Lot Essay
Jean Popsel, maître in 1755
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SECRÉTAIRE À ABATTANT
LATE 18TH CENTURY, STAMPED J. POPSEL FIVE TIMES
With canted rectangular grey and white veined marble top above a frieze drawer and berried ormolu banding above a fall-front inlaid with a floral spray enclosing an interior fitted with four open compartments and four short drawers, the base with a pair of cabinet doors veneered à quatre faces enclosing a shelf, on bracket feet-53½in. (136cm.) high, 31in. (79cm.) wide, 14¼in. (36cm.) deep
LATE 18TH CENTURY, STAMPED J. POPSEL FIVE TIMES
With canted rectangular grey and white veined marble top above a frieze drawer and berried ormolu banding above a fall-front inlaid with a floral spray enclosing an interior fitted with four open compartments and four short drawers, the base with a pair of cabinet doors veneered à quatre faces enclosing a shelf, on bracket feet-53½in. (136cm.) high, 31in. (79cm.) wide, 14¼in. (36cm.) deep