Buffet
Jules Allard et Fils
Category
Furniture
Date
1897
Materials
Marble, Oak
Measurements
1040 x 3770 x 940 mm
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Cliveden Estate, Buckinghamshire
NT 765841
Summary
A Louis XIV style oak sideboard shaped to fit against the north wall, standing on moulded base and painted green. Break front higher than canted wings, all having pink veined marble tops with moulded outside edges. A drawer to each wing with ormolu leaf scroll handle above door with carved gilt scrollwork and bird's wing. Two drawers in breakfront of irregular shape with ormolu handles and pair of doors carved one with gilt duck and the other a rabbit and a grouse. In between a shelf from which oak leaves trail.
Makers and roles
Jules Allard et Fils , maker