Details
A French purplewood and kingwood semanier, late 19th century
Applied with gilt-metal brass mounts, the white marble top with a pierced three-quarter gallery above seven drawers mounted with quarter veneers between canted angles applied with foliate garland mounts, with quarter veneered panels to the sides, on square tapering legs terminating in gilt sabots, stamped G. Durand
28in. (71cm.) wide, 52in. (132cm.) high, 13½in. (34cm.) deep
Applied with gilt-metal brass mounts, the white marble top with a pierced three-quarter gallery above seven drawers mounted with quarter veneers between canted angles applied with foliate garland mounts, with quarter veneered panels to the sides, on square tapering legs terminating in gilt sabots, stamped G. Durand
28in. (71cm.) wide, 52in. (132cm.) high, 13½in. (34cm.) deep
Literature
Gervais-Maximilien-Eugene Durand, is recorded in Le Mobilier Francais du XIX sicle, Ledoux-Lebard, p.181