164. An inlaid wood inlaid flap desk on a burl background in amaranth frames, decorated with an urn on an entablature urn on an entablature, flanked by foliage. It opens a drawer, a flap revealing two drawers and two compartments drawers and two compartments, and at the bottom with four four drawers in four rows separated by crosspieces. Straight uprights inlaid with a leafy rush. Small "toupies" feet. Recessed white marble top with gallery. Gilded bronze ornaments such as falls, mouldings moldings, apron and key escutcheons. Napoleon III period. (Insolated parts, small cracks). H : 127 cm - W : 73.5 cm - D : 35 cm