BY P. VAN HOVE, CIRCA 1885
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A rosewood, thuya, ebonised and marquetry-inlaid secretaire cabinet
By P. Van Hove, Circa 1885
With raised superstructure, the arched top centred by a timepiece above a small cupboard door with six ripple-moulded imitation tortoiseshell-veneered small drawers, above a central recess and a small door to each side, the lower part with three frieze drawers above a pull-out slide, with a folding hinged door and a green baize-lined writing surface and pigeon-holes, with inset rectangular brass-plate engraved P. VAN HOVE/EBENISTERIE D'ART/MALINES, flanked to each side by a drawer with a cupboard door below, centred by a central open recess, on four baluster legs, with shaped capitals centred by a female mask, joined by an 'H'-shaped stretcher
63 in. (160 cm.) wide; 72 in. (183 cm.) high; 23¾ in. (60 cm.) deep
By P. Van Hove, Circa 1885
With raised superstructure, the arched top centred by a timepiece above a small cupboard door with six ripple-moulded imitation tortoiseshell-veneered small drawers, above a central recess and a small door to each side, the lower part with three frieze drawers above a pull-out slide, with a folding hinged door and a green baize-lined writing surface and pigeon-holes, with inset rectangular brass-plate engraved P. VAN HOVE/EBENISTERIE D'ART/MALINES, flanked to each side by a drawer with a cupboard door below, centred by a central open recess, on four baluster legs, with shaped capitals centred by a female mask, joined by an 'H'-shaped stretcher
63 in. (160 cm.) wide; 72 in. (183 cm.) high; 23¾ in. (60 cm.) deep