A Louis XIV style boulle Mazarin desk, 19th century, of typical Baroque form with a recessed frieze drawer and a kneehole cupboard, flanked by a trio of shaped drawers, curvaceous side supports and eight, conforming legs united by stretcher bases, embellished throughout in brass, and scarlet tortoiseshell with elaborate symmetrical motifs in the Berainesque manner depicting foliage, vases, exotic birds including swans and figural motifs, height 87 cm, width 140 cm, depth 75 cm