Important solid mahogany display cabinet, France, late 19th century, Louis XVI style. Measurements: cm H 178 x W 122 x D 42 Price: confidential negotiation Item accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. The splendid display cabinet, made of solid mahogany wood, dates back to the late nineteenth century. Made in France by a master cabinetmaker of great skill, it is in the Louis XVI style. The furniture is embellished with finely chiseled gilded bronze decorations. It features details, in full Louis XVI taste, with acanthus leaves and foliaceous spirals, festoons and garlands of flowers united by graceful bows and ribbons. In the upper and central part there are two ram's heads, while at the bottom, in the center, a lion's head holds a laurel wreath in its jaws. Refined bronze reserves chiseled with geometric, floral and palmette motifs run along the entire piece of furniture. The upper part is finished by a railing frame, also in gilded bronze, openwork with geometric oval motifs. Great attention to individual details. The display cabinet consists of an upper part with a glass door in the central area and two glasses that follow the moved movement of the sides. Two glass shelves and mirrored bottom. The lower part has a door frontally and two moved side panels. The three wooden portions are decorated with Vernis Martin paintings. Vernis Martin is a lacquer invented in France in the eighteenth century by the Martin brothers, in competition with Chinese lacquered panels. The Louis XV style, widespread at the time, had modified the profile of the furniture, making it moved or curved, so the square Chinese panels were not usable. This type of painting instead had the advantage of being usable on smooth or curved surfaces. The technique was developed in 1728 by the Martin brothers who held the monopoly for twenty years. The fashion of Vernis Martin also continued in the nineteenth century and is characterized by subjects such as Arcadian landscapes or gallant scenes inspired by the paintings of Jean Antoine Watteau (Valenciennes, 10 October 1684 – Nogent-sur-Marne, 18 July 1721) or François Boucher (Paris, 29 September 1703 – Paris, 30 May 1770). Inside the door, there is an engraved acronym "GG" followed by a numbering.