Curved Secretary - Rosewood And Lemon Tree - Circa: 1835-1840 - Biedermeier Period

Imposing curved secretary called "tulip" in rosewood and lemon marquetry decorated with arabesques and acanthus leaves.

It opens with two drawers in the upper part, a flap in the middle part and three drawers in the lower part. The flap discovers a magnificent writing tablet as well as a light theater in lemon wood inlaid with rosewood, composed of 14 visible drawers, six drawers on each side one above and one below a central tabernacle opening a chapel with three lockable mirrors.
Three secret drawers are also cleverly hidden there.

Period: XIXth - Biedermeier - North Germany
Circa: 1835-1840
Dimensions: Height: 183cm x Width: 102cm x Depth: 52cm
Each drawer has its own key

The Biedermeier period refers to an era in Central Europe during which the middle class developed and where people arts appealed to the common sensibility, in the historical period between 1815, the year of the Congress of Vienna at the end of the Napoleonic wars, and 1848, the year of the European revolutions.

Although the term itself is a historical reference, it is mostly used to refer to the artistic styles that flourished in the fields of literature, music, visual arts and interior design.

This unique piece with its exaggerated baroque curves, its bulbous or ornamental shape, announces the beginning of the pre-industrial era and the enrichment of the bourgeoisie of this time whose customs evolve towards more frivolity.