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Secrétaire à Abattant |
A drop front desk, usually with drawers or cupboard doors underneath.
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Semainier |
A tall, narrow chest of drawers with seven drawers, one for each day of the week.
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Serpentine |
Furniture form characterized by a undulating, central, convex (protruding) surface with concave ends. Reverse serpentine forms exhibit a concave center portion and convex edges. (See also arbalette.)
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Pair of fine, Louis XV style marquise bergeres (Item No. 885)
In solid, carved beechwood with serpentine, floral carved crests, scrolled arms, ample seats with serpentine floral-carved rail, and cabriole legs. One of identical pair shown. 19th century.
42" wide by 40" tall by 25" deep
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Fine, French, Louis XV period, giltwood chaise longue (Item No. 851)
The padded backrest with serpentine top rail continuing to padded wings, the shaped rails raised on cabriole legs; the whole carved with foliate scrolls, shell motifs and seed pods. Mid-18th century.
37½" high by 33½" wide by 76" long
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Edwardian, painted satinwood small sideboard (Item No. 846)
The top of serpentine outline painted with a musical trophy and floral garlands above a center drawer fitted for cutlery, flanked by a cupboard door and a deep drawer all painted with garlands and trophies, raised on square tapered legs ending in spade feet painted with bell flower trails. First quarter of the 20th century.
36" high by 53½" wide by 25½" deep
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Fine, French, Regence period, carved giltwood console (Item No. 843)
With veined pink marble serpentine-fronted top above a shell and foliate frieze on crosshatched and diagonal reeded ground, raised on foliate-carved double scroll cabriole legs terminating in "pied de sabots." Circa 1725.
30¼" high by 31½" wide by 17" deep
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