Baroque tabernacle secretary à trois corps, Southern German, c. 1750,...
Baroque tabernacle secretary à trois corps, Southern German, c. 1750, three-part body, walnut and walnut burl, as well as various light and dark woods veneered onto softwood and marked with geometric scrollwork; a three-drawer, multi-angled and curved lower section standing on legs carved from the frame, surmounted by a writing compartment with a folding top and numerous small drawers; a tall, architecturally structured upper section with a curved front, ten small drawers arranged around the central tabernacle door and crowned by a curved central finial; richly structured veneer panels and cartouches, some laid in a mirror-image pattern, with gilded or patinated yellow metal fittings; the small drawers of the upper section can be locked via a central bolt mechanism in the tabernacle compartment, 214 x 116 x 66 cm,
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Baroque tabernacle secretary à trois corps, Southern German, c. 1750, three-part body, walnut and walnut burl, as well as various light and dark woods veneered onto softwood and marked with geometric scrollwork; a three-drawer, multi-angled and curved lower section standing on legs carved from the frame, surmounted by a writing compartment with a folding top and numerous small drawers; a tall, architecturally structured upper section with a curved front, ten small drawers arranged around the central tabernacle door and crowned by a curved central finial; richly structured veneer panels and cartouches, some laid in a mirror-image pattern, with gilded or patinated yellow metal fittings; the small drawers of the upper section can be locked via a central bolt mechanism in the tabernacle compartment, 214 x 116 x 66 cm,
restored to its original condition
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