Secretary Of Napoleon III Period Charles Guillaume Diehl

Secretary of the Napoleon III period by Charles Guillaume Diehl (1811-1885) Simulating a week-end He is in a flower and crossborder of different essences Rich gilt and chiseled bronze fittings Opening of five drawers and a flap which discovers a theaters of three drawers Signature Carrara marble top of DIHEL 19 rue Michel Lecomte in Paris I am at your disposal for any further information First carpenter in Steinbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse. born July 20, 1811. Settled in Paris in 1840. His workshops were 3 rue Thorigny, then 170 rue St Martin, and finally rue Michel le Compte, successively 16, 21 and 19 between 1853 and 1885. The address of 19 was the most beautiful, the one he got the international success he deserved. Bronze medal in 1855, medal of honor in 1869, classified out of competition in 1878! Specializing in luxury furniture for the richest, he had a special talent in the design of marquetry, creating a style imitated by many, but with less finesse. Naturalized French in 1872, he died in 1885. The most surprising of all, with marquetries of a hallucinating complexity.