MODERN DESIGN Folding-top secretary desk in palm veneer and Macassar...
MODERN DESIGN
Folding-top secretary desk in palm veneer and Macassar ebony veneer, with a quadrangular body featuring a top that opens via a hinged flap adorned with an inlaid design of a seashellon a yellow background and wood fillets, with a blackened diamond-shaped body. The interior features two drawers and vertical and horizontal compartments, surmounting four front drawers with two quadrangular Bakelite pulls and tortoiseshell-style slats. The front legs are made of palm veneer with a sheathed quadrangular body, ending in a cream-colored Bakelite glide, and the rear legs are tapered quadrangular.
Height: 135 cm - Length: 70 cm - Depth: 45 cm
Provenance: Francis Briest auction, Paris, April 12, 1996, lot 110b. Please contact the auction house for condition reports.
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MODERN DESIGN
Folding-top secretary desk in palm veneer and Macassar ebony veneer, with a quadrangular body featuring a top that opens via a hinged flap adorned with an inlaid design of a seashellon a yellow background and wood fillets, with a blackened diamond-shaped body. The interior features two drawers and vertical and horizontal compartments, surmounting four front drawers with two quadrangular Bakelite pulls and tortoiseshell-style slats. The front legs are made of palm veneer with a sheathed quadrangular body, ending in a cream-colored Bakelite glide, and the rear legs are tapered quadrangular.
Height: 135 cm - Length: 70 cm - Depth: 45 cm
Provenance: Francis Briest auction, Paris, April 12, 1996, lot 110b. Please contact the auction house for condition reports.
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