A LOUIS XV STYLE MARBLE TOPPED AND GILT BRONZE MOUNTED FLORAL MARQUETRY INLAID SECRÉTAIRE À ABATTANT, LATE 19TH CENTURY, the serpentine rectangular Rouge de France marble top above a cavetto frieze enclosing an undulating fruit wood bordered mahogany panel over a similarly inlaid drawer with "C" scroll and shell cast escutcheon, before a polychrome painted fall front vernis martin panel depicting a scene gallante, signed by the artist "Chausse," opening to a large open compartment on one long drawer and two short drawers before a gilt tooled dark red leather writing surface, above three drawers with matching cartouche escutcheons within reticulated "c" scroll rocaille cast handles, over an undulating skirt rail with a pierced foliate rocaille modeled pendant, flanked by sinuous corners with pierced stylized shell and cabochon "C" scroll detailed bronzes d'oree ending in scrolling sabots. Height: 56" Width: 26" Depth: 14 3/4"