Napoleon III Support Cabinet - Auguste Delafontaine Bronze - 2 Medallion Doors

Napoleon III Support Cabinet - Bronze Auguste Delafontaine
- 2 Doors with Silvered Bronze Medallion. Richly lined with Bronze with the initials: AD for Auguste Delafontaine.
- Original white marble top in good condition
. - On the doors: 2 medallions in silvered bronze in a LXVI frame in gilded bronze - reel feet - mahogany interior: shelves
- Original key and lock - Caryatids
- acanthus leaf
The Delafontaine house was founded in the 18th century. Auguste Delafontaine directed it from 1840 to 1885. He collaborated with the greatest cabinetmakers including Jacob-Desmalter for the realization of the bronzes of the Chapelle Expiatoire (Paris) or the bronze decorations of the Louvre Palace for King Charles X.
He is in charge of the ornamentation work in the royal palaces, the keyholes of the Louvre. Subsequently, the Delafontaine house became the competitor of the Barbedienne house. It developed an art casting activity for artists such as Durer, Barye, Pradier, etc.