A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER, MAHOGANY AND AMARANTH SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT, BY EMMANUEL-ALFRED (DIT ALFRED II) BEURDELEY, PARIS, CIRCA 1870-1890, THE LACQUER PARTLY EDO-MEIJI PERIOD

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER, MAHOGANY AND AMARANTH SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
BY EMMANUEL-ALFRED (DIT ALFRED II) BEURDELEY, PARIS, CIRCA 1870-1890, THE LACQUER PARTLY EDO-MEIJI PERIOD
The later Saint-Berthevin marble top above a drawer, anda fall-front panel lined with a green a leather writing service and enclosing a brass-inlaid and aventurine lacquer decorated interior fitted with a pigeon-hole flanked by drawers, the stand fronted by a shaped apron fitted with a drawer, on tapering fluted legs joined by a pierced loop stretcher, the reverse of the frieze drawer mount signed 'BY'
51 3/8 in. (130.5 cm.) high; 27 ½ in. (70 cm.) wide; 15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.) deep

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Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 July 2011, lot 514 (£67,250).

Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 512-518)