Biedermeier writing cabinet of ash, maple, yew, ebonized and gilded wood, brass and copper marquetry, and gilt-brass bronze ca. 1810 private collection, Paris courtesy of Didier Aaron & Cie.
Milwaukee once had a certain sleepy "gemütlichkeit" character, this city of 700,000 souls, with its row of industrialists’ estates along Lake Drive and the Pabst and Schlitz breweries like massive midwest castles.
