A GERMAN BRASS-INLAID EBONY, WALNUT, FRUITWOOD AND 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE-ON-CHEST POSSIBLY BY ANTON LÜCHTENSTEIN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY Finely inlaid and etched with symmetrical scrolling foliate motifs, the rectangular top with moulded edge above six frieze drawers, with a hinged writing surface inlaid to the reverse with marquetry and enclosing a fitted interior with pigeon holes and thirteen brass-inlaid drawers, the brass support bars inscribed 'NI/CF/W' and 'CF/NI/M' respectively, the hinges and lock plates further engraved, the chest below with three top drawers, two central drawers, and one freize base drawer, raised on four square feet, stamped to the reverse with an encircled monogram 'VL' beneath a crown, the block feet later, probably English and 19th century 66 ¼ in. (168 cm.) high; 51 ½ in. (131 cm.) wide; 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep
A GERMAN BRASS-INLAID EBONY, WALNUT, FRUITWOOD AND 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE-ON-CHEST POSSIBLY BY ANTON LÜCHTENSTEIN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY Finely inlaid and etched with symmetrical scrolling foliate motifs, the rectangular top with moulded edge above six frieze drawers, with a hinged writing surface inlaid to the reverse with marquetry and enclosing a fitted interior with pigeon holes and thirteen brass-inlaid drawers, the brass support bars inscribed 'NI/CF/W' and 'CF/NI/M' respectively, the hinges and lock plates further engraved, the chest below with three top drawers, two central drawers, and one freize base drawer, raised on four square feet, stamped to the reverse with an encircled monogram 'VL' beneath a crown, the block feet later, probably English and 19th century 66 ¼ in. (168 cm.) high; 51 ½ in. (131 cm.) wide; 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep
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