19th Century Napoleon III Ebonized and Brass Inlaid Cabinet

A Napoleon III ebonized cabinet with front and sides decorated with hand painted floral medallions. The cabinet has turned columns to eac...

A beautifully inlaid and ebonized French centre table from the Napoleon III Era or third quarter of the 19th century. The table rests on four turned ebonized legs joined at the botto...

A rare and highly unusual carved wood, gesso and gilded mirror frame in the full French Napoleon III style. The gilded frame itself is totally decorated with cartouches and is furthe...

A round decorative French Napoleon III occasional pedestal table in mahogany with an inlaid tulipwood and mahogany bordered top with gilt bronze banding. The apron has decorative gil...

A large and impressive French Louis Philippe portico clock with complications. The ebonized wood case richly embellished with gilded bronze mounts; the 5? silvered dial with roman nu...

A handsome bookcase or china cabinet made in France in the last half of the 19th century. The case is in ebonized wood (including the top), and is curved at each side. There are three front doors with...

A fine 19th century Napoleon III side cabinet with inlaid marquetry panels, book matched sides with gilt bronze mounts of classical figures and foliage. The top drawer and central pa...

A William IV cabinet attributed to Town and Emmanuel Constructed in a strongly grained olivewood and dressed with gold brass inlays and an etched and engraved brass panel; rising from a plinth base, the lockable single door having an inset panel in the manner of Jean Berain, enclosing a shelved interior, and flanked by narrow vertical conforming panels; the apron being dressed with three bronze rosettes, and the Jura Jaune marble is dressed with a three quarter arcaded brass gallery, circa 1830 The cabinet is illustrated and discussed in Christopher Payne’s “British Furniture 1820 to 1920” published in 2023. Payne singles out the rarity of the olivewood timber used as well as the necessity for hand cutting the large marquetry panel. Literature: Payne, Christopher. British Furniture 1820 to 1920 : The Luxury Market. ACC Art Books, 2023, pp. 38-39 (illus. fig. 1.33). Town and Emanuel Recorded in the 'Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840', published by the Furniture History Society, as being situated at 103 New Bond Street between 1830 and 1840, and apart from being manufacturers of furniture, also dealt in 'curiosities and antiques'. The late renowned connoisseur Christopher Gilbert records in his 'Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture' London 1997, also published by the Furniture History Society, a writing table in the Transitional manner with similar plaques. Their label reads 'Town and Emanuel, manufacturers of Buhl Marquetrie, Resner (sic) & Carved Furniture, tripods, screens & c. of the finest and most superb designs of the Louis 14th. Splendid cabinets and tables inlaid with fine Sevres and Dresden china...

A jaw-dropping and confident 19th century Indian teakwood cabinet with a bold ebonized crown, two doors, each with marquetry inlaid ebonized flowers,...

Very decorative inlaid cabinet. The upper part containing two doors, inlaid with architectural trompe-l'oeil of imaginary towns, two drawers, open lower section. Overall decorated wi...

A rare and palatial late 19th century gilt bronze-mounted Louis XVI style marquetry and parquetry cabinet. A heavy marble-top above a bronze frieze with three paneled doors decorated with inlaid floral marquetry designs. The center door with gilt bronze bearded men faces, the bottom is centered by a mask of a beautiful woman with two lion paws on her sides and a pair of floral cornucopia above her. The sides of the cabinet are quartered veneered, standing on six spiral bronze...

Rare, large and tall notary cardboard boxes cabinet, Napoleon III period around 1870, with rich ornamentation of gilded bronzes such as high and low drops, ingot molds, rosettes, key...