A FINE LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND PURPLEHEART MAHOGANY MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE SUR TABLEAU INSCRIBED ZWIENER PARIS 1888 With a shaped rectangular ormolu-moulded cornice crested by an ormolu medallion depicting Louis XIV suspended by clouds and a putto above a shaped rectangular door with a foliate ormolu-moulded panel centering a panel inlaid with stained and engraved woods depicting a bouquet, above an architectural panel inset with an ormolu plaque depicting frolicking putti flanked by foliate ormolu-moulded angles and enclosing a shaped interior fitted with a central bombeé door with cartouche-shaped foliate ormolu-moulded panel polychromed with a scene of lovers in a landscape after Fragonard, over a drawer and flanked by niches over three dolphins and a spring-activated hinged writing surface on a serpentine ormolu-moulded top, above a shaped conforming frieze, applied with berried laurel swags and cornucopia, and centrally inlaid with a bouquet flanked by panels inlaid with fruits of the sea and fruits of the land on foliate ormolu-moulded cabriole legs with scrolling feet applied at the angles with lions' skins, the sides with ormolu-moulded parquetry panels and fitted with two opposing frieze drawers-- 89¼in. (226.5cm.) high, 37½in. (95.3cm.) wide, 24in. (61cm.) deep
A FINE LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND PURPLEHEART MAHOGANY MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE SUR TABLEAU INSCRIBED ZWIENER PARIS 1888 With a shaped rectangular ormolu-moulded cornice crested by an ormolu medallion depicting Louis XIV suspended by clouds and a putto above a shaped rectangular door with a foliate ormolu-moulded panel centering a panel inlaid with stained and engraved woods depicting a bouquet, above an architectural panel inset with an ormolu plaque depicting frolicking putti flanked by foliate ormolu-moulded angles and enclosing a shaped interior fitted with a central bombeé door with cartouche-shaped foliate ormolu-moulded panel polychromed with a scene of lovers in a landscape after Fragonard, over a drawer and flanked by niches over three dolphins and a spring-activated hinged writing surface on a serpentine ormolu-moulded top, above a shaped conforming frieze, applied with berried laurel swags and cornucopia, and centrally inlaid with a bouquet flanked by panels inlaid with fruits of the sea and fruits of the land on foliate ormolu-moulded cabriole legs with scrolling feet applied at the angles with lions' skins, the sides with ormolu-moulded parquetry panels and fitted with two opposing frieze drawers-- 89¼in. (226.5cm.) high, 37½in. (95.3cm.) wide, 24in. (61cm.) deep
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