An exceptional antique French marble top sideboard cabinet of large proportions, crafted in mahogany and richly adorned with fine ormolu mounts. The shaped white marble top sits above a serpentine front with beautifully executed marquetry panels, detailed with geometric inlay and framed by ornate gilt bronze mounts.The cabinet is fitted with a central pair of doors opening to shelved storage, flanked by shaped cupboard doors and a bank of drawers. Raised on elegant tapering legs terminating in striking ormolu paw feet, with finely cast mounts throughout including classical male and female busts to the corners and a scrolling ormolu frieze beneath the marble top.The drawers are constructed with fine hand-cut dovetails, a sign of high quality cabinetmaking, and the piece retains its original solid oak linings and secondary timbers throughout.Pieces of this quality reflect the Louis XVI revival style, highly fashionable in France at the turn of the century. These cabinets were...