50's system secretary

Secretary from the Reconstruction period, compact with a drop-down front, sometimes referred to as a wall secretary or small housing secretary, furniture designed for reconstructed apartments with reduced surfaces. The drop-down front, functioning as a writing surface, features a deliberately simple interior volume. The most interesting aspect is the side structure system with openwork uprights, vertical supports, and an adjustable, removable top shelf, showcasing a constructive and rational logic, almost modular, typical of post-war functional furniture, influenced by rationalism and modernist principles (usage, material economy, reparability). It is made of solid oak with thick veneer. Simple, visible joints. Discreet, utilitarian hardware, with marquetry. Attribution: René-Jean Caillette or Roger Landault. Original patina. Used condition. 1940s/50s.