Offered by Antiquités Saint Jean
A handsome piece of blackened wood furniture.
It opens with two doors featuring angels and putti reading.
Maple veneer interior, concealed rack and pinion lock.
Brass fillets and marquetry: pampers, foliage scrolls, flower falls, garlands of leaves with lictor beams, crescents, grecques and flower vases.
Gilded bronze ornamentation: cut jambs with leafy consoles, pampers, plumes of leaves and flowers, apron with asymmetrical foliage.
Veined white marble top, oak frame.
Pad varnish.
Circa 1860.
Height 111 cm, width 134 cm, depth 43 cm.