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Period: 19th Century
Monumental Antique English Regency Style Partner’s Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A truly exceptional Antique English Partner’ Desk notable not only for its size, but also for the Handsome Wood and Magnificent Splayed Base. Grand scale mahogany English Regency Sty...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
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 throughout, stepped interior and hand dovetailed drawer construction.
Category
Dutch Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Burr Oak Regency Galleried Writing Desk, Circa 1820
Located in Lincoln, GB
This unusual regency burr oak writing desk is of exceptionally fine quality. The skiver raises towards you for ease of use. The piece is extremely rare due to the burr oak and in gre...
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Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Functionalist Tubular Steel Desk by Gottwald and Chair by Slezak 1930s
Located in Wien, AT
Functionalist tubular steel desk by Hynek Gottwald and chair by Slezak 1930s.
This one of a kind directors desk with a very nice walnut veneer has been completely restored.
The ma...
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Czech Art Deco Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Oak Writing Desk, circa 1860
Located in Evergreen, CO
Made of solid oak and finished with a light stain, this beautiful writing desk has a narrow depth that maximizes storage without sacrificing floor space. Unlike many writing desks, t...
Category
Belgian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
ANTIQUE VICTORIAN FULLY STAMPED MORRIS & CO CIRCA 1880 SATiNWOOD PEDESTAL DESK
By Morris & Co.
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and important original fully stamped Morris & Co Satinwood Victorian pedestal desk with gallery top
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote please send me your postcode and I’ll provide you with the exact price
This is a very rare and fine piece of English craftsmanship, the timber is sublime, it simply glows in any light, the gallery rail edge is a nice feature and reminds me of Navy map...
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English High Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Satinwood
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Cylinder Bureau
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry cylinder bureau.
Stamped to the reverse of the bronze mounts 'PB'.
The top of Sarrancolin marble above a tambour with a central mount depicting Minerva. The marquetry depicting allegories of Geography and Astronomy. The interior has a green-leather covered pull out writing slide below an arrangement of drawers and cubby-holes. The back and sides intricately inlaid with marquetry of military and Maritime trophies. The sides with pullout leather-lined slides. The kneehole with a frieze drawer and three short drawers to the sides.
France, Circa 1880.
This desk is inspired by the bureau de roi, begun by Jean-François Oeben and completed by Jean-Henri Riesener for Louis XV in 1769 (now at Versailles) featuring similar marquetry panels, as well as a bureau à cylindre, also by Riesener, formerly thought to have been made for King Stanislas of Poland, but now identified as being supplied to the comte d'Orsay (now in the Wallace Collection). The present lot is however most similar in form to a secrétaire à cylindre...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Writing Desk Secretary
Located in San Angelo, TX
This beautiful and unique 19th century Swedish Gustavian writing desk is perfect for any room or hallway. The colors are amazing with th...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Wood, Pine, Paint
Fine Early Victorian Burl Walnut Kidney Shaped Desk
Located in Essex, MA
A rare and hard to find desk of the finest quality. Most likely made by the firm of Gillow of Lancaster and London. With a kidney shaped top with a new tooled green leather top an ex...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Mahogany Double Sided Desk of French origin
Located in Cesena, FC
Large double-sided desk in mahogany in the center of the room
important desk in mahogany from the center of the room, of French origin.
A very elegant and imposing double-sided desk...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Empire Style Mahogany Middle Desk with Egyptian Décor, France 19th Century
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
It is composed of two boxes and a central tray opening with nine drawers in total. The desk is in mahogany veneer of very fine grain quality, the color of the mahogany is not dark but rather soft, in harmony with the slightly darker soft veining that embellishes this mahogany veneer. This desk is adorned with gilded bronzes depicting busts of Egyptian women, leafy motifs such as palmettes and laurel wreaths, diamonds. All the bronzes are original, none of them are added.
The top of the desk is embellished with empire green leathers gilded with iron. This "Return from Egypt" style desk is a fine example of the Empire style.
It can also be combined with our empire green leather office chair...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Exhibition Bureau a Cylindre by Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional late 19th century gilt bronze Mounted Louis XV/XVI Style Exhibition Bureau a Cylindre By Henry Dasson
Henry Dasson – Thought to be made especially for Dasson’s stand at the Paris Exhibition of 1889.
