Large 19th Century Tahan Paris Cube Parquetry Table Casket / Coffret Antique

Large 19th Century Tahan Paris Cube Parquetry Table Casket / Coffret AntiqueAdditional Description: A substantial and architecturally scaled 19th century French table casket by the esteemed maison Tahan, executed in exceptional trompe l'il cube parquetry across all visible surfaces. Unlike smaller personal boxes, this example is notably large in scale, designed to command presence on a tabletop or commode. The marquetry is composed of meticulously cut exotic wood veneerslikely kingwood and rosewoodarranged in a precise

Small Dark Brain Coral

Two Fine French Louis XVI Style Silk-Upholstered Armchairs

Baccarini label inidcates they were likely sold as decorative or giftware in Portofino

The hinged writing surface lifts to access additional storage

while the other is partially concealed beneath the draped garment

Watercolor Signed A

Written in elegant cursive ink script on stamped legal paper bearing official French revenue and tribunal marks

Polychrome verdigris faux malachite framed by gilt bronze mounts (damaged panels)

Romantic school

with sweeping scrolled handles extending outward in fluid

Paris naturalist label)

Era: 1851 (19th C)