Beschreibung:

A pair of French ormolu-mounted foliate marquetry, brass, pewter and tortoiseshell inlaid and ebonised armoires In the Louis XIV style, After the model by André-Charles Boulle Late 19th Century Each with stepped pediment above an overhanging cornice with dentil ornament, with a pair of doors below, each with three inset fielded panels, the upper and lower rectangular panels inlaid with cut-pewter and brass foliate scrolls, the larger central panel inlaid with a foliate marquetry of a flower-filled vase and two birds standing on a plinth with bold foliate festoons within a tortoiseshell ground, the sides each with a pair of small rectangular inlaid panels between a larger rosewood panel, the interior fitted with four adjustable shelves above two drawers, on plinth base with arched apron and with lion masks to the brackets, the reverse stamped I & II in numerous places, the right hand edge of each right hand door stamped 5159 60½in. (154cm.) wide; 86¼in. (219cm.) high; 22in. (66cm.) deep