AN AUSTRIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED WALNUT, PENWORK AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT, the domed top inlaid with a central rosette above a splayed base with central spring-loaded drawer inlaid with a female mask, the hinged fall-front with central medallion of classical maidens by an altar flanked by fruit-bearing winged caryatids with arabesques, the fitted interior with burgundy velvet-lined writing-surface, four drawers and three secret drawers around a central shell-headed niche with Triton herms and further compartments, the foliate frieze above two further doors enclosing a shelf upon ebonised and parcel-gilt claw feet, early 19th Century, restorations

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AN AUSTRIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED WALNUT, PENWORK AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT, the domed top inlaid with a central rosette above a splayed base with central spring-loaded drawer inlaid with a female mask, the hinged fall-front with central medallion of classical maidens by an altar flanked by fruit-bearing winged caryatids with arabesques, the fitted interior with burgundy velvet-lined writing-surface, four drawers and three secret drawers around a central shell-headed niche with Triton herms and further compartments, the foliate frieze above two further doors enclosing a shelf upon ebonised and parcel-gilt claw feet, early 19th Century, restorations
33in. (84cm.) wide; 55½in. (141cm.) high; 17¾in. (45.5cm.) diameter

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