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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...

This elegant and rare pair of 1930 Bauhaus table lamps by Christian Dell for Bünte & Remmler are named "GOETHE" lamp. They are made out of lacquered steel and are adjustable in heig...

This very rare lamp was designed by the world-famous designer Christian Dell for Heinrich Römmler AG in Germany. The lamp has an articulated mechanism that allows you to adjust the d...

This Bauhaus lamp was designed by Christian Dell and manufactured by Kaiser Idell. It is made of lacquered aluminium and chrome-plated metal. The lamp is clamped directly to the tabl...

Christian Dell, table lamp, model Kaiser Idell 6631 Luxury. Made of steel and brass. Screen lacquered in black high gloss, foot and arm chromed steel...

Dutch secretary desk, Netherlands, around 1800. This elegantly curved secretary desk has three spacious drawers in the lower part. The writing flap ...

A captivating one of a kind Louis Phillip secretary in book-matched, flame mahogany with shaped, curvi-linear drawer fronts and faux drawer fronts on the fall-front and the sides. Of...

Wonderful desk lamp designed by Christian Dell in an elegant and exclusive burgundy and chrome color.

Desk lamp made from red bakelite. Designed by Christian Dell in 1930 for Römmler Werke, Spremberg for Export to the USSR.

Adjustable desk lamp with an enameled red shade connected by a nickel stem and grey enameled base, by Bauhaus designer Christian Dell. Labeled by Kaiser Leuchten. The most famous ...

very rare bauhaus desk lamp- Kaiser Idell 6632 - President with wooden hand knob. Made in the 1930's - Germany Höhe: 50 cm Tiefe: 33 cm Breite: 30 cm.

A beautiful example of an early American Empire chest with full-column front and stand-up butlers desk. Provides ample storage as a chest of drawers, and doubles as a secretary with ...