Fitted with a drawer on each side, with the long sides designed to simulate three aligned drawers. Chiselled and gilded bronze escutcheons and sabots, leather top.

The structure is made of pine, while the drawer interiors are in poplar.This piece is a fine example of high-quality Genoese cabinetmaking from the mid-1700s, remarkable for its large size. It draws clear inspiration from Parisian bureau plats by cabinetmakers such as BVRB or Jacques Dubois, who had reinterpreted the desk model first introduced by André Charles Boulle. Genoese variants are often identifiable by their more restrained bronze mounts and different structural woods compared to French examples.The outline of the apron and the leg design suggest an early date within this category, further confirmed by the lock escutcheons and bronze sabots—models no longer in use after the mid-century. Characteristically Genoese is the presence of functional drawers on all four sides—an uncommon but documented feature in other known diplomatic desks, evidently intended for shared use.French influence on Genoese 18th-century furniture is well established: Genoese aristocracy, politically and culturally tied to France, consistently sought to emulate Parisian taste. Letters from local nobles to their agents regularly requested the shipment of furniture and decorative objects from France, which served as models for the best local artisans. A closely related Parisian bureau plat, long held in a Genoese residence, remains today in the Durazzo Pallavicini collection (Lodovico Caumont Caimi, Il Palazzo Durazzo Pallavicini, Edy Baccheschi 1995, no. 198, pp. 348–349)

Height: 78.5 cm (30⅞ in.)
Width: 173 cm (68⅛ in.)
Depth: 99 cm (39 in.)