Directoire Painted Sécrètaire à Abattant

£2,600

A Directoire period painted sécrètaire à abattant, the frieze painted with swags of flowers and containing a drawer, the fall-front enclosing a writing interior and painted with a neoclassical vignette surrounded by swags of flowers and drapery within twined leaf borders, the cupboards below painted with neoclassical atheniennes, the sides with lyres also within leaf-twist borders, all on a butter-yellow ground and raised on tapering feet. Shown here with a pair of chairs en-suite, listed separately

Height 133 cm (52.25 inches)
Width 86 cm (34 inches)
Depth 36 cm (14 inches)
French. circa 1795
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