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Napoleon III style ormolu mounted veneer inlaid serpentine shape credenza, The serpentine shape eared marble top above a foliate ormolu mounted frieze drawer surmounting a central door centered with a fine chiseled ormolu plaque representing winged cherubs and putti, Flanked to each side by a serpentine shaped glass doors above a serpentine shaped plinth, The fine credenza is intricately inlaid with exceptional pattern and ornamented with lavish decoration of ormolu mounts of empire columned gats, foliate acanthus motifs, scalloped leafy pendants, flower rosettes, intertwined foliate works and beaded strap-works
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A sophisticated French Napoléon III Second Empire style ormolu mounted veneer inlaid serpentine shape credenza,

The serpentine shape eared marble top above a foliate ormolu mounted frieze drawer surmounting a central door centered with a fine chiseled ormolu plaque representing winged cherubs and putti,

Flanked to each side by a serpentine shaped glass doors above an ormolu-mounted serpentine shaped plinth,

The fine credenza is intricately inlaid with exceptional pattern and ornamented with lavish decoration of ormolu mounts of empire columned gats, foliate acanthus motifs, scalloped leafy pendants, flower rosettes, intertwined foliate works and beaded strap-works.

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155 x 45 x 105cm

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The Napoleon III style:

The Napoleon III style is the name commonly given to a 19th-century style of Renaissance Revival architecture in France, especially in Paris. It is a sub-style of Second Empire architecture, which is a term also used elsewhere in the world for this style. It is characterized by its eclecticism, because of the mix of decorative elements from the past. It flourished during the Second French Empire, with the patronage of Napoleon III.

The term "Napoleon III style" (French: style Napoléon III) may be contemporary: legend has it that when the Empress Eugénie asked architect Charles Garnier whether the Palais Garnier, under construction in 1862, would be built in the Greek or Roman style, he replied, "It is in the Napoleon III style, Madame!" The term is also not reserved exclusively for architecture. It is used also to describe furniture of the period, especially in the marketplace, where other "royal period" styles are commonplace.

The style is characterised by high façades, mansard roofs, and, more rarely, pavilions. The buildings are richly decorated but with clearly defined outlines. The Napoleon III style is associated with the renovation of Paris under Baron Haussmann between 1852 and 1870. The buildings of the renovation show a singularity of purpose and design, a consistency of urban planning that was unusual for the period. Numerous public edifices: railway stations, the tribunal de commerce, and the Palais Garnier were constructed in the style.

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