Lot 306: MATHIEU BÉFORT DIT BÉFORT JEUNE B. 1813 A LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT-BRONZE AND VERNIS MARTIN MOUNTED MAHOGANY, SATINWOOD AND INLAID EBONY SIDE CABINET PARIS, CIRCA 1870

MATHIEU BÉFORT DIT BÉFORT JEUNE B. 1813 A LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT-BRONZE AND VERNIS MARTIN MOUNTED MAHOGANY, SATINWOOD AND INLAID EBONY SIDE CABINET PARIS, CIRCA 1870 the cupboard opening to a satinwood-veneered interior with two green-stained fruitwood flower-head trellis marquetry drawers above two frieze drawers. One venis martin panel has been removed to reveal the stampe BEFORT JEUNE to the carcass. height 53 1/2 in.; width 45 1/4 in.; depth 17 in. 136 cm; 114 cm; 43 cm

Mathieu Befort (1813-1880) who always stamped his work Befort Jeune was the son of Jean-Baptiste Befort, who was of Belgian origin and renowned for having supplied furniture for the appartments of the Duc d'Orléans. He was established at numbers 1 and 6 rue Neuve-Saint-Gilles in Paris from 1844 to 1880. As a gifted ébèniste-marqueteur he specialised in Boulle marquetry and in particular extremely high quality work inspired by the work of André-Charles-Boulle himself.