19th Century Lap Desk

A good early 19th century Lap Desk or writing slope, unusually constructed in richly figured Amboyna wood.

A good early 19th century lap desk or writing slope, unusually constructed in richly figured Amboyna wood.

Rare and good quality Chinese export camphor wood writing desk, circa 1860. Brass bound around the outer edges and carrying handles to each side. These desk were made for sea captai...

This 19th-century painted wood lap desk, likely of French origin, is of rectangular form with a hinged lid finely decorated with a naturalistic pastoral scene depicting a standing co...

19th-Century Pine Lap Desk Inlaid with Mother-of-Pearl A small and lined with a fabric lap desk.

Mid 19th century burr campaign lap desk circa 1860.

A early 19th Century Chippendale Rosewood Lap Desk on Stand.Circa 1810s Measures 18.5" in width, 10.5" in depth and 21" in height.

Mahogany & brass English antique travel lap desk with custom black ebonized birch wooden stand. The top folds open to a green felt line writing surface with two lidded compartments....

Antique English rosewood regency inlaid lap desk, circa 1830.

Antique English Regency rosewood travelling lap desk box, circa 1830.

Travel Lap Desk Walnut 19th C. on Stand as Side Table Decorative Gift Antique LA .

Circa 19th Century. Measurements: 4.75" H x 12" W x 8.5" D.

A Federal Era Mahogany and Birdseyes Maple Lap Desk on Stand, Circa 1810s Measures 22.5" in width, 11.5" in depth and 22" in height. Without stand , 22" in width, 11" in depth and 8....

A stunning Victorian Silver and Brass Mounted Circassian Walnut Lap Desk on Gilt Metal Stand. Measures 15.75" in width, 9.5" in depth, 19.50" in height. Wooden part is 9.5" high.

Antique Italian Mahogany Inlaid and Hand Painted Angled Lap Desk Give you office, living room or bedroom a distinctive flair with this exquisitely decorated, custom crafted, lap desk.

An exceptional and rare 19th century mahogany lap desk inlaid with impressive arrays of sunbursts to the corners and central sun form motif.

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 Early Victorian style. This sma...

Charming Trompe L'0eil painted lap desk on stand. Top features a letter & quill pen. The legs of stand have hand painted ivy. Top hinges open to storage compartment.

Superb and Rare Antique English Tunbridge Inlaid Walnut rare triple folding Jewelry Box and Lap Desk Please note extraordinary "Tunbridge" inlaid burr walnut exterior, mother of pea...

This antique campaign box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1820 and done in the period Victorian style. The lap desk is composed of...

Antique Lap Desk on Stand, 19th Century, England. A mahogany brass trimmed campaign style lap desk on later custom stand.

19th Century Pollard Oak Campaign Writing Slope or Lap Desk This is a very rare piece, it is a Campaign Writing Slope, it is made in Pollard Oak and bound in brass, it is an except...

ABOUT A 19th century pressed paper lap desk with an embossed and gilded stag decoration to top.

English Victorian oak and walnut trim lap desk box with nail head and brass filigree design.

English Victorian oak and walnut trim lap desk box with nail head and brass filigree design.  

c.1800, England, Regency brass inlaid rosewood lap desk in the manner of George Bullock. Rectangular box with double-hinged lid, opening to tooled navy leather and gold embossed writ...

PRESENTING an ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS and EXTREMELY UNIQUE and RARE 19C British Tunbridgeware Micromosaic Lap Desk. This lap desk is unlike any of it’s kind we have seen before. From c...

Presenting an absolutely fantastic 19C Anglo Ceylonese lap desk of museum quality. We can safely say that this is one of the finest lap desks we have ever seen !

Antique Japanese Mother of Pearl inlaid jewelry box w lap desk This item includes restricted materials and can not be sold outside of the contiguous United States.

A very attractive Victorian figured walnut writing slope of rich colour and striking grain. The exterior displays beautifully figured veneers with deep movement and warmth, complemen...

A fine quality brass inlaid Campaign style traveling desk with a recessed brass handle engraved with the name of its owner, Anne Orten. The piece opens to reveal a velvet lined writi...

Chinese export, circa 1820. An exceptional quality and rare form. Featuring figural landscape decorations in gilt to the main black lacquer doors, which open to reveal 13 separated c...

A very pretty French Napoleon III period brass inlaid rosewood and kingwood lap desk of fine quality. This portable writing desk is centered by a beautifully painted landscape scene....

Circa 1840 lap desk box writing box on custom side table stand, English.

This antique writing box or lap desk was made by the highly renowned Jennens & Bettridge of England in approximately 1880 and done in the period Victorian style. The box is construct...

Circa 1860 travel or lap desk on custom made side table stand, Swedish. Marquetry panel top decoration of a sleigh pulled by one man, pushed by another. Marquetry leaves & flowers wi...

This antique writing box or lap desk is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1880 and done in the period Victorian style. The box is const...

This antique writing box or lap desk is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1880 and done in the period Victorian style. The box is const...

A early 19th Century Chippendale Rosewood Lap Desk on Stand.Circa 1810s Measures 18.5" in width, 10.5" in depth and 21" in height.

Nice 19th century lap desk with tooled leather insert concealed in a burled wood box with brass banding.

An English brass mounted burr walnut lap desk on later stand from the second half of the 19th century.

A 19th century Anglo-Indian solid ebony lap desk, with alto relievo carving of scrolling foliate motifs, opening to reveal a slanted leather writing surface and storage compartments.

China Trade Lap Desk With Pop-up Compartments and Secret Drawers. Retro-fited with Brass English Hinges,Bale Handles, Escutcheon and Lock

A satinwood lap desk inlaid with brass and tulipwood with two original ink bottles.     

Highly decorative large papier mache box that opens to reveal a pull out writing surface and storage area.

Serpentine form and a stationery stack interior that is so beautiful, you'll find it difficult to decide if you want it displayed closed or open to view. A fine writer's slope (as th...

Offered is an exquisite, 19th Century European lap desk box with abalone and wood inlay.

Walnut Lap Desk with Brass Detail & Glass Inkwell

Fine Napoleon III “Boulle” marquetry lap desk with extensive brass and tortoiseshell inlay, the lids opening to a three-tiered letter holder and a fitted interior with wells and a sl...

A fine antique English Regency rosewood and brass trimmed lap desk now mounted on a later mahogany stand.

Victorian Period Walnut Lap Desk with Felt Interior and Compartments.

A late 19th century, circa 1882, hand painted architectural element or perhaps a game / gambling board or maybe a lap desk / desk insert... the possibilities can go as to the attribu...

The hinged top revealing a fitted interior, the exterior in yew wood and tortoise.

Irish mahogany writing box/lap desk inlaid with various symbols including a harp, shamrock etc, circa 1880.

A Regency 1820 Brass inlaid rosewood lap desk, with inset brass handles, are leathered writing surface and two original ink wells, it has a stationary rack to the interior and variou...

A Victorian 1850 brassbound olive wood lap desk, it’s a beautiful piece of olive wood in wonderful condition with a Coromandel interior and a wedge wood plaque to the centre. It has ...

A 19th century English lap desk on wooden stand. This English lap desk circa 1860-1870 features a rectangular writing wooden box decorated with brass accents on its top and sides.