A LOUIS XV/XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE À ABATTANT

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A LOUIS XV/XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE À ABATTANT

With serpentine-moulded fleur de pêche marble top above a fall-front enclosing a gilt-tooled writing panel, three open compartments and four short drawers, the base with a pair of cupboard doors enclosing a shelf, with carved angles, on short cabriole legs ending in scroll sabots, the front inlaid in bois-de-bout with floral sprays, bearing the stamp N. PETIT JME - 48in. (122cm.) high, 25½in. (65cm.) wide, 14½in. (37cm.) deep