A VICTORIAN BURLWOOD AND MARQUETRY INLAID CABINET

SIGNED BY C.J. SOYARD, BOSTON, CIRCA 1870

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A VICTORIAN BURLWOOD AND MARQUETRY INLAID CABINET
Signed by C.J. Soyard, Boston, circa 1870
The stepped upper cabinet with rectangular top above a marquetry inlaid door opening to a mirrored compartment flanked by two line-inlaid drawers over an ebonized molding above the broken rectangular top over a central line-inlaid drawer set with an ormolu escutcheon and flanked by ormolu angels and further flanked by two line-inlaid short drawers above a central marquetry inlaid door opening to a shelved interior flanked by ebonized pilasters inlaid with marquetry floral sprays and further flanked by carved anthemions over trailing floral marquetry panels, on bun feet, the back of both lower and upper sections stencilled FROM C.J. SOYARD FRENCH CABINETMAKER 390 & 392 TREMONT ST. BOSTON
55¼in. high, 52½in. wide, 19in. deep

拍品专文

Crafted by a previously unknown French-born cabinetmaker, this richly ornamented cabinet is a rare example of Renaissance Revival furniture documented to Boston.
C.J. Soyard is listed alone at the address on the cabinet, 392 Tremont Street in the 1870 Boston directories. From 1867 to 1870, his name is recorded under the cabinetmaking firm of J.B. Rance & Co. at the same address, and indicates his role as an employee or a business partner. By 1875, he is no longer working at 392 Tremont Street and is working at 12 West Street and in 1880 he is listed at 107 Washington Street, thus providing an end-date for the production of this cabinet.