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18TH CENTURY AND LATER
Details
A French kingwood, amaranth and marquetry secretaire a abattant
18th Century and later
The sides, fall-front and doors inlaid with cartouche-shaped panels and floral bouquets, the later serpentine-fronted moulded white-veined pink marble top above a hinged fall-font with a gilt-tooled black leather writing-surface to the reverse, enclosing a fitted interior with four open compartments and four drawers, above a pair of doors enclosing a white-painted interior with one shelf, the waved apron between canted angles, extensive restorations and probably adapted from a chiffoniere
128cm. high x 94cm. wide x 41cm. deep
18th Century and later
The sides, fall-front and doors inlaid with cartouche-shaped panels and floral bouquets, the later serpentine-fronted moulded white-veined pink marble top above a hinged fall-font with a gilt-tooled black leather writing-surface to the reverse, enclosing a fitted interior with four open compartments and four drawers, above a pair of doors enclosing a white-painted interior with one shelf, the waved apron between canted angles, extensive restorations and probably adapted from a chiffoniere
128cm. high x 94cm. wide x 41cm. deep
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