Secrétaire formant serre-papiers/cartonnier (secretary/filing cabinet) with two sets of tambour doors, the interior containing a total of ten drawers and a further set of tambour doors: tulipwood, kingwood, and sycamore parquetry, bronze doré mounts, brèche d'Alep marble top. Height 52¾ inches; width 39¾ inches; depth 16½ inches.
Attributed to Jean-François Oeben, circa 1760, this is an early example of the archeologically inspired goût grec that would come fully into flower in the following two decades.
Auctioned at Sotheby's, Paris, 16 June 2020.
Estimate: 40,000 - 70,000 EUR
Sold: 62,500 EUR
Sold: 62,500 EUR
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