AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND EBONISED PARQUETRY CARTONNIER

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND EBONISED PARQUETRY CARTONNIER
The rectangular top above a shaped cartonnier with ten drawers with ebonised bands, the splayed waist enclosing a further drawer and ebonised red leather-lined writing-slide, the lower section with two quarter-veneered doors, enclosing a further fitted interior with ten drawers, simulated as fourteen, flanked by canted angles and above a shaped apron with C-scroll and acanthus spray, on cabriole legs with C-scroll and acanthus sabots, basically 18th Century and adapted, the drawers possibly later, inscribed in chalk 'CH' PRINCE' to the reverse
57 in. (145 cm.) high; 36½ in. (93 cm.) wide; 15¾ in. (40 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The lower section of this cartonnier and in particular the apron are closely related to a secretaire à abattant by Franois Mondon, whilst the overall shape, with the waisted top, relates to a secretaire à doucine by Pierre Migeon (P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Franais du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 585, fig. F, and p. 571, fig. E, respectively).

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