248 - An ornate secretary desk made of lacquer with a black background, featuring red and gold decorations of birds and phoenixes in the Chinese style, and wood veneer inlaid with leaf motifs. It opens via two doors, revealing two open compartments, two drawers, and a closed compartment, topped by a flap. The flap, trimmed with red leather (worn), reveals four compartments and eight small veneered drawers. It rests on small, curved legs.

An ornate secretary desk made of lacquer with a black background, featuring red and gold decorations of birds and phoenixes in the Chinese style, and wood veneer inlaid with leaf motifs. It opens via two doors, revealing two open compartments, two drawers, and a closed compartment, topped by a flap. The flap, trimmed with red leather (worn), reveals four compartments and eight small veneered drawers. It rests on small, curved legs. Ornamentation consists of chiseled and gilded bronze. Top of Aleppo breccia marble (restored). Traces of a maker’s mark by Jacques Philippe CAREL, who became a master craftsman in 1723, and the hallmark of the Carpenters and Cabinetmakers’ Guild, JME (twice). Louis XV period Height: 130 cm; Width: 104 cm; Depth: 43 cm Damage and restorations; significant lacquer repairs; the lacquer is in poor condition.