A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD BUREAU PLAT, in the Régence style, the inswept shaped rectangular top with a green and gilt-tooled writing surface, the frieze with three drawers flanked by a pair of acanthus-cast cornucopiæ, the reverse with three apparent drawers on four shaped square-tapering legs headed by grotesque bearded mask pierced clasps and with foliate-cast sabots, the underside with the ink inscription 31097 and with paper label printed HOPILLIART & LEROY/ 12 et 16, rue des Sts-Pères - A PARIS, the underside of the handles with monogram JHD 921, late 19th Century early 20th Century