A PAIR OF FINE AND LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SIDE CABINETS

BY A.M.E FOURNIER, CIRCA 1880

Details

In the Empire style, one with an integral clock with an eight day striking movement and white enamel dial with Roman hours, the other with integral aneriod barometer with white enamel dial and Arabic numbers, both by A.M.E. Fournier, with an arched pediment surmounted by a bronze bust of Napoleon after the model by sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet, the dials encased by patinated bronze roundels depicting the signs of the zodiac, the rondels flanked by a gilt-bronze frieze applied with classical masks and ribbon-hung swags, above conforming cases headed by anthemion friezes, the cupboard doors with floral scrolling escutcheons and a beaded border, centered by a the figure of Flora and Mercury respectively, the former holding a garland of flowers, the latter with a Caduceus staff, both are surmounted by a six-point star and contained within a lozenge, the front angles with tapering capitals surmounted by female Grecian figureheads and terminating in claw feet, the sides with conforming decorative lyres contained within lozenge borders, the interiors fitted with two adjustable shelves, the whole on ball feet, the back of the locks stamped 'FOURNIER'
Each: 83 in. (210 cm.) high; 33 1/2 in. (85 cm.) wide; 16 in. (39 cm.) deep
Literature

Comparative Literature:
P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Fraçais du XIXème Siècle, Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1989.