Pair Antique 18thC French Louis XV Inlaid Marquetry Ormolu Tambour Cabinets 1780 Decorative Arts He was a great painter

He was a great painter

he was apprenticed in Rome to Niccolò Pomarancio and adopted Pomaranancio's post Michelangelo Mannerist style

The reverse trefoil base having three lobes with circular ebonized caps and circular turned ebonized feet

At sight & without frames each plaque is 15" x 10"

each stands on a rectangular red Breccia marble plinth

Pair Antique 18thC French Louis XV Inlaid Marquetry Ormolu Tambour Cabinets 1780 Decorative Arts He was a great painterA very fine pair of 18th century antique French Lois XV marquetry inlaid and ormolu mounted rosewood, walnut and fruitwood, tambour front side cabinets, circa 1780. This very elegant pair of antique cabinets are of bombe or Serpentine shape, the rosewood and walnut cases are lavishly inlaid with satinwood and fruitwood floral marquetry inlay. The tops are inlaid with a neoclassical flowering urn flanked by a pair of birds, the sides of the cabinets