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A Pair of Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Side Cabinets
£46,000
A Pair of Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze Mounted Floral Marquetry Side Cabinets. Each cabinet having an eared rectangular marble top above a frieze and doors...
Dimensions
Height: 108 cm (43 in)Width: 139 cm (55 in)
Depth: 44 cm (18 in)
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A Pair of Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze Mounted Floral Marquetry Side Cabinets.
Each cabinet having an eared rectangular marble top above a frieze and doors finely inlaid with elaborate foliate marquetry of floral sprays and bouquets, the cupboard doors opening to two shelves, the front corners finely mounted with female herms.
Stamped to the back of the bronze mounts on each cabinet ‘AD’.
French, Circa 1860.
The superb marquetry to this magnificent pair of cabinets juxtaposes colourful and precious timbers in a dazzling foliate arrange of ribbon-tied bouquets and garlands. This type of especially rich foliate marquetry was perfected by a handful of luxury furniture makers working in Paris during the mid-19th century Second Empire period. Foremost among them was Joseph Cremer who specialised in ‘fabrique de marquetrie, mosaique et meubles de luxe’. Cremer supplied King Louis-Philippe, as well as the King of Holland, and worked in conjunction with André Lemoine, warrant holder to Emperor Napoleon III.
Date
Circa 1860
Origin
France
Medium
Marquetry
Private Collection, Chambéry, France.
Payne, Christopher. Paris Furniture – the luxury market of the 19th century, Éditions Monelle Hayot, (Paris), 2018; pp. 297-300.
