Boulle Cabinet

Exceptional Boulle cabinet , in ebony veneer inlaid with brass fillets in reserve.
Rich gilded bronze ornamentation. Attributed to Mathieu Béfort.
Napoleon III period, high quality French work around 1870. Mathieu Befort, known as Béfort Jeune (1813 - 1880), is a descendant of a famous family of Parisian cabinetmakers.
From 1840 to 1880 the workshop prospered on rue Neuve Saint-Gilles, producing high-quality furniture made by this skilled cabinetmaker-marquecher who was inspired by Boulle furniture and creations from the Louis XVI period.
This piece of furniture is part of the reinterpretation of the Louis XVI style and in particular the creations of Adam Weisweiler. In this piece of furniture at support height; Béfort Jeune takes up the composition of Socrates conversing with Aspasia that Charles Boulle created around 1700 for a pair of amoires now kept at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Dimensions :
Height 117 cm
Width 99 cm
Depth 43 cm