Cossus Rustic Louis XV Sloping Desk In Cherry Wood With Richly Carved Parquet Flooring 18th Century

Rare and opulent sloping desk called donkey's back in stained cherry wood from the mid-18th century in Louis XV style. This desk was that of a very rich provincial Matayer, opulent and well-carved, this robust piece of furniture and accompanied by its magnificent bronze boingnées, keyholes, camped on solid arched "snail" feet and with a moving front and crosspiece, paneled sides, theater furnished with drawers and a trap door for a "false secret". The flap driven by arms in large wrought iron is solid and its very thick walnut herringbone face ensures real writing comfort through its generosity. This piece of furniture alone, well preserved, untouched, was by the choice of a cherry heart loaded with tannin (which prevents worms and others), a technique that the Ancients had of cutting down trees in the spring when the sap rises which dried in the veins of the wood is a natural anti-parasite. This proud, imposing and very well-made desk is a major asset in a decor, iconoclastic it can be married by its singularity with modern by being the flagship old piece, or also integrate well into a very classic decor by emphasizing the charming side of the 18th century ... A real beautiful piece well preserved