Lady's Desk - Boulle - Black Lacquered Wood - Gilded Bronzes - Period: Second Empire

Magnificent lady's desk, Louis XV style, Boulle, in black lacquered wood, adorned with a rich garniture of gilded bronzes.

Its top is covered with a very pretty red felt.

A drawer opening as a belt with its key.

The corner drops decorated with acanthus leaves, the slippers and the frames are in chiseled and gilded bronzes.
Masks of bearded and laughing satyrs are present on 2 sides.

It is surrounded by an absolutely superb shell gadroon mold.

Period: Second Empire
Measures: H: 73 x W: 82 x D: 50cm

This lady's desk is smaller in size than the large flat minister's desks.

Here, the belt integrates only one drawer under the tray.

The lady's desk is a small, flat desk made up of four high legs and a belt with or without drawers.

The lady's desk is therefore also called a writing table.