A gilt-bronze-mounted tulipwood and parquetry table à ecrire in Louis XV/XVI transitional style, 20th century

with a three-quarter galleried top above a frieze drawer enclosing a leather-lined writing slide with receptacles for inkpot and sander, the frieze applied with a guilloche mount enclosing a flowerhead above a tambour slide enclosing a shelf on cabriole legs terminating in gilt-bronze scrolled feet, the underside with the label ` Gill & Reigate Ltd, Oxford Street, London'

There is a horizontal crack across the back which will need filling. There is also another horizontal crack across both sides. There is veneer missing above the rear left leg on the rear left style and generally. In need of some attention.
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