A FINE NAPOLEON III PORCELAIN AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED INLAID TULIPWOOD AND BIRDS-EYE MAPLE BUFFET À DEUX CORPS CIRCA 1857, BY EDOUARD KRIESSER With a triple-arched ormolu-moulded cornice inset with porcelain plaques and surmounted by putti and urn finials over a central door inset with an oval plaque depicting lovers in a landscape flanked by recessed panels inset with similar plaques over three drawers and a shaped rectangular ormolu-moulded top over a conforming frieze applied with trailing vines above a door inset with an oval platter depicting a scantily clad lady flanked by female busts centering the doves of paradise on an urn over a shaped apron applied with drapery centering a plaque depicting frolicking putti, on bun feet-- 94½in. (240cm.) high, 50¾in. (134cm.) wide, 24in. (64cm.) deep
A FINE NAPOLEON III PORCELAIN AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED INLAID TULIPWOOD AND BIRDS-EYE MAPLE BUFFET À DEUX CORPS CIRCA 1857, BY EDOUARD KRIESSER With a triple-arched ormolu-moulded cornice inset with porcelain plaques and surmounted by putti and urn finials over a central door inset with an oval plaque depicting lovers in a landscape flanked by recessed panels inset with similar plaques over three drawers and a shaped rectangular ormolu-moulded top over a conforming frieze applied with trailing vines above a door inset with an oval platter depicting a scantily clad lady flanked by female busts centering the doves of paradise on an urn over a shaped apron applied with drapery centering a plaque depicting frolicking putti, on bun feet-- 94½in. (240cm.) high, 50¾in. (134cm.) wide, 24in. (64cm.) deep
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