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Antique French Louis Xvi Style Marquetry Corner Cabinet with Marble Top
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Antique French Louis Xvi Style Marquetry Corner Cabinet with Marble Top

19th century
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A fine quality 19th-century French Louis XVI style corner cabinet beautifully inlaid and mounted with gilt-bronze ormolu. The white marble top sits above a frieze inlaid with floral marquetry and ormolu moulding over a single bowed door exquisitely decorated with a central vase issuing flowers, framed by foliate sprays and crossbanded veneers.

The cabinet is veneered in richly figured kingwood and tulipwood accented with ebonised borders and finely cast ormolu mounts, including rosettes, ribbon-tied garlands and classical acanthus leaf ornaments. It stands on turned feet with gilt-bronze sabots.

The interior offers practical storage while the exterior displays exceptional craftsmanship and elegant proportion — a perfect example of French cabinetmaking from the late 19th century.

Date: Circa 1860

Origin: France

Style: Louis XVI Revival

Materials: Kingwood, tulipwood, ebonised details, gilt-bronze ormolu, marble top

Condition: Excellent antique condition, with minor age-related marks and a lovely patina.

Dimensions:

Height: 101 cm (39.8 in)

Width: 63 cm (24.8 in)

Depth: 48 cm (18.9 in)

An elegant and decorative Louis XVI style marquetry corner cabinet, ideal for a refined salon, hallway, or formal reception space — a timeless statement of 19th-century French craftsmanship.

Physical Dimensions
Height
101cm (39.76")
Width
63cm (24.80")
Depth
48cm (18.90")
Declaration

London City Antiques has dated this Marquetry Corner Cabinet to the 1860s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1197538
Dealers Internal Reference
2892
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Description
A fine quality 19th-century French Louis XVI style corner cabinet beautifully inlaid and mounted with gilt-bronze ormolu. The white marble top sits above a frieze inlaid with floral marquetry and ormolu moulding over a single bowed door exquisitely decorated with a central vase issuing flowers, framed by foliate sprays and crossbanded veneers.
fig 1. A Louis XVI style bow-fronted corner cabinet featuring intricate floral marquetry on a dark central panel, gilt-bronze mounts, and a white marble top.
fig 1. Antique French Louis Xvi Style Marquetry Corner Cabinet with Marble Top

The cabinet is veneered in richly figured kingwood and tulipwood accented with ebonised borders and finely cast ormolu mounts, including rosettes, ribbon-tied garlands and classical acanthus leaf ornaments. It stands on turned feet with gilt-bronze sabots.

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The interior offers practical storage while the exterior displays exceptional craftsmanship and elegant proportion — a perfect example of French cabinetmaking from the late 19th century.
London City Antiques
fig 2. A Louis XVI style bow-fronted corner cabinet featuring intricate floral marquetry on a dark central panel, gilt-bronze mounts, and a white marble top.
fig 2. Antique French Louis Xvi Style Marquetry Corner Cabinet with Marble Top

Date: Circa 1860

Origin: France

Style: Louis XVI Revival

Materials: Kingwood, tulipwood, ebonised details, gilt-bronze ormolu, marble top

Condition: Excellent antique condition, with minor age-related marks and a lovely patina.

fig 3. A Louis XVI style bow-fronted corner cabinet featuring intricate floral marquetry on a dark central panel, gilt-bronze mounts, and a white marble top.
fig 3. Antique French Louis Xvi Style Marquetry Corner Cabinet with Marble Top

Dimensions:

Height: 101 cm (39.8 in)

Width: 63 cm (24.8 in)

Depth: 48 cm (18.9 in)

An elegant and decorative Louis XVI style marquetry corner cabinet, ideal for a refined salon, hallway, or formal reception space — a timeless statement of 19th-century French craftsmanship.

Height
101cm (39.76")
Width
63cm (24.80")
Depth
48cm (18.90")
Date of Manufacture

London City Antiques has dated this Marquetry Corner Cabinet to the 1860s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1197538
Dealers Internal Ref
2892
London City Antiques
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At london city antiques we specialise in fine english antiques

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Antique French Louis Xvi Style Marquetry Corner Cabinet with Marble Top

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A Louis XVI style bow-fronted corner cabinet featuring intricate floral marquetry on a dark central panel, gilt-bronze mounts, and a white marble top.
Antique French Louis XVI Style Marquetry Corner Cabinet with Marble Top
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A Louis XVI style corner cabinet, historically referred to as an encoignure, is a low triangular storage cupboard crafted to fit flush into a room corner. Characterised by neoclassicism, symmetry, geometric lines, and classical motifs, these pieces often feature curved or bow-fronted doors, intricate marquetry, and fitted marble tops.

These cabinets are typically constructed from fine hardwoods such as walnut, kingwood, or mahogany, faced with delicate veneer inlays forming floral or geometric patterns. Solid marble slabs, often with profiled edges, form the top surfaces, while cast gilt-bronze (ormolu) or brass mounts trim the edges, feet, and keyholes.

Authentic pieces display hand-cut dovetail joinery, hand-planed secondary woods, and genuine cast bronze mounts with hand-chased details. Look for subtle variations in wood grain within the marquetry, natural veining and minor undercut marks in the marble top, and signs of aged patination along metal fittings.

A corner cabinet effectively transforms underutilised architectural space into a focal point. Position the cabinet against light neutral walls to highlight dark wood veneers, and pair it with modern abstract wall art above or simple glass decorative items on the marble top to create a balanced contrast.

Dust the wood surface gently with a soft microfibre cloth and apply beeswax periodically along the grain to preserve the timber. Clean the marble top using a neutral pH cleaner specifically formulated for stone, avoiding acidic chemical products that etch the surface, and position the furniture away from direct sunlight and radiators.
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