Desk writing table 1820 Biedermeier

Antique Drop side writing desk. Prussian Empire mahogany sofa table with one full width fitted drawer to apron and fold down extensions 25cm wide each giving total width 145cm. Wonderful pale Cuban mahogany top and mahogany veneers with intricate inlay and ebonised fruitwood details. Raised on two string inlaid lyre shaped pedestals in the Regency manner and on sabre leg supports. The fruitwood inlays are typical of the quality of workmanship demanded by Prussia's most famous neoclassical architect K F Schinkel and may well have been intended for one of his royal patronages Berlin 1820.