Boulle Marquetry Sideboard With Bronze Medallion Napoleon Napoleon 3

DESCRIPTION / Rare sideboard in blackened wood and Boulle style marquetry with brass fillets & brass cartouches on a brown tortoiseshell background on the uprights, cornice and door spandrels. Rich gilt bronze ornaments & central door medallion with bronzes, gallant scene after Clodion. Thick black marble with some chips to note, opens onto a mahogany interior with 2 removable shelves. Very atypical model and of very good quality PERIOD / Napoleon III circa 1865 DIMENSIONS / 78 x 42 cm by 110 cm high GENERAL CONDITION / perfect condition AVAILABILITY / immediate PRICE / €2990