Collections & Fine Furniture - 16th April 2024
Lot 82
A BIEDERMEIER KARELIAN BIRCH SECRETAIRE
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1386
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Description
A BIEDERMEIER KARELIAN BIRCH SECRETAIRE
POSSIBLY SWEDISH, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
with ebonised decoration with a frieze drawer above a hinged fall revealing a fitted architectural interior with a central cupboard inlaid with parquetry stars flanked by column drawers with further secret compartments flanked by two banks of five drawers, the fall inset with gilt tooled leather writing surface, above three long drawers and block feet
140.5cm high, 112cm wide, 49.5cm deep
Provenance
A Private Collection, an apartment on Cadogan Square, London.