Stand secretary Charles-Guillaume Diehl Paris, 2nd half of the 19th century, fine delicate salon furniture, signed Diehl 19th century on the lock plate.r Michel le Comte Paris, pearl maple, rosewood and walnut veneered on oak, finely chiselled decorative bronze fittings, original marble top, slender five-bowl corpus with writing tablet, the drawers made of solid mahogany, each framed in fine brass trim, on the writing top ligature monogram BC, simple interior with two drawers, the writing surface covered with green leather, one original key present, traces of age, drying cracks, border of the marble top with missing parts, minor veneer defects, rest.condition, Dimensions 128 x 73 x 37 cm. Info: Charles-Guillaume Diehl (1811 Steinbach/Hesse to 1885) was a German ebenist and "cabinetmaker", cabinetmaker and art turner, who came from a family of ebenists. Like many other German ebenists and cabinetmakers, Diehl settled in Paris in 1840 with his own workshop in the Rue Michel-le-Comte. At times he employed up to 600 people. Above all, Diehl specialized in small pieces of furniture with Boulle marquetry, but large pieces of furniture such as tables and also an enormous coin cabinet also come from Diehl's workshop. Many renowned museums preserve furniture by Diehl, including the Mus. d' Orsay in Paris, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Mus. De l' Ecole de Nancy, the Seita Museum in Paris, the Museum of Art in Philadelphia, the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Museum für Kunstgewerbe in Frankfurt. Source: Denise Ledoux-Lebard: "Les Ebenists du XIXiéme siècle 1795-1889".