Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant)

Jean-François Dubut French

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Once the fall front of this secretary, partly decorated with Chinese lacquer, is opened a series of drawers with geometric marquetry is revealed. The overall size indicates that this piece was intended for use in one of the more intimate and private rooms where the owner could write undisturbed. The model of this secretary remained very popular and was repeated a number of times during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Most of the mounts of this piece have been replaced

Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant), Jean-François Dubut (French, died 1778), Veneered on oak, in front with panels of black and gold lacquer, partly Chinese and partly European, and on the sides with floral marquetry in tulipwood, rosewood, satinwood, purplewood, and various other end-cut woods; mounts of gilded and chased bronze; top of breche d'Aleps marble, French

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Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant), Jean-François Dubut (French, died 1778), Veneered on oak, in front with panels of black and gold lacquer, partly Chinese and partly European, and on the sides with floral marquetry in tulipwood, rosewood, satinwood, purplewood, and various other end-cut woods; mounts of gilded and chased bronze; top of breche d'Aleps marble, French
Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant), Jean-François Dubut (French, died 1778), Veneered on oak, in front with panels of black and gold lacquer, partly Chinese and partly European, and on the sides with floral marquetry in tulipwood, rosewood, satinwood, purplewood, and various other end-cut woods; mounts of gilded and chased bronze; top of breche d'Aleps marble, French
Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant), Jean-François Dubut (French, died 1778), Veneered on oak, in front with panels of black and gold lacquer, partly Chinese and partly European, and on the sides with floral marquetry in tulipwood, rosewood, satinwood, purplewood, and various other end-cut woods; mounts of gilded and chased bronze; top of breche d'Aleps marble, French
Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant), Jean-François Dubut (French, died 1778), Veneered on oak, in front with panels of black and gold lacquer, partly Chinese and partly European, and on the sides with floral marquetry in tulipwood, rosewood, satinwood, purplewood, and various other end-cut woods; mounts of gilded and chased bronze; top of breche d'Aleps marble, French
Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant), Jean-François Dubut (French, died 1778), Veneered on oak, in front with panels of black and gold lacquer, partly Chinese and partly European, and on the sides with floral marquetry in tulipwood, rosewood, satinwood, purplewood, and various other end-cut woods; mounts of gilded and chased bronze; top of breche d'Aleps marble, French
Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant), Jean-François Dubut (French, died 1778), Veneered on oak, in front with panels of black and gold lacquer, partly Chinese and partly European, and on the sides with floral marquetry in tulipwood, rosewood, satinwood, purplewood, and various other end-cut woods; mounts of gilded and chased bronze; top of breche d'Aleps marble, French
Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant), Jean-François Dubut (French, died 1778), Veneered on oak, in front with panels of black and gold lacquer, partly Chinese and partly European, and on the sides with floral marquetry in tulipwood, rosewood, satinwood, purplewood, and various other end-cut woods; mounts of gilded and chased bronze; top of breche d'Aleps marble, French

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