A Neoclassical Fruitwood and Stained Sycamore Marquetry Rosewood Travelling Writing Nécessaire, Probably Spanish, Last Quarter 18th Century

A Neoclassical Fruitwood and Stained Sycamore Marquetry Rosewood Travelling Writing Nécessaire, Probably Spanish, Last Quarter 18th Century 

The center inlaid with a monogram surrounded by playing cards within a leaf border, the sides inlaid with figures surrounded by scrolling foliage and with top opening to reveal a felt-lined interior with a detachable compartment with a pigeon hole flanked at each side by six small drawers. 

height 19 in.; width 24 1/2 in.; depth 11 3/4 in.

23 cm; 62.2 cm; 30 cm