The rectangular top with pierced three-quarter gallery, above three frieze drawers, with the center drawer opening to a hidden leather book holder...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century 3-Piece Diminutive Lacquer Secretary Desk with Nice Chinoiserie
Located in Milford, NH
A fine three-piece diminutive black lacquer secretary desk with extensive chinoiserie or japanned decoration, including a base table, bras...
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English Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Bureau Plat in the Manner of Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine 19th century Louis XV style Walnut, Ebony and floral marquetry Bureau Plat in the manner of Edward Holmes Baldock, the serpentine shaped top inset with a panel of tooled leather within a border of scroll work and floral trails, the corners with shell and cabochon and foliate clasp mounts, above two frieze drawers decorated with floral marquetry and similar opposing dummy drawers, on cabriole legs applied with scrolling foliate and rocaille mounts trailing to sabots.
Footnotes:
Edward Holmes Baldock (1777-1845) is documented in London Trade Directories of the period in various capacities but first appears listed at 7 Hanway Street, London in 1805 described as a '..dealer in china and glass'. But by 1826 the various facets of the business included '..buying and selling, exchanging and valuing china, cabinets, screens, bronzes etc'. Baldock's business seems to have largely involved trading in foreign items and between 1832-7 he was the purveyor of earthenware and glass to William IV and later purveyor of china to Queen Victoria from 1838 until his death. He is known to have repaired, re-modelled and adapted furniture...
Category
English Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Large 19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Partners Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A very large French Louis XV style bureau plat partners desk from the late 19th century with an old black leather tooled top. This desk is beautifully veneered in kingwood and rosewo...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Transforming Table, Ladies Desk, Secretaire, Walnut, France ca 1860
Located in Greven, DE
Small antique secretary, lady's desk
France
Walnut
around 1860
Dimensions: H x W x D: 90 x 59 x 53 cm
Description:
Quite extraordinary small piece of transforming furniture...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Regency Burr Elm Davenport Desk
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Exceptional Quality And Extremely Rare Early 18th Century Regency Period Burr Elm Davenport Having Hinged Swivel Top With Inset Leather, Retaining Elegant Original Ormolu Gallery With Pierced Handle, Over Rare Mechanical Slide And Four Ash Lined Drawers With Bobbin Moulded Decoration, Raised On Original Turned Bun Feet.
The term Davenport is owed to Captain Davenport...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Elm
"Japonisme" Cylinder Desk Att. to G. Viardot, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare Japanese style cylinder desk in tinted and carved wood, richly engraved on all sides with foliage, cherry branches and geometric interlacing. Surmounted by two asymmetrical shelves, the cylinder is decorated with an engraved dragon. Opening this cylinder reveals many compartments with adjustable dimensions, a drawer with engraved decoration and letter storage. The cylinder sides can open laterally, allowing a larger area for working and writing.
The lower part of the desk is formed on the left by five superimposed drawers decorated with geometric interlacing and carved branches, as well as Japanese characters, deer and mother-of-pearl foliage. On the right, there is a drawer and a door decorated with carved leaves and mother-of-pearl interlacing, revealing four drawers forming compartments.
An ingenious mechanism makes it possible, when the cylinder is closed with a key, to completely lock the desk.
Gabriel Viardot career began as a wood carver and he produced small furniture, sculpturally carved with naturalistic motifs and animals. In the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris, his finely sculpted objects were well received. However, with the increasing importation of similarly produced Swiss and German articles, he found less opportunity for these and decided to innovate. G. Viardot succeeded to his father’s business in 1861 installed rue Rambuteau in Paris. Around 1870 he turned to the idea of producing « Meubles genre Chinois et Japonais ». The taste in Europe for exotic furniture, incorporating sometimes authentic Chinese or Japanese objects...
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French Japonisme Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
French 19th Century Inlay Lady’s Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This is a darling petite lady’s writing desk from France circa 1850. Sleek and uncluttered design, typical of its Louis XVI style. A wonderful white marble top is encircled by an ele...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
French Empire Mahogany Drop Front Secretary "Secrétaire à Abattant"
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 19th century French mahogany wood Empire style drop front secretary with a removable black marble top. The secretary features two front side columns with bronze mounts detail w...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Liberty & Co A Moorish Walnut Desk with Angular Design & 4 Opposite Side Drawers
Located in London, GB
Liberty & Co.
A Moorish Walnut Desk with Mushrabia turnings to the upper shelf, just below to the turned uprights there are dowel holes which I have shown in the images, they are the...
