Secretary Billet Doux Desk Mahogany Restoration Period Early Nineteenth Century

Pretty love letter forming a fire screen in mahogany with mahogany veneer and blackened wood fillets, it opens with a flap forming a writing desk fitted with compartments for storing letters and two small drawers, one of which has compartments for ink, the tablet sheathed in its green leather of originally gilded with small irons the lock and the key are functional the leaf is decorated with a gilt bronze motif depicting two opposing chimeras the uprights are joined by a spacer shelf, it rests on two skate feet in very good general condition, minor wear time this sweet note also forms a fire screen an original pleated fabric trimmed the lower part, which once the desk is open forms a tablet height 110.5cm length 51cm Width 8cm and 42 at the base of the pads The writing tablet measures 46.5x39.5cm