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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
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/ochre scrolling foliate in chinoiserie motifs wit...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Louis XVI Mahogany And Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat By Martin Carlin
Located in Essex, MA
This desk is by one of the finest makers in France during the fourth quarter of the 18th century under the reign of Louis XVI.
Stamped M.CARLIN and JME on underside. Two commodes...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Exceptional Rare and Fine Padouk Wood Bureau in the Chippendale Manner, c. 1780
Located in Heathfield, GB
In superb original condition, with a fantastic colour, and retaining the original fine quality brass hardware. This is a very high quality solid Padouk bureau...
Category
Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Padouk
18th Century Mahogany Bureau
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality 18th Century mahogany Georgian bureau, the hinged fall lifting down to reveal a lovely fitted interior consisting of eleven oak ...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Rare 18th Century Georgian Period Mahogany Architect Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
This rare and elegant Georgian Architect’s desk has a ratchet top, extending drawer front, as well as storage compartments. Architect desks, m...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Brass
George I Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular cornice over a single door with mirror, the desk section with fold down writing surface opening to a nicely fitted interior and sliding panel opening to a well, all over ...
Category
English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
George III Period Mahogany Fitted Desk Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
An 18th century mahogany desk or sometimes called architects desk, with fitted top drawer containing a baize lined wiring surface below which is a fitted section contains alphabet inlaid letter boxes The double top drawer slides out on hidden rollers and the baize section then slides back.
Original swan neck brass handles and fine flame mahogany. finished with dummy drawers to the back making this a free standing desk.
A model is in the Gillow design...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Brass
18th C. Late Georgian Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Ca. 1780. A fine figured mahogany classic Georgian secretary bookcase with the broken bonnet in openwork foliate scrolls flanking a fluted short pedestal (it appears that it never ha...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique George I Quality Figured Walnut Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George I quality figured walnut bureau having a quality figured walnut fall with herringbone crossbanding opening to reveal a fitted interior consisting of five walnut drawer...
Category
English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Desk or Jam Maker in Walnut
Located in Marseille, FR
Small rustic piece of furniture that can serve as a desk or jam maker from the 18th century in walnut, 87 cm high, 66 cm wide and 46 cm deep. some small restorations to be planned
...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century English Mahogany Leather Top Partners Desk with Carved Birds
Located in Milford, NH
A fine proportion mahogany rectangular partners desk with brown leather top with a crossbanded border with delicate carving, surmounting a frieze with two fitted and cockbeaded document drawers...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Brass
Fine Italian 18th Century Ormolu-Mounted Parquetry Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Rome, IT
Very fine Italian 18' century ormolu-mounted Parquetry Secretaire a Abattant with a dark Grey marble top.
Measures: cm. 170 x 105 x 46.
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Wood
Regency Mahogany Davenport Desk of Diminutive Size
Located in Essex, MA
Of unusual almost one half normal width with part brass gallery top with handle and hinged tooled green leather writing lid opening to a fitted interior over a case fitted with four ...
Category
English Regency Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
English Period 18th Century Queen Anne Walnut Lowboy
Located in Vero Beach, FL
English Period 18th century Queen Anne walnut lowboy.
Refined walnut Lowboy with elegant scalloped apron from the Queen Anne period, about ...
Category
English Queen Anne Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique George I Quality Figured Walnut Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George I quality figured walnut bureau having a quality figured walnut crossbanded fall opening to reveal a fitted interior consisting of six drawers, six pigeon holes and a ...
Category
English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
French Directoire Period Writing Desk of Walnut and Mahogany with Leather Top
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French Directoire period writing table or desk of walnut and mahogany from the late 18th century, featuring an embossed leather top with brass accents, with two brushing slide...
Category
French Directoire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Metal, Brass
French Original Black Painted Portable 18th Century Writing Desk
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An original black painted portable desk from the end of the 18th century. With owner initials, the desk has a French hand-written address on the inside. ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very good example of a late 18th century Louis XVI Secretaire a Abattant. The secretaire is crafted of solid walnut and is a ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Brass
18th Century Mahogany Cylinder Desk
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very good quality late 18th century Georgian mahogany cylinder desk having well figured roll top, enclosing baize sliding writing surface with...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French Marquetry Slant Top Ladies Writing Desk, Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
French marquetry ladies slant top three-drawer writing desk with floral motif inlay, flanking step back interior drawers, leather writing surface, carved scalloped skirt, original or...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Gold, Ormolu
Very Fine 18th Century George I Period Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A very fine George I period walnut and feather banded bureau bookcase, circa 1720, the moulded cornice above a pair of mirror panelled doors, ope...
