Louis XVI Speckled Mahogany Secretary, Late 18th Century

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Solid and plated speckled mahogany secretary, with white marble top surrounded on three sides of an openwork brass gallery.
It … Read more Solid and plated speckled mahogany secretary, with white marble top surrounded on three sides of an openwork brass gallery.
It has a high drawer, offering a storage depth of 9.5 cm.
Below, it consists of a slaughter discovering a space of sobriety characteristic of the Louis XVI secretaries. It consists of four niches with various dimensions, six drawers of identical capacities, one of which is garnished with period enclosures. The interiors are in lemon trees, the molded facades of the speckled mahogany veneer drawers.
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 is provided with two doors, with clasp for the one on the left, housing a new storage compartment in oak locking independently.
These three facades are equipped with entrances with cut brass locks and two rare keystones of origins and interchangeable. This numerical inferiority is compensated by the presence on the high drawer of two handles of pearl brass drawing.
It should be noted that the slaughter is provided with a three -point lock, two side and a central, a guarantee of quality whose primary goal was to guarantee that the wood does not fit.
The upper and fluted amounts of this piece of furniture are embellished with brass falls in the upper and rudanced in the lower part. They do not end four bundle feet with a pork also in golden alloy.
The sides of this secretary with well thought -out proportions are panels.

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Era: 2nd half of the 18th century

Perfect condition after restoration in our workshop. Finishing

Dimensions:
On the body: Length: 90.5 cm Width: 37.5 cm
Marble: Length: 95 cm Width: 40.5 cm
Height: 142.5 cm See less