Category: Writing furniture

Southern Germany, circa 1820.

Exquisitely crafted from solid cherrywood (legs) and veneered on a fine softwood body.

Thuringia, circa 1830.

Exquisitely veneered in cherrywood on a fine softwood body. Resting on its original, veneered board feet.

Complete with original locks; those to the left and right of the kneehole are equipped with a central locking mechanism.

Likely Mainz, circa 1830.

Exquisitely veneered in walnut on a fine softwood body. The writing surface is masterfully finished in leather.

The locks have been thoughtfully supplemented.

Baltic region, circa 1830.

Exquisitely veneered in poplar burr on a body of softwood. The blackened sections of the full columns are expertly crafted from ebonized pearwood.

Standing on its inaugural tapered legs.

The reverse of the piece is also masterfully finished with poplar burr veneer.

Likely from the court cabinetmaker Daniel’s workshop, Munich, circa 1820.

Exquisitely veneered in walnut on a fine softwood body.

The interior is masterfully veneered with dark-stained maple burr wood; the writing flap is cherry-veneered on its interior.

Standing on its original, conical legs crafted from solid walnut.

Complete with original locks and one inaugural key.

Munich, circa 1820.

Veneered with noble cherry wood and exquisite alder root wood, the latter artfully applied as a border to the top, on a softwood carcass. Dainty maple string inlays adorn the piece.

Thuringia, circa 1825.

Exquisitely veneered in birch wood, accented with ebonized wood (inset escutcheons and thread inlays), on a fine softwood body.

The piece retains its predominantly original locks and feet.

Southern Germany, circa 1830.

Veneered in cherrywood on maple and softwood.

The original legs are crafted from solid cherrywood.

Five lockable drawers with original mortise locks.

Literature: The desk described above is illustrated in Haaf, Rainer; Biedermeierwelten. Deutschland und Donaumonarchie, Leopoldshafen 2024, p. 225, fig. 796.