Ebony cabinet, France 19th century

Ebony cabinet, jewellery chest, silver filet, turquoise stones, blue enamel.
It is composed of 4 small drawers on both sides. On the front, 2 small cornices shelter 2 sculptures in patinated bronze, a woman and a man draped in the antique style. A door with flap framed by a frieze in silver net with plant decoration, in its centre a boxwood cartouche carved representing the abdication of an Emperor dropping his laurel crown and captioned:...
I have governed without fear and I abdicate without fear".
All the gilt bronze parts are finely chased with floral, arabesque and ribbon decorations.
It is on a gilt bronze base.

Provenance :
France 19th century in the taste of 17th century Flemish cabinets.

Height 60 cm
Cabinet part in ebony, length 49.5 cm, width 26 cm
Bronze base, length 60 cm, width 36 cm