PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. & MRS. RICHARD SCHILLING, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS (LOTS 441-462)

A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT

AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The oval white marble top with pierced three-quarter gallery, above a breakfront frieze centred on each side by a marquetry reserve inlaid with artistic and musical trophies, over a central fall-front opening to a green leather writing surface and pigeon-hole above four drawers, the sides and reverse inlaid with lozenge parquetry, the angles applied with trailing foliage, over a rectangular case fitted to the front with a spring-release drawer, on four square tapering legs joined by a galleried undertier, on foliate-cast sabots and castors
49¼ in. (125 cm.) high; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep

Provenance

Christie's London, 25 May 2000, lot 129.

Lot Essay

Now in the Wallace Collection, London, where it was listed to Lady Wallace's bedroom in 1898, Jean-Henri Riesener's celebrated sécretaire was acquired by the 4th Marquess of Hertford after its completion circa 1779. The original was also extensively exhibited throughout the 19th century, including the Petit Trianon in 1867 and at Bethnal Green from 1872 through 1875, therefore making the model readily accessible to various ébénistes for reproduction.

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