A NAPOLEON III EBONIZED CABINET,19th century. The pierced galleried coved pediment above a burl-walnut banded incised frieze over a cupboard door centering an oval painted patera within a gilt-incised floral cartouche, similarly decorated spandrels, opening to a velvet-lined single shelf interior flanked by panels with incised trailing vine-filled urns fronted by double gilt-painted fluted tapering Ionic columns. Allover banding and gilt-bronze beaded detail. (Originally the upper section of a cabinet-on-stand) - 32 in. x 29 1/4 in. x 11 in. Estimate $800-1,000
