Lot 64: CHARLES-GUILLAUME DIEHL SECRÉTAIRE À ABATTANT PARIS, CIRCA 1885

measurements
height 52 1/2 in.; width 32 in.; depth 16 3/4 in.

alternate measurements
133.5 cm; 81.5 cm; 42.5 cm

érable and amarante geometric bandings, fruitwood trophies on loupe d'érable veneers, white marble top, the fall-front lined with a gilt-tooled red leather writing surface opening to two small blue stained diamond shape parquetry drawers, the lower cupboard with five sliding drawers, the whole interior in érable moucheté veneers, the lockplate signed DIEHL/19, Rue Michel Le Comte.

LITERATURE

D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIX Siècle, pp. 165-1670

C. Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, p. 35