A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND STAINED-FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT CIRCA 1765 The moulded rouge griotte serpentine eared marble top above a drop-front inlaid with a swan and dolphins amongst muscial instruments within simulated panelled encadrements with entwined foliage and rocaille angles, opening to reveal an associated probably German fitted inetrior with a gilt-tooled green leather-lined writing surface and five open compartments above two banks of short drawers flanking a central sliding well, above a pair of cupboard doors inlaid with ribbon-tied hunting trophies and enclosing two simulated short drawers above four further drawers, the concave sides with conforming panelled decoration, the angle mounts with acanthus-cast scrolls enclosing a flower spray, on short cabriole legs with rocaille sabots; the interior leter fitted in the 18th century, restorations to the marble, losses and lifting to the veneers 48 ½ in. (123 cm.) high; 41 ¼ in. (105 cm.) wide; 17 ¼ in. (44 cm.) deep
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND STAINED-FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT CIRCA 1765 The moulded rouge griotte serpentine eared marble top above a drop-front inlaid with a swan and dolphins amongst muscial instruments within simulated panelled encadrements with entwined foliage and rocaille angles, opening to reveal an associated probably German fitted inetrior with a gilt-tooled green leather-lined writing surface and five open compartments above two banks of short drawers flanking a central sliding well, above a pair of cupboard doors inlaid with ribbon-tied hunting trophies and enclosing two simulated short drawers above four further drawers, the concave sides with conforming panelled decoration, the angle mounts with acanthus-cast scrolls enclosing a flower spray, on short cabriole legs with rocaille sabots; the interior leter fitted in the 18th century, restorations to the marble, losses and lifting to the veneers 48 ½ in. (123 cm.) high; 41 ¼ in. (105 cm.) wide; 17 ¼ in. (44 cm.) deep
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