Maison Krieger A Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted kingwood, amaranth and Sèvres style painted porcelain vitrine Paris, circa 1900

surmounted by a brèche violette marble top with canted corners above a guilloche cast frieze with flowerhead marquetry, opening to four glass shelves, the lockplate engraved to the outside KRIEGER / a / Paris, the back with blue crayon number 16146. 

Overall in good condition with the usual chips to marble edges. Cabinetry is strong, veneers steady and the gilt bronze is slightly tarnished. Loss to amaranth veneer beneath the marble on the back left side and another one on the opposite side at the same location.
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Both marchands-mercier and manufacturers of furniture with large mechanized workshops, Antoine Krieger and his brother Nicolas launched Maison Krieger in 1826 at 17, Rue Saint-Nicolas, Paris. In 1850 the firm was established as Antoine Krieger et Cie. By 1880 the firm was one of the largest mechanized workshop of furniture in Paris, located at 74, Rue Du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine. Numerous furniture styles were displayed and created by Maison Krieger, producing and exhibiting copies and creations of 18th century and Empire designs, while also creating modern interpretations of the Louis XV and Louis XVI styles. They were exhibitors at the major exhibitions of the 19th century up to the 1900 Exposition Universelle.