Roux-Dure et Chérier.A fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry secretaire e abattant with upper vitrine, Paris, circa 1880–1900.The rectangular vitrine with glazed doors above a fall-front writing panel in kingwood, tulipwood and fruitwood marquetry, opening to reveal a fitted interior and drawers, the frieze with laurel and acanthus mounts, raised on tapering square legs with gilt-bronze mounts. Singed on the lock: “Roux-Dure et Cherier, 3 & 5 Rue Harlay.”

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