Moulded and carved walnut double cabinet with... Lot 6

Moulded and carved walnut double cabinet with pediment opening with four leaves and two drawers in the waistband. The front features two lion heads, eight enameled plaques and six Doric columns. The unit stands on ball feet. France - Limoges. 17th century H_186 cm W_111 cm D_58.5 cm (Parts detached and missing, pitting). Our cabinet is typical of the Île de France style of the first half of the 17th century. A more richly carved and slightly earlier example illustrating the alliance between Parisian joinery and Limoges enamellers is preserved in the Louvre Museum's Department of Works of Art from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Modern Periods under inventory number MRR 60. Indicative bibliography : - Baratte, Sophie, Les émaux peints de Limoges, [Paris, Musée du Louvre], Paris, R.M.N., 2000, p. 80, p. 81