A MATCHED PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, SYCAMORE AND MARQUETRY...

A MATCHED PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, SYCAMORE AND MARQUETRY TABLES EN CHIFFONNIER
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Each with pierced three-quarter galleried top inlaid with classical ruins, the drawers inlaid sans traverse with a riverfront landscape and fishermen in a row boat, the sides and back similarly inlaid, scalloped apron on cabriole legs joined by a pierced galleried undertier, slight differences in color
30 in. (76.5 cm.) high, 18 3⁄4 (48 cm.) in. wide, 13 in. (33 cm.) deep

Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 11 November 1977, lot 145 (the lighter example).
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin N. Groves; Christie's, New York, 15 October 1988, lot 68 (the lighter example).
Property from the Estate of Baroness Margit Sigray Bessenyey; Christie's, New York, 9 May 1985, lot 85 (the darker example).