Lot Essay
A very similar secretaire with the crossed cornucopiae and matching mounts is illustated in G. Wannenes, Mobili di Franca L'Ottocento, Milan, 1987, p.98.
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
(Lot 232)
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
CIRCA 1810, ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB FRÈRES
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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
Circa 1810, attributed to Jacob Frères
The later rectangular grey bardiglio marble top above a frieze-drawer, the fall modelled with crossed cornucopia issuing fruit and enclosing an arrangement of six mahogany and cedar-lined drawers with mirrored recess and gilt-tooled green leather-lined writing-surface above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing three mahogany-fronted slides on a plinth base with flattened block feet, the top with black ink stencil beneath marble 148
55½in. (141cm.) high, 32¼in. (82cm.) wide, 16½in. (42cm.) deep
Circa 1810, attributed to Jacob Frères
The later rectangular grey bardiglio marble top above a frieze-drawer, the fall modelled with crossed cornucopia issuing fruit and enclosing an arrangement of six mahogany and cedar-lined drawers with mirrored recess and gilt-tooled green leather-lined writing-surface above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing three mahogany-fronted slides on a plinth base with flattened block feet, the top with black ink stencil beneath marble 148
55½in. (141cm.) high, 32¼in. (82cm.) wide, 16½in. (42cm.) deep