18th Century British Bookcase Desk and Chest of Drawers

Beautiful trumeau Louis XVI in perfect condition. Built in the late eighteenth century. Perfect proportions, straight and symmetrical line. Solid wood frame of rovere.Mobile complex consisting of three essential parts. A chest of drawers in the lower part, a folding top to form the central desk and a shrug higher branches rare, generally lies in the place of the two branches a cabinet per day. The upper cornice is constituted by two simple volutes that frame the central plume. In detail, the lower part has drawers to decreasing trend as you salt according to the usual English tradition, and side handles. The entire cabinet is made of briar strong visual impact that gives the impression of decorativeness in contrast with the simplicity of well-defined volumes from a light wood thread that geometrically delivers all the elements of trumeau. Complex also turns the mobile internal structure, in particular the flap becomes a desk thanks to horizontal retractable supports. Foldable protects inside numerous drawers and platen as well as a secret compartment on the front which corresponds to the fake highest central drawer. The riser in turn encloses numerous drawers and storage. The cabinet as well as being outstanding from an aesthetic point of view it is also from a structural point of view, the oak has also been used for drawer bottoms and for the complex structure behind the desk and to separate. The cabinet is divisible into two parts for its more simple transport and is composed of the dresser and from the desk in the lower part and in the upper part dall'alzata.