A Louis XV style tulipwood secretaire a abbatant, of slightly bombe profile with mottled grey and brown marble top above a single drawer and three lower drawers all with book end veneers and stringing, a fall front with an inlaid bouquet opening to reveal a leather writing surface and a fitted arrangement of drawers and a concealed secret compartment, with hipped knees and raised on curvaceous legs, decorated with cast mounts and sabots, height 143 cm, width 86 cm, depth 41 cm