A magnificent Napoleon III cut brass and tortoiseshell inlaid Boulle bureau mazarin 19th century, the tooled leather inset top flanked by pedestals with two drawers each and a further central frieze drawer raised on oblique tapered legs united by concave stretchers the whole ornately inlaid with arabesque cut-brass and tortoiseshell inlay above toupie feet 168 x 75 x 85 cm.