This Louis XV secretaire a abbatant, in the manner of Jean Francois Dubut, features ormolu mounts and figural marquetry of rosewood, kingwood and satinwood.

The lady’s secretaire is of serpentine form, with a black marble top in a gilt ormolu gallery, above a velvet-lined fall-front, and one long drawer above two shelves and two short drawers, above a door enclosing a shelf.

Original keys and locks are present and in perfect working order.