A NORTH ITALIAN WALNUT, FRUITWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE-A-ABATTANT, MID-19TH CENTURY

Inlaid overall with scrolling foliage, figures and griffins, the moulded cavetto cornice with frieze drawer above a fall-front flanked by scrolled uprights and revealing a fitted interior with six drawers and a central architectural niche, above three drawers, on demi-lune feet
58 in. (147.5 cm.) high; 39¼ in. (100 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep

Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.

Provenance

Almost certainly acquired by Sir Charles McLaren, Bt, 1st Baron Aberconway, PC, QC, JP (1850-1934) circa 1907, and by descent in the family until the late 1990s when acquired by the present owner.