Pair of corner shelves

Bernard II van Risenburgh

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Consists of three segmental shelves, with shaped fronts linked at back by a central vertical support, triangular in section, and along outside edges by elaborately pierced C-scrolls, alternately concave and convex, that join with central support at top and bottom; shelves of different sizes, smallest at bottom, largest in middle; distance between upper and middle shelves is greater than that between lower and middle; central support, with shaped ends, veneered on front with tulipwood inlaid with pendants of flowers and leaves in end-cut kingwood; pierced C-scrolls veneered on the front and sides with tulipwood.

Pair of corner shelves, Bernard II van Risenburgh (ca. 1696–ca. 1767), Oak marquetried with tulipwood and kingwood, French, Paris

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Pair of corner shelves, Bernard II van Risenburgh (ca. 1696–ca. 1767), Oak marquetried with tulipwood and kingwood, French, Paris
Pair of corner shelves, Bernard II van Risenburgh (ca. 1696–ca. 1767), Oak marquetried with tulipwood and kingwood, French, Paris
Pair of corner shelves, Bernard II van Risenburgh (ca. 1696–ca. 1767), Oak marquetried with tulipwood and kingwood, French, Paris

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