A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT...
In the Louis XVI style, decorated overall with floral-headed lozenge parquetry, the shaped bleu turquin top above an ormolu-mounted frieze drawer, the front angles with carnations, the fall-front inlaid with a later gilt-tooled leather writing surface enclosing a fitted interior with one large shelf above three cubby holes and four short drawers, above conformingly decorated doors, the interior with a single shelf, the apron with a single foliate mount, on square bracket feet, stamped four times 'A BEURDELEY'
511⁄2 in. (31 cm.) high; 343⁄4 in. (88 cm.) wide; 153⁄4 in. (39.5 cm.) deep
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In the Louis XVI style, decorated overall with floral-headed lozenge parquetry, the shaped bleu turquin top above an ormolu-mounted frieze drawer, the front angles with carnations, the fall-front inlaid with a later gilt-tooled leather writing surface enclosing a fitted interior with one large shelf above three cubby holes and four short drawers, above conformingly decorated doors, the interior with a single shelf, the apron with a single foliate mount, on square bracket feet, stamped four times 'A BEURDELEY'
511⁄2 in. (31 cm.) high; 343⁄4 in. (88 cm.) wide; 153⁄4 in. (39.5 cm.) deep