Neococo secretary

walnut, 249 x 125 x 56 cm;
Southwestern Europe, Italy?, 3rd quarter of 19th century.
Two-piece, with a simple two-drawer settee surmounted by a high volute cornice with a prominent crotch, resting on a base with beveled and wavy sides consisting of a secretary with a folding lid and a three-drawer chest on slender legs ending in volutes. The whole piece is veneered with patterned veneer and decorated with profiled slats arranged in rectangular and wavy fields on the sides and front of the furniture. The wings of the settee's door are framed, with wavy cut mirrors on the inside. The interior of the settee is divided into two parts by a vertical partition and numerous shelves on the sides (3 on the left, 6 on the right), set on a toothed bar mounted on the sides of the interior and partition. Secreter interior with a central cabinet, covered by 6 drawers, three in rows.
Steel hardware - belt hinges of the hatch and brass knobs of the drawers.