Antique Leather Faux Book Cabinet with Green Man carving on base, leaf carving on base, feet, and top, Green Marble top, and Lock and key. Very old, probably 1800s.
34 1/2β High42 3/4" Wide14β Deep
Hi Nicholas,
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This is a fantastic commode, really quite whimsical with the faux bookshelf door facades that provides a great contrast to the marble top.
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:
An antique French provincial marble-top pine commode
late 19th Century
Of rectangular section, the top mounted with a molded-edged green marble top, the case with egg-and-dart carved molding over three cupboard doors, two with faux-bookshelf facades with leather bindings, opening to a shelved interior, flanking a paneled cupboard door opening to a shelved interior, over a gadrooned and acanthus-carved bottom rail centering a relief-carved "Green Man" mask, on short cabriole legs.
34 1/2 inches tall, 42 3/4 inches wide, 14 inches deep
CONDITION: appears to be in good condition
PROVENANCE: inherited
$800-1,200*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.
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