Description:

Both beautiful and functional, the desk and armchair feature complex woodwork with elaborate artistic details. The inlaid and carved wood features foliate swags, scrollwork and lion’s masks while lion’s paws decorate the bottom. No section of the set goes undecorated as carvings and inlaid wood sprawl the entire piece.

Notably, this writing table and its matching armchair are rife with secret drawers and compartments. Cleverly concealed buttons and levers open secret drawers and panels, revealing storage spaces within the rails of the chair seat, center square of the desk, frieze, corners, carved lion’s heads and throughout the base. A writing slide pulls out from above the center drawer on one side of the desk, while the opposite side is fitted with hidden architectural interiors, each brimming with secret compartments. One of the finest hand-crafted writing tables of the 19th century, the desk is marked by remarkable design and ingenuity.

Circa 1798

Dimensions
Desk: 54 1/2” wide x 33” high x 32 3/4” deep
Chair: 23” wide x 36 3/8” high.