Description
Gabriel VIARDOT (1830-1904) Cabinet in stained and carved mahogany veneer with two quadrangular bodies, opening on the right with a full door incorporating a full-length mirror, and on the left with two full doors topped by a waisted drawer and a bronze ornament representing a crane on the back of a turtle. Inlaid mother-of-pearl decoration of birds and plants in a Sino-Japanese style. Slightly overhanging legs with small scrolled feet (small chips, scratches, accident to the bronze). Stamped on the base. Height 222 cm - Depth 50 cm Bibliography: Céline Béral Jérémie Cerman (sous la direction de), Gabriel Frédéric Viardot - Tomes I II, mémoire de master 1 recherches : histoire de l'art, Sorbonne Université, Paris, 2019, drawing presenting a variant of our model reproduced in the Annexes (Tome II) under n°34. Expert: Cabinet Marcilhac
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Gabriel VIARDOT (1830-1904) Cabinet in stained and carved mahogany veneer with two quadrangular bodies, opening on the right with a full door incorporating a full-length mirror, and on the left with two full doors topped by a waisted drawer and a bronze ornament representing a crane on the back of a turtle. Inlaid mother-of-pearl decoration of birds and plants in a Sino-Japanese style. Slightly overhanging legs with small scrolled feet (small chips, scratches, accident to the bronze). Stamped on the base. Height 222 cm - Depth 50 cm Bibliography: Céline Béral Jérémie Cerman (sous la direction de), Gabriel Frédéric Viardot - Tomes I II, mémoire de master 1 recherches : histoire de l'art, Sorbonne Université, Paris, 2019, drawing presenting a variant of our model reproduced in the Annexes (Tome II) under n°34. Expert: Cabinet Marcilhac