Category
British George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
George I Walnut Kneehole Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Nicely figured walnut, rectangular quarter veneer top over top over a drawer and kneehole with door and small drawer flanked by drawers raised on bracket feet.
Category
English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Other
Bachelor Desk
Located in Perth, GB
Georgian 18th cetury Bachelors Desk with fold over leather top which has a gold tooled border. The hinged top is supported upon pull out slides. The draw...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century English George III Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a George III mahogany kneehole desk, having a total of 11 drawers and a cupboard to the centre, the desk stands on small ...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
George III Red Japanned Slant Lid Desk
Located in Essex, MA
With later decoration with hinged slant lid and fitted interior, drawer below and square section legs.
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Pine
19th Century Classical Charles X Burled Mahogany Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Miami, FL
A dramatic Charles X fall front secretary in astounding burled mahogany veneer. The original fossilized marble top is supported by an elliptical molding. The main body contains one u...
Category
French Charles X Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Tuscan Bureau
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 18th century Tuscan bureau.
Dating from the late 18th Century, this Italian painted bureau originates from Tuscany.
The slope top is line i...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Wood
New England Hepplewhite Step Back Tambour Flip Top Secretary Desk
Located in Kenilworth, IL
American Hepplewhite tambour secretary flip top desk. Composed of mahogany solids and figured mahogany veneers along with contrasting patterned string inlays and rosewood cross bandi...
Category
American Hepplewhite Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Brass
Rare and Important Sheraton Painted Satinwood Cheveret
Located in Montreal, QC
A rare and important Sheraton period painted satinwood cheveret in original finish and with original painted floral swags and garlands. The superstructure with fitted book carrier; the stand with two short drawers above a secretaire drawer, fitted with a writing slide, with shaped under-tier and on square tapering legs.
This is a rather rare form, but to find it in satinwood, painted and in the original finish is very rare indeed. This little desk was made for personal correspondence; billets doux and was already old when Jane Austin...
Category
English Sheraton Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Satinwood
18th Century French Fruitwood Desk
Located in High Point, NC
18th century fruitwood desk from France with a gorgeously banded top over simple and scalloped sides and two drawers in the front flanking a knee hole, which measures 26 inches in he...
Category
French Country Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century Desk in Mahogany and Marquetry--Georgian Period
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant writing desk with two drawers in mahogany and lemon tree inlays -English -Georgian period
Superb desk decorated with wooden marquetry as well as lemon tree inlays
Straight ...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Mahogany Bureau, 18th Century
Located in Southall, GB
18th Century Georgian Mahogany Bureau
A small 18th century Georgian mahogany bureau.
The bureau has original gilt brass rococo shaped handles and keyhole escutcheons.
The bu...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Cathedra Desk with Beautiful Original Lacquering
Located in Cesena, FC
Original lacquered cathedra desk, of rare beauty.
Period: mid 1700s
Originally from the marche region
It has in the front 2 doors as if it were a sideboard
Measures: cm 152x...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Wood
George III Bureau Desk or Secretary Chest of Mahogany from the 18th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine George III slant top desk or bureau secretary chest of patinated mahogany, c.1770 - an inlaid slant front drops to reveal a series of small drawers and document compartments, ...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian Mid-18th Century Genovese St. Hand Painted Cabinet / Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most decorative Italian mid 18th century Genovese st. hand painted cabinet/desk. The desk is raised by lovely scalloped serpentine shaped supports below two lovely ha...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Wood
George II Walnut Kneehole Desk
Located in Folkestone, GB
An especially fine quality George II period burr walnut kneehole desk with quartered 'bookmark-veneered' top with herringbone inlay and cross-band...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
Italian Baroque Walnut and Bone Inlaid Writing Bureau / Chest
Located in Essex, MA
An impressive piece recently purchased from a local family that had it for many years and had inherited it from their grandparents. With rectangular top decorated with trailing flowe...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Bone, Walnut
Early George III Walnut Kneehole Desk
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An early George III walnut kneehole desk, the shaped rectangular top quarter veneered with re-entrant corners and herring bone cross-banding, with one long drawer above a disguised d...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century French Secretary Desk
Located in Belmont, MA
This gorgeous Louis XV Secretary desk dates back to around 1750-60 and was made in France. The secretaire de dame has a kingwood veneer and a v...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Kingwood
Small Georgian Elm Bureau
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A delightful early 18th century George I Period Elm
bureau of diminutive proportions having well figured
fall front enclosing drawers and pigeon holes over
two short and three lo...
