A narrow Louis XVI mahogany secrétaire à abattant by Conrad Mauter

Applied with gilt bronze mounts, the rectangular pink breccia marble top above a frieze drawer and panelled fall front, enclosing a green and gilt tooled leather writing surface, a shelf, two pigeonholes and four short drawers; above a pair of panelled doors enclosing a shelf and fall front coffre fort flanked by stop fluted angles headed by applied mounts, with panelled sides, above a shaped apron with leaf cast mount and square feet, stamped under the marble C.MAUTER, 63cm wide, 37cm deep, 141cm high.



Conrad Mauter 1742-1810, Maître 1777, ébéniste to the comte d'Artois. See Sotheby's, Parke, Bernet, 27 April 1963, lot 133 for a pair of encoignures by Mauter with identical corner mounts and Sotheby's, London, 10 June 1994, lot 81 for a writing table by Mauter (realised £24,1150 including premium).