A Fine George III Mahogany Writing Desk with Bookcase top in the Sheraton Style, inlaid with satinwood cross-banding enhanced by ebony strings. The table form base having a secrètaire drawer housing a green baize-covered writing slope on adjustable ratchet supports flanked by pen & ink partitions and sliding back to access a frieze compartment below. The inlaid drawer front fitted with brass lined key hole and ornate brass knop handles, standing on square tapering legs with spade feet. The bookcase top having two doors inlaid with oval panels of flame figured veneer bordered in cross-banding and opening to reveal an adjustable book shelf sliding into side grooves above an arcaded centre section flanked by banks of small inlaid drawers. 59½" (151 cm) high, 34½" (88 cm) wide, 19" (49 cm) deep.