Large double cabinet in burr walnut and ebony with ebony and - Lot 46

Large double cabinet in burr walnut and ebony with ebony and pewter fillets. The upper body opens with fourteen drawers with oak inlay, including two in the cornice, and a central leaf decorated with an arch flanked by four pilasters with Corinthian capitals and bases. The leaf reveals a theater with fourteen drawers, four of which are secret. The lower body opens with two drawers in the entablature and two doors. The whole rests on a curved complaint. Flanders or Paris, 17th century. Total dimensions: 206.5 x 146 x 51.5 cm. Upper part: 91.5 x 141 x 49 cm . Lower part: 115 x 146 x 51.5 cm. Minor restorations to the base. Handwritten inscription in black ink on white labels in the drawers. *Mme de T quittance / *Mme de T Mémoires / * Mme de T Affaires courantes. Probably Madame de THYEZ VILLEDIEU. Probably Château de Villedieu. Our cabinet features an architectural design with a tripartite front similar to that produced by Pierre GOLE in the second half of the 17th century. The two sides open with five drawers surrounded by ebony moldings. The central spandrel is crowned by a gallery of ormolu balusters enriched with acanthus friezes and pewter scrolls on ebony backgrounds. It is flanked by four threaded pewter pilasters with Corinthian capitals and bases resting on bases adorned with large acanthus leaves. The gilded bronze escutcheons are similar to those illustrated in PIERRE GOLE, Ebéniste de Louis XIV. Th.h.Lunsingh Scheurleer. Editions FATON, page 125 and 194. Expert : Stéphane Pépe