Dutch Louis Seize secretaire à abbatant 1780 - 1790

Unknown artist

WoodAmaranthOakMahoganyGemstoneLacquer
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• About the artwork
  Dutch Louis Seize secretaire à abbatant
  
  This secretaire a abattant is modelled with one drawer above a fall front, enclosing a interior, and two drawers below. The fall front is inlaid with a larger lacquer panel with landscape. The lacquer panel above the fall front is decorated with a landscape and birds, the lacquer panels on the two drawers below the fall front are decorated with flowers. The secretaire a abattant standing on four tapering feet.
  
  Provenance: Dutch private collection
  
  Oak frame veneered with mahogany, amaranth, satinwood and Japanese lacquered panels
• About the artist

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