Cabinet
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ebonised wood, tortoiseshell, brass, ormolu and marble
Measurements
940 x 875 x 350 mm
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Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1529629.2
Summary
One of a pair of ebonised cabinets/meubles d'entre deux, inlaid with scarlet tortoiseshell and cut-brass work in the manner of A.C. Boulle, each with a shelf inlaid with brass stringing enclosed by two panelled doors and with panelled sides on rectangular bases, the concave sides and front centred by Boulle aprons on ormolu tapering spiral legs with chased acanthus foliage cappings, the borders with egg and tongue and interlaced rosettes, the ormolu mounts cast and chased as espagnolette masks and acanthus foliage, surmounted by a black marble slab.