Lot 208
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BATH CABINETMAKERS
ART NOUVEAU INLAID MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE CABINET, CIRCA 1900
Decorative Arts: Design since 1860 | 554
Auction: 3 April 2019 at 12:00 BST
£2,000
Description
the projecting cornice above two astragal glazed doors, two inlaid drawers, and a sloping fall, profusely inlaid with marquetry in copper and specimen woods, opening to reveal a birch-lined interior fitted with drawers, letter rack and leather writing surface, the whole raised on square tapered legs linked by an undertier
Dimensions
164.5cm wide, 198cm high, 51cm deep
Footnote
Literature: Art Journal Magazine, Paris 1900 edition, page 134 illus.
Note: This cabinet relates to a suite of furniture from the firm which won the gold medal at the Paris Exhibition in 1900