Pair Louis XV style tulipwood and bois satine writing tables, the shaped oblong parquet top with serpentine front above a frieze containing a central dovetailed drawer with adjustable reading stand, flanked by two small dovetailed drawers, a further dovetailed drawer to the right side, all on angular cabriole legs, fronts ending in bronze sabots. 28-3/4" H x 16-7/8" W x 13" D total, French or Continental, partially 18th century. Provenance: Formerly of Maple Grove Estate, Knoxville, TN when a private residence, and published in Southern Accents magazine, May-June 1985. CONDITION: Scattered losses and cracks to veneer ranging from approx. 1/2" x 1/4" to 7/8" x 1 1/4". One cabinet with one bronze sabot missing.