Oval Dressing Table & Mirror with Cherub Carving by Ducrot, 1920s, Set of 2

Art deco closet in walnut. 3 Doors, door in the center door mirror inside. Wavy lines, the base is surrounded by steel profile. The center stands high relief of allegory of festive p...

Wardrobe in the bedroom of the main suite of the Giulio Cesare ocean liner launched in 1920 in Palermo with the first voyage from Genoa in 1922. Completely set up by the Ducrot compa...

Art Deco dressing table. Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia) Material: Cherry-tree Period: 1920-1929 Completely restored.    

The desk body is made of pine and oak with a Karelian birch veneer and the mirrored base is supported by four curved feet, embellished by an entwined patinated bronze snake with a gilt head and tail. The pad feet are supported by ebonized mahogany floor plates. The middle portion consists of five small drawers and a large desk drawer and within a manufactured mahogany interior with seven compartments and eight secret compartments as well as two movable elements, one of which is covered with velvet. The lower drawers have gilt gooseneck fittings. The mirror attachment includes a mechanism for taking the mirror plate vertically out and up to 180 degrees, which can, in turn, be fixed in almost any position. This mirror is flanked by two carved mahogany phoenixes with gilt heads and feet, and on the reverse side there are two more secret compartments in the lower area of the right as well as the left foot of the base. The Poudreuse Secretary is an exceptional example of Russian furniture of the first quarter of the nineteenth century. The depiction and symbolic arrangement of the remarkable bronze snakes and the carved phoenix is typical of the style of the important Russian architect Andrey Voronikhin (1759-1814). As well, this Poudreuse Secretary Desk has as well a similar structure to a dressing table made by the celebrated cabinetmaker (ebéniste) Heinrich Gambs...