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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
(Lot 608)
A RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
CIRCA 1800
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A RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
Circa 1800
The rectangular stepped top above a frieze-drawer and a fall-front with two alabaster roundels centered by an Apollo's mask, enclosing a black leather-lined writing-surface, two compartments and four drawers, above a further fall-front with specimen wood cube-parquetry to the reverse and enclosing a central recess above a sprung drawer, below a drawer and two letter racks with concealed wells, and above three drawers, above three long drawers with lozenge-banding, possibly previously with futher gallery to the top
70in. (178cm.) high, 43in. (109cm.) wide, 21in. (53cm.) deep
Circa 1800
The rectangular stepped top above a frieze-drawer and a fall-front with two alabaster roundels centered by an Apollo's mask, enclosing a black leather-lined writing-surface, two compartments and four drawers, above a further fall-front with specimen wood cube-parquetry to the reverse and enclosing a central recess above a sprung drawer, below a drawer and two letter racks with concealed wells, and above three drawers, above three long drawers with lozenge-banding, possibly previously with futher gallery to the top
70in. (178cm.) high, 43in. (109cm.) wide, 21in. (53cm.) deep
來源
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's New York, 13 April 1991, lot 132 ($ 39,600).