The Biedermeier Secretary — Hidden Compartments, Trick Locks and the Most Personal Piece of Furniture in Europe
In 1840, a cabinetmaker named Vinzenz Hefele spent eighteen months building a single piece of furniture. From the outside it looked like a standard Biedermeier cabinet. Inside, it contained 105 hidden drawers. Most of them invisible. A Cabinet Built for Secrets — The World That Created the Biedermeier Secretary After the Congress of Vienna in […]