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French Bonheur-du-jour (Desk), Late 18th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French painted wood small-sized writing desk from the turn of the 18th and 19th century. This
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Antique 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

18th C. Walnut Table / Desk with Twisted Legs
Located in East Hampton, NY
Wonderful walnut table with turned legs and a single drawer.... a great night stand for a King bed.
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Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

18th C. Walnut Table / Desk with Twisted Legs
18th C. Walnut Table / Desk with Twisted Legs
H 28.25 in W 38.5 in D 25.25 in
Louis XV Ormolu Writing Table Desk, 18th C
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV ormolu-mounted kingwood-veneered writing table, 18th c and later, apparently unsigned
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Antique 18th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Kingwood

Louis XV Ormolu Writing Table Desk, 18th C
Louis XV Ormolu Writing Table Desk, 18th C
H 28.5 in W 32.5 in D 18.5 in
18th c. English Architect's Desk/Library Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine English George III country house mahogany architect's desk/library table having richly
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Antique 1760s English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

18th C. Swedish Rococo Period Writing Desk in Original Paint
Located in Wichita, KS
A period Rococo writing desk from the 18th century in original painted alder wood with period key
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Antique 18th Century Swedish Rococo Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

18th c. Walnut Writing Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Walnut Writing Table
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

18th c. Walnut Writing Table
18th c. Walnut Writing Table
H 29.5 in W 44 in D 28 in
Early 18th C Queen Anne Kneehole Desk
Located in Oakville, ON
Lovely quality period piece with excellent colour and patination original hardware
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Antique Early 18th Century Desks

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Oak, Walnut, Pine

Early 18th C Queen Anne Kneehole Desk
Early 18th C Queen Anne Kneehole Desk
H 29.5 in W 31 in D 20.5 in
18th c. Walnut Refectory Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Harp Leg Walnut Table
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

18th c. Walnut Refectory Table
18th c. Walnut Refectory Table
H 30.75 in W 44.5 in D 27 in
18th C. Italian Console Raised on Urn-Carved Trestle Legs 'or a Great Desk!'
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian carved wood trestle table from the 18th century. This antique table from Italy features
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Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Danish 18th Century Writing Desk By Royal Architect C. F. Harsdorff
By Caspar Frederik Harsdorff
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
18th Century writing desk with five drawers. The desk is designed by the Danish royal neoclassical
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Antique Late 18th Century Danish Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak, Walnut

18th C. Italian Butler's Desk Nicely Raised on Turned Leg Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian butler's desk from the 18th century raised on later base. This antique case piece from
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Antique 18th Century Italian Desks

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Wood

18th Century Louis XV Marquetry Ladies' Desk Manner of J.C. Ellaume
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century Louis XV Marquetry Ladies' Desk Manner of J.C. Ellaume A mid-18th century ladies
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Antique 1750s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

18th-C. French Louis XV Style Carved Oak Tooled Leather & Bronze Writing Desk
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a special piece! It is a late 18th century carved oak and gilt bronze writing desk. It has
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

English 18th C. Spinet Case by Crang & Hancock London Converted Writing Desk
Located in Vero Beach, FL
English 18th Century Spinet Case by Crang & Hancock London Converted Writing Desk This is a fine
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Antique 18th Century English Baroque Desks

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Mahogany, Tulipwood

Original Louis XVI Desk, Inlaid Walnut Wood, Writing Surface in Slate, 18th C
Located in Torino, IT
Original Louis XVI writing desk, in veneered and inlaid wood, with writing surface in slate, three
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Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Slate

Exceptional 18th C. Office Desk Center Table Console Hand Carved Wood & Stone CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exceptional 18th C. Office Desk Center Table Console Hand Carved Wood & Stone CA . Rare large 18th
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Antique Early 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Stone, Marble

18th C. Carved Walnut Lyre-Leg Table, Italy
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian carved walnut wood table with lyre legs from the 18th century. This antique table from
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Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

18th C. Country French Walnut Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A two tiered desk with elevated section at back with slots for papers and four curved supports. The
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Antique Late 18th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

18th C. Country French Walnut Writing Table
18th C. Country French Walnut Writing Table
H 34.25 in W 35.25 in D 27 in
18th C. Continental Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Bureau Plat W Gilt Bronze Ormolu
Located in Southampton, NY
18th C. Continental Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Bureau Plat with Gilt Bronze Ormolu sourced by
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Antique 18th Century European Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

18th C. English Architect's Table w/Unique Legs, Expanding Top, & Candle Shelves
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English expandable architect's table with candle stands from the 18th century. This antique
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Antique 18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Spanish Charles IV Walnut Marquetry Writing Desk Side Table c. 1790
Located in London, GB
A fine Charles IV walnut writing desk/side table with decorative inlaid marquetry work in blonde
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Antique Late 18th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

