A FRUITWOOD SECRETARY BOOKCASE, Attributed to Paul Maureaux, San Antonio, Texas, 1855-1875, in two parts: the upper section with rectangular molded cornice with canted corners above a conforming case fitted with a pair of glazed cupboard doors with molded surrounds and applied foliate and acorn escutcheon opening to two shelves; the lower section with hinged fall-front with two applied octagonal reserves opening to a baize-lined writing surface and interior fitted with two banks of drawers centering an open shelved compartment all over a pair of cupboard doors enclosing a single shelf above a shaped apron, on bracket feet--96in. high, 44in. wide, 19in. deep