A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUE
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUE
BY CASPAR SCHNEIDER, CIRCA 1770
The eared veined white marble top above a pair of glazed doors enclosing a later velvet-lined interior with two shelves, flanked by fluted columns, the sides framed with egg-and-dart mounts with rosettes at each corner, stamped CASPAR.SCHNEIDER and JME, with the remains of a paper label 'Sitting Room 24/Marchioness Camden'
42 1⁄4 in. (107 cm.) high; 36 1⁄2 in. (93 cm.) wide; 16 1⁄2 in. (42 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Marchioness Camden, according to paper label.
Probably at Bayham Abbey, Kent.
Acquired from Jacques Perrin, Paris.
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUE
BY CASPAR SCHNEIDER, CIRCA 1770
The eared veined white marble top above a pair of glazed doors enclosing a later velvet-lined interior with two shelves, flanked by fluted columns, the sides framed with egg-and-dart mounts with rosettes at each corner, stamped CASPAR.SCHNEIDER and JME, with the remains of a paper label 'Sitting Room 24/Marchioness Camden'
42 1⁄4 in. (107 cm.) high; 36 1⁄2 in. (93 cm.) wide; 16 1⁄2 in. (42 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Marchioness Camden, according to paper label.
Probably at Bayham Abbey, Kent.
Acquired from Jacques Perrin, Paris.
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