Composite cabinet comprising a cabinet and a rectangular table in ebony veneer inlaid with flowers and dolphins in light wood, color pastes, ivory and mother-of-pearl; it opens with a door surrounded by nine drawers. The door reveals three small drawers. Louis XIV period in the taste of Pierre GOLE. (Damage and missing parts, parts refinished, top added). It stands on a table opening with a drawer, the uprights in the form of a simulated column joined by an old X-shaped strut, which has been added and transformed. (Damage and missing, worm-eaten parts). The cabinet: Height 58 cm Width 97 cm Depth 40 cm The table: Height 81.5 cm Width 99 cm Depth 69 cm Provenance: Château de Sassy, Orne. Expert : Antoine LESCOP de MOY

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