High-Quality Biedermeier Ensemble consisting of a Dainty Low Cabinet in Chest Form; a Bookcase and a Writing Secretary. Excellent Original Condition. Attributed to a Master Cabinetmaker from Zeitz.
Thuringia, Zeitz, circa 1835/40.
Cherry wood veneered on softwood carcase.
Partial thread inlays in colored maple.
Original, pressed brass fittings with brass handles. Massive, cast bronze column bases and Corinthian capitals.
The original feet are cherry wood veneered.
Original locks and keys.
The bookcase with predominantly authentic glazing and two original shelves.
Literature for comparison: A very similar writing secretary from the hand of a Zeitz master cabinetmaker can be found illustrated in: Heise, Katrin, Sächsische und thüringische Biedermeiersekretäre, Weimar 2001, p. 198, fig. 58, also p. 202, fig. 62.
Dimensions:
The secretary: Height: 182 cm; Width: 120 cm; Depth: 66 cm.
Freely adjustable Biedermeier desk.
Baltic Sea region, around 1830.
Poplar grain veneer veneered on softwood. Blackened parts of the full columns of ebonized pearwood.
Original pointed legs.
The back is also covered with poplar grain veneer.
Literature: That Biedermeier ladies’ desk is shown in Haaf, Rainer; Biedermeier worlds. Germany and the Danube Monarchy, Leopoldshafen 2024, p. 537, ill. 2026.
Delicate, early Biedermeier writing chest with caryatids.
Central Germany, around 1810/15.
Birch wood veneered on a softwood body. Blackened parts of ebonized pearwood.
Original birch wood front feet; the rear ones added. Original caryatids with old gilding.
Authentic locks and fittings. The key plates added.
Elegant, delicate and freely adjustable Biedermeier desk.
Southern Germany, around 1830.
Cherry wood veneered on maple and softwood.
Original solid cherry wood legs.
Five lockable drawers with original entry locks.
Literature: The desk described above is shown in Haaf, Rainer; Biedermeier worlds. Germany and the Danube Monarchy, Leopoldshafen 2024, p. 225, ill. 796.
Dainty Biedermeier desk in conserved, historical condition.
Design and craftsmanship likely attributable to Joseph Ulrich Danhauser and his manufactory.
Vienna, circa 1825/30.
Veneered in walnut on a softwood carcass. The edge of the top panel features solid walnut banding (block-veneered).
Turned elements crafted from solid walnut; partially carved.
Finished on all sides with fine herringbone-patterned band inlays in walnut. Featuring a concealed top drawer, seamlessly integrated.
Cf. design drawing for a similarly oval sofa table featuring a drawer and a supporting pair of columns by Danhauser: “Canapetisch No. 14”, inventory number KI 8971-1965, Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna.
Extraordinary Biedermeier secretary with slatted doors and a beautiful veneer pattern.
Probably Daniel court carpentry, Munich, around 1820.
Walnut veneered on softwood body.
The interior is veneered with dark-stained maple burl wood; The inside of the writing flap is veneered with cherry wood.
Original conical feet made of solid walnut.
Original locks. A key too.
Freely adjustable Biedermeier desk with concealed drawer.
Munich, around 1820.
Cherry wood and alder root wood (edge of the top) veneered on a softwood body. Fine maple thread inlays.
Biedermeier desk.
Probably Mainz, around 1830.
Walnut veneered on softwood body. Leather writing surface.
Locks supplemented.
Biedermeier desk with removable top.
Thuringia, around 1830.
Cherry wood veneered on softwood body. Original, veneered board feet.
Original locks; Centrally locking the right and left of the knee hole.
Biedermeier desk with removable top.
Thuringia, around 1825.
Birch wood and blackened wood (inlet key plates and thread inlays) veneered on a softwood body.
Mostly original locks and feet.
