French Napoleon III Chinoiserie Credenza with Marble Top. Late 19th Century.

An elegant ebonized three‑door credenza (meuble d’appui) richly mounted with gilt‑bronze (ormolu) and fitted with a projecting white marble top with canted corners. Each door is inset with polychrome Chinoiserie/Japanned lacquer panels depicting landscape and pavilion scenes, set within molded frames and flanked by foliate ormolu mounts. The frieze is adorned with pierced gilt panels and a central arabesque mount; additional corner mounts and escutcheons provide refined neoclassical accents. The case stands on shaped bracket feet.

• Origin: France

• Period: Napoleon III / late 19th century

• Materials: Ebonized wood; polychrome lacquer (Chinoiserie) panels; gilt‑bronze mounts; white marble top

• Configuration: Three paneled doors opening to shelved storage (interior fitted for cabinetry)

• Dimensions: H: 31" x W: 54" x D: 18"