Secretary cabinet
19th centuryHeight (H): 143 cm
Object: Secretary cabinet
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Manufacturer unknown
- Title:
- Secretary cabinet
- Date:
- 19th century
- Inventory Number:
- 1941-123/004
- Collection:
- Furnishings
- Domain:
- Mobiliary art
- Furniture
- Wooden furniture
- Carpentry
- Designation:
- Secrétaire
- Iconography:
- Lion
- Geometric form ornament
- Measurements:
- Height (H): 143 cm
- Description:
- Empire style writing desk with plywood on the outside. Outer corners decorated with two Egyptian figures, the bust of which is separated from the feet of the figure by a black band. Three plywood drawers, of which the top drawer has no lock, while the two bottom drawers have brass locks. A flap door in the centre of the cupboard conceals a series of cherry wood drawers. Six drawers with imitation ivory handles. The top three drawers have a lion's head handle on a diamond-shaped surface, holding a ring. A larger drawer with two imitation ivory handles. In the centre of this section is a mirror in front of a semi-circular marquetry decoration with diamond shapes. There are three secret drawers behind the mirror. The back of the flap door is covered in green velvet. Plywood cornice with a band running around it, but missing on the right-hand side.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Acquisition date:
- 1941
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Collection of the Musée national d’archéologie, d’histoire et d’art Luxembourg (MNAHA) / Photo: Tom Lucas
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
Object: Secretary cabinet
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Manufacturer unknown
- Title:
- Secretary cabinet
- Date:
- 19th century
- Inventory Number:
- 1941-123/004
- Collection:
- Furnishings
- Domain:
- Mobiliary art
- Furniture
- Wooden furniture
- Carpentry
- Designation:
- Secrétaire
- Iconography:
- Lion
- Geometric form ornament
- Measurements:
- Height (H): 143 cm
- Description:
- Empire style writing desk with plywood on the outside. Outer corners decorated with two Egyptian figures, the bust of which is separated from the feet of the figure by a black band. Three plywood drawers, of which the top drawer has no lock, while the two bottom drawers have brass locks. A flap door in the centre of the cupboard conceals a series of cherry wood drawers. Six drawers with imitation ivory handles. The top three drawers have a lion's head handle on a diamond-shaped surface, holding a ring. A larger drawer with two imitation ivory handles. In the centre of this section is a mirror in front of a semi-circular marquetry decoration with diamond shapes. There are three secret drawers behind the mirror. The back of the flap door is covered in green velvet. Plywood cornice with a band running around it, but missing on the right-hand side.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Acquisition date:
- 1941
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Collection of the Musée national d’archéologie, d’histoire et d’art Luxembourg (MNAHA) / Photo: Tom Lucas
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
