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CIRCA 1780
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A DUTCH SATINWOOD, ROSEWOOD AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
CIRCA 1780
BANDED OVERALL AND INLAID WITH CHEQUERBANDED LINES, THE CANTED RECTANGULAR TOP ABOVE A FRIEZE DRAWER INLAID WITH A SIMULATED PANEL, ABOVE A HINGED FALL-FRONT CENTRED BY A CONCH-SHELL WITHIN AN OVAL AND WITHIN A SIMULATED ROUNDED RECTANGULAR PANEL, WITH THISTLES IN THE CORNERS, ENCLOSING A FITTED INTERIOR WITH A SHELF ABOVE FOUR OPEN COMPARTMENTS AND ABOVE TWO DRAWERS AND ABOVE A CENTRAL TAMBOUR SHUTTER INLAID WITH A VASE, FLANKED TO EITHER SIDE BY TWO SHORT DRAWERS INLAID SANS TRAVERSE WITH DRAPERS, ABOVE A GREEN BAIZE-LINED WRITING SURFACE, ABOVE A GREEK-KEY BORDER AND A PAIR OF DOORS, EACH INLAID WITH A SIMULATED RECTANGULAR PANEL CENTRED BY A CONCH-SHELL, ENCLOSING A PLAIN INTERIOR WITH A SHELF, ON LATER WAISTED SQUARE TAPERING LEGS TERMINATING IN BRASS BELL-SHAPED FEET, LOSSES TO THE VENEER, MINOR RESTORATIONS
145CM. HIGH X 96CM. WIDE X 43CM. DEEP
CIRCA 1780
BANDED OVERALL AND INLAID WITH CHEQUERBANDED LINES, THE CANTED RECTANGULAR TOP ABOVE A FRIEZE DRAWER INLAID WITH A SIMULATED PANEL, ABOVE A HINGED FALL-FRONT CENTRED BY A CONCH-SHELL WITHIN AN OVAL AND WITHIN A SIMULATED ROUNDED RECTANGULAR PANEL, WITH THISTLES IN THE CORNERS, ENCLOSING A FITTED INTERIOR WITH A SHELF ABOVE FOUR OPEN COMPARTMENTS AND ABOVE TWO DRAWERS AND ABOVE A CENTRAL TAMBOUR SHUTTER INLAID WITH A VASE, FLANKED TO EITHER SIDE BY TWO SHORT DRAWERS INLAID SANS TRAVERSE WITH DRAPERS, ABOVE A GREEN BAIZE-LINED WRITING SURFACE, ABOVE A GREEK-KEY BORDER AND A PAIR OF DOORS, EACH INLAID WITH A SIMULATED RECTANGULAR PANEL CENTRED BY A CONCH-SHELL, ENCLOSING A PLAIN INTERIOR WITH A SHELF, ON LATER WAISTED SQUARE TAPERING LEGS TERMINATING IN BRASS BELL-SHAPED FEET, LOSSES TO THE VENEER, MINOR RESTORATIONS
145CM. HIGH X 96CM. WIDE X 43CM. DEEP