19th Century Asian Mahogany Cabinet, Vietnam

Furniture cabinet of Vietnamese origin in solid mahogany, sumptuously decorated with oriental sculptures.
In one piece, it consists of several storage spaces and including two niche columns on the sides. The first, on the left, 37 cm x 37 cm wide, consists of three exposure compartments, while the second, right, back and narrower (27 cm x 27 cm), offers four. Each of these niches is embellished in the upper part of cut mahogany friezes.
This amazing cabinet opens with two doors: a first, below, with the facade decorated with bass birds Picorant bamboo shelter, discovers a bare space 50 cm high. A second, in the central part, reveals three shelves 33.5 cm deep, placed on racks and therefore adjustable at a total height of 101 cm. She wears a generous dragon decor on her visible side, seeming to intertwine a Japanese -cut tree. These two leaves see their contours underlined by carved friezes forming frames and they are equipped with two discreet handles of almost indistinct draws from the rest of the furniture.
The largest of these doors is summoned with a decorative panel representing a volatile placed on a branch of roses hatched and in buttons.
This singular piece of furniture also consists of two drawers, 9 cm deep each, with facades with patterns of bouquets of protruding flowers, two of them acting as concealed handles.
The left side of this cabinet is decorated, under the column, with a new scene of birds and foliage, recalling that described above.
The pediment is an important reptilian imaginary creature, typically Asian, a culture also recalled by the pagoda cuts on both sides of the columns.
The whole rests on a large song Chantourne, richly embellished with vegetable sculptures, itself camped on six feet cut into windings.

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Era: end nineteenth

Perfect condition after restoration, very good solidity after complete disassembly and consolidation of the structure in our workshop. Only waxed finish.

Dimensions:
On the body: Length: 96 cm Width: 37 cm
On the feet: Length: 105 cm Width: 45 cm
Total height: 202 cm