An important Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted bois satiné, kingwood and fruitwood marquetry cartonnier en armoire, stamped by Pierre Migeon, vers 1750, surmounted by a clock signed Manière Paris

the upper part opening with two doors enclosing two shelves, the central part with two false drawers, each side fitted with a cupboard door ; the front with marquetry decoration of parrots perched in branches of foliage and fruit surrounded by kingwood and giltwood borders; the sides inlaid with floral and foliate sprays; fitted with gilt-bronze chutes, mounts and sabots with scrolls, leaves, flowers, cabochons, stylized shells, berries and wings, the lower section centered by a gilt-bronze tree supporting a parrot ; the upper part fitted with a clock with a later gilt-bronze dial with blue and white enamel numerals; the associated movement inscribed Manière Paris with some alterations to clock case; stamped MIGEON on the back left lower upright

Height 85 1/2 in, width 51 in, depth 18 1/2 in ; Haut. 217 cm, larg. 130 cm ; prof. 47 cm

Pierre II Migeon (1701-1758) cabinetmaker, received master c.1721