French Second Empire style mahogany, leather, and gilt bronze bureau plat, late 19th or early 20th century, having a rectangular top with a black leather writing surface and bronze trim, above a wide apron with three over two drawers having bronze foliate hardware, flanked by serpent and thistle mounts, rising on tapering square legs with anthemion knees, ending in bronze sabots, joined by low straight and demi-lune stretchers, 30"h x 45.25"l x 26"w.