THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A GERMAN BIEDERMEIER WALNUT SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
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A GERMAN BIEDERMEIER WALNUT SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
The rectangular stepped top above a cornice and frieze-drawer, the fall-front enclosing an ebonised writing-surface and a fitted ebonised and Karelian-birch interior with a central porticoed recess flanked by columns, the back painted as a portico with a mirror, the sides with a fortress and an Italianate landscape, the bottom with a medallion of a maiden handing a letter to a dog and surrounded by paterae, above semi-circular steps flanked by bowed drawers and with various drawers and concealed drawers, the lower section with long drawers, on bun feet
41½in. (105cm.) wide; 65in. (165cm.) high; 21in. (53.5cm.) deep
The rectangular stepped top above a cornice and frieze-drawer, the fall-front enclosing an ebonised writing-surface and a fitted ebonised and Karelian-birch interior with a central porticoed recess flanked by columns, the back painted as a portico with a mirror, the sides with a fortress and an Italianate landscape, the bottom with a medallion of a maiden handing a letter to a dog and surrounded by paterae, above semi-circular steps flanked by bowed drawers and with various drawers and concealed drawers, the lower section with long drawers, on bun feet
41½in. (105cm.) wide; 65in. (165cm.) high; 21in. (53.5cm.) deep