Showcase Napoleon III En Lac Signed G.durand Paris

Napoleon III period showcase, completely lacquered with Japanese decoration, in very good condition, usual wear on the gilding of the lacquer It has a glass shelf in the window part but it can accommodate several Signed on a copper plate inside the door: G.DURAND PARIS Gervais-Maximilian-Eugene DURAND is a French cabinetmaker born in Paris on July 30, 1839, who began to practice in 1870, 12 rue de la Cerisaie, then 23 rue Beautreillis from 1878, finally 62 rue Saint-Antoine around 1900, in the old Hotel de Sully. It was at this moment that he took the social reason of DURAND ET FILS. He participated in the World Fair of 1889, during which he won a silver medal. Picard writes: "Mr. DURAND, as clever as he is modest, exhibits for the first time first-class furniture, of which he is at once the draftsman and the performer; he walks the path traced by the masters such as BEURDELEY and DASSON. "