Beautiful And Elegant Louis XVI Style Cherry And Lemon Tree Fillet Slope Desk, End Of 18th Century

With an elegant presence, this sloping desk with framed doors opening onto a shelf is of high quality and from the Directoire period, the low crosspiece with apron decorated with generous fluting, the trapezoidal feet decorated; the sides of a remarkable construction with very neat and molded panel frames; the flap is sober and decorated with a wide lemon tree net and the wrought iron lock entry in the shape of a heart, it rests open on two retractable and solid arms, the Havana leather of the flap is decorated with a frieze inlaid with Greek in morocco, the functional interior is furnished with a gallery and three deep generous drawers, the fruit wood is beautiful and healthy, the color and the amber grain of the pretty wood is natural and protected by a fine varnish. A piece of furniture all of sober elegance like the hinges which are intended to be discreet; the proportion and its appearance in place leaves an idea of classic decoration without frills and at the same time present; in short a clear functional piece of furniture which imposes without too much in good condition and with strong decorative value, healthy and treated furniture spared by time and well built ......