"Empire Secrétaire, Walnut, Paw Legs, Danube Monarchy/vienna, Circa 1810"
Exquisite Empire Secrétaire / Escritoire from Austria (Danube Monarchy), Vienna, circa 1810. Wonderful bookmatched walnut veneer, French polished. Veneer running through overhead drawer and plate. Gold-plated "Egg stick bar" at the cornice. Ebonized full-columns with gold-plated Corinthian capitals and bases. Original brass fittings and key. Very special, original carved "paw legs" painted with dark green (probably old) color and gold-plate.
At the front side, these are straight, in the backside the legs point to the outside. Interior in ash, maple, walnut and partly ebonized. Fill-columns in the middle and mirror in the back, inside.
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