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SICILY, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A SOUTH ITALIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND GILT-VARNISHED SILVERED ('MECCA') SECRETAIRE
SICILY, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with floral sprays, the stepped top fitted with candle-slides, above a sloping front centred by a shaped reserve with antique ruins and a river landscape, enclosing a blue floral decorated interior with drawers, a concealed compartment and a writing surface, the shaped frieze above cabriole legs headed by female busts, joined by stretchers with foliate finial and terminating in foliate-wrapped paw feet, largely redecorated, with traces of earlier decoration, formerly with further carved elements to frieze
41¼ in. (105 cm.) high; 41½ in. (105.5 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
SICILY, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with floral sprays, the stepped top fitted with candle-slides, above a sloping front centred by a shaped reserve with antique ruins and a river landscape, enclosing a blue floral decorated interior with drawers, a concealed compartment and a writing surface, the shaped frieze above cabriole legs headed by female busts, joined by stretchers with foliate finial and terminating in foliate-wrapped paw feet, largely redecorated, with traces of earlier decoration, formerly with further carved elements to frieze
41¼ in. (105 cm.) high; 41½ in. (105.5 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
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