A Louis XV inlaid cabinet

A Louis XV inlaid cabinet Inlaid with palisander, rosewood, and boxwood on oak and softwood corpus, with ormolu rocaille mountings to the angles. An elegant two-doored piece with a bombé form front resting on bracket feet. The doors, serpentine sides and gable decorated with trompe l'oeil diaper patterns. Restored, the feet slightly shortened, subsequent shrinkage cracks. H 177.5, W 148, D 43 cm. Paris, mid-18th C.