A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY, SCARLET, BLACK AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED LACQUER SIDE CABINET

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY, SCARLET, BLACK AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED LACQUER SIDE CABINET
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with with egg-and-dart cornice above a center door and two further doors set slightly back, each decorated with flowers, fauna and rockwork, on a stepped base with bracket feet, two mounts stamped '3'
58 in. (148 cm.) high, 73½ in. (187 cm.) wide, 18 in. (46 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This impressive cabinet, with richly scrolling mounts framing colourful lacquer panels, reflects, through its eclectic combination of styles in a grandiose scheme, the revived antiquarian interest in the 1830's and 1840's for the forms of the ancien régime. A closely related pair of Louis XIV cabinets, previously with Aveline, Paris, is illustrated in Jean-Marie Rossi 45 Ans de Passion, Paris, 2000, p. 60.

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