Antique Empire Painted Buffet

Antique Louis XV style provincial fruit wood enfilade, circa early 19th century. With a paneled rectangular top with rounded corners, 3 drawers with steel hardware, 3 doors each with...

Antique Louis XVI style later painted chest of drawers, early 19th century. The case is early 19th century. The paint is later and 20th century. With a painted rectangular top with t...

19th Century English painted two door buffet. 1860

A very unique French Empire 19th century buffet, or desserte server, in demilune profile and more recent painted finish of uncertain age. The top surface is a handpainted faux marble that is nearly all black except for delicate wisps of smoky gray veining. In the frieze are three drawers: one in each corner that swings outward at an angle, and one wide drawer in the center, all using lion-motif ring pulls. The case is washed in an ethereal tone of French gray with matte texture and mottled variation blending streaks of white, gray, and blue pigment that may just as easily blend with Directoire and Gustavian tastes than the opulence of Empire. Carved wood caryatids in ebonized (painted) effect flank the pair of doors at center, which open in tandem by working lock and key. Inside the case are two shelves at different depths which could be perfect as a dry bar or dining room storage...