Secretary

Mahogany sloping desk with two drawers and a flap.
Interior in sycamore maple with six small drawers and a central niche covered with parchment; draw knobs and lock entrance in gilt bronze.
A bronze applique by Vadim Androusov (monogrammed "VA") showing a sheaf of wheat and two birds is placed under the lock outside the flap.
Paris, circa 1937.

Dimensions: height: 131 cm; width: 65 cm; depth: 54 cm

Bibliography: Yvonne Brunhammer, "André Arbus, architecte-décorateur des années 40", éd. Norma, Paris, 1996, pp. 129 and 134 (other model illustrated).