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A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted kingwood and tulipwood marquetry secretaire display cabinet
The arched pediment with pierced cresting and egg-and-dart moulding, above a pair of glazed panel doors, the interior with three adjustable shelves, below a pair of double-depth drawers, the lower part fitted with a secretaire drawer, the interior fitted with a long drawer above a recess and a small drawer to each side, above a pair of cupboard drawers, each with a serpentine-shaped foliate marquetry-inset panel decorated with spring flowers and a butterfly, flanked to each side by a caryatid above acanthus terminal, on plinth base with serpentine apron, the locks stamped FICHET A PARIS and numbered 22111, 22113 & 22114, one lock replaced, the secretaire pivot- angle brackets stamped Baumann Brevette SGDG
47¼in. (120cm.) wide; 103in. (261.5cm.) high; 21in. (53.4cm.) deep
The arched pediment with pierced cresting and egg-and-dart moulding, above a pair of glazed panel doors, the interior with three adjustable shelves, below a pair of double-depth drawers, the lower part fitted with a secretaire drawer, the interior fitted with a long drawer above a recess and a small drawer to each side, above a pair of cupboard drawers, each with a serpentine-shaped foliate marquetry-inset panel decorated with spring flowers and a butterfly, flanked to each side by a caryatid above acanthus terminal, on plinth base with serpentine apron, the locks stamped FICHET A PARIS and numbered 22111, 22113 & 22114, one lock replaced, the secretaire pivot- angle brackets stamped Baumann Brevette SGDG
47¼in. (120cm.) wide; 103in. (261.5cm.) high; 21in. (53.4cm.) deep