A French mahogany pedestal desk

A French mahogany pedestal desk
19th Century
The rounded rectangular moulded top inlaid with four gilt-tooled maroon leather-lined panels and two conforming hinged panels with ratcheted back, with a sliding shelf to each side inlaid with a gilt-tooled green leather-lined top, above a frieze drawer and a kneehole, flanked by four drawers and a frieze drawer above a door simulating three drawers to one side, with a frieze drawer above a kneehole to the other side, flanked by four drawers to one side and a drawer simulated two drawers above two drawers, on a plinth base with block feet
76.5cm. high x 173.5cm. wide x 94.5cm. deep