Mahogany and mahogany veneer flat desk opening with three drawers in the waist and two side pulls and three simulated drawers. Original ormolu ornamentation. Stamped C. MAUTER (Conrad MAUTER dit Motaire, received Master in Paris on 10 September 1777). Louis XVI period. Dimensions 75 x 110 x 60 cm (Wear and tear, one bronze to be refixed). Provenance: Sale Maîtres Martin et Desbenoit, Versailles, 13/05/1984, N° 187 reproduced in the catalogue. Collection of Mr and Mrs N., Paris. Conrad Mauter, known as Motaire (1742-1810), Parisian cabinetmaker and supplier to the Count of Artois.