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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
Diagonally-banded overall, the later dove-grey marble top above a Vitruvian-scrolled frieze with a drawer and a hinged fall inlaid with a trophy of arms and with foliate patera to each corner, enclosing a fitted interior with six drawers, pigeon-holes and a green leather-lined writing-surface, above a pair of doors enclosing a shelf, each with a swagged urn, the canted angles with simulated flutes, the sides with foliate-inlaid panels, on turned tapering legs with ball feet, the rosette patera mounts, escutcheons and ball feet later, previously with a coffre fort in the lower cupboard
57¾ in. (147 cm.) high; 37½ in. (95.5 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep
Diagonally-banded overall, the later dove-grey marble top above a Vitruvian-scrolled frieze with a drawer and a hinged fall inlaid with a trophy of arms and with foliate patera to each corner, enclosing a fitted interior with six drawers, pigeon-holes and a green leather-lined writing-surface, above a pair of doors enclosing a shelf, each with a swagged urn, the canted angles with simulated flutes, the sides with foliate-inlaid panels, on turned tapering legs with ball feet, the rosette patera mounts, escutcheons and ball feet later, previously with a coffre fort in the lower cupboard
57¾ in. (147 cm.) high; 37½ in. (95.5 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep
Provenance
Almost certainly bought by John Alexander, 4th Marquess of Bath (1831-1896) for Longleat, Wiltshire and by descent at Longleat.
Literature
1869 Inventory, The Marchioness' Bed Room, 'An upright marquetrie secretaire inlaid with a military trophy vases and flowers mounted with ormolu with grey marble slab'.
M. Aldrich, 'The Marquess and the Decorator', Country Life, 7 December 1989, p. 166, fig. 8.
M. Aldrich, 'The Marquess and the Decorator', Country Life, 7 December 1989, p. 166, fig. 8.
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