Lot Essay
A related secrétaire with similarly figured veneers and shaped fall- front stamped by Pierre Lafolie is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siecle, Paris, 1989, p. 468.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE
(Lots 41-42)
A LOUIS XV AMARANTH, KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABBATANT
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A LOUIS XV AMARANTH, KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABBATANT
Inlaid overall with banded panels à quatre faces, the serpentine-fronted moulded brêche d'Alep marble top above a shaped fall-front with two panels enclosing to the reverse a purple cotton writing-surface, four open compartments and six shaped drawers, above two doors enclosing four open ebonised compartments, the canted angles with husk-trails, above a moulded base with shaped apron and on later cabriole legs, one drawer previously fitted, the marble with restored old breaks and resupported with an associated white marble
35½ in. (90 cm.) wide; 49 in. (125 cm.) high; 16½ in. (41.5 cm.) deep
Inlaid overall with banded panels à quatre faces, the serpentine-fronted moulded brêche d'Alep marble top above a shaped fall-front with two panels enclosing to the reverse a purple cotton writing-surface, four open compartments and six shaped drawers, above two doors enclosing four open ebonised compartments, the canted angles with husk-trails, above a moulded base with shaped apron and on later cabriole legs, one drawer previously fitted, the marble with restored old breaks and resupported with an associated white marble
35½ in. (90 cm.) wide; 49 in. (125 cm.) high; 16½ in. (41.5 cm.) deep