Swedish Art Deco Cabinet with Secretaire in Walnut Veneer and Oak

Large cabinet, oak, lacquered wood, original glass, Sweden, 1930s. This large cabinet made in Sweden in the 1930s has a dark and theatrical appearance. This substantial piece is mad...

Thysells Möbler, high-legged sideboard, oak, Sweden, 1940s This elegant sideboard is designed according to the stylistic principles of the so-called Swedish Grace style. The corpus ...

Cabinet, in glass and oak, France, 1950s. Robust cabinet in cerused oak with glass vitrine sliding-doors. The high storage part consist of a vitrine part, with one glass shelves. T...

Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, cabinet with secretaire, oak, leather, France, 1960s This sculptural cabinet is made by the designer duo Guillerme & Chambron. The piece is e...

Cabinet, oak, France, 1940s A charming cabinet made in a wonderfully colored oak. This piece of furniture has beautiful cross-patterned and circular oak inlays on the two doors. The...

Gaston Poisson cabinet, oak, glass, brass, France, 1940s Nice detailed cabinet in oak and glass. The high storage part consist of a vitrine part, with two glass shelves and a mirrored back. The lower part is a cabinet with two doors. This cabinet was designed with high attention to details, the doors have some nice wooden panels on the front, such as the outside of the cabinet. The smaller base and tapered legs are an elegant addition to the quite solid cabinet. All in warm blond oak with nice brass details. This vitrine has a sturdy appearance, and is more robust then most Art Deco cabinets...

This Jules Deroubaix display cabinet secretaire is timeless, functional, and effortlessly chic. Made of burl sandalwood, it showcases a drop door paneled wit...

Period Dutch Art Deco secretary in wonderful burl walnut veneer in symmetrical pattern. Cut-glass pane, drop front desk, ebony wood door handles. Comes with three beautiful original ...

A fine English George I-period burr (burl) walnut secretaire cabinet. Early-18th century, ca 1720. The top section separates from the base and opens to reveal numerous fitted drawers, behind doors with original bevelled arched mirror plates. The base contains a fall-front fitted secretaire with small drawers, two of which have secret drawers. Engraved mounts are contemporary if not original. All locks and cross-grained mouldings are original. Beautiful colour throughout with superb matched burr veneers within herringbone lines. Bun feet are original. Lined throughout in best quality English oak. The well-patinated green, gilt-tooled liner in the writing surface appears original. Very much in the style of John Old & William Ody. One of the most original early-18th century pieces of English walnut cabinet...

A detailed, vintage Art Deco French secretaire made of hand crafted polished, partly veneered Birchwood and Burlwood, in good condition. The medium sized cabinet...

Rene Drouet attributed, Art Deco walnut and thuya burr cabinet. Ivory and interior in sycamore veneer. Secret drawers, original bronzes. Fully restored. F...

Charles Sydney Spooner, probably made by J H Brandt. A rare oak secretaire cabinet on stand, with quarter veneered panels to the doors and drawers with black and green diamond shaped handles. The doors open to reveal adjustable shelves. The sides and lower stand are all made from solid quarter sawn oak with beautiful figuring. The slightly graduated mouldings to the waist frame the tidy little writing area. Standing on squashed ball feet, united with serpentine entwined stretchers. This is an oak variation of the cabinet Charles Spooner exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society in 1910. One can see that both cabinets are essentially the same design, one with drawers one with a pull down writing area. Both have quartered veneered panels to the doors, the Mahogany one with applied moulded decoration to the doors. See : illustration below from : Arts and Crafts Furniture by John Andrews. See also : Charles Spooner Arts and Crafts Architect, page 209 illustration 10:28. : Fine Art Society for a Coromandel variation and Puritan Values : Important Furniture Page 1, for a larger four door lacquered panelled variation. Charles Spooner is noted as one of the most influential people and also credited as one of the fathers of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Born at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington (London), Spooner was the second of 5 children of Charles Spooner and Sarah Frances Trinder, who lived at Brook Green, Hammersmith. Spooner became an architect and an instructor of furniture design at the London County Council's Central School of Arts and Crafts. He was a pupil and then assistant of Sir A W Blomfield and in 1890 won the RIBA’s Soane Medallion (Proc RIBA). He specialised in smaller churches and houses turning out some beautiful and complete buildings. He was influenced by E W Godwin and contemporary American architects such as H H Richardson. He was a member of the Society and Protection of Ancient Buildings and the Art Workers Guild, he worked in the tradition of William Morris, teaching...