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| BIEDERMEIER SECRETARIES SE167 | |
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Exemplary Austro-Hungarian Biedermeier knee-hole desk. Matching veneered with walnut on pine on all sides for free standing. Front with one large drawer depicting 3 faux drawers over a pair of smaller drawers on either side. Block feet. Roll top, pull out writing surface, fitted interior in maple and bird's eye maple, parcel ebonized, 6 small drawers and 5 niches. Secret compartments. Original locks. 42" h, 52 1/2" w, 27 1/4" closed (33 1/2" opened) d Reference: page 10, J. A. Lux "Von der Empire zur Biedermeierzeit" (From Empire to Biedermeier), Stuttgart/Germany, 1906. |
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