19th CENTURY ITALIAN SCRIBAN DESK In polychrome painted wood on a yellow background and "arte povera" applications with figures and birds in a wooded landscape animated by architecture, the front opening with two leaves revealing an interior with six doors around a central compartment, a flap revealing a writing desk and three drawers in the lower part, resting on flattened ball feet, transport label printed on the back inscribed "k. k. Südbahn-Gesellschaft/Von/Nach Wien (Matzleinsd)/ k.k. priv. Südbahn Gesellschaft/ 20/191(...)"; minor damage and missing parts. Dimensions (closed) : H. 259.5 cm (102 ¼ in.) l. 139 cm (54 ¾ in.) P. 58 cm (22 ¾ in.) Provenance: collection of a Belgian amateur. An Italian polychrome painted and arte povera bureau-cabinet, 19th century 260.0 x 125.0 x 58.0 cm 260.0 x 125.0 x 58.0 cm