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A Napoleon III tall cabinet Probably French, circa 1870, in the manner of Jean-François Oeben
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- height 62 1/2 in.; width 49 in.; depth 21 in.
- 158.7 cm; 124.5 cm; 53.3 cm
ebonized mahogany with brass stringing inlay, both cupboard doors decorated with gilt-bronze figures emblematic of the four seasons, the top with two female figures allegorical of Spring and Summer, the bottom with two male figures allegorical of Autumn and Winter, all within gilt-bronze encadrements, the doors opening to four shelves.
Literature
C. Payne, François Linke, p. 202, pl. 218.
Catalogue Note
It is interesting to put in parallel the present model and the 18th century one illustrated in Payne, p. 202. Both in the neo-classical form and fitted with the four seasons to the front, the 18th century original by Oeben bears decorative variations and was listed in his 1763 inventory. Linke reproduced the Oeben model twice.