Beschreibung:

A FINE FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, EBONY AND LACQUERED SIDE CABINET, by Beurdeley, Paris, in the style of Martin Carlin of breakfront outline, with a white carrara marble shaped rectangular top, with an acanthus-cast moulded edge above three drawers, each with an inset lacquered panel within a milled border, the centre drawer with foliate-cast escutcheon plate with the torch of love, a sheaf of arrows and a bow, the side drawers each with a shield-shaped acanthus-cast escutcheon with foliate festoons and laurel sprigs, above a central door mounted with a cushion-shaped chinoiserie panel painted with a cherry blossom tree on naturalistic rocky ground and with rippling water below, within a geometric design gilt and metallic border with a lion mask above and two sunflowers supporting floral garlands and pendants, terminating with oval lock escutcheons, the shelved interior flanked to each side by a cupboard door, each inset with a lacquered panel within an ormolu milled border, one decorated with two birds above blossom, the other with a bird nesting on a branch, the sides similarly decorated with panels of chinoiserie lacquer, the front projecting angles each headed by a pair of seated cherubs supporting a vase, within acanthus-cast scrolls and floral pendants above circular-tapering fluted columns with acanthus-cast capitals and similarly decorated baluster bases on four hairy-hoof feet, the apron decorated with inset metallic lacquer panels centred by a lion mask, flanked by a pair of leaf-cast toupie feet and with four other toupie feet, the back stamped twice with a marque au fer , A.BEURDELEY/A PARIS , late 19th Century 58¼in. (148cm.) wide; 42in. (106.5cm.) high; 18½in. (47cm.) deep