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A Viennese gilt-bronze and enamel-mounted ebonized secretaire circa 1900
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
- height 6 ft. 2 in.; width 42 in.: depth 27 1/2 in.
- 188 cm; 107 cm; 70 cm
inset overall with enamel plaques depicting allegorical scenes and classical figures in an Arcadian landscape, the upper section surmounted with a balustrade with putti to each front corner above a pair of doors opening to reveal six drawers, the lower section with sloping hinged flap opening to reveal a writing surface fronting a recessed compartment, flanked on each side by a pair of drawers.
Literature
Comparative literature: Christopher Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, Antique Collector's Club, Woodbridge, 1981, p. 142.