Ref: 1978
Small Two-Door Louis XVI Cabinet
Ref: 1978
Small Two-Door Louis XVI Cabinet
Circa 1770 - 1780
80 x 84 x 38 cm (31¹/₂ x 33¹/₈ inches)
80 x 84 x 38 cm (31¹/₂ x 33¹/₈ inches)
Provenance:
Possibly purchased by Charles Annoot, 16 Old Bond Street, July 1863, 'to a small, old marquetry chest of drawers surrounded by doors' (£40) from Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, Bt., Wootton Hall, Derbyshire, and by inheritance to Lt. Col. Herbert James Hope-Edwardes, Netley Hall, Shropshire, and by inheritance to Lady More (née Hope-Edwardes, formerly, Coldwell) of Netley Hall, and subsequently Linley Hall, Shropshire, by inheritance.
Literature:
Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIII Siècle, Dictionnaire des ébénistes et des menuisiers, les éditions de l’amateur, 1989, p. 92
Description: Amaranth wood, rosewood, dyed boxwood, gilt bronze
Rectangular "Breche d'Alep" marble top, over a frieze drawer and two cabinet doors, inlaid with musical motifs and floral garlands, and canted sides
Rectangular "Breche d'Alep" marble top, over a frieze drawer and two cabinet doors, inlaid with musical motifs and floral garlands, and canted sides
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