Category
English Moorish Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century English Burl Walnut Tunbridge Writing Slope Box
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique English burl walnut and ebony inlaid tunbridge writing slope box / lap desk, circa 1870. This handsome box opens to reveal a leather...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century German Black Forest Chip-Carved Suite Desk with Drawer and Chair
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century German black forest chip-carved suite desk with drawer and chair.
Impressive and extremely rare Black Forest desk and chair. The rectangul...
Category
German Black Forest Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Pine
Antique Mahogany Freestanding Slide Top Davenport by Charles Hindley & Sons
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality mahogany freestanding slide top Davenport by Charles Hindley and Sons, Oxford Street, London having a quality sliding and tw...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Other
19th C. Knee Hole Partners Desk With Tooled Olive Leather Top
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine mahogany knee hole desk, the top with carved edge and inset olive green embossed leather writing surface. The front with three frieze drawers over three short drawers on each ...
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ladies Writing Desk Marquetry Inlay
Located in Wells, ME
French Louis XVI style fall front serpentine lady's writing desk in rosewood with elaborate marquetry inlay in boxwood and satinwood. This diminutive, bombay, elegant writing desk ha...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Rare Gothic Revival Writing Desk Carved Oak Antique 19th Century Angels Dragons
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Exceptional & Breathtaking ! This very high quality Gothic Revival writing desk / secretaire marked 1887.
Carved from European oak with superb craftsmanship and numerous details !
The 2 doors are decorated with angels & the top also displays 2 angels.
There are 2 dragons on the top piece, gothic faces are made as handle grips for the 4 drawers.
The desk has carved gothic panels...
Category
French Gothic Revival Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Velvet, Oak
Victorian Davenport Desk Lift Top Pop Up Mechanism Concealed File Compartment
Located in Rockaway, NJ
English Victorian Davenport Desk Lift Top Pop Up Mechanism Concealed File Compartment.
Beautiful burl wood cabinet.
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Maple, Oak, Burl
French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Montreal, QC
This fine piece dates from the third quarter of the 19th century and has many of the characteristics of a period piece, although made later. The mahogany is exceptionally well-chosen...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique English Walnut Military Campaign Chest or Lap Desk with Brass Mounts
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique campaign box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1820 and done in the period Victoria...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Provincial Fruitwood Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Diminutive size 19th century French provincial writing table or desk. The table is constructed from fruitwood with a warm patina and lovely wood grain patterns. Fronted by a single s...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
Chinese Antique Table Ming Style Console Side Table
Located in Somis, CA
A solid wood table in Ming dynasty style. The solid top is set in a floating panel structure joined by mitered tenons and mortises. A narrow waist connects the top to the set of two ...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
FRENCH DESK WITH XIX CENTURY MARQUETRY ELEGANT 19th CENTURY
Located in Madrid, ES
FRENCH DESK WITH XIX CENTURY MARQUETRY ELEGANT XIX CENTURY DESK IN GEOMETRIC MARQUETRY AND GREEN INK. IT IS DECORATED WITH GILDED BRONZE. IT KEEPS ITS ORIGINAL KEY. MEASURES: 70X87X4...
Category
French Baroque Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique English Wood & Brass Travelling Lap Desk and Document Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique lap desk and document box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1825 and done in the period...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Fornasetti Decorated Antique Italian Writing Desk
By Fornasetti
Located in Hudson, NY
The exquisite antique table desk, shown here, represents the first collaboration between foley&cox HOME and Fornasetti. The desk was purchased in Italy and hand-decorated by Fornasetti using...
Category
Italian Empire Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Watchmakers Desk Georgian Taste Hardwood & Brown Leather
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1880-1900 Watchmakers desk in the Georgian taste with period brown leather top and sorting drawer...
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Early-Mid 19th c. Hand Painted Slant Desk, c.1820-1840
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Early to mid 19th century hand painted slant front desk with a lift top, large interior space with three drawers and brass knobs. The lower section has a hinged door with prim...
Category
American Rustic Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Napoleon III French Travel Fall Front Desk in Rosewood and Boxwood Veneer 1860s
Located in New York, NY
Napoleon III French travel fall front desk in rosewood and boxwood veneer 1860s.
With inset leather fall front. Small compartment in top. Cut outs to interior for ink wells
& paper organizing...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Carved Oak and Rattan Reception Desk
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Carved oak and rattan reception desk
The Desk stands on slender barley twist turned legs with a long Bergèr stretcher towards the back, this matche...
