Continental Gothic Revival Black Painted Armorial Fall-Front Secretary

Lot description

Continental Gothic Revival black painted secretary, late 19th c., having pointed armorial crest depicting coat of arms with eagle, grapes, and swan, central fall-front cabinet door, revealing inset leather writing surface and interior gallery, fitted with five drawers and two cabinet doors, above single exterior drawer, carved with quatrefoils and tracery motifs, rising on spiral twist supports and stepped base, later hinged panels to lower drawer interior supporting fall-front surface, approx 71"h, 33"w, 17.5"d