Trumeau in gilded wood, carved and lacquered gray. It is decorated in the upper part with a flowering basket surrounded by two branches of laurel. Two pilasters on each side are topped with knots and finished with antique style vases. The mirror in two parts is underlined by a frieze of knotted ribbons and connections with flowers. A pair of two-light arms decorated with wrought leaves and pendants light the whole. Antique work in the Louis XVI style. Height 195,5 Width 146,5 cm. Mirror : Height 156 cm Width 96.5 cm (chips, cracks, missing)

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