Antique Austrian Baroque Biedermeier Marquetry Roll Top Tabernacle Cabinet Desk Circa 1820 Drawings & Prints housed in the original weathered

housed in the original weathered 'barn wood' style frame

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

The painting is housed in the original gilded wood and gesso frame

a Pueblo adobe house to the background

Antique Austrian Baroque Biedermeier Marquetry Roll Top Tabernacle Cabinet Desk Circa 1820 Drawings & Prints housed in the original weatheredA 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