Eight legs desk called "Mazarin". Decorated with... Lot 43

Eight legs desk called "Mazarin". Decorated with brass inlays on a red tinted tortoiseshell background. The top is covered with a burgundy leather in its center, surrounded by a marquetry decorated with masks, scrolls, squirrels and insects. The panels on the sides are composed of garlands of flowers under canopies held by swans, among foliage, tendrils and scrolls. It opens with three drawers on three rows separated by crosspieces, divided into two boxes, on either side of a central drawer and a door. It rests on eight sheathed legs joined by two X-shaped braces. Varnished bronze lingotière. Transformations, missing a key entry, key entries and locks reported.78 x 97 x 59 cm.