Large flat desk with antique warriors in satinwood and violet wood, the contoured top resting on a central recessed belt opening to three drawers with frames and gilt bronze openwork keyholes, with female masks on the sides, the warrior busts surmounting cambered legs terminating in claws After the model of Charles Cressent, a copy of which is kept at the Palais de l'Elysée in Paris. Louis XV style, second half of the 19th century. H. 80 cm, W. 190 cm, D. 102 cm This flat desk is directly inspired by a masterpiece of 18th century French furniture made by the cabinetmaker Charles Cressent around 1740. One copy is now kept at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, a second one belongs to the collections of the Elysée Palace in Paris. Some of the copies listed were made by Henry Dasson and are dated 1868.