A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND JAPANNED MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRÉTAIRE À ABATTANT

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A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND JAPANNED MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRÉTAIRE À ABATTANT
LATE 18TH CENTURY

With rectangular moulded eared marble top above a panelled frieze drawer fitted with entrelac and leaf-tip cast encadrements above a fall-front fitted with a japanned panel decorated with exotic trees and enclosing three open compartments, five drawers above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing later removable shelves, the sides panelled, the canted angles fitted with stop-fluted chandelles - 54½in. (138cm.) high, 34½in. (88cm.) wide, 16in. (40.5cm.) deep