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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-A-ABATTANT
- ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB FRERES, RUE MESLEE, CIRCA 1797-1803

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-A-ABATTANT
ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB FRERES, RUE MESLEE, CIRCA 1797-1803
Estimate
(Set Currency)
    £40,000 - £60,000
  • ($61,000 - $90,000)

Sale Information

Sale 7745
important european furniture, sculpture & clocks
9 July 2009
London, King Street




Lot Description

AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-A-ABATTANT
ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB FRERES, RUE MESLEE, CIRCA 1797-1803
En suite with the preceding lot, the rectangular grey-veined white marble marble top above a frieze drawer centred by a rosette, the fall-front centred by a foliate cartouche, flanked by crossed cornucopiae and enclosing an arcaded interior with a leather-lined writing-surface, mahogany-lined drawers and two secret drawers, above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing three mahogany-lined slides, on a stiff-leaf cast plinth and block feet
58¾ in. (149 cm.) high; 38¼ in. (97 cm.) wide; 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep

Special Notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Literature

G. Wannenes, Mobili di Francia, L'Ottocento, Milan, 1987, pp. 69 and 98, cat. no. 98.

Lot Notes

En suite with the preceding lot, this attractive secrétaire-à-abattant is apparently identical to another secrétaire sold at Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 1981. Among further closely related examples by or attributed to the firm of Jacob Frères is one with identical mounts, albeit lacking the semi-circular banding to the lower section, sold at Christie's, New York, 21 May 2003, lot 232.
For further information on 'Jacob Frères, Rue Meslée', please refer to the catalogue note for lot 61.

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