An elegant Louis XVI style walnut desk, circa 1900, with a tooled black brown leather writing surface surrounded by a vigorously, figured walnut book end veneer border, the skirt also in bold walnut veneers, with a narrow tile border, with a single drawer and pairs of side drawers, slides to the short ends, and raised on slender tapering legs, with gilt, bronze escutcheons and feet, height 74 cm, width 145 cm, depth 79 cm