18th Century Kentucky Butternut Ladies Desk
Located in Louisville, KY
desk, this piece was in existence during the 18th century! And, because there are no others exactly
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Antique Late 18th Century American American Colonial Desks

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Wood

18th Century Kentucky Butternut Ladies Desk
18th Century Kentucky Butternut Ladies Desk
H 35.88 in W 32.38 in D 18 in
18th Century Italian Ladies Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
Charming and rare 18th C. Italian painted small ladies desk having deep yellow, maroon and and gold
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Desks

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Wood, Giltwood, Paint

18th Century Italian Ladies Desk
18th Century Italian Ladies Desk
H 29 in W 32 in D 22 in
Antique English Adams Decorated Satinwood Drop-Front Desk, 18th-19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique English Adam decorated drop-front desk offers satinwood construction with slant front
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Antique 19th Century English Adam Style Desks

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Wood, Satinwood

Lacquered and Veneered Bureau de Dame, 18th to 19th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
desk put on later legs perfect for a small console or unique side table
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Hardwood

Majestic French Bureau Plat Desk According to Andre C. Boulle
Located in Berlin, DE
Root veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Three-wheeled frame base with wide knee-section on four cabriole legs with forward looking, imposing Espagnolet...
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Vintage Flame Mahogany & Crossbanded Pedestal Desk 20th C
Located in London, GB
This is an exquisite Victorian Revival crossbanded flame mahogany desk dating from the late 20th
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Vintage 1980s Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Italian Baroque Walnut Fall Front Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
top of this desk is 18th century, while the base, beautifully carved legs with wrought iron stretcher
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Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Antique Writer's Desk, English, Inlay, Side, Serving Table, Georgian, C.1800
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique writer's desk. An English, mahogany side or serving table, dating to the
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Antique Late 18th Century British Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Antique Silver Table, English, Inlaid, Display, Writing Desk, Georgian, C.1780
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique silver table. An English, rosewood inlaid display or writing table, dating to the late Georgian period, circa 1780. Delightfully presented silver display table ...
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Antique Late 18th Century British Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Mid Century Modern Writing Table Desk, American, c.1960s
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid Century Modern walnut writing table desk, American, c.1960s. Surfboard top & floating cabinet
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

A fine 18th century Regence kingwood and gilt bronze mounted Louis XV desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine Regence period 18th c leather top bureau plat. Kingwood with fine gilt bronze mounts. Black
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Majestic French Bureau Plat Desk antique According to Andre C. Boulle bronzed
Located in Berlin, DE
Root veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Slightly protruding, profiled tabletop and gold-imprinted leather insert, flanked by a grotesque mask on each c...
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Mahogany and Ormolu Desk/Writing Table
By Conrad Mauter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period mahogany and ormolu desk or writing table
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks

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Ormolu

Georgian writing table w/ drawers from early 18th C to 19th C in Great Britain
By Alfonso Marina
Located in Bosques de las Lomas, MX
Georgian style writing table from Great Britain that spanned from the early 18th century to the
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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

18th C. Spanish Trestle Style Writing Table, Spool Turned Legs and Wrought Iron
Located in Madrid, ES
The tabletop of this 18th century Spanish table is one single wide plank, which over the years has
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Antique 18th Century Spanish Rustic Desks and Writing Tables

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Wrought Iron

Antique Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk 19th C
Located in London, GB
inches x depth 3 feet Ormolu - (from French 'or moulu', signifying ground or pounded gold) is an 18th
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Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

George II Burr Walnut Kneehole Desk, c.1735
Located in London, GB
A George II Burr walnut and feather banded kneehole desk with caddy moulded top, c.1735. Of
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Antique 18th Century British George I Desks

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Oak, Walnut

George II Burr Walnut Kneehole Desk, c.1735
George II Burr Walnut Kneehole Desk, c.1735
H 29.53 in W 29.14 in D 18.51 in
Antique French Louis Revival Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk, 19th C
Located in London, GB
moulu', signifying ground or pounded gold) is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground
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Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Antique Louis Revival Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table 19th C
Located in London, GB
or pounded gold) is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-carat gold in a
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Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

English Satinwood & Leather Top Brass Mounted Six Drawer Partners Desk, C 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
English satinwood and leather top brass mounted partners desk with six flanking drawers, four
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Antique 1780s English George III Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

French Bureau Plat Marquetry Leather Top Desk with Orig. Ormolu Mounts, C. 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
original cabriole legs. Late 18th century. Skirt height of desk 22.25".
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Antique 1770s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass, Ormolu

Jacobean Style Oak Desk w/ Two Drawers
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. late 18th century - early 19th century Jacobean style oak desk w/ two drawers Drawer Size
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Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Oak

