Louis XVI Secretary, 18th Century

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Secretaire veneered in walnut
The front of the cabinet has a drawer under the mottled red marble top, the flap … Read more Secretaire veneered in walnut
The front of the cabinet has a drawer under the mottled red marble top, the flap concealing drawers and open compartments and two doors in the lower part.
The entire surface is finely threaded in green stained pear wood and boxwood with geometric patterns.
The abattànt is centered by a four-lobed reserve in bois de rose with the veins arranged in a fishbone pattern while the two doors are characterized by an oval-shaped motif created with the same technique.
The feet are in the shape of an inverted pyramid, worn with gilded bronze sabots.
Original hardware and vents.
Piedmont, end of the 18th century.
The dimensions are: 89 x42 height 146 See less