Antique French Napoleon III Ebony Ormolu Marble Sevres Porcelain Inlaid Credenza Cabinet 1860 Paintings he left Paris and settled

he left Paris and settled in Sardañola (Barcelona)

Sergei's ancestry was variously reported as Swedish or Swiss (but more recent research has shown that he was of Livonian extraction)

and Edwardian dress rely on light strokes and tonal shifts rather than sharp defined edges The color scheme favors soft pastel shades

A very attractive pair of Russian silver and enamel sugar tongs

the cabinet is fitted with a brass tag to one of the drawers "Calvin Grand Rapids The Irwin Collection designed by Paul McCobb"

Antique French Napoleon III Ebony Ormolu Marble Sevres Porcelain Inlaid Credenza Cabinet 1860 Paintings he left Paris and settledSOLD A fine antique French Napoleon III burl inlaid with a marble top and ormolu mounted credenza cabinet, inset with a Sevres porcelain portrait plaque, circa 1860. The three door cabinet having a white varigated cararra marble top, below are inlaid burl walnut panels and inlaid geometric devices. To the center is a door inlaid and mounted with gilt bronze and to the center is a large oval Sevres porcelain plaque, with a hand painted portrait of