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A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS-INLAID RED TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY EBONY AND EBONISED MEUBLES D'APPUI
AFTER THE MODEL BY ANDRÉ-CHARLES BOULLE BY WASSMUS FRÈRES, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS-INLAID RED TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY EBONY AND EBONISED MEUBLES D'APPUI AFTER THE MODEL BY ANDRÉ-CHARLES BOULLE BY WASSMUS FRÈRES, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY Decorated overall in première and contre partie marquetry panels, each with a rectangular brass-inlaid top above a pair of cupboard doors headed by an Apollo mask, the doors centred by figures of Aspasia and Socraties and flanked to the sides with ribbon-tied portrait medals, the doors lined in bois satiné to the reverse and enclosing two adjustable shelves, the sides centred with pierced scrolling foliate mounts, on bun feet, stamped to the reverse of each 'WASSMUS' 49 in. (126.5 cm.) high; 48 in. (123 cm.) wide; 18 1/8 in. (46 cm.) deep (2)