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The lyre-shaped body was fashionable in France at the time for such small, delicate writing desks. The decoration of flowers in veneers cut across the grain of small branches (‘end-grain’ or ‘bois de bout’ marquetry) was also used at the time by makers of high-quality furniture. \r\n\r\nHowever, some of the details of construction, particularly of the drawers, suggest that the secrétaire was made in London in the early 19th century. The branded mark ‘EHB’, found on the pair to piece, was used by the dealer and cabinetmaker Edward Holmes Baldock. He ran a profitable business in London selling antique furniture, glass and china and repairing and copying pieces of furniture made in Paris in the 18th century. 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The flowers are set against four  panels of veneer, in which the grain of the wood is arranged to  form a diamond shape. 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