FLAPS AND SECRETAIRE
 

Italy, XX Century

Trumeau in Lombard Baroque style supported by curled feet, on the font it has three drawers decorated with characteristic little frames, also featured in the rest of the piece of furniture; these are surmounted by an urn flap concealing a cabinet with small drawers; the hips are moved to open. The riser, ending with a shaped cymatium, has a door with mirror and conceals a castle with shelves.

Italy, Early XX Century

Lombard Baroque style flap in walnut and walnut root, made with antique wooden parts, Italy, early 20th century. Wavy front with stand equipped with a pair of side drawers, folding door concealing cabinet, three drawers, upright pilasters and forty-five degree feet. Decorated with rocaille-style carvings and ebonized frames.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Baroque drop-leaf secretaire of Tuscan production supported by curved legs; the inferior band is moulded both on the front and on the sides; it has two drawers surmounted by a folding door that hides a compartment with shelf and drawers. Veneered in olive tree with ebonized threads. The internal writing surface is finished with the same motives; inside in silver fir and poplar. The cabinet has sockets with enameled medallions representing landscapes; the vents are a later addition.

England, First Quarter XIX Century

English George IV flap with upper display cabinet, England first quarter of the 19th century. Showcase in early twentieth century style with two doors with blown glass; on the front of the flap there is a concealed cabinet door with drawers and morocco insert, pair of side pulls and five drawers. Both the door and the cabinet have inlay decorations in maple and green-stained maple. Further embellished with maple threads and mahogany borders. Oak interior. There are small deficiencies in the veneering.

Italy, Early XIX Century

Walnut flap with flap door concealing cabinet with drawers and secrets, front with 3 drawers of which the smallest in the under-counter band and uprights decorated with ebonized columns, plinth feet. Italy, early 19th century

Piedmont, Late XVIII Century

Piedmontese flap with four drawers, surmounted by a shaped door that opens with a flap concealing a cabinet with central compartment and small side drawers; in chestnut, the interiors are in poplar. It has restorations and has been modified in the height of the feet.

Piedmont, XIX Century

Piedmontese flap supported by turned truncated cone feet, on the front it has three drawers surmounted by a flap opening door concealing a cabinet with a central compartment and 5 small drawers. In walnut, the interiors are in poplar, vents and sockets in sheet metal.

Genoa Early XVIII Century

English-style Genoese flap in mahogany, Genoa, early 18th century. Front with flap door concealing cabinet with drawers, 2 drawers and 5 drawers, 2 of which in the band. Interior in walnut and maritime pine. Restorations and replacements.

France Last quarter of the 18th century

French Neoclassical secrétaire in various exotic woods, France, last quarter of the 18th century. Tray top finely inlaid with geometric fret in maple and mahogany on the edge, drawer in the band, flap door concealing internal compartment veneered in mahogany and maple with Moroccan insert, pair of doors, 45 ° uprights ending with 45 ° truncated pyramidal feet . Entirely threaded and inlaid with geometric motifs, ropes and ribbons knotted in maple. Front decorated with citronnier folder and chinoiserie lacquered reserves, painted in gold on a black background with a vegetable theme; side folders and mahogany top. Oak interior. Missing castle.

20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Big trumeau assembled with antique wood. The sides are notched and serpentine, the front has a double serpentine shape and four drawers. It has a drop-down openable door which conceals a small compartment with two drawers. The upper part has two shaped doors with mirrors and a tall carved cymatium with mirror. Inside inlaid compartment with three drawers. Ebonized frames.

England Second Quarter 19th Century

George IV trumeau in Mahogany, England second quarter of the 19th century. Shelf with pair of blown glass doors, rack and frieze with mirrored volutes with pair of applied gilded bronzes. Body with flap door concealing scarabattolo, equipped with Moroccan top and central compartment with inlaid vase within reserve and geometric frame; front with 4 drawers, pullers and shelf feet. Decorated with maple purfling and pair of reserves with shell inlaid in maple and green-stained maple. Interior oak, fir and mahogany slab. Restorations and replacements; the shelves of the riser are missing.

Italy, Late XIX-Early XX Century

Neo-Renaissance cabinet supported by bracket feet, on the front it has two paneled doors and a drawer, raised with flap door carved with central coat of arms, two drawers in the band; wavy uprights. In walnut.

Emilia Romagna, Early XVIII Century

Flap supported by bracket feet, the broken and crossbow-shaped front has three drawers plus a smaller one placed in the band under the top, in the upper part a shaped door conceals a cabinet with a central curved door and two pairs of side drawers. Walnut veneer, with walnut burl reserves and maple threads; poplar interior. Of Emilian production, a similar flap is published by Luisa Bandera (Italian regional furniture. The Emilian furniture, DeAgostini Görlich, Milan, 1972, p. 132, fig. 156), where it refers to the Bolognese area.

Italy, XX Century

Baroque style trumeau made of various essences, 20th century Italy. Architectural cymathium with oval mirror, upper part with a pair of glass doors, body equipped with a folding door concealing cabinet, three drawers and shelf feet.

France, Mid XIX Century

Louis Philippe secrétaire mahogany veneer and mahogany feather, France mid-19th century. Front with drawer in the band, flap door concealing cabinet with compartments and insert in morocco, 3 drawers. Originally it probably had a marble top. Foot missing.

Trentino late eighteenth century

Cherry veneered flap with flap door with small geometric inlays concealing cabinet with six drawers and side secrets. Under-top band with secret drawers and front with four drawers, two of which are smaller. Truncated pyramidal feet. The interior of some drawers has been restored. Shortcomings.

Italy, Early XIX Century

Directoire flap supported by truncated pyramidal legs, has two drawers plus two side by side placed in the upper band; pair of removable pullers allows the support of the folding door and concealing cabinet with drawers and central compartment. In olive wood, the interiors are in fir; handles and vents replaced.

Lombardy, Second Quarter XIX Century

Charles X secrétaire of Lombard production, supported by moulded feet, on the front it has pairs of doors containing a chest of drawers, surmounted by a folding door with a 'Cremonese-style' lock and concealing an architectural scribbling box with small drawers, document compartments and various secrets. Moved side uprights support the slightly projecting under-shelf band, in which is another drawer. Mahogany veneer, the interior is walnut, the scarab is inlaid with walnut, mahogany, walnut root and maple; bardiglio grey marble shelf.