A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILT-METAL MOUNTED KINGWOOD MARQUETRY CORNER CABINETS OR ENCOIGNURES (2)
Each with shaped breche d’alep marble top, the doors inlaid with a musical trophy, 75cm wide; 91cm high
| Estimate: |
£500 - £700
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Hammer price:
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£2,200 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Condition report
Numerous losses to the veneers to both. Each with a shrinkage crack to the door and subsequent losses and tears to veneers. One with a more obvious loss right in the centre of a flower in the door.
Tarnishing to metal work.
One mount with a missing end of a scroll.
Marble tops with numerous old chips and losses. One with numerous repaired breaks.
Legs worn and further wear to back boards.
Later hinges to one, the other cupboard locked and the interior not inspected and escutcheon loose.
Both stamped indistinctly.
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