Offered by Didascalies
French 17th & 18th centuries furniture and Arts
Beautiful and elegant secretary in rosewood, violet wood, sycamore and lemon tree, opening with a flap and two leaves in front. It conceals in its chapel six small drawers. A beautiful Greek marquetry decorated with crossettes on the corners, as well as a set of marquetry in butterfly wing. It rests on four straight legs, two of which have a cutaway.
A beautiful leather decorated with iron arabesques finishes the decoration.
Original Belgian red marble, as well as a beautiful gilded bronze trim with ribbon.
Louis XVI period secretary, circa 1770, second half of the 18th century.
The very geometrical shape announces the return to the Antique very fashionable around 1765-1775.
In perfect condition.
Private collection (from a private mansion in Aix).
Dimensions : h.138 cm x w.84 cm x d.44 cm.
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