Louis XV Ebonised and Chinese Coromandel Lacquer Bureau en Pente, Circa 1740

of serpentine outline, the front with lopers opening to an interior with later ochre velvet writing surface and an arrangement of six concave- and convex-fronted walnut-lilned drawers above a well with sprung-action slide, all veneered in amaranth, bois satiné and bois de bout marquetry, on cabriole legs terminating in gilt bronze sabots in the front

height 31 1/4 in.; width 29 in.; depth 17 1/2 in.

79.5 cm; 73.5 cm; 44.5 cm