Alate 18th century North Italian walnut concave front kneehole desk

Alate 18th century North Italian walnut concave front kneehole desk, with crossbanding and orangewood stringing, the fixed pigeon holes raised back to a central frieze slide with replaced leather surface above a drawer, flanked by two drawers and a pair of cupboard doors, enclosing a shelf, on carved cabriole legs, 38in (96.5cm) h, 51in (129.5cm) w, 27in (68.5cm) d. The two frieze drawers were previously lockable with a peg through the base into the top of each cupboard.