Objects

display case
FURNITURE
display case
c.1870
mahogany; glass
overall: 860 x 600 x 400 mm

Wooden display case. Louis XV style mahogany and gilt brass-mounted bijouterie table. Serpentine top with a bevelled glass plate banded in an acanthus cast brass border, over a pair of mirrored doors and sides with similar decoration, enclosing a glass shelf and velvet-covered base. Raised on slender cabriole legs with brass bandings trailing to foliate sabots.


1999.836

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