Lady's secretary

Lady's secretary in amaranth with ivory fillets. Drop-front panel revealing drawers and doors with ivory pulls set with tassels, as well as shelves.
Front legs inlaid at the outside edge with a thin ivory fillet.
Keyhole escutcheon and sabots in ivory.
Paris, 1920'

Provenance : Former Gustave and Robert de Rothschild collections, sale Piasa 11.6.1997, lot. 86; sale Sotheby’s, Paris, 14.12.2006, lot 69A.

Bibliography : E. Bréon, R. Pepall, Ruhlmann, genius of Art Deco, ed. d’art Somogy, Paris, 2004, pp. 180-182 (variation); A. Lesieutre, The Spirit and Splendor of Art Deco, ed. Paddington Press, 1974, planche 127 ; Y. Brunhammer, Le style 1925, éd. Baschet, Paris, p. 53 (variation).

Dimensions: height : 113 cm; width : 58,5 cm; depth : 37 cm.