FRANCE, vers 1830-1840 Stepped desk in rosewood veneer and light wood marquetry, decorated with fillets, rosettes, palmettes and foliage, opening with four small drawers and a large one in the waist, with a sliding top, resting on four tapered legs with simulated flutes. Openwork gallery. 96 x 81.5 x 52.5 cm. Small curls and lifting, especially on the top. Rosewood (genus Dalbergia spp, family Fabaceae) This pre-Convention specimen having undergone a mechanical destructuration by cutting, polishing, or turning is listed in Appendix II of the Washington Convention (CITES), since January 2, 2017, and in Appendix B of the EC Regulation 338/97 of 09/12/1996. For a possible export, it will be up to the successful bidder to inquire - prior to any purchase of this lot - with the customs of the country concerned, particularly if it is the United States. For a departure from the EU, a CITES re-export will be necessary, this one being at the charge of the future buyer.