An Empire lit en bateau

A highly important Empire gilt bronze mounted mahogany lit en bateau attributed to Jacob-Desmalter et Cie with sumptuous gilt mounts attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire after a design by Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, of boat-shaped form with outswept panelled ends joined by low side rails, adorned with superb gilt bronze mounts in the form of griffins amid scrolls above putti and caryatid Victories and on the side rails garlands of vine sprays above butterflies, a pair of hunting dogs and a central lion head fountain

Paris, date circa 1810
Height 110 cm, length 220 cm, depth 130 cm.