Desk blotter. Both sides in painted and varnished papier-mâché with polychrome flower motifs in bouquets and poly-lobed medallions. The interior in green moiré fabric revealing three compartments inscribed in gilding and a blotter. Nineteenth-century work. 43.7 cm x 27.2 cm. Probably re-used from a Qâdjâr mirror box. Cracks, small tears and missing material.