BIEDERMEIER SECRETAIRE
GERMAN C. 1820-1830
BIRCHWOOD
Width: 45" (115 cm), Depth (open): 36" (92 cm), Depth (closed): 20 ½" (52 cm), Height: 82" (208 cm)
Stock no. HG 6952
Literature:
GEORGE HIMMELHEBER "BIEDERMEIER FURNITURE" fig 73 shows a drawing of a secretaire with many similar characteristics which is described as a masterpiece design for a secretaire by F.C. Trewter, Oldenburg 1826.
KREISEL/HIMMELHEBER "IN THE ART OF GERMAN FURNITURE" in fig 308, fig 433 and fig 462 Biedermeier secretaires are photographed with many similar characteristics.
This secretaire is probably from Northern Germany or Berlin.
