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A small rosewood veneered desk in amaranth Greek...

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A small rosewood veneered desk in amaranth Greek frames with lemon and amaranth fillets. Tapered legs with simulated flutes and wooden castor shoes. The top of the legs is ringed with a frieze of dentils. Rounded uprights. The sides are straight and open with a drawer in the lower part (blocked by a secret mechanism inside the desk). The right side simulates two drawers and opens with a recessed middle drawer. The top is surmounted by a sliding slatted flap that locks onto the long flap drawer simulating a belt. Louis XVI period (restorations). H_83 cm W_94 cm D_56,5 cm Provenance : certificate of expertise of Maurice Segoura with the indication of a stamp of N. Grevenich, received master in 1770 and of a former collection of the Marquis de Mailly-Nesle