A MATCHED PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, BOIS SATINE, TULIPWOOD AND BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY BOOKCASES
A MATCHED PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, BOIS SATINE, TULIPWOOD AND BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY BOOKCASES

BY GERVAIS-MAXIMILIEN-EUGENE DURAND, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A MATCHED PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, BOIS SATINE, TULIPWOOD AND BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY BOOKCASES
BY GERVAIS-MAXIMILIEN-EUGENE DURAND, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with a three-quarter pierced brass gallery above a brèche d'Alep marble top, above two short panelled frieze drawers and a burgundy leather-lined writing slide, the divided open shelf above a waved apron centred by a pierced foliate cartouche, on short splayed legs, the canted angles headed by acanthus running to sabots, one stamped twice, the other three times 'G.DURAND'
One: 37½ in. (95 cm.) high; 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) wide; 13 in. (33.5 cm.) deep; The other: 37¼ in. (94.5 cm.) high; 30 in. (76.5 cm.) wide; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) deep (2)

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