Bronze-Mounted Mahogany Lady's Writing Desk French, late 19th/early 20th century, dovetailed drawers with oak linings, fallboard with hand-painted scene with shepherd and shepherdess and opening to a leather-lined writing board and fitted interior, cabriole legs with bronze mounts, back fully finished, 40 x 33 x 17-1/2 in., opens to 28 in., generally good condition, one frieze drawer with stuck mechanism, scattered chips and losses to veneers especially at fallboard surround, some distress to painting on fallboard, other surface wear and flaws. Provenance: Brunk Auctions, September 2005, lot 70; Private Collection generally good condition, one frieze drawer with stuck mechanism, scattered chips and losses to veneers especially at fallboard surround, some distress to painting on fallboard, other surface wear and flaws