An important Louis XIV panel attributed to Pierre Gole, fitted to a later table, the panel to the top second half 17th century, the table early 20th century, the rectangular top incorporating a panel attributed to Gole inlaid in bone, ivory, and stained woods on the tortoisehell ground with the coat of arms of Michel le Tellier to the centre and his monogram in cartouches to the corners and with further cartouches and fields with various animals, birds, and vegetation, the ebonised table made to conform, its shaped friezes including a drawer to one side inlaid with fields matching those of the top, on ormolu-mounted cabriole supports, together with a copy of T.H. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Pierre Gole: Ebeniste de Louis XIV (2005), the table 66 cm high, 54.5 cm wide, 43 cm deep. Provenance: The panel to the top presumably commissioned by Michel le Tellier (1603 - 1685) for its original setting