A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted tulipwood, kingwood, amaranth and ebony table à écrire late 18th century

the circular marble top surrounded by a pierced ormolu gallery, the frieze with a drawer fitted with a green leather-lined writing surface and mounted all around with ormolu borders cast with twisted ribbon, marked at the corners with beaded medallions, raised on turned tapered fluted legs joined by a circular stretcher, ending in ormolu thimble sabots fitted with casters.  Possibly formerly with pendant center section.

Sold, Sotheby's, Monaco, June 14, 1981, lot 87