Early 18th C English Red Lacquer Chinoiserie painted bracket clock
Located in Oakville, ON
A beautiful Early 18th Century bracket clock with original red lacquer chinoiserie decoration by
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Antique Early 18th Century British George II Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

French Elm Burl Brass & Coated Fabric Desk Kidney Shape Louis XV Style c. 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Desk in the kidney style. This shape of tops on the furnitures is typical of the 18th century. It
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Vintage 1960s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Elm

17th C. Provencal Hand Carved Antique Side Table Walnut Desk Drawers Farm LA CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
17th C. Provencal Hand Carved Antique Side Table Walnut Desk Drawers Farm LA CA . Beautiful 17th
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Antique 17th Century European Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

18th Century Painted Lamp Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th C English painted oak lamp table on cabriole legs. 1780. Reference: 7727 Dimensions 34
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Antique 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

18th Century Painted Lamp Table
18th Century Painted Lamp Table
H 30.5 in W 34 in D 20 in
Antique English Coromandel & Ormolu Mounted Four Piece Desk Set Mid 19th C
By George Betjemann & Sons
Located in London, GB
desk set by the renowned London maker of luxury items, Betjemann & Sons, cira 1860 in date, The set
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Antique 1860s English Victorian Desk Sets

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Ormolu

Swiss Bankers / Rent or Merchant Table, 18th C. and Later
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Swiss bankers or rent table, in Elmwood with a superb slate inset into top. Underneath the top is a rather large drawer which slides both ways. This was used to slide money from ...
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Antique 1750s Swiss Renaissance Desks

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Slate

Lord Nelson`s Family Portable Sloping Laptop Desk
Located in Dorking, GB
This desk was purchased by me at the closure of the Whitbread Archive Museum in 2001. It comes with
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Antique Early 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Charleston Chippendale Mahogany Slant Top Desk with Fitted Interior, C. 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
Charleston Chippendale mahogany slant top writing desk with four graduated drawers, fitted interior
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Antique 1770s American Chippendale Desks

Materials

Brass

17-1800's Antique Italian Walnut Trestle Library, Carved, Border Table / Desk!!
Located in Austin, TX
Outstanding Antique Table / Desk, Italian Walnut Trestle Library, Carved, Border, 18th /19th
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Other Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Régence Style Marquetry Writing Desk
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A magnificent and very rare Régence style marquetry inlaid grand bureau plat or writing desk
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Régence Style Marquetry Writing Desk
Régence Style Marquetry Writing Desk
H 37.41 in W 87.8 in D 43.31 in
Antique French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Desk by Maison Léger
By Maison Léger
Located in London, GB
Antique French Louis XV style ormolu mounted marquetry desk by Maison Léger French, c. 1880 Height
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

18th Century English Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th C English painted oak bureau with numerous secret drawers and original brass fittings. 1780
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Antique 18th Century English George III Desks

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Oak

18th Century English Bureau
18th Century English Bureau
H 39 in W 36.5 in D 20.5 in
18th Century Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Stunning 18th C painted bureau with unusual serpentine fronted drawers and fall front. 1780
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Antique 18th Century German Desks

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Oak

18th Century Painted Bureau
18th Century Painted Bureau
H 42 in W 42 in D 22 in
19th Century Chippendale Design Mahogany Pedestal Desk
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in London, GB
leather. English, circa 1910 An understated and elegant desk originally designed in the mid-18th
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Early 20th Century English Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Mahogany

George I Walnut Secretaire Kneehole Desk
Located in Lymington, GB
An English early 18th century walnut secrétaire kneehole desk. George I period (1714-1727), c 1720
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Antique Early 18th Century English George I Desks

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Walnut

Antique Victorian Inlaid Mahogany Pedestal Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
pedestal kneehole desk, circa 1880 in date. It is made from fabulous flame mahogany, the rectangular
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Antique 1880s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany, Satinwood

Antique Biedermeier Secretaire Chest Secretaire Abattant 19th C
Located in London, GB
philosophy. Flame Mahogany Thomas Sheraton - 18th century furniture designer, once characterized mahogany
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Antique 1840s Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

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18th C Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal 18th c desk for your home. Each 18th c desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, walnut and metal. There are 2936 variations of the antique or vintage 18th c desk you’re looking for, while we also have 2 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the 18th c desk you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A 18th c desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Georgian, Louis XVI and Louis XV styles are sought with frequency. A well-made 18th c desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Coduri of Lyon, France, Gillows of Lancaster & London and Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix are consistently popular.

How Much is a 18th C Desk?

A 18th c desk can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $6,887, while the lowest priced sells for $109 and the highest can go for as much as $485,000.