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A GERMAN TRANSITIONAL WALNUT AND PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT, second half 18th Century
The serpentine Jasper top above a shaped fall-front with geometric panelling enclosing a red leather-lined writing-surface and a fitted interior, above two doors conformingly inlaid, the rounded angles on bracket feet, shrinkage splits to both sides, the underside of the marble inscribed in red chalk Rolle, the reverse with remains of wax seals and with old shipping labels
35½in. (90cm.) wide; 49in. (124.5cm.) high; 15in. (38cm.) deep
The serpentine Jasper top above a shaped fall-front with geometric panelling enclosing a red leather-lined writing-surface and a fitted interior, above two doors conformingly inlaid, the rounded angles on bracket feet, shrinkage splits to both sides, the underside of the marble inscribed in red chalk Rolle, the reverse with remains of wax seals and with old shipping labels
35½in. (90cm.) wide; 49in. (124.5cm.) high; 15in. (38cm.) deep