A CHARLES X ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT by Martel Frères, the later rectangular top above a moulded cornice and frieze drawer, the hinged fall-front enclosing a fitted interior with green leather-lined writing-surface and eight variously-sized drawers beneath a column-supported arch, the base section with two further doors enclosing three long drawers, flanked by turned columns with engine-turned capitals and bases upon turned pedestals with tapering bases, signed in pencil Martel Frères à Bologne 1820