With serpentine molded brêche d'alèp marble top above two long drawers inlaid sans traverse with bois-de-bout scrolling blossoming foliage, with foliate-cast pulls and lock plates all within an inlaid encadrement, the sides similarly inlaid, the chutes inlaid with pierced foliage on slender cabriole legs ending in pierced foliate sabots, two mounts stamped with the 'C' couronné poinçons

36 in. (91.4 cm.) high, 57 in. (144.8 cm.) wide, 35³⁄₄ in. (90.8 cm.) deep

Acquired from Kraemer Gallery, Paris, 1990.

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Lot Essay

The 'C' couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749.