A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SMALL SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SMALL SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
The chamferred rouge marble top above a fall-front inlaid with a landscape with classical buildings and figures, enclosing a fitted interior with drawers and pigeon-holes, above a pair of doors inlaid with a further landscape and enclosing a shelf, the angles with foliate mounts inlaid with husks, with Classical landscape panels to the sides, above a waved apron with foliate urn mount, on bracket feet, with Grosvenor House Fair label to the reverse, possibly altered in height and possibly originally with frieze drawer
41 in. (106 cm.) high; 25 in. (64 cm.) wide; 12 in. (32.5 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The Italianate classical ruin views of this secrtaire abattant relate to a group of such panels that appears to have been made by specialised marqueteur workshops, manufacturing them for different bnistes such as Louis-Nol Malle (matre in 1765), Daniel Deloose (matre in 1788), Pierre Macret, Pierre Denizot (matre in 1782), Nicolas Petit (matre in 1761), Charles Topino (matre in 1773) and Christophe Wolff (matre in 1755) etc. Louis-Nol Malle, talented marqueteur as well as bniste, could conceivably have have been such a marqueteur, supplying marquetry panels to other bnistes.

A related secrtaire abattant by Louis-Nol Malle from the property of Claude Cartier [+] was sold at Sotheby's Monaco, 14 December 1996, lot 74 (FF 1.882.500).

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