Guillotine Secretary Marquetry Late Louis XVI XVIIIth Height 168cm

Work from the East of the end of the 18th century or the very beginning of the 19th century, large and beautiful secretary with a guillotine in marquetry of tinted wood with rich decoration of bottomless cubes and flowered bouquets; it opens with two leaves in the upper part revealing a locker equipped with an interior drawer over the entire width, it opens with a flap in the central part revealing the locker and small drawers veneered with violet wood, the leather (fawn) changed in the 19th century is in perfect condition, compass in perfect working order, it finally opens with two leaves in the lower part revealing the locker and interior drawer forming a safe, the backs are in Hungarian oak, the back is fitted with pegs, the sides are paneled, entirely inlaid with bottomless cubes, the front uprights inlaid with nets simulating grooves, bronze ornamentation, safety entries, offcuts and keys (the locks make perfectly, it is topped with a gray Saint-Anne moukluré marble, height 168cm width 89 cm depth 36cm (photos taken in the shed)