A Superb Pair of French Brass Mounted Tortoiseshell Veneered Collectors
A Superb Pair of French Brass Mounted Tortoiseshell Veneered Collectors Cabinets in the Louis XVI Style
Wood, Glass, Brass, Tortoiseshell, Horn, Velvet
France, Napoleon III
Circa 1865 - 1870
SIZE: 161cm high, 108cm wide, 58cm deep - 63⅓ ins high, 42½ ins wide, 58¾ ins deep
Wood, Glass, Brass, Tortoiseshell, Horn, Velvet
France, Napoleon III
Circa 1865 - 1870
SIZE: 161cm high, 108cm wide, 58cm deep - 63⅓ ins high, 42½ ins wide, 58¾ ins deep
A Superb Pair of French Brass Mounted Tortoiseshell Veneered Collectors Cabinets in the Louis XVI Style
Wood, Glass, Brass, Tortoiseshell, Horn, Velvet
France, Napoleon III
Circa 1865 - 1870
SIZE: 161cm high, 108cm wide, 58cm deep - 63⅓ ins high, 42½ ins wide, 58¾ ins deep
Wood, Glass, Brass, Tortoiseshell, Horn, Velvet
France, Napoleon III
Circa 1865 - 1870
SIZE: 161cm high, 108cm wide, 58cm deep - 63⅓ ins high, 42½ ins wide, 58¾ ins deep
This pair of tortoiseshell veneered collectors cabinets or ‘display cases’ are a rare survival from a period when the art of collecting in Europe was flourishing. Collections were being formed within the newly formed wealthy upper middle classes. Grand houses were being built and to house collections within them of ‘objet d’art’, ceramics, silver and sculpture, cabinets such as this were commissioned and incorporated into the style of the house.
Ex Private English collection
A Superb Pair of French Brass Mounted Tortoiseshell Veneered Collectors
