Antique Austrian Biedermeier Mahogany Secretary Desk Tabernacle Cabinet 1820 Paintings stable and substantial in it's

stable and substantial in it's construction

the doors enclosing a storage area

a Parisian woman

Eastern Persia

The door to the left having the original cast iron door knocker shaped like an open hand

Antique Austrian Biedermeier Mahogany Secretary Desk Tabernacle Cabinet 1820 Paintings stable and substantial in it'sA fine, elegant, antique Austrian mahogany Biedermeier secretary desk cabinet, circa 1820. The cabinet in two sections, the top with a curved architectural pediment, below is a curved door tabernacle cupboard, flanked by a pair of columns with gilt bronze bases and capitals. The base with a series of four graduated drawers with shield shaped lock plate escutcheons inlaid with bone, to the center is a fall front writing surface enclosing a fitted