Wood, veneer — mahogany, metal. The second quarter of the 19th century, Russia. According to the legend, this secretaire once belonged to Gogol, who used to write in the standing position (the upper box can be transformed into a working plane-desk). This secretaire, which fully justifies its name as it keeps a lot of secret boxes and pigeonholes, stood in Bulgakov’s “Blue Study” in Naschokinskiy…
