JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 12 October 2021 - 10:00 AM start

An impressive 19thC French ebonised and pietra dura pier cabinet

Lot Details

with marble top, the single door set with an oval hardstone inlaid panel of bird and flowering boughs within an ormolu laurel leaf wreath suspended from a ribbon bow, beneath a frieze of conforming laurel; flanked by chamfered corners embellished with ormolu female caryatids and acanthus leaves and raised on a plinth base with serpentine apron with further ormolu mounts. 840 x 450 x 1110mm. CONDITION REPORT: There are no structural faults or repairs, however there is considerable borer, particularly to the plinth base and the upper frieze areas although it does appear elsewhere as well. The marble top is dull through lack of cleaning/polishing and would benefit from a marble wax. There is a chip to the marble front of the right hand 45 degree canted/chamfered corner. The marble background of the door panel is like the top, dull and may be improved by waxing. Interior carcase is oak, single shelf, bolted together construction to side panels. Additional photos including close ups