SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Details
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRÉTAIRE À ABATTANT
second quarter 19th century
The overhanging cornice above a frieze drawer centered by an eagle mount, above a fall front with an escutcheon cast with winged figures enclosing various drawers, above three drawers flanked by column uprights with leaf-cast capitals, on turned feet, top replaced
55½in. (141cm.) high, 40in. (101.5cm.) wide, 18in. (45.5cm.) deep
second quarter 19th century
The overhanging cornice above a frieze drawer centered by an eagle mount, above a fall front with an escutcheon cast with winged figures enclosing various drawers, above three drawers flanked by column uprights with leaf-cast capitals, on turned feet, top replaced
55½in. (141cm.) high, 40in. (101.5cm.) wide, 18in. (45.5cm.) deep
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 24 March 1994, lot 229