Furniture & Works of Art - 16 Mar 2010
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A French carved walnut buffet a deux corps in Renaissance style
A French carved walnut buffet a deux corps in Renaissance style, by C. Sornay & Fils, the detachable pediment above a moulded and dentil cornice with a tablet and leaf frieze, above a pair of doors decorated with grotesques and Francis I's motif the salamander, enclosing an adjustable shelf, flanked by a pair of fluted and trailing vine carved columns, the conforming base to bun feet, the back with a stencilled mark 'AMEUBLEMENTS, C. SORNAY & FILS, Lyon', late 19th century, 81.25in (206.2cm) h, 39in (98.7cm) w, 19.5in (49.7cm) d.