A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED PIETRE DURE, FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY AND MOTHER-OF PEARL-INLAID EBONY SIDE CABINETS

Lot 3
29.10.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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£ 63 500
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1506882
Lot 3 | A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED PIETRE DURE, FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY AND MOTHER-OF PEARL-INLAID EBONY SIDE CABINETS
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 90 000
Each with moulded breakfront brocatelle d'Espagne top, above a frieze with a central mount with male figures flanked by military trophies and scrolling acanthus, flanked by drawers inlaid with floral marquetry and centered by a grotesque mask escutcheon, the central door with a circular pietre dure panel with a bird on a fruit branch, above a espagnolette mask over a rectangular panel with pierced foliate border surrounding a pietre dure panel inlaid with a basket of fruit and two birds, opening to reveal seven drawers, flanked by a scrolling surround and by two doors similarly inset with three pietre dure panels of birds on branches, the panels surrounded by foliate and strapwork marquetry borders, the fluted columnar uprights headed by a foliate capital and terminating in a foliate-wrapped baluster base, the sides inlaid with fruitwood marquetry and mother-of-pearl marquetry panels, on a moulded plinth base, on bun feet, stamped 'BY' to the reverse of the mounts
40 in. (101.5 cm.) high; 45 in. (114 cm.) wide; 191/4 in. (49 cm.) deep
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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