Archive No. 024 · Furniture & decorative arts
Vintage Asian-Style Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Secretary Cabinet
A tall black lacquer secretary cabinet with a drop-front writing surface and applied chinoiserie-style decoration.
- Form
- Drop-front secretary cabinet
- Visible finish
- Black lacquer-style surface
- Maker
- Unconfirmed
- Collection
- Sandy Springs Estate Sale
The object
A detail worth
remembering.
Closed, the cabinet reads like a vertical decorative panel. Opened, it reveals a practical writing surface and storage—an especially strong example of furniture serving as both architecture and ornament.
A vintage Asian-style black lacquer chinoiserie secretary cabinet with decorative figures, storage drawers, doors, and a drop-front writing surface.
Estate provenance
Sandy Springs, Georgia
Vintage · maker and origin unconfirmed
This object was documented during Astral’s Sandy Springs estate project. The archive preserves the collection and gives remarkable objects a lasting place in its story.
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