Details
A Louis XV/XVI transitional kingwood and marquetry secretaire a abbatant
With a brêche d'alep marble top, veneered with boxwood bordered cartouche panels with meandering floral and foliate stems, the shaped frieze fitted with a drawer, the fall enclosing a fitted interior with open compartments, drawers and a tooled leather lined writing surface, enclosed by a pair of panelled doors below, on sabots, the marble top repaired, stamped twice N. A. Lapie & J.M.E. stamped twice indistinctly S.N.H.
32¼in. (82cm.) wide, 54¾in. (139cm.) high, 13in. (33cm.) deep
With a brêche d'alep marble top, veneered with boxwood bordered cartouche panels with meandering floral and foliate stems, the shaped frieze fitted with a drawer, the fall enclosing a fitted interior with open compartments, drawers and a tooled leather lined writing surface, enclosed by a pair of panelled doors below, on sabots, the marble top repaired, stamped twice N. A. Lapie & J.M.E. stamped twice indistinctly S.N.H.
32¼in. (82cm.) wide, 54¾in. (139cm.) high, 13in. (33cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous Sale, Sotheby's New York, 17 December 1986, lot 116