Lot 156
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A CHARLES X ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-EN-CONSOLE
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A CHARLES X ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-EN-CONSOLE

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A CHARLES X ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-EN-CONSOLE
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular portor marble top above a mahogany-lined frieze drawer and a fall-front mounted with classically-draped figures at a fountain and enclosing a green leather and velvet-lined writing-surface and an arcaded interior with ten drawers, the frieze fitted with a mahogany-lined drawer, with shaped legs terminating in paw feet, above a mirrored-back and concave-fronted base, with remains of an old paper label inscribed 'W.&A. CHAPM(AN?)/20/26 NORTH ST(REET?)/555'
52¾ in. (134 cm.) high; 36½ in. (93 cm.) wide; 18¼ in. (46.5 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

A closely-related secrétaire was offered, Bergé, Paris, 30 June 2004, lot 244, and a further example was offered, Tajan, Paris, 14 October 2005, lot 194. Related secrétaires were sold anonymously, Philips, London, 18 June 1996, lot 172, and Sotheby's, London, 30 May 1997, lot 245.

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