LOUIS XVI PERIOD FLAP DESK Stamped by Jacques Van Oostenrijk, known as Dautriche Satin veneer, chased and ormolu ornamentation, veined white marble top, the front decorated with a frieze of lozenges set in a frieze of tracery, opening with a drawer, a flap revealing a writing desk, six drawers and four compartments, two leaves in the lower part, the uprights with canted sides, stamped twice J. DAUTRICHE and JME hallmark on the back. H. 144 cm(56 ¾ in.) l. : 101 cm (39¾ in.) P. 41.5 cm (16 ¼ in.) Jacques Van Oostenrijk, known as Dautriche, master in 1765 A Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted and satinwood secretaire a abattant, stamped by Jacques Van Oostenrijk, called Dautriche