Regency Hunting Sideboard In Carved Oak And Marble, Flanders, 18th Century

Magnificent large hunting buffet from the Regency period in carved oak and marble.
This hunting buffet is supported by a plinth and opens with two double-swing doors.
On the sides are knife drawers.
Hunting buffets were intended to present game on the marble top and ceremonial tableware in the buffet. During receptions and banquets, it was common in beautiful country houses or hunting lodges of the nobility to leave the doors of the hunting buffet open. This was intended to affirm the social status of the owner, and to emphasize his wealth by revealing expensive tableware and silver cutlery. This was also used to present the beautifully dressed dishes that were going to be served.
Our example made of oak wood is richly carved with shells, foliage, acanthus leaves and crosspieces.
It is rare to find such ornate hunting sideboards.
Original fittings, lock and key.
Royal red marble top, dominant red-brown color with very marked white and gray veins. It was cut lengthwise (no more manual sawing traces) and glued and consolidated by a marble worker.
This beautiful piece of furniture is most certainly from French Flanders, northern France, early 18th century.
Delivery preferably by me, free once a month in Paris and the Paris region, contact me for other destinations for a quote, or delivery possible by carrier on the ground floor in front of your home in a wooden crate on a pallet (bulky packaging), 500 euros in France, 1000 euros in the EU and 3000 euros rest of the world, ad valorem insurance included.