Lot Essay
See illustration
.jpg?w=1)
Details
A french pewter-inlaid rosewood and ebony cabinet
Banded overall and inlaid with simulated panels, the rectangular moulded cornice above a central door, inlaid with a simulated arch and flanked by Corinthian tortoiseshell pilasters, enclosing a fitted parquetry interior with a long drawer, above three short drawers and two secret compartments, surrounded by twelve drawers, flanked and divided by foliate pilasters, a base section with a secretaire drawer, with a leather-lined writing-surface and an open compartment flanked by two rows of two short drawers, above a pair of drawers with raised octagonal panels and a flat block fleet, restorations and adapted
188cm. high x 122cm. wide x 56cm. deep
Banded overall and inlaid with simulated panels, the rectangular moulded cornice above a central door, inlaid with a simulated arch and flanked by Corinthian tortoiseshell pilasters, enclosing a fitted parquetry interior with a long drawer, above three short drawers and two secret compartments, surrounded by twelve drawers, flanked and divided by foliate pilasters, a base section with a secretaire drawer, with a leather-lined writing-surface and an open compartment flanked by two rows of two short drawers, above a pair of drawers with raised octagonal panels and a flat block fleet, restorations and adapted
188cm. high x 122cm. wide x 56cm. deep