A gilt-bronze-mounted stained sycamore, mahogany and parquetry meuble d'appui, Napoleon III, circa 1870

with a rectangular mottled peach, grey and white marble top above a frieze drawer cast with scrolling foliage above a pair of panelled doorsmounted with a geometric motif with everted corners with a patera and with diaper motifs cented by  a roundel depicting Doves on toupie feet, some of the mounts stamped HPR on the reverse

In overall very good conserved condition. The other woods employed include burr walnut, and bird's eye maple and amaranth. The quality of the gilt-bronze mounts and veneer is very good. There are some very miniscule restorations to the veneer on the side apron, but these are hardly noticeable. The moulding beneath the gilt-bronze foliate border to the top is of a reddish colour and is probably a later replacement. There is one interior shelf. Marble. Colour slightly darker overall and more attractive than in catalogue photograph.
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