Large Corner Buffet Signed Mercier Frères Paris

Mercier brothers in Paris Large sideboard or English sideboard, forming a sideboard, in mahogany, mahogany veneer, ebony veneer and gilded bronze. Rectangular in shape with double projections, it opens with two hinged doors in flamed mahogany in double ebony frames and with 4 drawers in the belt White marble top with projections and openwork gilded bronze gallery The rounded corners are also composed of 2 shelves with a white marble base Resting on a fluted spindle base finished with gilded bronze shoes Interior in blond oak Superb condition Signed on a plaque in a drawer Mercier Frères Decoration is a former decoration company, upholsterer and furniture manufacturer, located at 100 , Faubourg Saint-Antoine, in Paris. Created in 1828 by Claude Mercier, it closed in 1985. Specializing in stylish furniture, it supplied numerous European and Oriental courts, particularly the imperial family of Iran. It participated in the Universal Exhibition of 18679, then, with a small pavilion, to that of 1900. She then published a plan of the exhibition's attractions. In 1914, it opened a branch in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and in 1920 a store, the Palais de Marbre, at 77, avenue des Champs-Élysées. In 1927, it opened a branch in New York, at 232-236 E. 59th Street