Looking for help in identification this piece of furniture

Hello all,
I picked this piece up at an estate sale. I looked for any maker marl for identification but was unsuccessful. Does anybody know how old this piece is or who might have made it?
Thanks!

 

Jon, your photograph didn't post. Not to worry. A lot of new members have difficulty posting photographs. Sure someone will be along shortly with instructions on how to do so.

Debora

 

Thank you. it is saying that the image is too large. Hmm.

 

On your phone? Email it to yourself, size medium to resize. Must be under 1MB for this site.

 

Yes it was sent from my phone. I am not given the option to resize when I send it to my email.

 

Apple

 

There are various online sites that resize photos. This is one of them:

https://compressimage.toolur.com/

 

Probably a setting somewhere or perhaps who his email provider is, but let's check first about the steps
Find the first photo you want
Click on the arrow in the box on the bottom left hand side
click on the envelope
type in your email address
click on the arrow in the blue circle on the top left
You should see a screen like this


click on medium Tell me if that doesn't work and we will explore further.

 

I always have trouble with adding photos as well. I "add media" to the "Gallery" on this site, name it, save it, then use the little camera icon in above to "media gallery imbed" .

 

Let’s try this and see if it works. Maybe the picture will post this time. Fingers crossed.

 

Good deal.

 

Circa 1850, late classical secretary.

 

Cool! and thank you! What should I clean it with and how often?

 

A soft old cloth. Silk scarf if you have one. A smear of beeswax once a year, do it in small goes or it dries too fast. NO silicon or spray polishes. As you walk past it, stroke it, your hand oils will help.

 

I got some beeswax and put it on the furniture. I did one side of it and it looks like the beeswax has soaked into some of the layers of wood. It gives it a nice shine otherwise!