A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED PLUM-PUDDING MAHOGANY SIDE-CABINET
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED PLUM-PUDDING MAHOGANY SIDE-CABINEt

ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES-GUILLAUME WINCKELSEN, PARIS, CIRCA 1865

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED PLUM-PUDDING MAHOGANY SIDE-CABINEt
ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES-GUILLAUME WINCKELSEN, PARIS, CIRCA 1865
The beveled white marble top above a frieze drawer, over a paneled cupboard door and sides, the canted angles with fluted pilasters, on tapering fluted legs and capped feet, the locks stamped THÉAU/SERRURIER/PARIS
39¾ in. (101 cm.) high, 35½ in. (90 cm.) wide, 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep

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The central frieze cast with stiff-leaf and acanthus is drawn directly from Jean-Henri Riesener's oeuvre of the 1780s and was often incorporated into similar designs by Winckelsen and later Dasson upon purchase of his worshop in 1871. Though apparently unmarked, the clean and precise blond oak construction, paired with exceptionally cast and chased mounts, were trademarks of Winckelsen's output during the mid-1860s. A console of similar construction and utilizing similar Riesener-type mounts was sold Christie's, New York, 21 October 2010, lot 376.

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