An antique French Napoleon III rosewood sewing table, dating back to circa 1870, in good condition. A stunning quality rosewood centre sewing table, finished on all sides, with elegant geometrical brass inlays, fully decorated by gilt bronze scrolling elements. The shaped top has a brass squared inlays and a delightful gilt bronze profile. The lift-up lid opens up to reveal a central mirror and a removable detachable rosewood tray incorporating three compartments. Below a second compartment. Further below, a deep pullout-sewing drawer, which includes further brass ormolu gilt decoration. The table is supported by tapered, curved cabriole legs, with stunning brass ormolu detail to the knees, edged in decorative beading, and terminates on ornate ormolu toe caps. This table displays profuse ormolu detail throughout. Ormolu decorations have been all brushed and cleaned. The table features a dark rosewood colour. It comes from a private family in Milan and is in now good conditions with a perfect brilliant French gommalacca polish. See last listed image previous restoration and polishing. Measures: Altezza 73 cm Larghezza 56.5 cm Profondità 40 cm.

18th Century Italian Louis XV Rosewood and Bois de Rose Writing Desk, an exclusive Neapolitan bureau-plat coming from a private palazzo of Milan, in good working condition. Very elegant, with perfect proportions, this Italian writing table of Neapolitan origin has a rectangular molded writing top, decorated with rosewood and bois de rose marquetry. This luxury antique center desk from Italy shows five drawers on the apron on the front, has a serpentine-outlined shape, a curved structure on each side and rests on cabriole legs ending with bronze mounted decoration. The veneer is placed obliquely in a herringbone pattern, to form both on each surface, elegant opposite contrasts within inlaid frames, whereas each corner profile and molded edge is made of solid rosewood.

Material is original of the period, of the  second half of 18th century and thus shows normal signs of  age and use.