Antique Empire Secrètaire Mahogany Walnut Italy XIX Century

Empire secretaire made in Milan in the early 19th century in walnut veneered in mahogany and mahogany feather; on the front three drawers in the base body and in the upper part a flap door with a thin drawer under the top, contained between two pilasters with gilded bronze feet at the base and a female protome at the capital; the door with a mechanism with counterweights that accompanies the movement has a cabinet composed of open letter holders and six small drawers with a finely chiseled and gilded lion-shaped handle, all hiding complex and numerous secret compartments. Finely chiseled and gilded gilded bronze escutcheons. The bronzes are of a quality that in Milan can be attributed to the Manfredini brothers. Square plinth feet. Flap cabinets, trumeau, writing desk, flap cabinet with étagère, chest of drwers with flap, sécrètaire, cabinet.