Important Louis XVI Period Cylinder Desk In Marquetry

Important Louis XVI period cylinder desk in marquetry: rosewood and violet wood, sycamore, amaranth, boxwood, stained wood. The front opens to eight drawers and a cylinder revealing drawers and compartments, a sliding shelf with leather worktop and two side boxes a secret unlocking system operated by keys Decoration on all sides of marquetry, alternating light and dark woods: geometric patterns, squares and diamonds. In the center of the cylinder is represented a large rectangle with cubic patterns in a false appearance of mesh. Sheathed legs in blackened wood Ornamentation of an openwork gallery in gilded finish, topped with pompoms marvelous work of great cabinetmaking of the 18th century H143/138/63