Beautiful Secretary Dépoque Empire En Ronce Dacajou, Early Xixth

Interesting and rare model of cabinet secretary dating back to the early 19th century, with open columns, it is clad in mahogany and mahogany ronce, it opens with 2 doors in the lower part, a slit in the centre and a drawer in the upper part, the top is covered with a wooden plate plated dacajou, the whole rests on fore feet with leafy claws and sheathed back feet. The 2 doors at the bottom hide an oak shelf. Labatlant once opened discovers, a small leather in fauve tones forming a writing room as well as a beautiful well-appointed theatre with a locker range in the upper part, with 2 small drawers with plugs arranged laterally, there are also 2 columns of 3 drawers arranged on both sides of a small central door, the whole resting on a range of 3 drawers. The frame of this furniture is like most of the furniture empire, perfectly and finely assembled, it consists essentially of oak, so the sides, the back and the tray are made in this hardwood, just like the drawers entirely made of oak, we note this title the fineness of the wood used and their beautiful quality, tight grains, without nud, wire well straight indicating a good selection of wood, the rest of the furniture: the lower part, the doors and the side ties are made of fir tree. The set is covered with beautiful mahogany veneer still very thick, lebenist has selected two large leaves of mahogany ronce to create its symmetry in order to cover the facade of the furniture and this without interruption, creating a beautiful effect. Both columns also receive mahogany ring.

Both sides of the furniture are plated with the same mahogany sheet much less "flamed" than the facade. The tray is covered with a similar mahogany vein at the sides, it is finely molded on its lower edge. The interior theatre is plated on its songs and facades of thick mahogany veneer, small refinement the lock entrance of the small door is made of debony veneer cut in the form of a shield.

The 2 back feet are finished with bronze hooves, the 2 front feet are carved oak, patinated black for the set except for the foliage that is golden, this finish is the original one. It is not common to find furniture combining claws and columns. While the design brings us closer to beautiful Parisian productions, some points differ, the plateau which is very original is made of wood, plated with mahogany, which is unusual, also the frame is not common if the claw feet are spread at the beginning of the nineteenth century on the secretaries, the model slender as on our model is sometimes found on furniture of molitor, but also in provincial cabinetmaker as short, cabinetist Dijonnais who produced empire furniture whose oak frame was plated with mahogany.

The bronze entrances and handles that lon finds on the front of the doors, the lower and the upper drawer and which are from the empire period are not the original one, in place of each lock entrance there is an ebony shield embedded in the mahogany veneer as for the small door of the theatre, so this furniture was born of the most sober with just the bronze rings of the columns. The surface of the leather is also unusual for a Parisian furniture, it is usually much larger, covering the major part of the slaughter. The interior layout is decorated with columns whose base and capital are in gold repelled brass, this same material is used for small lion-head macaroons laid in applique. Last detail at the level of the construction, the rear paneling of the furniture consists of large oak board arranged vertically, this type of assembly does not correspond to the Parisian furniture of this period. On the back of the piece of furniture there is an old label, which remains almost illegible, but can still be read "den haag" meaning the city of the Haye in the lower country. This piece of furniture is in a very good condition of preservation, however there is an old horizontal slot on the lower side and on the right door, also small small slots on the left side, it is noted that the door lock is posterior, the cabinet is locked, the mahogany colors are very beautiful, no discoloration, the varnish is impeccable. The item "beautiful secretary of the period empire in mahogany ring, early xixeme" has been on sale since Saturday 27 March 2021. It is in the category "art, antiques\furnishings, decoration of xixe\bureaux".Antiquites89" and is located in/in the chapel-sur-oreuse. This item can be shipped to the following country: france.

period: xixeme and before