ANCIENT FLAPS

Austro-Hungarian Empire, XIX Century

Biedermeier mahogany and burl desk. Three-drawer display case with carved balustrade, four drawers in front, the first of which has a pull and flap, concealing an internal writing desk with a leather insert in the top, a four-drawer cabinet, one with a spring-loaded opening, and an open central compartment. Austro-Hungarian Empire, mid-19th century.

France, Early XX Century

Empire-style mahogany secretaire. Front features four drawers surmounted by a drop-leaf door concealing an internal cabinet with three drawers, an open compartment with a mirror, and three ebonized columns. Uprights consist of truncated pyramidal columns with chiseled and gilded bronze capitals and bases, as do the escutcheons, handles, and decorations on the under-top band. Turned legs and beech interior. France, early 20th century.

Italy, XX Century

Walnut veneered, curved three-drawer front, drop-leaf door concealing a four-drawer cabinet and a central door. Curved, carved feet. Italy, 20th century.

Piedmont, XVIII Century

Baroque walnut chest of drawers, maple fillets and inlays, and olive wood frames throughout. Two-drawer front, drop-leaf top concealing a four-drawer cabinet and an open central compartment, forty-five-degree uprights, and bracket feet. Gilded bronze pendants and escutcheons, missing lower drawer lock. Piedmont, 18th century.

England, Late XIX Century

Elegant English Victorian trumeau in the George III model. In the base two doors and a compartment with a cabinet accessible thanks to a sliding door in maple, which shows off drawers and open compartments, sliding top covered in Moroccan; in the upper part two glass doors inserted in a wooden grid, with adjustable shelves; wavy cymatium with curls and inlaid with a classic Greek key and central rosette. The entire surface is veneered in citronnier with mahogany borders, fillets and inlays made of maple, mahogany and ebony.

Antique Flap in Directoire Style XX Century

Directoire style secrétaire, made of mahogany and mahogany feather, composed of two doors in the base, a drop-leaf door and a drawer under the tops; the drop-leaf door contains a castle with letter holders and small drawers, the leather top for writing. Green marble top, truncated conical feet grooved like the uprights that delimit the piece of furniture, decorations and frame coverings in brass sheet.

England, Mid XIX Century

Victorian Mahogany Drop-Leaf Chest, Maple and Rosewood Trim, Blonde Mahogany Open Shelving and Drawers, Red Leather Top. Bracket Feet, Oak Interior. England, Mid 19th Century.

Baroque Style Trumeau

Trumeau in Baroque style, early 1900s, curved in shape, has four drawers in the lower body and two mirrored doors in the upper body, small drawers inside the flap, covered on the entire surface in walnut and walnut root.

Italy, Mid XVIII Century

Baroque drop-leaf chest supported by wavy feet, on the wavy front it has three drawers plus one smaller one, surmounted by a drop-leaf door concealing a cabinet with small drawers. Veneered in briar with maple fillets, the interiors are in poplar and fir. It has undergone subsequent restorations and modifications: originally it was a trumeau from which the riser was removed.

Italy, XX Century

Chinoiserie style drop-leaf desk in lacquered, painted and gilded wood, Italy 20th century. Decorated on the front and sides with scenes of daily life and floral elements of oriental taste. Front with drop-leaf door concealing a cabinet and a pair of drawers. Walnut interior.

Piedmont, Late XVIII Century

Piedmontese flap with four drawers, surmounted by a shaped door that opens with a flap concealing a cabinet with central compartment and small side drawers; in chestnut, the interiors are in poplar. It has restorations and has been modified in the height of the feet.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Baroque trumeau consisting of an antique flap supported by wavy feet, which has two drawers on the front moved by a leaf spring, surmounted by a shaped door that can be opened as a flap and concealing a cabinet with compartments, secrets and drawers; veneered in walnut and walnut burl, interior in poplar. The riser is in style and has two moulded doors with mirrors; small mirror also present in the moulded profile cornice.

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.