SECRETAIRE À ABATTANTLouis XVI, Berne, ca. 1780, by Johannes Äbersold (1737-1812) and workshop.Cherry, inlaid with in part tinted geometric fillets and reserves in veneer. Rectangular body with retracted cornice with one drawer. On console feet. Front with hinged writing surface over three drawers. the writing surface opening up into nine drawers and fivepartments. Secretpartment. Bronze mounts. Gray marble top. 2 keys.150 × 51 (95) × 139 cm.Somewhat faded.A similar secretaire is depicted in Hermann von Fischer, Johannes Äbersold, Ein Berner Ebenist zwischen Mathäus Funk und Christoph Hopfengärtner, Jegenstorf Castle, Exhibition Catalog, 2000, p. 16, Ill. 6.Johannes Äbersold was baptized in Berne on 20 June 1737. Like his father, he learned the carpenter's trade and stayed in Paris in 1767. From 1770, he worked as an ebeniste in Bern, where he also received his master craftsman title in 1780. On 19 July 1812, Johannes Äbersold died at the age of 75. Along with Funk and Hopfengärtner, Äbersold is one of the most important cabinet-makers of the 18th century in the territory of the Old Swiss Confederation. The actual rediscovery of the maître Johannes Äbersold, we owe to the research work of Hermann von Fischer, who in 1998, in the private archives of Oberdiessbach Castle, came across the name of the ebeniste in two account books of Carl Emanuel von Wattenwyl von Belp and was subsequently able to identify five items of furniture based on the information found. Although the research on Äbersold's work is still young, certain distinctive stylistic characteristics are clear: His style appears more generous overall, unlike, for example, the dense inlays and small-scale veneers of Hopfengärtner. Often, Äbersold's front surfaces arebined (especially on chests of drawers) and feature his typical interlocking fillets with integrated rosette. Design features of Äbersold include the recessed drawer top on secretaries, rounded feet, and tapering chamfered octagonal feet.---------------SEKRETÄR À ABATTANTLouis XVI, Bern, um 1780, von Johannes Äbersold (1737–1812) und Werkstatt.Kirsche eingelegt mit teils getönten geometrischen Filets sowie gefriesten Reserven mit verschränkten Ecken und Rosetten. Rechteckiger Korpus mit leicht nach innen versetztem und eingezogenem einschübigen Kranz auf ausgeschnittener Zarge und Konsolenfüssen. Front mit abklappbarer Schreibplatte über drei Schubladen. Schreibplatte öffnend auf neun Schubladen sowie fünf Fächern. Geheimschublade. Bronzebeschläge. Graues Marmorblatt. 2 Schlüssel.150 × 51 (95) × 139 cm.Wenig ausgebleicht.Ein formähnlicher Sekretär abgebildet in Hermann von Fischer, Johannes Äbersold, Ein Berner Ebenist zwischen Mathäus Funk und Christoph Hopfengärtner, Schloss Jegenstorf, Ausstellungskatalog, 2000, S. 16, Abb. 6.Johannes Äbersold wurde am 20. Juni 1737 in Bern getauft. Er erlernte, wie schon sein Vater, das Schreinerhan