Dutch Bombe Desk
A Dutch Bombe Bureau Desk
Located in Edenbridge, GB
Stylish Dutch 19th Century painted bombe bureau desk with wonderful carved lions paw feet and
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Dutch Rococo Bombe Marquetry Inlaid Drop Front Desk / Secretary
Located in New York, NY
Dutch Rococo (Late 18th Century) drop front desk / secretary with elaborate foliate marquetry inlay
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Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Biedermeier Desks
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Antique Dutch Floral Marquetry Inlaid Bombé Bureau, 18th Century
Located in Glasgow, GB
A 19th century Dutch marquetry inlaid bombé bureau profusely decorated all-over with marquetry
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Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Cylinder Desk/Bureau 18 Th Century, Bombe’ Chest Form
Located in Houston, TX
Stepped drawers, a double interior door that opens to a mirror
Lined interior, above a bombe’ chest
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H 47.25 in W 54.5 in D 27 in
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bombé Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a top quality late 18th century Dutch Marquetry Bureau. The bureau is profusely inlaid
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Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Desks
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Walnut
Dutch Model of a Bombe Bureau Inlaid with Fruit Woods, circa 1860
Located in Lincoln, GB
A Dutch walnut and marquetry inlaid salesman's model of a Bombe Bureau inlaid with fruitwoods. With
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Antique 19th Century European Dutch Colonial Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Dutch Marquetry Slant Top Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Dutch marquetry bombe form slant top desk, late 19th century. With exquisite floral marquetry
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Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Louis XV Desks
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Antique 18th Century Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Burr Walnut Bombe Slope-Front Bureau
Located in Charleston, SC
Finest antique Dutch marquetry inlaid burr walnut bombe' shape slope-front bureau with exceptional
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Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Baroque Desks
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H 42 in W 53 in D 26 in
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A mid to late 18th century Dutch marquetry bureau of bombe form and of exceptional quality.
The
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Walnut
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau Bookcase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 18th century Dutch marquetry inlaid bureau bookcase. Having a double dome top
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Antique 18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Desks
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Walnut
Antique Cylinder Front Desk
Located in Naples, FL
any antique lover. A 1780’s dutch that features a unique bombe shape with a cylinder front opening
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Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
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Wood, Mahogany, Oak
Antique 18th Century Dutch Oak Drop Front Bombe Secretary Desk Secretaire
Located in Casteren, NL
A beautiful Dutch Baroque style secretary with a 3-drawer bombe front and carved ball and claw feet
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Brass
H 42.13 in W 42.13 in D 21.66 in
Antique Italian or Dutch Small Rococo Bombe Secretary Desk w/ Marquetry, c 1870
Located in Miami, FL
An exquisite 19th century Rococo secretary in mahogany with bombe front & sides, with floral
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Kingwood, Tulipwood, Satinwood, Mahogany
H 43 in W 34 in D 21 in
19th Century Dutch Marquetry Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
floral. Quality bombe' form.
The desk is raised upon paw feet.
A visually dramatic piece.
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Antique 19th Century Dutch Secretaires
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Brass
Dutch Rococo Marquetry Miniature Desk
Located in Essex, MA
crafted in a bombe form. Much time and skill went into making this piece. Sometimes these were used to
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Antique 1740s Dutch Rococo Models and Miniatures
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Walnut
Antique Walnut Dutch Marquetry Bureau Cabinet Bookcase 18th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an important antique Dutch walnut and marquetry bureau bookcase, circa 1780 in date.
It
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Antique 1780s Dutch Bookcases
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Walnut
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Dutch Bombe Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic Dutch bombe desk available at 1stDibs. Each Dutch bombe desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, walnut and brass. Your living room may not be complete without a Dutch bombe desk — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A Dutch bombe desk, designed in the Baroque, Rococo or Georgian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.
How Much is a Dutch Bombe Desk?
Prices for a Dutch bombe desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $2,950 and can go as high as $12,500, while the average can fetch as much as $7,401.
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In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
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