Dropfront desk secretaire a abattant or secretaire en cabinet. But first, we need you to sign in to pbs using one. Secretaire a abattant, spain circa 1790, biedermeier period. Youve just tried to add this video to your watchlist so you can watch it later.
The history of fallfront secretaires homes and antiques. The five bells and bladebone richard jury mysteries book 9 and millions of other books are available for instant access. Number of bids and bid amounts may be slightly out of date. Antique and vintage secretaires 1,388 for sale at 1stdibs. This piece is a rare find due to its size, age and beauty and dates back to the 18th century circa 1760 and most likely even earlier made in france and is one of the oldest pieces of furniture i have ever brought to market and this is the real. The cabinetwork was executed under the supervision of guillaume beneman master 1785.
Buy european secretaries for sale at auction invaluable. A biedermeier burl veneer secretaire a abattant attributed to wilhelm kimbel, first half 19th century height 64 x width 41 12 x depth 22 inches. Make offer 19th century french inlaid abattant secretaire. Shop secretary desks at chairish, the design lovers marketplace for the best vintage and used furniture, decor and art. The fall front desk is also called a drop front desk or dropfront desk, and sometimes also a drop lid desk. Biedermeier mahogany secretaire a abattant, the molded top above a frieze drawer over a fall front opening to a fitted interior with marquetry drawer fronts, three long drawers below, flanked by projecting rope twist corner pilasters topped with spire finials, all raised on front paw feet. All the plaques except for two of the spandrels are painted in blue on their reverses with the crossed ls of the sevres manufactory. Shop secretaires and other antique and modern storage pieces from the worlds best furniture dealers. The fallfront secretaire or desk has as many names as it does forms. French empire secretaire abattant secret compartments. Secretaire secretaire a abattant by joubert, gilles, 1774 made. Often called a secretary in america, it can also simply be a writing cabinet, and the french term secretaire a abattant, translating as a.
You must there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one thats only in the merriamwebster unabridged dictionary start your free trial today and get unlimited access to americas largest dictionary, with. Riesener was born in gladbeck, westphalia, germany. Napoleon iii ebonized and motherofpearlinlaid secretaire a abattantfourth quarter 19th century, with a white marble top, the fallfront writing surface opening to a fitted interior and the lower portion with four long drawers. When a dismembered corpse is found in the compartments of an antique secretaire a abattant, marshall trueblood, recipient of the precious piece of furniture, is the first to protest. All describe an upright cabinet with drawers or doors in the base, below a flapdown. The top with three curved drawers over double doors with french leather bound book spines, 18th century. Small marquetry secretaire with green marble top and gilt bronze mounts.
Learn the market value of your antique secretaire a abattant writing. Beautiful french abattant secretaire artnouveau, circa 1910, in pinewood and gold brass handles. Extremely decorative secretary empire style with dummies books. Furniture english and french antiques montgomery alabama. Unusual, continental, figured walnut antique secretaire abattant. These bookcasestyle chests with flipforward surfaces adapted for writing are perennially popular pieces for furniture collectors. Louis xv style bronze mounted kingwood secretaire abattant. It is a sliding dovetail and peg that inserts into a mortise in the drawer side. Chased by pierre philippe thomire french, paris 17511843. On all but the central frieze plaque the crossed ls enclose the date letter x for 1775. English translation of abattant the official collins frenchenglish dictionary online.
An early victorian three tiered mahogany book shelf. The top opens to a writing surface with small drawers, above 3 drawers, all with floral marquetry decoration. This earlier piece is now at the wallace collection, london, home to one of europes finest collections of works of art, paintings, furniture, arms and armour, and. The first edition of the london book of prices 1788 contains twenty. The outside with fall front and two doors a beautiful oakwood and one upside drawer. A richard jury novel audiobooks listen to the full. Mounts modeled by louis simon boizot french, paris 17431809 paris modeler. Keep up with the latest arrivals, sales details, and information about 18th, 19th, and. Fall front writing surface with a single drawer above and three drawers beneath 52 x 45 x 21. Shows signs of minor wear, some missing veneer, and dings.
White house decorative arts in the 1930s this mahogany fallfront desk is a reproduction of the secretaire aabattant upon which president james monroe drafted what. Herbal book use one of the services below to sign in to pbs. The frenchfashioned fallfront secretaire, with grecian reedclustered pilasters, has reedframed mahogany tablets with fretted corners as featured in a design in the 1806 estimate book of gillows of london and lancaster, and on a similar secretaire supplied by the firm to john cust, 1st earl brownlow d. The secretaire a abattant is a nearly identical form, but usually in a french. The story of an exquisite and rare antique secretaire.
An english georgian style mahogany secretary bookcase. Secretaire definition of secretaire by merriamwebster. Buy online, view images and see past prices for secretaire abattant. Over 100,000 english translations of french words and phrases. The secretaire a abattant is a nearly identical form, but usually in a french style such as louis xv, art deco, etc.
Antique secretaire bookcases, page 3 antiques atlas. The bronze greek key pattern around the top edge of the cabinet, the ridges mimicking columns on either side of the central panels, and the abundance of straight lines and. White house decorative arts in the 1930s white house. The fall front desk can be considered the cousin of the secretary desk. A neoclassical mahogany secretaire abattant, early 20th century, the white marble topped secretaire with an upper drawer, a fallfront opening to a red leather writing plane and a fitted interior, partial quarter fluted pillars to the edges and conical feet. Our research has revealed that this piece is an almost identical copy of an original secretaire made in france, 100 years earlier by pierre antoine foullet, circa 1777. Dropfront secretary secretaire a abattant or secretaire en armoire. Only 50 years later, there were 20 million books in existence, martin luther was about to shake the foundations of the roman catholic church with his printed pamphlets on reformation, and the western world was on an irreversible path towards literacy. This late 19th century circa 1890 antique abattant is made from fabulously figured walnut. The unidentified coat of arms of this biedermeier secretaire, with its wooden columns and slats resembling the pipes of an organ, is a later embellishment.
Secreter abattant realizado en madera con chapeados en limoncillo. Lotart a biedermeier burl veneer secretaire a abattant. French style marquetry secretaire a abattant 1 of 2. Fdescribing the details and history of early desks is hard because few pieces have survived. Dropfront secretary secretaire a abattant or secretaire. English translation of abattant collins frenchenglish. Antique french louis xv secretaire desk commode chest. Biedermeier three part fruitwood and ebonized lacquer secretaire abattant early century.
The moulded top sits over an oak lined frieze drawer above a fall front with key and working lock. More than 250,000 words that arent in our free dictionary. Acanthus stylized carving of the acanthus leaf commonly used to decorate furniture. Get the best deals on antique secretaries 1800 1899. I bought the desk, not the body, send it back who would want to kill simon lean, the greedy nephew of the. A dropfront secretaire secretaire a abattant veneered in kingwood an tulipwood on a ground. See each listing for international postage options and costs. Fine quality neoclassical period dutch inlaid exotic woods secretaire abattant. Biedermeier three part fruitwood and ebonized lacquer secretaire abattant early. European secretaries the secretary desk is known by a number of names. Abattant french term for drop lid or fall front as in an abattant secretary. Demonstrating the hidden drawer mechanism in this french empire secretaire abattant 1815 to 1865.
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