SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A French ormolu-mounted mahogany and crossbanded display-cabinet
Second half 19th Century
Of serpentine outline, with a three-quarter baluster gallery above a foliate frieze, with a pair of glazed panel doors and shaped glazed side panels flanked by a pair of columnar uprights, the interior with a mirrored back and with supports for a pair of shelves, the lower part with a central frieze drawer, the lock-plate engraved PAUL SORMANI/7 cimetière Saint-Nicolas/a Paris, on a pair of winged caryatid herm figures, one of a bacchante, the other of a satyr, on square tapering supports with a mirrored back and with a quarter-veneered shelf below, on cloven feet
41¾ in. (106 cm.) wide; 71½ in. (181.5 cm.) high; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep
Second half 19th Century
Of serpentine outline, with a three-quarter baluster gallery above a foliate frieze, with a pair of glazed panel doors and shaped glazed side panels flanked by a pair of columnar uprights, the interior with a mirrored back and with supports for a pair of shelves, the lower part with a central frieze drawer, the lock-plate engraved PAUL SORMANI/7 cimetière Saint-Nicolas/a Paris, on a pair of winged caryatid herm figures, one of a bacchante, the other of a satyr, on square tapering supports with a mirrored back and with a quarter-veneered shelf below, on cloven feet
41¾ in. (106 cm.) wide; 71½ in. (181.5 cm.) high; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep