the rectangular moulded top with later three-quarter gallery, the mechanised top enclosing an arrangement of five open compartments, four drawers and a pair of faux drawers, the side with a further pen and ink drawer, the sliding gilt-tooled green leather top above an arrangement of faux graduated drawers to one side, and real drawers to the other, the shaped curved plinth headed by acanthus-leaf-carved supports, on brass and wooden castors, one drawer with manufacturer's stamp, John Howard & Son, Cabinet Manufacturers & Upholsterers, 22 Berners St, Oxford St, London, repair, 114cm fully extended, 63cm wide, 61cm deep