Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Compelling cabinet in scagliola with an architectural structure in veneered ebony, standing on legs composed of four legs in turned wood with a decor of spheres and an apron adorned with a scagliola plate in marble imitation framed by a giltwood Dutch moulding.
The cabinet stands on a moulded and engraved base, opening by two-door leaves adorned with engraved motifs such as spandrels with acanthus leaves and flowers motifs framing two moulded panels with a decor of flowers in vases. The back of door leaves are also in scagliola with flowery vases framed by a false tortoiseshell moulding, adorned with spandrels and chiselled, openwork and gilt bronze plates.
Door leaves uncovered the cabinet inside that opens with eight drawers and a central door leaf adorned with scagliola panels with a decor of flowery and foliage branches. All is again framed by a false tortoiseshell moulding and decorated with chiselled, openwork and gilt bronze handles.
Two Corinthian columns in false jasper, framing a niche adorned with a sculpted shell and topped by two baluster vases in false tortoiseshell, flank on each side the central door leaf. It uncovers an inside with 24 small drawers entirely covered with an old marbling paper.
The entablature is made of a unique drawer decorated by four false drawers. The cabinet top opens...
Category
17th Century Italian Louis XIII Antique Scagliola Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
