A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE LACQUER AND TULIPWOOD SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT

BY CHRISTOPHE WOLFF

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE LACQUER AND TULIPWOOD SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
By Christophe Wolff
The later moulded rectangular mottled brown marble top above a spreading frieze-drawer decorated with trees and birds amidst pavillions, above a shaped full-front and two doors decorated sans traverse with hunting scenes of Chinese noblemen on horses and a wounded bear within a hilly and aquatic landscape with trees and two fishermen, the fall-front bordered by scrolled and foliate mounts and enclosing a fitted interior with a gilt-tooled burgundy leather writing-surface and an open shelf with three compartments flanked by six shaped drawers, One with a label inscribed in ink '3636 R L. XOX' and one previously fitted with an ink well, the lower doors enclosing a shelf and two open compartments, above a shaped apron, the sides decorated with a blossoming foliage, The back of the secretaire stamped 'C. WOLFF' and twice 'JME'
57 in. (145 cm.) high; 41¾ in. (106 cm.) wide; 15½ in. (39.5 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Christophe Wolff, maître in 1755.

A similar secretaire, featuring most of these mounts, and bearing the stamp of Christophe Wolff, is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Franais du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 878, whilst a further very similar black-lacquer secretaire by F. Rubestuck was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 3 December 1981, lot 106.

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