Louis XV Transition Style Writing Cabinet

Louis XV Transition style writing cabinet – 19th century, veneered in rosewood with green-stained wood and Greek key stringing in the door and drawer surrounds. This piece opens as follows: 1. The upper section by two sliding tambour shutters revealing an interior fitted with a shelf and six drawers; 2. At mid-section: a pull-out writing surface covered in dark green leather, opening by ring pull handles; 3. The lower section by two doors enclosing a shelf. The façade is decorated with bronze cassolettes of flowers and foliate drops on the uprights and lower section. The top of this cyma-profiled cabinet is surmounted by a thick Breche d'Alep marble slab. The whole raised on cabriole legs with bronze sabots.