A Dutch Louis Seize secrétaire à abattant with lacquer panels

A Dutch Louis Seize secrétaire à abattant with lacquer panels

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Offered by Daatselaar Fine Art & Antiques



A Dutch Louis Seize secrétaire à abattant with lacquer panels A Dutch Louis Seize secrétaire à abattant with lacquer panels A Dutch Louis Seize secrétaire à abattant with lacquer panels A Dutch Louis Seize secrétaire à abattant with lacquer panels A Dutch Louis Seize secrétaire à abattant with lacquer panels A Dutch Louis Seize secrétaire à abattant with lacquer panels A Dutch Louis Seize secrétaire à abattant with lacquer panels

This secrétaire is of the “à abattant” type which was immensely popular in the last quarter of the eighteenth century. A abattant is derived from the French word abattre, which means “to put down”. The secrétaire stands on four tapered feet of which the front ones are canted. Overall the secrétaire is adorned with black lacquer panels of which the ones in the center of the fall front, the bottom two doors, the top drawer and the top are enriched with flower and foliage decoration.

Origin
Dutch private collection
Period
Ca. 1790
Material
Reference
100-479
Sizes
162 x 103 x 45.5 cm

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Daatselaar Fine Art & Antiques

Oudkerkhof 28
3512 GK Utrecht
The Netherlands

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