Category
English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Elm
Austrian Neoclassic Parquetry Pedestal Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top over a long drawer flanked by small drawers over pedestals each with two drawers. Bracket feet. Finished all around in a design of inlay that gives a striped effect.
Category
Austrian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
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 exceptional patina & colour.
Measures - 75cm H x 74cm W x 47cm D.
Category
British George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Oak, Walnut
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 ...
Category
Swiss Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Slate
Fine Chippendale Period Satinwood and Marquetry Desk
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine Chippendale-period satinwood and marquetry desk.
English, George III period, circa 1770.
The considerable use of the best quality mahogany in the carcass is typical of the very fine work of Thomas Chippendale.
It is rare today to find an 18th-century satinwood and marquetry-inlaid desk of this quality. (Most offered on the market are 19th/ 20th century). Major, period satinwood pieces have become almost unobtainable.
The superbly-controlled and delicate marquetry inlays are reminiscent of the fine decoration on the famous Diana and Minerva Commode by Chippendale at Harewood House...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Satinwood
George 11nd small Kneehole Desk in Mahogany, English Circa 1745
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine original antique kneehole desk or dressing table from the mid-18th century, thought to have the provenance of being part of the es...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Hardwood
Queen Anne Burr Walnut Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
A superior quality Queen Anne period, burr walnut bureau in superb condition and of outstanding colour with curly grain figuring and deep, rich patina. The shallow sloping fall enclo...
Category
English Queen Anne Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
Small George I Walnut Bureau on Stand
Located in Lymington, GB
George I period walnut bureau or desk on stand, of compact proportions, ca 1720.
This small early Georgian desk is veneered in walnut an...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Georgian Irish Mahogany Demi Lune Games Card or Tea Table George III
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A superb example of an Early Irish Mahogany Georgian Demi-lune Fold-over Games Table of outstanding museum quality. Made in Ireland during the last quart...
Category
Irish George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut
Georgian Mahogany Pedestal Desk, 18th Century
Located in Southall, GB
Georgian Mahogany pedestal desk
An 18th century Georgian mahogany pedestal desk.
The desk has a gold tooled black leather writing...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Classical Charles X Burled Mahogany Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Miami, FL
A dramatic Charles X fall front secretary in astounding burled mahogany veneer. The original fossilized marble top is supported by an elliptical molding. The main body contains one u...
Category
French Charles X Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Large Gilded Bronze Clock with Louis XIV Figure, 18th Century
By France"
Located in Madrid, ES
Large gilded bronze clock with Louis XIV figure.
Mechanism working with a pendulum and original key
End 18th century beginning 19th century...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Bronze
Hepplewhite Serpentine Kneehole Table, 18th Century
Located in Southall, GB
Hepplewhite serpentine kneehole table
An 18th century Georgian mahogany Hepplewhite serpentine kneehole dressing or writing table.
The tab...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Mahogany Architect’s Desk with Leather Top, France ca. 1800
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 18th century French Louis XVI period architect's desk in mahogany with green leather top, 1 drawer, and tapered legs on casters. Desk features an adjustable writing...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
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 Italy has the appearance of being a three drawer chest at first glance. However, upo...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Wood
18th Century English George I Walnut Secretary Bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality George I walnut secretary bookcase, having a domed cornice above a bevelled mirror door enclosing two shelves. The...
Category
English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Walnut, Rosewood and Bone Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine Italian 18th century Louis XV period walnut, rosewood, and boneTuscan desk. The desk is raised on cabriole legs below the wide central drawer and pullout with a leather writin...
Category
Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Ivory, Rosewood, Walnut
18th Century Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Stunning 18th C painted bureau with unusual serpentine fronted drawers and fall front. 1780.
Dimensions
42 inches (107 cms) wide
22 inches (56 ...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Oak
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.
Of exceptional waxed honey color and lovely old patina, with well-matched veneers.
With a quarter-veneered top. Six short drawers below a hinged fall revealing a writing section, all surrounding a central recessed cupboard. There is a small, shaped pull-out drawer fitted in the apron.
All finely inlaid with herringbone lines. Raised on its original bracket feet. Swan-neck handles probably fitted later in the 18th century. Locks and keys are mostly original. Walnut veneered and crossbanded sides.
Nb. Having a fitted secrétaire drawer distinguishes this antique walnut kneehole desk...
Category
English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
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