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CIRCA 1810
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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE A ABBATANT
Circa 1810
The rectangular grey marble top above a long frieze drawer flanked by a dancing putto emblematic of Love and a dancing infant emblematic of Comedy, the fallfront with an ormolu escutcheon in the form of two putti holding flaming torches to an altar, enclosing a plum-pudding mahogany fitted interior with one long drawer over an open shelf above another long drawer and a deep central drawer flanked by four short drawers, four secret drawers and a hidden well, the base section with doors enclosing three long drawers with lion's mask and ring pulls, flanked by spreading columns, on a molded ebonised plinth, with pencil inscriptions Bethiege 1812...reparre an 1856, the feet raised in height
57in. (152cm.) high, 39in. (103cm.) wide, 19in. (51.5cm.) deep
Circa 1810
The rectangular grey marble top above a long frieze drawer flanked by a dancing putto emblematic of Love and a dancing infant emblematic of Comedy, the fallfront with an ormolu escutcheon in the form of two putti holding flaming torches to an altar, enclosing a plum-pudding mahogany fitted interior with one long drawer over an open shelf above another long drawer and a deep central drawer flanked by four short drawers, four secret drawers and a hidden well, the base section with doors enclosing three long drawers with lion's mask and ring pulls, flanked by spreading columns, on a molded ebonised plinth, with pencil inscriptions Bethiege 1812...reparre an 1856, the feet raised in height
57in. (152cm.) high, 39in. (103cm.) wide, 19in. (51.5cm.) deep