Antique French Napoleon III Ebony Ormolu Marble Sevres Porcelain Inlaid Credenza Cabinet 1860 Paintings and Edwardian dress rely on

and Edwardian dress rely on light strokes and tonal shifts rather than sharp defined edges The color scheme favors soft pastel shades

Sergei's ancestry was variously reported as Swedish or Swiss (but more recent research has shown that he was of Livonian extraction)

and the Salon des Tuileries (1922)

the cabinet is fitted with a brass tag to one of the drawers "Calvin Grand Rapids The Irwin Collection designed by Paul McCobb"

Lecourt was the quintessential painter of scenes of Normandy France

Antique French Napoleon III Ebony Ormolu Marble Sevres Porcelain Inlaid Credenza Cabinet 1860 Paintings and Edwardian dress rely onSOLD A fine antique French Napoleon III burl inlaid with a marble top and ormolu mounted credenza cabinet, inset with a Sevres porcelain portrait plaque, circa 1860. The three door cabinet having a white varigated cararra marble top, below are inlaid burl walnut panels and inlaid geometric devices. To the center is a door inlaid and mounted with gilt bronze and to the center is a large oval Sevres porcelain plaque, with a hand painted portrait of