Ebonized Corner Display Cabinet with Marble Top, Napoleon III Period

This exquisite 19th-century French display cabinet is a remarkable example of the transitional style between Louis XV and Louis XVI, blending the graceful curves of the Rococo period with the classical elegance of Neoclassicism. Crafted from fine walnut, it showcases beautifully curved lines, a refined silhouette, and stands gracefully on four slender cabriole legs adorned with finely detailed gilt bronze mounts. The cabinet is richly decorated with exquisite gilt bronze ormolu, featuring delicate floral garlands, intricate scrollwork, acanthus leaves, and classical rosettes, all characteristic of this elegant transitional period. Its top is crowned with a luxurious pink marble slab...

An imposing Napoleon III center table (or 'Table de Milieu') in ebonized fruit wood, rectangular in shape, with rounded sides. Its ornate top, which is bordered all around with a gilt bronze frieze and two further inner bands, features at its centre an intricate marquetry inlaid design of a foliage cartouche framing a vase of flowers. The smoothly curving belt of the table encloses a frieze drawer on one long side, with a repeat, inlaid design that echoes that of the top. The table rests on four turned, tapered and fluted legs, ending in toupie feet, and these are connected by two half-moon spacers...

Stylish Napoleon III period ebonized bookcase decorated with boxwood string inlay, the two doors fitted glass panes.

A well proportioned Victorian peer cabinet, ebonised with fruitwood inlay and standing on four turned bobbin feet. Two opening glazed doors, retaining its original lock and key, ope...