Antique Austrian Biedermeier Mahogany Secretary Desk Tabernacle Cabinet 1820 Decorative Arts The painting is typical of

The painting is typical of Mbutha's style with paints thickly applied in the impasto method

he returned permanently to Berlin in 1848

two of the platforms move up or down and are operated by a large turning capstan

English executed his watercolors with consummate skill and originality in handling

Antique Austrian Biedermeier Mahogany Secretary Desk Tabernacle Cabinet 1820 Decorative Arts The painting is typical ofA 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