Meuble à portes en placage d’acajou, bronze patiné et doré, travail probablement étranger de la fin du XVIIIe / début du XIXe siècle

ouvrant à deux vantaux centrés chacun d'une figure de bacchante dans un médaillon de bronze, découvrant une étagère, le plateau supporté par une lingotière sculptée d'une frise de feuilles d'eau et de feuilles de refend, la ceinture ornée de symboles variés dans des encadrements de bronze doré, les angles à pans coupés formant niche recevant des colonnes à fût balustre en bois noirci et ornementation de bronze doré, la plinthe surmontée d'une lingotière à décor de frise de feuilles d'acanthes et de feuilles d'eau ; plateau en placage de jaspe de Sicile

Ancienne collection du marquis de Biron, vente à Paris, galerie Georges Petit, M^es F. Lair-Dubreuil et Henri Baudoin, 9, 10 et 11 juin 1914, lot n° 380

Ancienne collection Charles and Yvette Bludhorn, vente Sotheby's Londres, le 12 octobre 2007, lot 192

The illustration of the catalogue is accurate. Good overall condition despite the inevitable scratches and marks due to age and use. There is a minor and restored vertical shrinkage crack on each mahogany panel. The left hand lateral side of the plinth has to be refixed properly. A few minor losses to the mahogany veneer of the plinth. A few minor restored chips to the jasper top. The gilding of the mounts is slightly tarnished and rubbed. An element of the inner lock of the door is missing. Very elegant model with a nice old provenance. The veneer of the top is restored but it does not matter as the top is veneered with original minor hair cracks between each marble piece.
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