Antique Stationery Box Reading The glazed door is complete

The glazed door is complete with working lock and key decorated with an elaborate cast brass escutcheon

A superior example of bureaus from this period

a detail picked up in the drawer and also the legs

Our Stock # LFA-1215

the frames of these stools are constructed from ash and have well figured solid elm seats

Antique Stationery Box Reading The glazed door is completeOur Stock # LFA 1068 This is an impressive antique leather stationery case made by A. Frster in Vienna. Made in the latter part of the 19th Century, this case dates to c. 1899 out of one of the premiere tooling firms of the time, A. Frster, Wien; An Austrian firm commissioned by the best designers of the time to tool and manufacture everything from leather screens (such as the one in the Royal Pavilion, Brighton designed by Josef Hoffmann) to book