Category
Arts and Crafts Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
A Victorian kidney shaped desk in richly figured burr walnut, attributed to Gill
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian kidney shaped desk in richly figured burr walnut, attributed to Gillows, the shaped leather-inset top above a central disguised frieze drawer and four drawers with brass ...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Venetian Roll Top Desk
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A Venetian, hand carved roll top desk in burled walnut veneer. Fitted interior with pull out, sliding writing area with inset red leather. A carved woode...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
French, Mid-19th Century Empire-Style Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-19th century
The petite mahogany knee-hole desk with a central drawer and two slender drawers on each side,
with gilt-bronze mounts and inset tooled green leather writing su...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
Russian Empire Commode Secretary
Located in Newport Beach, CA
An exceptional Russian Empire fruitwood and ebonized 4 drawer chest/secretary. The top drawer conceals the drop-down desk featuring 6 drawers and a lapis...
Category
European Empire Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
Oak Arts and Crafts Restaurant Reception Podium, Greeter
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Oak Arts and Crafts Restaurant Reception Podium, Greeter,
Oak Arts and Crafts Greeter, the top of the desk has a flat polished surface suppo...
Category
Arts and Crafts Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique French Louis XVI Style Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century French partners desk with a tooled red leather top over a case crafted in mahogany with four drawers on either side decora...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Moroccan Desk or Escritoire
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Important 19th century Moroccan escritoire or desk crafted in mahogany with strong aesthetics movement influences. Featuring Moorish architectural references, floral and geometric bone inlays...
Category
Moroccan Moorish Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Fine Antique Early Victorian Military Campaign Writing Slope Davenport Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this early Victorian Military Campaign writing slope in the form of a Davenport desk circa 1840-1860 in solid mahogany
I’ve only ever seen one o...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Antique Swedish Secretary Cabinet 19th Century
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Swedish Secretary Desk with open book shelves above the fall front desk and bottom cabinet doors. The desk section has multiple sma...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
An Exceptional 19th Century Irish Fall Front Bureau by Butlers of Dublin
Located in Dublin, IE
An exceptional 19th Century Irish, finely carved and richly patinated mahogany fall front bureau by Butler of Dublin. The moulded fall front opens forwards revealing a writing surface which rests on two pull out slide supports and a fitted interior comprising of an arrangement of eight line inlaid serpentine cubby holes flanking central cupboard with intricate marquetry detail, depicting a military officer in period dress, armed with sword and shield...
Category
Irish Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Spanish Baroque Oak Desk - Console
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
19th Century Spanish antique oak desk, writting table with two drawers.
This elegant console was crafted in Spain, circa 1900, it featur...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Small School Desk in Oak, 1900
Located in Marseille, FR
Small school desk in oak 1900 with vintage porcelain inkwell. Dimension height 73 cm for a width of 50 cm and a depth of 44 cm.
Additional informa...
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Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
19th Century English George III Chinoiserie Bureau
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 19th century hand painted and decorated chinoiserie bureau / desk. The fall front opening to reveal a fully fitted interior and numerous holding compartments, above an arrangem...
Category
English Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
French Desks = Antique Empire Knee Hole Bureau Desk, 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Elegant French Empire knee hole desk we date to circa 1890
Wonderful French desk with brass channelled inlay
Such a good look to this piece, refined and very stylish from all angles
Easy to move as on castors, great for a home office set...
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
France Desk Style: Biedermeier, 1847
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French desk style: Biedermeier
Year 1847
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
If you are looking for desk lamp to match your desk, we have what you need.
If you have any q...
Category
French Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
circa 1880 George III Style Carved Solid Oak Chest, Green Man Writing Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this 19th century heavily carved dark oak kneehole desk. An impressive green man desk with flowers and scrolls, the s...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Continental 19th Century Biedermeier St. Butler’s Desk/Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and unique Continental 19th century Biedermeier st. flamed Mahogany, ebonized Fruitwood, and ormolu butler's desk/commode. The eight drawer chest is raised by square f...
Category
Unknown Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Fine circa 1800 Pollad Oak Writing Bureau Desk Claw & Ball Hand Carved Legs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite circa 1800 English made Pollard oak writing bureau with ornately hand carved claw & bal...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique English Mahogany Writing Desk with Chippendale Fretwork, circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English mahogany writing desk with Chippendale fretwork and Galleried top, circa 1880. Made by Edwards & Roberts.
Category
English Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
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