French Empire Marble Top Secrétaire
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Fall Front - Furniture with a hinged flap, usually associated with desks and secretaires, that opens or 'falls' to provide a flat writing surface. The flap may be supported by chains or brass quadrants and rest on wooden supports or runners, known as lopers, that pull out from a recess in either side of the piece. The interior of a fall-front desk is usually fitted with small drawers and pigeonholes.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
A Georgian mahogany fall-front bureau, the fall with herring bone stringing opening to reveal an interior with pigeon holes and small drawers, above four full-width graduated depth drawers with oval plate back handles and cockbeaded edges, raised on bracke
A French walnut fall front escritoire desk with shaped front. 145 cm high, 88 cm wide, 46 cm deep.
An early Edison console model diamond disc Gramophone, with two reproducers long play and standard. Date c. 1928, oak case with turned stretcher. Dimensions 89 cm x 0 cm.
Industrial work bench having 5 steel graduated drawers on steel angle iron legs. Heavy timber top. From Lithgow small arms factory 107 cm wide, 70 cm deep, 93 cm high