Lot Essay
Martin Ohnberg, maître in 1773
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD SECRÉTAIRE À ABATTANT
LATE 18TH CENTURY, STAMPED M. OHNBERG JME TWICE
With eared rectangular white marble top above a frieze enclosing a long drawer above a fall-front enclosing three open compartments and six short drawers centering a cabinet door veneered to simulate three short drawers above a pair of cabinet doors enclosing a coffre fort, with a shaped apron on block feet fitted throughout with foliage and Vitruvian scroll-cast ormolu banding-57¼in. (145cm.) high, 32½in. (82cm.) wide, 16½in. (42cm.) deep
LATE 18TH CENTURY, STAMPED M. OHNBERG JME TWICE
With eared rectangular white marble top above a frieze enclosing a long drawer above a fall-front enclosing three open compartments and six short drawers centering a cabinet door veneered to simulate three short drawers above a pair of cabinet doors enclosing a coffre fort, with a shaped apron on block feet fitted throughout with foliage and Vitruvian scroll-cast ormolu banding-57¼in. (145cm.) high, 32½in. (82cm.) wide, 16½in. (42cm.) deep