A GERMAN SYCAMORE, TULIPWOOD, BURR BIRCH, EBONY AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABBATANT, BY DAVID ROENTGEN, CIRCA 1780

A GERMAN SYCAMORE, TULIPWOOD, BURR BIRCH, EBONY AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABBATANT
BY DAVID ROENTGEN, CIRCA 1780
The rectangular top inlaid with a banded border punctuated by spheres above a fall front with a gardening trophy hung by trompe l'oeil ribbons tied by floral sprays opening to a compartmented interior with a later velvet-lined writing surface flanked by later ormolu uprights, over cabinet doors inlaid with lush floral sprays and opening to drawers and a shelf, the sides with birds and floral sprays, bracket feet, the back with chalk 76990, Paris customs stamp and chalk 26/20594, top formerly with a gallery, the ormolu columns later
55 ½ in. (141 cm.) high, 35 ½ in. (90 cm.) wide, 15 in. (38 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Counts of Solms-Rödelheim und Assenheim, Schloss Assenheim, Hesse, Germany.
Anonymous sale (A Private Collector); Sotheby's, New York, 4 May 1984, lot 82.