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Charming mahogany and marquetry secretary desk.
Escalettes Alpha marble top with a reversed cavetto molding.
Four drawers and a drop-front, the drop-front revealing two small drawers.
Four-leaf marquetry on the front and sides.
Decorated with fillets, Greek key patterns, and a medallion with attributes.
Gilt bronze mounts: a bacchanalian scene in bas-relief, console-shaped drops, lanceolate leaf feet, and ingot moldings.
Rounded and fluted uprights with asparagus tips.
Flushed, tapered legs ringed with laurel wreaths.
Keyhole escutcheons in ribbon medallions.
Glace marked "Gouffé Jeune, Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Paris".
French polished.
Circa 1880.
Height 127 cm, width 61 cm, depth 39 cm.
Delivery available.
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Ref: 8HT1F42YSY