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A Napoleon III gilt-bronze mounted ebony, tortoiseshell, and brass-inlay boulle marquetry bookcase cabinet circa 1860, after a design by Charles-André Boulle
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description
- height 4 ft. 5 in.; width 5 ft. 4 in.; depth 22 in.
- 137 cm; 163 cm; 56 cm
surmounted by a Noir de Namur marble top, above a waisted pediment centered by a grotesque mask and lion paws, the central cupboard door with a bacchic mask amongst scrolled brass-inlay boulle marquetry, opening to adjustable shelves and flanked on each side by a glazed door fitted with similar interior, the sides with female masks.
Provenance
Sold, Christie's, London, November 1, lot 15