Cabinet à double corps en poirier noirci, écaille de tortue et panneaux peints sous verre, ornementation de bronze doré, les panneaux sous verre italiens du XVIIIe siècle, la structure du cabinet deuxième moitié XIXe siècle

A giltmetal-mounted ebonised and tortoiseshell veneered reverse glass painting inset cabinet, the reverse glass panels Italian and 18th century, the case second half 19th century


Overall decorated with reverse glass paintings within panelled ebonised and tortoiseshell framed surrounds, the upper section with three quarter balustraded gallery, the upper section opening with two doors and inset with six reverse glass panels depicting mythological scenes, the sides each with two conforming panels centred by a smaller pastoral view reverse glass panel, the lower section conformingly decorated with six panels on two doors and each side with three further panels, the interior of both upper and lower sections with a total of nine sliding trays 'à l'Anglaise', above a stepped moulded plinth and on hairy paw feet, minor damages to reverse glass panels, 115cm wide x 55cm deep x 186cm high, (45in wide x 21 1/2in deep x 73in high)
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