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Louis XVI Secretaire, Waxed Polished Mahogany Veneer, 18th Century
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A delightful Louis XVI secretary, built in oak and polished mahogany veneer, it is topped with a grey Saint-Anne des Pyrénées marble.
It is equipped with a high drawer, offering a beautiful storage space, just below, it reveals a flap, discovering a space of a sobriety characteristic of Louis XVI Secretaries.
It consists of a large niche under which are seven drawers, six of which are of identical capacity, all in mahogany veneer.
The flap is covered with original Camel coloured leather.
At the bottom, it is equipped with two doors, housing a new storage compartment.
These three front doors are equipped with cut brass lock entries.
This numerical inferiority is compensated by the presence of two pearled brass pull handles on the top drawer.
The fluted uprights of this piece of furniture end in four tapered legs with gilded alloy shoes for the front legs.
The back is a magnificent work of wood veneer entirely of the period.
Period : 18th century
Dimensions : Height : 130cm x Width : 64cm x Depth : 33cm
In the 18th century, the ingenuity and talent of cabinetmakers were used to make secretaries with shapes as diverse as their names and with a great wealth of ornamentation, secretaries with a wide range of colours, and secretaries with a wide range of colours.
of ornamentation, desk secretaries, of which we find in the 1760 General Inventory of Crown Furniture wonderful specimens, such as cylinder secretaries, usually made of solid mahogany, the "bonheur du jour", travelling secretaries, which can be dismantled and enclosed in a coat rack, secretaries built into the wall, transforming secretaries, rolling secretaries, toilet secretaries, cabinet secretaries, and many others.
It was, moreover, one of the most widespread pieces of furniture almost as soon as it appeared, and it soon had its marked place in all cabinets and boudoirs.
- Dimensions:Height: 51.19 in (130 cm)Width: 25.2 in (64 cm)Depth: 13 in (33 cm)
- Style:Directoire (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:18th Century
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- Seller Location:CRÉTEIL, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU7814232812342
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