Lot Essay
The architectural nature of this secrétaire is closely related to a design for a secrétaire with similar superstructure and panelled front above a plinth base, illustrated in M. Wölfer, Modell- und Musterbuch für Bau- und Möbel-Tischler, Quedlinburg and Leipzig, 1833, plate 69, while a further model with sphinx-angles to the supestructure is in the Gut Lüdersdorf, Donop (G. Himmelheber, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, Munich, 1973, vol. III, fig. 431).
A related secrétaire with a pietra paesina-panelled interior was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 15 December 1994, lot 233, and a further model with similar architectural front sold anoymously in these Rooms, 18 May 1995, lot 178.
A related secrétaire with a pietra paesina-panelled interior was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 15 December 1994, lot 233, and a further model with similar architectural front sold anoymously in these Rooms, 18 May 1995, lot 178.