An elegant mahogany Directoire style desk, early 20th century, the desk with a tooled black leather surface, canted edges, a central drawer flanked by a pair of small drawers and a deep drawer, all decorated with ebony and blonde stringing and cross banding, pull out slides to the short ends, flame mahogany veneers to the front and quarter veneer panels to the sides, raised on tapering square section legs with brass capped feet, with keys, height 74 cm, width 128 cm, depth 64 cm