LOT 886
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Lot 886
A GILT BRASS AND ENGRAVED PEWTER INLAID EBONY SECRETARY, PROBABLY AUSTRIAN OR GERMAN, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY. The three door cabinet in ebony veneer over mahogany inlaid with gilt cut brass scroll work surrounding chased inlaid classical figures and winged putti, the central door opening to reveal four inlaid drawers, and with two side cupboards, each door divided by turned columns with inlaid gilt bronze flutes surmounted with ormolu Corinthian capitols and raised on a two drawer stand with cut gilt brass and pewter inlay on ebony over mahogany supported by tapering squared legs with cut brass inlaid bell flowers and joined by a shaped stretcher with recessed panels inlaid with engraved gilt brass on an ebony ground. Height 68 inches (172.7 cm), width 49.5 inches (125.3 cm).
Estimate:
$4,000 - 7,000
€ 3,080 - 5,390
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