A large pair of Napoléon III gilt-bronze mounted brass, pewter and tortoiseshell inlaid Boulle style marquetry ebonized armchairs France, third quarter 19th century

with later velvet and silk upholstery

Rothschild Collection, Château de Boulogne
Bernard Steinitz, Paris, 2000

Overall n good condition and rather impressive presentation. Some discoloration to ebonized wood in places and to the sides. The fine boulle marquetry of engraved brass, pewter and tortoiseshell, is steady. Tarnishing to gilt bronze and scratches to wood mostly visible to the back of the armchairs. There is a loss of bronze mount to one armchair to the proper left hand side of the renaissance mask applied to the front.
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