Found in Uzès, this 19th-century French oak vitrine was the ceremonial piece of a maison de maître's dining room in the Gard, where it stood through three generations to hold the family's good china, the silver from the wedding, and the small porcelain things the grand-mère collected. The form is Louis XV: a two-piece vitrine with glass on the front and curved panels on the sides, set on a serpentine base with Rococo carving, cabriole legs, and clawed feet. The cresting at the top is a carved cartouche of scrollwork around a central shell, the kind of flourish that earned a piece its place at the head of a formal room. Sylvie places it in a dining room with the family silver on the glass shelves and the door left slightly open before dinner.
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