Exceptional Apparat Cabinet, Regency Period

Majestic Lyonnaise Wardrobe "D'apparat" From the Regency period (1715/1723), in Walnut wood for the frame and Burr Walnut for the panels which is in the center of the doors, which reveals very beautiful very contrasting patterns . It opens with two doors with a large frame carved with foliage, flowers and shells in high and strong relief. The upper crosspiece is richly carved with rococo plant motifs on a grid background, as well as spandrels in the corners, framing a spectacular shell, also decorated with foliage, flowers and plants. The curved cornice with a policeman's hat decorated with a gadroon which enriches it, as well as two sculptures on either side. The frame is sculpted with multiple falls of flowers, foliage, an upturned shell in the center resting on a basket, as well as a shell also upside down in the lower part. Rounded uprights with the central part of the heads of helmeted warriors. The sides have molded panels with Louis XIV motifs in the upper part. It rests on feet in the shape of a "loaf or also called a ball" which are original, surmounted by an inverted and molded Cornice. This Extraordinary Castle Cabinet has all its original ironwork... Namely: (Its keyhole, Its double-bolt lock, Its two interior cremones, its hinges), as well as its original wrought iron key with triangular section typical of Lyonnaise cabinets. This type of furniture was once a mark of prestige and nobility in the wealthiest French families.