A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN AND CREAM-PAINTED SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
BY MERCIER FRERES, PARIS, CIRCA 1900, IN THE MANNER OF RENE DUBOIS
The fleur de pecher marble top above a frieze drawer inset with a vitruvian-scroll ormolu mount, the front decorated en grisaille with putti carrying garlands, the fall front with leather writing surface and the interior fitted with five pigeon holes and four drawers, above three frieze drawers the shaped sides decorated with rosettes within lozenges; with a metallic plaque signed 'Mobiler, Décoration, Ancien et Moderne, Mercier Frères, 100 Fg. St. Antoine/Paris', the corner mounts incised 'CC/253'
56 1/3 in. (143 cm.) high; high; 35 1/8 in. (89 cm.) wide; 15 7/8 in. (40.5 cm.) deep
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN AND CREAM-PAINTED SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
BY MERCIER FRERES, PARIS, CIRCA 1900, IN THE MANNER OF RENE DUBOIS
The fleur de pecher marble top above a frieze drawer inset with a vitruvian-scroll ormolu mount, the front decorated en grisaille with putti carrying garlands, the fall front with leather writing surface and the interior fitted with five pigeon holes and four drawers, above three frieze drawers the shaped sides decorated with rosettes within lozenges; with a metallic plaque signed 'Mobiler, Décoration, Ancien et Moderne, Mercier Frères, 100 Fg. St. Antoine/Paris', the corner mounts incised 'CC/253'
56 1/3 in. (143 cm.) high; high; 35 1/8 in. (89 cm.) wide; 15 7/8 in. (40.5 cm.) deep
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