panelled doors opening to two glazed shelves, flanked on each side by a further concave glazed panel, the angles each with a Corinthian column, over a conforming frieze applied with scrolling foliage, on tapering winged caryatid monopodiae joined by a quarter-veneered undertier and mirrored back, electrified
76¾ in. (195 cm.) high; 41¾ in. (106 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A related vitrine-on-stand, with similar monopodiae supports, concave sides and turned columnar uprights, sold Property from the collection of the late Sir Arthur Gilbert, Christie's New York, 23 April 2004, lot 45 ($93,210).

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