A very beautiful and monumental Empire-style projecting bookcase . Made of mahogany and mahogany veneer, it opens with three large grilled doors: a central door and two side doors, each revealing four and three shelves respectively. This majestic display bookcase features beautiful gilt-bronze ornamentation depicting winged Victories, Egyptian busts, masks, and foliate motifs (palmettes, crowns, rosettes), arranged symmetrically on the three sections of the piece. The entablature illustrates a coronation scene, with a winged putto in an antique chariot drawn by doves on a garland, as well as two allegorical figures of virtue. Imposing, understated, with rigorously symmetrical bronze ornamentation, this bookcase is a remarkable example of the Empire style and would bring considerable character and originality to any interior.
Empire period
Circa: 1865
Dim: L:187cm, D:50cm, H:240cm.
Condition report : in very good overall condition, the bronzes with original mercury gilding.
- Reference :
- 2910
- Width :
- 187 (cm)
- Height :
- 240 (cm)
- Depth :
- 50 (cm)
- Identify Exists:
- False
