A FINE NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS AND PEWTER-INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE...

Inlaid in both premiere-partie and contre-partie with stylised flowers, C-scrolls, rosettes, scrolled acanthus, trailing husk swags, bellflower pendants, the moulded marble top above a frieze with central tablet flanked by an acanthus leaftip border, above a circular medallion enclosing a profile bust of Louis XIV in relief below the inscription: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX GALLIARUM INVICTISSIMUS' with signed 'Molart', surmounted by a lion pelt, over a central raised tablet-mounted door, enclosing four drawers, within a moulded border, over two acanthus-capped hairy lion paw feet flanking a central mask, above a gardooned edge over one long drawer, the sides with cupboard doors centred by rosettes enclosing two adjustable shelves, the angles headed by ram masks and terminating in acanthus sprays, the base with patera mount angles, on ormolu headed bun feet, the side door locks stamped 'SOUCHET A PARIS'
501⁄2 in. (128.5 cm.) high; 53 in. (134.5 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep