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An 18th Century Louis XVI Marquetry and Lacquer Corner Cabinet or 'Encognure'

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An elegant and very rare marquetry and black lacquer encoignure with a bowed front and one panel door decorated with a japanned panel of mountains and trees within a very fine marquetry of mixed exotic woods such as satinwood, tulipwood and olive wood, depicting a ribbon frame, tassels and shaded neoclassical columns with capitels. The top is centered by an oval shaped fan ornament. Corpus is rested on square tapering legs.
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