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Ball And Claw Writing Bureau

Fine circa 1800 Pollad Oak Writing Bureau Desk Claw & Ball Hand Carved Legs
Located in GB
writing bureau with ornately hand carved claw & ball feet. This has to be the best looking bureau I
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Antique Early 1800s English George III Desks

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Oak

19th Century American Mahogany Serpentine Slant Front Secretary Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
mahogany, dovetails drawers and ball and claw feet.
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Antique 1880s American Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

George II Mahogany Harlequin Table
Located in Dallas, TX
contains drawers and paper pigeon holes. All rests on cabriole legs and ball and claw feet. This table
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Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

George II Mahogany Harlequin Table
George II Mahogany Harlequin Table
H 30.75 in W 32.5 in D 32 in
An Exceptional 19th Century Irish Fall Front Bureau by Butlers of Dublin
By Butler's of Dublin
Located in Dublin, IE
leaf motif on knee, terminating on ball and claw foot. Labelled 'Butlers of Dublin'.
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Antique 19th Century Irish Desks

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Brass

18th Century Chinese Export Lacquer Chinoiserie Bureau Desk for the Dutch Market
Located in Amsterdam, NL
, 1700-1830, Waanders, Zwolle 2004, pp. 35-37 (ill.) This lacquer bureau is one of the four writing
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Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lacquer

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Wood, Cypress, Lacquer

20th Century Inlaid Wood Dutch Trumeau Desk, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
. Bureau that offers a good-sized inlaid writing desk inside, 6 drawers, a central door, several document
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Secretaires

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Wood

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Located in New York, NY
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Located in Edinburgh, GB
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Located in GB
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Located in London, GB
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Located in Potters Bar, GB
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Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
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Located in Chelmsford, GB
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Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
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Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
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George I Style Walnut Bureau Bookcase
George I Style Walnut Bureau Bookcase
H 80.75 in W 33 in D 21 in
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Located in Manchester, GB
carvings to the shoulders and finished on ball and claw feet. The burr walnut faced drawers have top
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18th Century Style Walnut Bureau
H 41 in W 33 in D 20 in
English Antique Secrétaire Bureau Bookcase Astragal Glazed Mahogany Library
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
claw and ball feet. The piece dismantles to two sections for ease of movement. England, circa 1900.
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