A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT, BY MAURICE BERNARD EVALD, CIRCA 1770

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
BY MAURICE BERNARD EVALD, CIRCA 1770
The white and grey veined marble top above a frieze drawer and fall front inlaid with a lush ribbon-tied garland surrounding an oval reserve with gardening implements, the interior with a later tooled leather writing surface, floral marquetry drawers and niches over a pair of cabinet doors with trophies within ribbon-tied garlands and opening to two drawers and a coffre fort, the side inlaid with flowering urns, stamped M B EVALD and JME, and with chalk 477 to the reverse, the marble inscribed RIVOIRE 233 BIS...SAINT ..HONORE PARIS, the ormolu border below the top later
53 ¼ in. (135.5 cm.) high, 33 ¾ in. (986 cm.) wide, 16 in (41 cm.) deep

Provenance

With Kraemer, Paris.
The Collection of James Seligman; Christie's, New York, 21 October 2005, lot 380.