Cylinder desk in speckled mahogany veneer, opening with two - Lot 296

Cylinder desk in speckled mahogany veneer, opening with two side pulls, four drawers on the belt and a quarter-cylinder flap topped by a row of three drawers. Each drawer, fitted with a fillet forming a central keyhole, is bordered by a rosewood frame. A wide middle drawer is flanked by a column of two drawers and a drawer simulating two. The cylinder is decorated with a double frame of two wide fillets, the inner fillet forming a Grecque, and two lateral fillets extending over the uprights and legs of the cabinet. When opened, it reveals a sliding writing table and a paperweight consisting of two rows of three drawers surmounted by a row of three compartments. The square uprights are extended by a sheathed foot topped with a ring and finished with a bronze shoe. Directoire period Height: 121 cm - Width: 146.5 cm - Depth: 73.5 cm Provenance: Fouquet antique, furniture sold as is after restoration by the antique dealer Fouquet CR on request sold without claim, for the benefit of an association