FRANCE, partly early 18th century Three-sided "Mazarin" pedestal desk with curved front, veneered with violet, olive and walnut wood in frames highlighted with black fillets, on a frame of softwood and oak, opening with seven drawers, including one in the waistband and a central leaf, and resting on eight sheathed legs, joined by crossbars, in ash veneer, on eight turned balls. Sides adorned with squares on the tip. Pilastered corner uprights terminating in pillars. Rectangular, molded top with compartmentalized decoration in four spandrels and adorned with a quatrefoil centered on a rosette. Cut-iron lock escutcheons, one modern. Later legs. One rear triangular upright replaced. 75 x 94.5 x 56 cm. Wear, scratches, cracks, a few knocks, a few missing pieces, including one lock, and old restorations. Restored in 1976 by H. Kuhnowski & H. Guérinot, Troyes, with new veneer and base. Re-stained and varnished in 2024.