A mahogany line-inlaid, satinwood and tulipwood-banded Carlton House desk, the raised superstructure with galleried top and parquetry edge, with arrangement of drawers and cupboards flanked by hinged compartments, each with a drawer around central leather-lined writing surface, above five drawers about an arched kneehole on fluted and stiff-leaf-carved turned tapered legs, one drawer labelled Maple & Co., London, Paris, Buenos Aires by Royal Appointment -- 54in. (137cm.) wide, 26in. (66cm.) deep, 40in. (102cm.) high.