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A SECRETAIRE, CIRCA 1937
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JEAN ROYERE (1902-1981)
A SECRETAIRE, CIRCA 1937
sycamore, with glass and nickel-plated metal escutcheons, the hinged fall enclosing a pair of drawers, each with brass pull, flanked by adjustable open shelves, above a pair of lower cupboard doors, enclosing an adjustable shelf, on turned tapering uprights
70 ¾ in. (179.5 cm.) high; 40 ½ in. (103 cm.) wide; 8 ¾ in. (22 cm.) deep
A SECRETAIRE, CIRCA 1937
sycamore, with glass and nickel-plated metal escutcheons, the hinged fall enclosing a pair of drawers, each with brass pull, flanked by adjustable open shelves, above a pair of lower cupboard doors, enclosing an adjustable shelf, on turned tapering uprights
70 ¾ in. (179.5 cm.) high; 40 ½ in. (103 cm.) wide; 8 ¾ in. (22 cm.) deep
Provenance
Yves Gastou, Paris, 1997.
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