A large and fine German walnut and kingwood desk, circa 1830, of shaped profile, the tooled leather writing surface with cross banded borders above drawers and a pair of cupboards each mounted with lavishly cast floral and ribboned trophy elements in the French taste, 126.5 cm high, 160 cm wide, 89 cm deep, Provenance: E. J. Ainger Pty. Ltd., April 2014 and again, October 2016. Reputedly from the 1895 Melbourne sale of the Count Hohenthal Estate