A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND FLORAL MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT by Jean-Baptiste Detroulleau, the rounded rectangular yellow brecchia marble top above a hinged fall-front inlaid with a floral posy and enclosing a fitted interior with black leather-lined writing surface, four drawers and four variously-sized pigeon-holes, above a further pair of doors with similar inlay enclosing a divided interior between canted angles, the sides with two similarly-inlaid panels above a shaped apron and on cabriole legs with ormolu sabots, stamped I.B. DETROULLEAU JME, inscribed to the reverse 5 with label to the top 108 NATURAL LE COULTRE GENEVA and 8 Chambre Madame, restorations

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND FLORAL MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT by Jean-Baptiste Detroulleau, the rounded rectangular yellow brecchia marble top above a hinged fall-front inlaid with a floral posy and enclosing a fitted interior with black leather-lined writing surface, four drawers and four variously-sized pigeon-holes, above a further pair of doors with similar inlay enclosing a divided interior between canted angles, the sides with two similarly-inlaid panels above a shaped apron and on cabriole legs with ormolu sabots, stamped I.B. DETROULLEAU JME, inscribed to the reverse 5 with label to the top 108 NATURAL LE COULTRE GENEVA and 8 Chambre Madame, restorations
26½in. (67cm.) wide; 49¾in. (126.5cm.) high; 13in. (33cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous Sale in these Rooms, 4 December 1980, lot 141

Lot Essay

Jean-Baptiste Detroulleau, maître en 1767

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