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Pretty Louis XV low cabinet with an eventful shape,
This piece of furniture is inlaid with end grain wood flowers, presenting a rich floral decoration on the face and sides and gilded bronzes throughout (upright in the upper part, in the frames, sabots and lower part).
It opens with two doors and has an interior with three shelves.
The whole set on curved feet and topped with breccia marble.
Stamped: G. DURAND
Gervais DURAND (1839-1911) famous Parisian cabinetmaker,
He worked from 1870 in the Faubourg Saint Antoine. In 1889, he participated in the Universal Exhibition and his talent was rewarded with a silver medal. The report of the time says of him: "cabinetmaker as skilled as modest, exhibits for the first time furniture of the first order, of which he is both the designer and the executor, he follows the path traced by masters such as Beurdeley and Dasson.
Gervais DURAND practices from 1870 in the Faubourg Saint Antoine. In 1889, he participates in the universal exhibition and his talent is rewarded with a silver medal. The report of the time says of him: "cabinetmaker as skilled as modest, exhibits for the first time furniture of the first order, of which he is both the designer and the executor, he follows the path traced by masters such as Beurdeley and Dasson.
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