*A French Bronze Mounted Walnut Cabinet
Maison Meynard, Paris, 19th Century
the molded projecting cornice above the molded frieze flanked by corbels above the case fitted with a door having an inset bronze plaque titled La Pensée by Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu (French, 1833-1891), signed H. Chapu and with Thiebaut Frères/ Fondeurs/ Paris stamp, the door with a brass plaque engraved ÉBÉNISTERIE D'ART/ MSON. MEYNARD/ 50 FAUBG. ST. ANTOINE/ SIÈGES & TENTURES and flanked by fluted columnar pilasters, the whole over an open niche flanked by fluted tapering columnar supports, raised on ball feet.
Height 78 x width 33 1/4 x depth 19 1/2 inches.
Property from the Estate of Arlene Goodes, Scottsdale, Arizona