A NAPOLEON III GILT-METAL MOUNTED AND EBONISED KNEEHOLE DESK
BY CHARLES-GUILLAUME DIEHL, MID-19TH CENTURY
With a pierced foliate three-quarter gallery and foliate and gadrooned edge above a frieze drawer with a hinged fall-front revealing a leather lined writing surface and four short drawers, with seven further drawers below, the escutheons modelled as pairs of cherubs supporting a foliate and ribbon-tied cabochon and with foliate-framed panelled sides and a foliate mounted plinth base, the lock stamped 'DIEHL Rue Michel le Comte 19 PARIS'
35in. (89cm.) high; 59in. (150cm.) wide; 27½in. (70cm.) deep
A NAPOLEON III GILT-METAL MOUNTED AND EBONISED KNEEHOLE DESK
BY CHARLES-GUILLAUME DIEHL, MID-19TH CENTURY
With a pierced foliate three-quarter gallery and foliate and gadrooned edge above a frieze drawer with a hinged fall-front revealing a leather lined writing surface and four short drawers, with seven further drawers below, the escutheons modelled as pairs of cherubs supporting a foliate and ribbon-tied cabochon and with foliate-framed panelled sides and a foliate mounted plinth base, the lock stamped 'DIEHL Rue Michel le Comte 19 PARIS'
35in. (89cm.) high; 59in. (150cm.) wide; 27½in. (70cm.) deep