An Italian bone inlaid ebonised and walnut and marquetry bureau cabinet, Lombardo Veneto circa 1740, the inlay 19th century

the associated upper section with a shaped cresting depicting cherubs on a seesaw above a pair of glazed doors enclosing two shelves above a fall-front inlaid with with gambolling cherubs in a landscape, flanking a vase of flowers opening to reveal six drawers inlaid with animals, the lower section with four drawers inlaid with vases of flowers and scrolling flowers and foliage, the whole with ebonised scrolled cartouches, on tapering block feet