A PETIT LOUIS XV/TRANSITIONAL STYLE GILT BRONZE MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND ROSEWOOD MARQUETRY SECRÉTAIRE À ABATTANT, BY PEROL JENNE, PARIS, FOURTH QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, the rounded rectangular Saint-Berthevin marble top above a faux drawer with hinged fall-front panel opening to a gilt tooled velvet writing surface beneath two short drawers over faux paired drawers concealing one long drawer enclosing stylized foliate branch cast handles above the three drawer body each with shaped rectangular panels centering cornucopia issuing blossoming stems inlay of various woods within "à quatre faces" borders and rosewood cross-banding centering cartouche shaped escutcheons, raised on a bombé plinth with a stylized acanthus and rocaille detailed mount, flanked by short cabriole legs with pierced scrolling cast sabots. Black ink craftsman's stamp on the top of the carcass reads, "AU VAIN DE L'ARCH XVII, PEROL Jenne, Rue de Fb. St. Antoine, Paris, AMEUBLEMENTS." Height: 39 1/8" Width: 20" Depth: 14 1/8"