SMALL LADY'S GRADIN DESK in the Boulle style - Circa 1970 - in black lacquered wood and imitation brass and tortoiseshell marquetry, decorated with lambrequins and floral scrolls. The upper part features a pediment and gilded metal ornamentation topped by a Rocaille surrounded by laurel garlands. top lateau with openwork gallery Middle top with bracketed uprights, the pedestal opening to eight drawers Pronounced top encircled by a moulded oval moulding One curved drawer in the waist Four curved uprights with gilded metal Athenian ornamentation, falls and sabots 146 x 86 x 60 cm (Condition of use)

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