Walnut library tinged with rich chiseled and golden bronze decor, the quakstened sheath amounts.
The open central part opens with a leaf in the lower part, the two rounded and wireless side doors.
Rich finely chiseled and golden bronze decor of origin, such as, rosettes, busts and feet of Egyptians, palmettes and volutes, winged victories, laurel wreaths, .
Etampered by 3 times, 2 in the buffer on the back of the furniture and 1 inside a lock.
Epoch fine XIXth
Excellent condition, wood and cleaned bronzes, a key.
*1818 Creation of the Schmit house, its creator Frédéric Schmit comes from Luxembourg. The Schmit house is a pioneer on the “style”, high -end and general arrangement segment segment (castles and boats most often),
1828 The Schmit house set up its workshops at 22 rue de Charonne in Paris and develops an activity of manufacturing furniture, arrangement, art carpentry, decoration, furnishings of stores, tapestries .
Under the Second Empire The company became Schmit & Piollet in 1874 (associated with the cabinetmaking of Napoleon III), and experienced a prodigious development, bringing together a team of decorators, cabinetmakers, sculptors, upholsterers, carpenters in seats, bronziers. Its influence is global and it collects many awards around the world to all exhibitions,
1878 and 1889: Universal exhibitions of Paris, Schmit receives a gold medal on the occasion of this event.
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