Early 19th Century Secretaire in Mahogany & Veneer

It has a high drawer, offering a storage depth of 8.5 cm.

Below, it consists of a slaughter discovering a space – consisting of most lemon tree – with two shelves and eight small drawers of different capacities. Two of them are secret, the others open with small brass drawing buttons finely carved in flowers. All are embellished with amaranth nets forming frames. Detail rare enough to be underlined, the interior of these drawers is in mahogany.

The slaughter is covered with a green leather, adorned with a central sticker, flagships of angles and, on the edge, friezes, sometimes golden, sometimes on a hard background.

In the lower part, this secretary has two doors, with nut closure thus avoiding all deformations. They house three other drawers, but English.

Finally, a last 9 cm deep drawer hidden in the low plinth will constitute the last element of this secretary.

With the exception of the latter, the other three facade openings have a lock, three points for the flashy, high and low for the right door. They are in working order and equipped with their respective key.

We will also appreciate the Doucine moldings framing the central part of the furniture, as well as the discreet but omnipresent lemon nets, visible on the songs of the shelves, the apparent side of the feet, the sides …

The absence of a compass also makes this secretary singular since it is a system with lead weight, complex for the time, which allows an autonomous closure of the slaughter from its reached rocking point.

The quality of the materials used for the design of this secretary, the thoroughness and the technicality from which he has benefited, make him clearly remarkable.

Era: beginning 19th century

Perfect condition after restoration in our workshop. Only waxed finish.