'MOREAU', A MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE

SÜE ET MARE, CIRCA 1923

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'MOREAU', A MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE
Süe et Mare, circa 1923
The top inset with white veined marble surmounting a mahogany swagged cornice, the four squared off legs extending the length of the case and terminating in a stylized scrolled foot raised up on small dentated socle, the case veneers of matched figured mahogany over the three sides, the case comprised of drop-front desk flanked by cabinets over drawers, the escutcheons of cast gilt-bronze, the keys en suite
61 3/8in. (155.96cm.) high, 52½in. (133.35cm) wide, 19 5/8in. (49.78cm.) deep

Lot Essay

cf. Florence Camard, Süe et Mare et la Compagnie des Arts Français, 1993, pp. 135, 270, 289 for illustrations of this model, no. 712, which was created for M. Moreau, the editor of Larousse. The accompanying chair model was sold in these rooms on April 12, 1997. See also Klein, McClelland and Haslam, In the Art Deco Style, Rizzoli, New York, 1987, p. 83 for an illustration of this model.