Unique France

Secretaire in mahogany from Cuba. Typical design od Louis XVI with fluted taped legs, straight lines decorated with canelure and brass inlays with lines of pearls.

The secretaire opens up to a perfect condition writing desk in leather. Its lower part presents a double door cabinet. Original Carrara marble top.

Elegant Louis XV style desk in a large proportion. Ebonised oak with stringing of brass inlays. Double sided desk ornate with gilded bronze hardwares. riginal rasberry leather top.

Provincial desk in the Louis XV style. Carpentry work in Walnut from Burgundy area. Elegant cabriolet legs in a simple design and comfortab;e proportion to work on. This desk offers two large and very deep drawers, going all the way in the deepth of the top, therefore the handles on the front part are purely decorative. Both drawers are lockable.

Small provincial writing desk carved in walnut. Elegant turned legs and confortable proportion of the cabinet forming a writing desk. Carpentry work of the 18th century.

Secretaire from the Napoleon Ist period carved in cherry wood with a typical half column design. Original ornaments in gilded bronzes and original marble top. Provincial work in perfect condition outside and inside.

Bonheur du jour / Happiness of the day is a small secretaire. This one is rather large carved in mahogany and veneer in flamed mahogany. Typical proportion and style of the First Empire dictated by the favourite designers of Napoleon Ist and Josephine, Percier and Fontaine. This piece is attributed to the re-known cabinet maker Pierre Benoit Marcion (1769-1840). Original hardware and mirrors. Original marble top: Blue de Turqueim

Billet Doux Louis XVI style. special desk used to write personal correspondance. The facade is painted representing a scene at Versailles. Carries the emblems of nobilty of the familly it belonged to.

Tip-up secretaire in veneer of different wood. Inside are 7 small drawers and red writting pad in leather.Marble top called “breche d’Alep”.

Roll up desk called  ”bureau cylindre”, typical XVIIIth Century piece opening on a large writing pad. It opens on 8 smaller inside drawers. Original marble top.

Large Louis XV style desk in blackered wood highly decorated with typical Louis XV gilded bronze. Natural color leather top.

Desk Empire style. Typical proportion and straight line design carved in flamed mahogany.Highly decorated and ornate with gilded bronzes representing Cariatydes and pelmets, favorite of Napoleon I st “coming back from Egypt”

Napoleon III secretaire in marquetry of exotic woods. This secretaire has been created during the second part of the XIXth Century to simulate a “semainier” (because of the 7 drawers)and hides a shaped fall-front opening on a fitted interior. Original white Carrara marble top and gilded bronze hardware.