Lot 190
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A NAPOLEAN III ORMOLU, CUT-BRASS AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID EBONY AND EBONISED SECRETAIRE-A-ABATTANT
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A NAPOLEAN III ORMOLU, CUT-BRASS AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID EBONY AND EBONISED SECRETAIRE-A-ABATTANT

ATTRIBUTED TO KOLB, PARIS, MID-19TH CENTURY

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A NAPOLEAN III ORMOLU, CUT-BRASS AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID EBONY AND EBONISED SECRETAIRE-A-ABATTANT
Attributed to Kolb, Paris, Mid-19th century
The upper section with shaped pediment inlaid with foliate branches, above a drawer and fall-front panel inlaid to the centre by a figure of Diana within a foliate surround with masks and butterflies, the reverse inset with a gilt-tooled black leather writing-surface, the satinwood interior fitted with a pigeon-hole surrounded by ten drawers, the angles to the front mounted with espagnolettes, the lower section with serpentine shaped top, on cabriole legs and acanthus-cast feet
67 in. (170 cm.) high; 44 in. (112 cm.) wide; 21 in. (54 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

A cabinet of virtually identical form, but mounted with tortoiseshell, is illustrated in D. Ledoux-Lebard, Les Ebinistes du XIXe Sihcle, Paris, 1984, p. 391.

The maker is thought to be the Kolb, known as Kolb Jeune working at 38 rue de Tourtille in Belleville between 1853 and 1860. Ledoux-Lebard also lists four other ibinistes with this surname although the author makes no connection between them.

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