Lot Essay
A closely related secretaire at Schloss Detmold is illustrated in H.Kreisel, Die Kunst des Deutschen Möbels, Munich, 1973, vol.3, ill. 463.
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SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A NORTH GERMAN BEIDERMEIER MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The superstructure with a curved panelled cupboard flanked by turned tapering columns with foliate capitals above a deeply moulded cornice and carvetto frieze drawer, the fall front revealing an architectural fitted interior with an arrangement of drawers and central cabinet within a classical architrave, and with three further long drawers below, flanked by further foliate headed columns on a shaped stepped plinth
81½in. (207cm.) high, 48in. (122cm.) wide, 25½in. (65cm.) deep
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The superstructure with a curved panelled cupboard flanked by turned tapering columns with foliate capitals above a deeply moulded cornice and carvetto frieze drawer, the fall front revealing an architectural fitted interior with an arrangement of drawers and central cabinet within a classical architrave, and with three further long drawers below, flanked by further foliate headed columns on a shaped stepped plinth
81½in. (207cm.) high, 48in. (122cm.) wide, 25½in. (65cm.) deep
Provenance
Christie's Myles Place, 25th - 26th October 1993, Lot 319
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