Secreter in classicist style

Oak; 220 x 103 x 70 cm.
Central Europe, 18th / 19th century.
Erect, with straight sides, with a settee surmounted by a wide, profiled cornice in the shape of a basket arch, closed with two doors, with a secreter section with a slanting and folding top, supported by a three-drawer chest with a wavy front. The door wings and sides of the settee, as well as the lid, are of a frame construction with panels with a profiled face, beveled at the corners. The set is supported on flattened ball-shaped feet at the front and horn-shaped feet at the back. The interior of the settee is lined with paper, with three shelves divided by partitions in the middle, and a narrow shelf above them. In the interior of the secretary at the back two shelves with compartments and a shallow long drawer.