A richly inlaid cylinder desk in veneered wood with flowering stems and baskets, playing cards, post frieze, vases, musical instruments, horns of plenty, etc. It opens with four drawers in two rows topped by a sliding top and a cylinder, the latter revealing small drawers. Transitional Louis XV and Louis XVI period. H. 103 W. 92 D. 54 cm. (Blocked cylinder, accidents and missing pieces, heavy wear to the veneer).