Louis XV Transition Style Writing Cabinet

Louis XV Transition Style Writing Cabinet – 19th century, veneered in rosewood with green-tinted 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 frieze level: a pull-out shelf 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 on the lower section. The top of this cyma-moulded cabinet is surmounted by a thick Brèche d'Alep marble top. The whole rests on cabriole legs with bronze sabots.