Chinese Export Brass Mounted Camphorwood Portable Desk, mid 19th Century, opens to a black baize writing surface bordered by ebony, a compartmented recess for writing materials and a brocade-faced folio, depressing a hidden button in the well releasees the catch of a spring fascia board concealing three secret drawers

Height 9 in. Width 20.75 in. Depth 12.5 in.