Oak credenza or sideboard with richly molded, finely carved - Lot 341

Oak credenza or sideboard with richly molded, finely carved decoration of warrior busts, masks, sphinxes, turned leathers, cartouches, interlacing, foliage falls and mythological scenes. It stands on a quadripod base decorated with arcatures and two columns adorned with swirling vine branches. It opens at the waist with a drop-handle drawer, and at the top with a hinged door carved on the table with Venus on a dolphin accompanied by two putti. It is topped by a rich colonnette pediment supported by sphinxes and centered on a mythological scene. Neo-Renaissance style in the taste of the Fontainebleau school. Late 19th century Height Height : 232 cm Width : 117 cm Depth : 55 cm