136. 136W Meuble haut en acajou par Joseph Stockel d'époque Louis XVI A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted mahogany bookcase secretaire by Joseph Stockel, late 18th century The grey-veined white marble rectangular top with three-quarter gallery above an adjustable shelf on four panelled long drawers simulated as five, flanked by semi-detached channelled columns, the sides with open wells to the upper section with adjustable shelves, the lower sections panelled, and on turned tapering legs terminating in gilt-bronze caps, stamped 'J.STOCKEL' and 'JME', 130cm wide, 82cm deep, 182cm high (51in wide, 32in deep, 71 1/2in high). Joseph Stockel maître ébéniste in 1775.