A Pair of Louis XIV Gilt Bronze-Mounted and Pewter-Inlaid Ebony and Walnut Bibliothèques, Circa 1700

A Pair of Louis XIV Gilt Bronze-Mounted and Pewter-Inlaid Ebony and Walnut Bibliothèques, Circa 1700

each of rectangular form with a moulded cornice above partially glazed cupboard doors veneered on the inside with ebony-inlaid walnut enclosing an interior lined with later yellow silk with three shelves and two drawers; the front and sides with pewter stringing and pewter roundels engraved with foliate scrolls; on a shaped plinth with later central gilt bronze acanthus leaf mount

height 80 ½ in.; width 42 in.; depth 15 ½ in.

204.5 vcm; 106.5 cm; 39.5 cm