AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH EMPIRE PERIOD MAHOGANY AND GILT BRONZE MOUNTED SECRETAIRE A ABBATANT  of inverted breakfront form, with a pair of free-standing columns to the front centred by a gilt bronze mount of a trophy within a laurel wreath flanked by roses, the fall front over three long drawers, enclosing a fitted interior with pigeon-holes and four drawers, 123cm high x 102cm wide x 59cm deep