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A FRENCH EBONISED BRASS-INLAID AND GILT-METAL MOUNTED SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT, LATE 19TH CENTURY THE STEPPED BEADED TOP WITH LAUREL DECORATED EDGE ABOVE A FRIEZE DRAWER AND FALL FRONT MODELLED AS THREE FURTHER DRAWERS ENCLOSING A SATINWOOD, HAREWOOD, ROSEWOOD AND TULIPWOOD INLAID INTERIOR, WITH LINED WRITING SURFACE AND FOUR FURTHER DRAWERS BELOW, BETWEEN GILT-METAL CAPPED FOLIATE INLAID UPRIGHTS, WITH A SHAPED APRON, ON BRASS-MOUNTED TURNED TAPERING FEET, ONE FOOT DETACHED -- 28½IN. (72CM.) WIDE SEE ILLUSTRATION