a large gilt-bronze mounted meuble d' entre deux by maison forest Paris, circa 1885

the carcass in mahogany with kingwood, satine, burr ambonya and stained fruitwood flowerhead trellis parquetry veneers, the pediment with a white and breche grise marble top, the central cupboard door opening to two shelves, fitted with a black and gold lacquer panel of two japanese Samurai in a landscape, both sides with a cupboard door with satine quarter-veneer, stamped five times FOREST on the back and bearing the inscription Henry Dasson 1876 on the left of the side gilt bronze molded border.

The Marshall B. Coyne Collection, June 6, 2001, lot 274.