WRITING TABLE VENEERED IN VARIOUS WOODS, TUSCANY, LATE 18TH CENTURY squared form on tapering legs, rich decoration with geometric reserves and drawer in the front, the top centred by stylised rosette and perimeter band with continuous classical Greek fret; defects, some cracks and missing in the veneer, cracks in the top, restorations, a few traces of woodworm, scratches and yellowing in the varnish, one leg with cracks and restoration Cm 76X102.5X72 A VARIOUS WOOD WRITING DESK, TUSCANY, LATE 18TH CENTURY; DEFECTS, SOME DAMAGES AND LOSSES, TOP DAMAGED, RESTORATIONS, MINOR WOODWORM TRACES, SCRATCHES AND YELLOWING, ONE LEG BROKEN AND RESTORED Reference bibliography: S. Chiarugi, Botteghe di mobilieri in Toscana, 1780-1900, Florence 1994, vol. I, pp. 89-100