A Japanese Black and Gilt Lacquer Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Writing Desk 19TH CENTURY the shaped three-quarter galleried rectangular top over one frieze drawer above a fall front writing surface revealing an interior with two banks of three drawers flanking a center two-door cupboard section, supported by shaped sides connected by stretcher shelf with padded foot rest, and resting on scrolled legs. Height 53 x width 48 x depth 16 1/2 inches (closed).