Empire period writing desk In mahogany, ebony and blackened wood veneer and chased and gilt bronze. It includes two pen trays, hourglasses and inkwells, opening to a side drawer, and rests on small claw feet. Beautiful ornamentation of bronze decorated with bows and butterflies, friezes of laurels and pine cones. H. 11,5 cm - W. 33 cm - D. 25,5 cm Provenance : Label of the sale in Versailles, Chevaux-Légers 1974 n° 487/2. A model of the same typology with a double writing desk executed by Martin-Guillaume Biennais is reproduced in the Nicolay.