Antique Austrian Biedermeier Mahogany Secretary Desk Tabernacle Cabinet 1820 Sold A fine pair of antique

A fine pair of antique French Restauration Period

appearing before Queen Victoria on several occasions at Balmoral

furniture and metalwork

Hope inherited from his family a tradition of collecting as well as vast wealth from the family bank

formerly of Giannini & Hilgart in Chicago and trained at the Art Institute of Chicago

Antique Austrian Biedermeier Mahogany Secretary Desk Tabernacle Cabinet 1820 Sold A fine pair of antiqueA fine, elegant, antique Austrian mahogany Biedermeier secretary desk cabinet, circa 1820. The cabinet in two sections, the top with a curved architectural pediment, below is a curved door tabernacle cupboard, flanked by a pair of columns with gilt bronze bases and capitals. The base with a series of four graduated drawers with shield shaped lock plate escutcheons inlaid with bone, to the center is a fall front writing surface enclosing a fitted