FLAPS AND SECRETAIRE
 

Lombardy, Mid XVIII Century

Antique but heavily reworked flap front with flap door concealing replaced scribbling with four small drawers and central open compartment covered with green cloth, three drawers below. The entire structure is veneered in walnut burl, bordered with maple and bois de rose. Mid-19th century Italy.

Italy, XX Century

Lombard trumeau entirely veneered in walnut burl with ebonised frames. Curled motifs, front with two-door riser with mirrors concealing interior shelves covered with decorated fabric, drawers underneath. Flap door concealing six small drawers and wavy underside with four drawers of which the smaller one underneath. Curled uprights and feet. Italy 20th century.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Bureau bookcase composed of two elements belonging to different ages. The drop-leaf cabinet is supported by serpentine legs with hoof feet, has a drawer and a drop-leaf door. Six drawers and secret compartments inside. The upper case was added later and has a pair of shaped doors with panels. Manufactured in Piedmont, Italy, mid 18th century.

Italy, Early XX Century

Small flap cabinet in style with a roll-top door concealing a four small drawers and a central compartment, three drawers in the under-shelf band and wavy legs. The entire structure is veneered in walnut and exotic woods, on the door there is an inlay with exotic woods, maple and maple stained green representing an epic scene. Early 20th century Italy.

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.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Piedmontese drop-leaf secretaire with 3 drawers decoreted with engraved tiles and surmounted by a drop-leaf that hides compartments and small drawers. Walnut. In the middle of the folding door there is a cherry and marple inlaid windrose; walnut interiors. The shelf-shaped feet had been added later.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Centre Italian cupboard supported by shelf shaped feet; it has 2 framed doors, 2 pull out surfaces in the undertop band that support the folding door that hides drawers and compartments. The upper body has a paneld door. Walnut with poplar interiors; it had gone through restoration works to straighten the lower doors; the tympanum shped cimatium had been added later

Southern Italy, Early XVIII Century

Baroque walnut flap, southern Italy, early 18th century. Front with flap door concealing a scarab with compartments, drawers and a secret on the top; pair of pulls supporting the door, 3 drawers with bronze knobs, shelf feet. Sides decorated with walnut border. Poplar interior.

Italy, XX Century

Baroque style trumeau in cherry wood, Italy 20th century. Elevation with pair of doors, body with flap door concealing a smaller drawer, front with 3 drawers divided internally into compartments, wavy legs. Decorated with curly, floral and rocaille carvings. Poplar and fir interior.

Third Quarter XVIII Century

Secrétaire supported by wavy feet, on the front it has two doors surmounted by an opening flap door concealing a cabinet with large central compartment and side drawers; there is a drawer in the undertop band. Walnut interior, it is entirely veneered with mahogany reserves and edging in bois de violette and bois de rose, the cabinet is entirely veneered in bois de rose; marble top. It needs restorations.

France Late 19th century

Napoleon III Secrétaire desk in mahogany veneer and mahogany feather, France, late 19th century. Top in black marble, front with drawer projecting into the band, column uprights in the round with chiseled gilt bronze capitals, flap door concealing a cabinet with drawers, secrets and a pair of columns; pair of doors in the lower section, acorn feet. Interior veneered in walnut and walnut burl. Constructive part in oak.

Piacenza Last Fourth XVIII Century

Neoclassical flap in walnut, Piacenza last quarter of the 18th century. Upstand with pair of side drawers, flap door concealing a 4-drawer cabinet, pair of drawers on the front, tapered truncated cone legs. Entirely threaded in maple and inlaid with neoclassical motifs in maple, including rosettes, bellflower phytomorphic elements and geometric elements. Interior in poplar and oak. Changes and replacements.

Trentino late eighteenth century

Cherry veneered flap with flap door with small geometric inlays concealing cabinet with six drawers and side secrets. Under-top band with secret drawers and front with four drawers, two of which are smaller. Truncated pyramidal feet. The interior of some drawers has been restored. Shortcomings.

Italy 20th Century

Neoclassical flap in walnut reconstructed with ancient woods, Italy 20th century. Front with flap door concealing a cabinet, 3 drawers, uprights and feet at 45 °. Entirely threaded in maple with geometric motifs, lateral reserves with central medallion inlaid in fruit woods and enclosed within frames. Walnut and fir interior; restorations.

Italy, XX Century

Trumeau with riser with acid-etched mirror with depiction of a female figure in the center and carved and painted wooden frame. Front with flap door concealing cabinet with compartments and drawers veneered in briar and three drawers in the lower band. The whole structure is richly decorated with figures in relief painted in chinoiserie on a red background.

Italy, Early XX Century

Walnut secretaire with front with flap door concealing four small drawers and central compartments, drawer and door in the lower band. Marquetterie decoration on the front and threads on the sides. Spinning feet.

Italy, XX Century

Secrétaire with front with four drawers, door concealing cabinet of drawers and sides veneered in mahogany and edged with threading in exotic essences. Feet covered with brass feet.

Paris, Early XX Century

Neoclassical style secretaire with gray breccia marble top, front with drawer inlaid with geometric motifs in the upper band, flap concealing cabinet with glass shelves and two doors underneath concealing shelves. Uprights decorated with gilded bronze festoons and glass feet. The whole piece of furniture is veneered with quadripartite bois de rose and various essences carved with rosettes in the corners. There is a plate stating the brand "CH Jeanselme, Rue des Arquebusiers 7 & 9 Paris", a furniture manufacturing company in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Charles Henry Jeanselme was born in Paris in 1856 and died in 1930.