Louis XVI style tulipwood desk or Bureau Plat, oak secondary. Comprised of a rectangular, black, triple-section, tooled leather top surmounted by a beveled bronze border over a paneled frieze containing a narrow center drawer flanked by deeper side drawers with false drawers on the opposite side. The locking drawers are mounted with bronze garlands and lion mask escutcheons, holding in their mouths, a draped handle. Bronze molding frames the drawers, back, sides, and bottom. Each leg is decorated on all four sides with pierced bronze ribbon and foliate mounts as well as fluted bronze panels. The bases of the tapered legs are mounted with bronze Napoleonic emblems on toupie feet. 30" H x 49" W x 27" D. French, Late 19th/Early 20th century.

The Estate of Pia Stratton, Nashville, Tennessee. Overall very good condition, natural wood separation to right side drawer. minor wear to the leather top.