Null Jansen House
Louis XVI-style bookcase with central recess

in veneered woo…

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Jansen House Louis XVI-style bookcase with central recess in veneered wood. It opens on the upper part with three drawers, the central part with two glass doors surrounded by two leaves decorated with tables with recessed corners. The uprights are canted, the apron in the shape of a "cul de lampe". Six cambered legs. Grey-veined white marble top. Bronze ornamentation such as scrolled friezes, falls and sabots. Height 153 Width 144.5 Depth 39 cm. (minor damage to veneer, one foot missing). Provenance: Princess Radziwill's apartment decorated by Maison Jansen, avenue Foch, Paris. Maison Jansen. A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted veneered wood bookcase. White marble top. Bespoke piece of furniture for the Parisian apartment of Princess Radziwill.

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Jansen House Louis XVI-style bookcase with central recess in veneered wood. It opens on the upper part with three drawers, the central part with two glass doors surrounded by two leaves decorated with tables with recessed corners. The uprights are canted, the apron in the shape of a "cul de lampe". Six cambered legs. Grey-veined white marble top. Bronze ornamentation such as scrolled friezes, falls and sabots. Height 153 Width 144.5 Depth 39 cm. (minor damage to veneer, one foot missing). Provenance: Princess Radziwill's apartment decorated by Maison Jansen, avenue Foch, Paris. Maison Jansen. A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted veneered wood bookcase. White marble top. Bespoke piece of furniture for the Parisian apartment of Princess Radziwill.

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