LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF CHARLES CRESSENT

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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD MEUBLE D'APPUIE
LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF CHARLES CRESSENT
The serpentine shaped top above a concave moulded frieze centred by a foliate cast mount, above a pair of doors elaborately applied with foliate cast framework supporting cherubs, animals and flowerbaskets, flanked to each side by half-columns, the concave sides with foliate framework, on a shaped plinth with bracket feet
140 cm. high x 169 cm. wide x 54 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

The design for this sideboard or meuble d'appuie is based on a commode designed and executed by Charles Cressent circa 1749, which is now in the collection of the Louvre, Paris.
See also: D. Alcouffe ed., Furniture collections in the Louvre,
Dijon 1993, Vol. 1, nr. 40, p. 128-129.
The active career of Charles Cressent spans the years between 1719 and 1757. He is certainly the ébéniste whose work is most representative of the Régence style. The dominant theme in Cressent's work is the extensive role of sculptural decoration. His furniture is covered with such a profusion of gilt-bronze or varnished mounts that the ébénisterie is finally no more than a vehicle for displaying the decoration.

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