FLAPS AND SECRETAIRE
 

20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Big trumeau assembled with antique wood. The sides are notched and serpentine, the front has a double serpentine shape and four drawers. It has a drop-down openable door which conceals a small compartment with two drawers. The upper part has two shaped doors with mirrors and a tall carved cymatium with mirror. Inside inlaid compartment with three drawers. Ebonized frames.

Italy, XX Century

Walnut flap with flap door concealing cabinet with 6 drawers, front with 3 drawers and shelf feet. The entire structure is decorated with inlays arranged depicting swirl motifs in walnut root and maple borders, the designs are larger on the front and finer on the sides. Fir interior. Bronze knobs; vents and locks replaced. 20th century Italy.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Piedmontese drop-leaf secretaire supported by shelf shaped feet; it has 3 frontal drawers surmounted by a folding door that hides drawers and a central open compartment. Veneered wood with Bois de violette threads, poplar interiors and walnut internal compartments.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Lombard Baroque trumeau, supported by corbel feet, on the front it has three drawers plus one small drawer, topped by a flap door concealing a cupboard with drawers. The riser has two doors with mirrors and ends with a moulded cornice; the original shelves in the riser have been replaced with glass. Veneered in walnut burl, it is decorated with characteristic ebony frames. Hardware replaced.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Centre Italian cupboard supported by shelf shaped feet; it has 2 framed doors, 2 pull out surfaces in the undertop band that support the folding door that hides drawers and compartments. The upper body has a paneld door. Walnut with poplar interiors; it had gone through restoration works to straighten the lower doors; the tympanum shped cimatium had been added later

Italy 20th century

Inlaid and carved trumeau with front with curled cymatium, two doors concealing shelves, folding door concealing cabinet with four small drawers, pulls underneath and three drawers. Bracket feet. Solid walnut structure and maple inlays.

France Late 19th century

Napoleon III Secrétaire desk in mahogany veneer and mahogany feather, France, late 19th century. Top in black marble, front with drawer projecting into the band, column uprights in the round with chiseled gilt bronze capitals, flap door concealing a cabinet with drawers, secrets and a pair of columns; pair of doors in the lower section, acorn feet. Interior veneered in walnut and walnut burl. Constructive part in oak.

Italy, XX Century

Trumeau with riser with acid-etched mirror with depiction of a female figure in the center and carved and painted wooden frame. Front with flap door concealing cabinet with compartments and drawers veneered in briar and three drawers in the lower band. The whole structure is richly decorated with figures in relief painted in chinoiserie on a red background.

Italy, XX Century

Baroque style trumeau in cherry wood, Italy 20th century. Elevation with pair of doors, body with flap door concealing a smaller drawer, front with 3 drawers divided internally into compartments, wavy legs. Decorated with curly, floral and rocaille carvings. Poplar and fir interior.

Trentino late eighteenth century

Cherry veneered flap with flap door with small geometric inlays concealing cabinet with six drawers and side secrets. Under-top band with secret drawers and front with four drawers, two of which are smaller. Truncated pyramidal feet. The interior of some drawers has been restored. Shortcomings.

France Second Quarter 19th Century

Charles X secretaire entirely veneered in mahogany and mahogany feather, also in the cabinet, France second quarter 19th century. Marble top, front with drawer in the band, door concealing cabinet with drawers and large desk top with morocco insert, three drawers in the lower section. Cabinet embellished with columns with ebonized elements. Oak interior. Replaced vents.

Italy, XX Century

Secretaire with molded top and front with flap door decorated with bronze depicting a lyre within festoons and a laurel wreath concealing a bar shelf. Mahogany veneer and feather mahogany, maple purfling. Italy 20th century.

Lombardy Mid-eighteenth century

Walnut veneered baroque flap, Lombardy mid-18th century. Upstand with pair of side drawers, front with flap door concealing cabinet, 3 drawers and curly feet. Tripartite by 3 ebonized frames, the piece of furniture is decorated with walnut root reserves, maple threads and cypress borders, the latter arranged to create a large heart-shaped cartouche on the front. Interior in fir. Cabinet restorations and replacements; non-coeval handles.

Central Italy Late 18th Century

Neoclassical trumeau in chestnut, central Italy, late 18th century. Upstand with pair of paneled doors on the front, placed within fluted pilasters. Body equipped with flap door concealing cabinet with drawers veneered in walnut, burr walnut and threaded in maple; front with drawer in the band and 3 doors, the 2 lateral ones with panels, while the central one, initially a seating compartment, was created later. Carved tiles with lozenge and triangle motifs.

France, Mid XIX Century

Louis Philippe secrétaire mahogany veneer and mahogany feather, France mid-19th century. Front with drawer in the band, flap door concealing cabinet with compartments and insert in morocco, 3 drawers. Originally it probably had a marble top. Foot missing.

Italy first half of the 19th century

Flap in walnut with roller door concealing cabinet with eight small drawers and front with three large underlying drawers. Interior in fir, slightly wavy feet. Knob missing. Italy first half of the 19th century

Italy first half of the 19th century

Restoration flap in walnut, veneered on the front in walnut pedule with front with flap door concealing cabinet with five small drawers and an open compartment. Three drawers below, the first of which is smaller. Poplar interior. Restorations. Italy first half of the 19th century

Italy 20th century

Flap with inlaid top with phytomorphic motifs also present on the roller door framing the central scene with cherubs, door concealing cabinet with two small drawers, central compartment with removable shelf and pull-out desk top. Five underlying drawers of which the largest central one is equipped with a lock. Truncated pyramidal legs. Italy 20th century