"Japanese Slope Desk In Gold Lacquer And Gilt Bronze"
Charming little sloping desk called "donkey" opening with lacquer flap in imitation of Japanese lacquers with decorations of pagodas, characters on a background of traditional Asian landscapes. Inside 2 drawers, a secret compartment discovered under a zipper covered with stained red leather Ornamentation of gilded bronze. Louis XV style. Period late nineteenth, early twentieth century. With its original key.