This superb Louis XV style desk, crafted from rosewood and satinwood, features a highly distinctive kidney-shaped top, which is bordered with ormolu and inlaid with a gilt tooled leather surface. The front of the desk features five drawers: one central freeze drawer above the leg bay, and two pairs of flanking drawers. Each drawer features ormolu borders and ornate ormolu rocaille escutcheons. The curved sides of the desk are similarly adorned with blind ormolu frames and elaborate rocaille mounts. The desk is raised on four cabriole legs, each terminating in an ormolu paw foot sabot and each mounted to the shoulder with a deftly cast Rococo style ormolu foliate mount.