Secretary's desk with cabinets on the front and back inlaid with rosewood veneer
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Bureau-ministre of oak with cabinets on the front and back, closed with doors and above them drawers, flanking the open central section. The cabinets rest on broad square feet with inlaid palisander wood bands. The doors and drawers are framed within a panel framework and contain palisander wood bands, a pearl border, and a carved knob. In the center of each door is a carved interlaced rosette. On both sides of the desk, in the middle, are small doors with palisander wood bands, a pearl border, and a carved knob. Above the open central section, there is a drawer both at the front and back. The tabletop consists of four panels bordered by molding.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description