Large piece of furniture opening with three leaves in black lacquered wood and red lacquered Chinese decoration with gold highlights. Rectangular body, in carved wood decorated with frieze of Greek on the entablature and geometric motifs on the leaves.
Central leaf adorned with an oculus with a red lacquered background, decorated with motifs of cranes in gold on a background of wooded landscapes. Lateral leaves decorated with cartouches with red lacquered background decorated with flowers, foliage and Chinese characters: a woman carrying a flower on one side and a man playing the flute on the other. Gilded bronze draw knobs with foliage decoration. Moulded base with six feet with a Greek motif. Cul-de-lampe decorated with geometric Chinese motifs. The central leaf opens on a compartment with one shelf and the side leaves open on compartments with two shelves.
Work done in the 1880s