The request was to create a multi-movement secret box inspired by Japanese boxes but with French-style marquetry.
This box consists of three movements to access the discovery of the secret drawer and a spring-loaded button concealed under the veneer which allows the drawer to be released by ejection.
Therefore, I drew inspiration for the shape and marquetry from the traveling secretary attributed to Jean-Francois Oeben. The geometric shapes and colors correspond as closely as possible to what this cabinetmaker might have used.
The box's structure is made of solid beechwood and ash for the joints. The marquetry is composed of amaranth, green and blue-stained walnut, gray-stained maple, and boxwood stringing. The flowers are made of pearwood, maple, boxwood, orange and red padauk, blackened pearwood, and green-stained maple.
Regarding the choice of colours, I invite you to read the article at the following link: https://journals.openedition.org/crcv/13350
FYI: there are two more currently being manufactured!
Attaching the designs before cutting 
Detail of a boxwood flower 
Cutting in progress 
Assembly of the marquetry and the background 
Bonding the underside veneer 
Collage of backgrounds 
Cutting the walnut burl and applying the fillets 
Cutting almost finished 
Composition before cutting 
Cut veneer 
Facade marquetry 
Cutting complete 
Adjusting the brass rods 
After scraping
Absolutely SUBLIME!
Well done and thank you for preserving these exceptional skills.