A CONTINENTAL NEO-CLASSIC ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CYLINDER DESK

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A CONTINENTAL NEO-CLASSIC ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CYLINDER DESK
FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN

With rectangular top above a rectangular baize-lined writing panel releasing a roll-top and enclosing an interior fitted with a central arcaded compartment before a secret compartment flanked by three short drawers and colonette above a spring-operated panel concealing three short drawers above a central kneehole flanked by a cupboard door enclosing three short drawers, fitted with later lions masks pulls and flanked by disengaged volutes, the paneled back fitted with ebonized colonettes, on block feet-48in. (22cm.) high, 57½in. (146cm.) wide, 28½in. (72cm.) deep