A Louis XVI mahogany secretaire à abattant, late 18th century

A Louis XVI mahogany secretaire à abattant, late 18th century

the grey veined white marble top with canted corners, above a long frieze drawer, the fall front opening to storage compartments and a niche flanked by three drawers one each side, the reverse of the fall front lined with a gilt tooled leather writing surface, above two cupboard doors opening to one shelf, stamped B. BUTTE, bearing the stamp H RIESENER JME to the back, re-mounted

143.5cm. high, 103cm. wide, 45.5cm. deep