A French Empire style gilt bronze mounted mahogany pedestal desk and bookcase ensuite each decorated with finely cast classical foliate, floriate and figural gilt bronze mounts the desk 200 cm wide, 99 cm deep, 80 cm high; the bookcase 203 cm wide, 45 cm deep, 190 cm high. Catalogue note for a similar example see Sotheby's New York, April 14 and 15 2008, 19th century furniture, sculpture and works of Art, Lot 279