DOUBLE SECRETAIRE
DOUBLE SECRETAIRE
Louis XVI, Berne ca. 1770/80. By J. Aebersold (Johannes Aebersold, 1737 Berne 1812).
Cherry, carved with leaf friezes, rosettes, and moulded, and decorated with geometric reserves and fillets in veneer. Rectangular body on a straight frame, and with fluted legs. The commode lower part with two drawers. The rectracted upper part, with a drawer between two hinged writing surfaces. The upper writing surface in front of nine drawers and a compartment. The lower writing surface in front of nine drawers, 4 compartments and one secret compartment. Bronze mounts. 3 keys.
97 × 54(77) × 172 cm.
Few losses, profile strips slightly incomplete.
Comparative escutcheons depicted in: Schloss Jegenstorf. Johannes Äbersold 1737–1812. Jegenstorf 2000. p. 8, No. 1.
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DOUBLE SECRETAIRE
Louis XVI, Berne ca. 1770/80. By J. Aebersold (Johannes Aebersold, 1737 Berne 1812).
Cherry, carved with leaf friezes, rosettes, and moulded, and decorated with geometric reserves and fillets in veneer. Rectangular body on a straight frame, and with fluted legs. The commode lower part with two drawers. The rectracted upper part, with a drawer between two hinged writing surfaces. The upper writing surface in front of nine drawers and a compartment. The lower writing surface in front of nine drawers, 4 compartments and one secret compartment. Bronze mounts. 3 keys.
97 × 54(77) × 172 cm.
Few losses, profile strips slightly incomplete.
Comparative escutcheons depicted in: Schloss Jegenstorf. Johannes Äbersold 1737–1812. Jegenstorf 2000. p. 8, No. 1.
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