Antique French Empire Flame Mahogany Abattant with Figural Ormolu 19thC

***Reduced In-House Delivery Rates - Click on “Ask Seller” to Request a Quote*** French Louis XV Style Rosewood, Kingwood & Ormolu Roll Top Lady’s Desk 20th C Measures- 42.75"H x 3...

***Reduced In-House Delivery Rates - Click on “Ask Seller” to Request a Quote*** French Louis XVI Rosewood, Kingwood Marquetry & Ormolu Side Cabinet 20thC Measures- 32.5"H x 31.25"...

***Reduced In-House Delivery Rates - Click on “Ask Seller” to Request a Quote*** Antique American Empire Neoclassical Mahogany Drop Front Abattant Desk U...

***Reduced In-House Delivery Rates - Click on “Ask Seller” to Request a Quote*** Antique Quervelle School American Empire Carved Flame Mahogany Secretary Desk C1840. Measures - 93...

Gorgeous antique secretaire a abattant, desk, French Empire style, mahogany, gilt, 1800s, 19th century! This stunning French Empire style marble-top mahogany fall-front desk, 19th century, projecting frieze drawer, with gilt metal crossed sword pulls, turned column supports flanking the fall-front panel, opening to gilt embossed leather writing surface, mirrored interior gallery, over dual cabinet doors, opening to reveal three drawers, above lower apron drawer, approximately 56.5" height 37.25" width, 17" depth. Dominated by Greco-Roman models, the Empire style - spare, noble, massive - had a studied dignity consistent with Napoleonic majesty. The characteristic furniture types were a bit stiff but imposing: their flat surfaces and sharp corners, together with their lack of moldings, produced an effect of grandeur that was not without beauty as per Timothy Corrigan The Empire style was deliberately propagandistic, and embraced what was most monumental in ancient art as suitable analogies to the new French Empire. Napoleon imposed a tyrannical centralization on artistic production, decreeing that it would be subject to control from Paris and overseen by the architects Percier and Fontaine...

A most handsome Continental mid 19th century Empire st. mahogany, ormolu, patinated bronze and ebonized fruitwood drop front secretary. The secretary is raised by four square tapered...

c1810 French Empire Flame Mahogany Secretary. Opens to reveal lovely storage space. There are nooks, shelves, a pull out writing surface. There are gilt bronze adornments and there a...

A very good quality 19th Century French Mahogany marble topped Empire style Secretaire Abattant. Having a frieze drawer, classical ormolu mounted classical columns to either side. Th...