French, 19th century, highly figured burlwood amboyna veneers, with colored inlays, ebonized and brass bandings, upper section with two glazed doors opening to velvet lined interior, above mirrored section with porcelain plaques flanked by cabinet doors with shelved interiors, doors set with Sevres portrait plaques, central fall front desk drawer with fitted interior and leather writing surface, flanked on each side by two small drawers, finely crafted, 88 x 53 x 22 in.

Provenance: Private Collection, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

extensive silvering losses to mirrors, scattered small losses to brass and ebonized moldings, some drawers fit tightly, other typical minor surface distress, polish residue and other minor flaws, break and small loss at one front leg, shrinkage cracks to shelves, distress at brass banding