A FRENCH RENAISSANCE MARBLE-INLAID WALNUT BUFFET A DEUX CORPS Ile-de-France, Late 16th Century and later The molded broken pediment with scrolled acanthus above a pair of panelled marble-inlaid doors each carved with a draped female figure in a landscape, that on the left depicting Venus with a flaming heart in her left hand and a spear in her right, and that on the right depicting Juno with a peacock at her feet, enclosing a green cloth-lined interior, the angles with columns, the sides panelled, the lower section with marble-inlaid frieze drawer centered with a lion's mask, over a pair of molded panelled doors enclosing a shelf, each carved with a sphinx on a pedestal in a landscape, flanked by marble-inlaid pilasters, and centered by a carved griffin and dolphin each in an oval reserve, on a flaring molded base and bun feet, the cresting largely replaced, inscribed 42270 , 42270/4 , and an inventory number 11796 three times, bearing two paper labels GARDE MEUBLE PUBLIC/BEDEL & Cie./2972/Rue Nve. St. Augustin 65 76in. (193cm.) high, 40in. (101cm.) wide, 17¼in. (43.5cm.) deep
A FRENCH RENAISSANCE MARBLE-INLAID WALNUT BUFFET A DEUX CORPS Ile-de-France, Late 16th Century and later The molded broken pediment with scrolled acanthus above a pair of panelled marble-inlaid doors each carved with a draped female figure in a landscape, that on the left depicting Venus with a flaming heart in her left hand and a spear in her right, and that on the right depicting Juno with a peacock at her feet, enclosing a green cloth-lined interior, the angles with columns, the sides panelled, the lower section with marble-inlaid frieze drawer centered with a lion's mask, over a pair of molded panelled doors enclosing a shelf, each carved with a sphinx on a pedestal in a landscape, flanked by marble-inlaid pilasters, and centered by a carved griffin and dolphin each in an oval reserve, on a flaring molded base and bun feet, the cresting largely replaced, inscribed 42270 , 42270/4 , and an inventory number 11796 three times, bearing two paper labels GARDE MEUBLE PUBLIC/BEDEL & Cie./2972/Rue Nve. St. Augustin 65 76in. (193cm.) high, 40in. (101cm.) wide, 17¼in. (43.5cm.) deep
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