Flat-sided rectangular table supported on four straight tapering legs, square in section with indented corners. The table is fitted with a writing slide which draws out from the front and, to its right, a narrow shallow drawer which extends the full depth of the table and is divided in the Front into three compartments for writing materials. They still contain a pounce pot and sponge container of silvered metal; the original ink-well is missing. The principal drawer, secured by a lock, pulls out from the left end. Overlaying the centre of the front and back is a rectangular panel with a shaped lower edge. The table top is veneered with fret marquetry in simulated relief interrupted in the centre by an oval reserve veneer with a trophy emblematic of Poetry and Literature.