Antique Austrian Baroque Biedermeier Marquetry Roll Top Tabernacle Cabinet Desk Circa 1820 Drawings & Prints to the front is a

to the front is a reservoir to receive a wick which is guarded by two rats (a symbol of good fortune in Hindu culture)

or ochre in colour

where he worked for the Brotherhood of Penitents

The table demonstrating the influence of the Aesthetic Movement and designers such as Charles Eastlake

Antique Austrian Baroque Biedermeier Marquetry Roll Top Tabernacle Cabinet Desk Circa 1820 Drawings & Prints to the front is aA rare & unusual antique Bohemian inlaid marquetry Elm tabernacle cabinet and desk, Austria, circa 1820. The cabinet in two sections, the top with an arched pediment, the sides of the cabinet are canted & have carved & reticulated brackets, both the sides and front of the cabinet are very finely inlaid with floral and geometric marquetry. The door to the center is inlaid with three ebony & satinwood Neo Classical columns with a single drawer below and