Fine Antique French Gilded Mahogany Ormolu Napoleonic Empire Cheval Mirror 1815 Drawings & Prints In 1868 he was elected

In 1868 he was elected to seat #14 of the Académie des Beaux-Arts

enclosing a large storage interior below with a lidded till to the right side

signed circa 1925

The cabinet has the cabinet maker's label to the back' " Nordisk Kunst & Mobel-Etablissement"

Fine Antique French Gilded Mahogany Ormolu Napoleonic Empire Cheval Mirror 1815 Drawings & Prints In 1868 he was electedSOLD A very fine antique French 1st Empire Napoleonic period mahogany and ormolu monted cheval mirror, circa 1815. The mirror with a stepped top and removeable wooden gilded gesso cornice, above a rectangular mahogany panel mounted with a gilt bronze roundel with gilt bronze fern leaves. To each side is a pair Doric columns with gilded bases and capitals, centering a swivel beveled glass mirror that is elegantly framed within a mahogany frame with