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French Roll Top Desk Louis XVI Inlay Bureau
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning antique French roll top desk in the Louis XVI manner Main structure of desk is in
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1920s Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Kingwood

Early 20th Century French Empire Style Roll-Top Desk
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century French Empire style roll-top desk French, early 20th century Dimensions
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Early 20th Century French Empire Antique French Roll Top Desk

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

French 18th Century Directoire Roll Top Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A handsome and classically designed French Directoire “D” roll top desk. The desk is topped with a
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18th Century French Directoire Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Marble

Large French Neoclassical Mahogany Roll-Top Desk
Located in Troy, NY
French mahogany Empire desk of stately proportions, with a roll top, revealing a double row of
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Mahogany

Large Francois Linke Roll Top Desk
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large and very fine Francois Linke roll top desk French late 19th-early 20th century Bureau a
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Early 1900s Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Wood

Antique Large Francois Linke Roll Top Desk
Large Francois Linke Roll Top Desk
H 49 in W 58 in D 32 in
French Empire Style Mahogany Roll Top Desk with Bronze Gilt Trim
Located in New York, NY
French Empire style (19th Century) mahogany roll top desk with bronze trim.
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19th Century French Empire Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Bronze

Mid 19th Century Mahogany Roll Top Writing Desk
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Roll bureau or roll secretary. Mid 19th century. Solid mahogany and veneered on oak. Standing
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Mid-19th Century French Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Mahogany, Oak

Antique Mid 19th Century Mahogany Roll Top Writing Desk
Mid 19th Century Mahogany Roll Top Writing Desk
H 57.88 in W 55.91 in D 34.26 in
Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Roll-Top Desk Attributed to P. Bernard
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
Furniture of the 19th century, Antique Collectors Club, 2013, p. 111 This roll-top desk is after a famous
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Ormolu

French Restauration Antique Mahogany Cylinder Roll-Top Desk circa 1830
Located in Shippensburg, PA
drawer over a cylinder roll-top that easily lifts with a pair of original stamped brass knobs to reveal a
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19th Century English Empire Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Marble, Brass, Ormolu

Antique Roll Top Desk Mahogany Bureau, 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Classy French Empire roll top desk in mahogany Plenty of storage with all the cubby holes and
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1880s Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Mahogany

19th Century Louis XVI Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine early 19th century Louis XVI period bureau à cylindre, or roll top desk, made of solid
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Brass

French Louis XVI Style Roll Top Desk in Mahogany and Gilt Bronze
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An imposing Louis XVI style roll top desk in beautifully figured mahogany and having finely chased
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Marble, Bronze

20th Century Inlaid Wood French Napoleon III Style Roll-Top Desk, 1920
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French roll-top bureau from the early 20th century. Napoleon III style furniture richly inlaid with
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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Wood

Very Fine 19th Century Louis XVI Roll Top Desk by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century French Louis XVI kingwood and tulipwood marquetry rolltop desk. Fine gilt
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century French Empire Style Mahogany Roll-Top Desk with Gilt Bronze-Mounted
Located in Cypress, CA
This impressive 19th century, French Empire style gilt bronze-mounted Fine mahogany roll-top desk
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19th Century French Empire Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Ormolu

Louis XVI Style French Marquetry Roll Top Bureau De Damme
Located in London, by appointment only
A fine 19th century roll top bureau de damme in the Louis XVI style, with fine veneers and panels
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique French Roll Top Desk

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique French Walnut Tambour Top Desk
Located in Denton, TX
Rare 19th century French walnut roll top desk in the style of Louis XV. The tambour door locks with
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Oak, Walnut

Antique French Walnut Tambour Top Desk
Antique French Walnut Tambour Top Desk
H 40.75 in W 46.5 in D 26.5 in
Fine 19th Century François Linke Bronze Mounted Bureau a Cylindre Roll Top Desk
By François Linke
Located in Miami, FL
Bureau a Cylindre or roll top desk is a splendid creation. Mahogany with a deep plum color and richly
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Bronze

19th Century American Cutler & Sons Model 1 Roll Top Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
roll top or cylinder fronted desk with the front of the desk folding under the desk section. You
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Late 19th Century American American Craftsman Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Walnut

Louis XV style walnut roll top desk with large drawer and upper compartments.
Located in Oakville, ON
A charming roll top desk in the style of Louis XV made in walnut having interesting and attractive
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Walnut

Louis XVI Satinwood Roll Top Desk by Macret - Stamped - 18th Century circa 1780
By Pierre Macret
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Louis XVI mahogany roll top desk, ormolu ornamentation, France, late 18th century, circa 1780
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Ormolu

Antique Country French Walnut Desk ~ Writing Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Country French Walnut Desk ~ Writing Table is a classic piece with understated elegance
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Early 20th Century French Country Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Brass

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany Lady’s Cylinder Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
band, and keyhole escutcheon. The roll top cylinder is flanked by additional reeded plaques and also
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Marble, Brass, Ormolu

Louis XVI Roll Top Desk, France 1780
Located in Belmont, MA
This unique Louis XVI Roll Top Desk was made in France around 1780. The outside of the secretary
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Kingwood, Yew

Louis XVI Roll Top Desk, France 1780
Louis XVI Roll Top Desk, France 1780
H 36.62 in W 35.04 in D 20.48 in
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Kingwood, Tulipwood and Ormolu Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
. The roll top opens to reveal the original pull out writing surface with its original fitted gold
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique French Roll Top Desk

Materials

Ormolu

Early 19th Century French Empire Period Bureau a Cylindre Gentleman's Desk
Located in Forney, TX
cylinder desk features a tambour roll top, opening to reveal an interior gallery fitted with small drawers
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Bronze

French 18th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Desk
Located in CANTELEU, FR
magnificent flamed mahogany roll-top desk, a piece that evokes the opulence of French royal palaces. This
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1780s Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Marble

French 19th Century Transitional St. Bureau À Cylindre Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
ormolu Bureau à Cylindre desk. The exceptional thirteen drawer roll top desk is raised by elegant
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19th Century French Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Ormolu

Small Directoire Cylinder Desk In Mahogany
Located in London, GB
A small French Directoire mahogany cylinder desk, with brass detailing throughout. The roll top
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1790s French Directoire Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Marble, Brass

Small Directoire Cylinder Desk In Mahogany
Small Directoire Cylinder Desk In Mahogany
H 42.52 in W 27.56 in D 18.12 in
Antique French Empire Revival Cylinder Bureau, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
An Empire Revival mahogany and parcel gilt cylinder bureau, Circa 1880 in date. The panelled roll
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1880s French Empire Revival Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Mahogany

20th Century Palisander Mahogany Wood Marble French Napoleon III Bureau, 1870s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
an external drawer, complete with working key, of good capacity. Openable roll-top bureau that offers
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Marble

French Louis XVI Bureau a Cylindre, Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in Houston, TX
19th century desk with a Cylindre roll top opening to a leather top that pulls out for ease In use
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XV Style Writing Desk by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New Orleans, LA
Superior craftsmanship and elegant bronze work characterize this tambour front roll top writing
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Bronze

French Louis XV Miniature Secretary
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) vitrine in the form of a miniature secretary with roll top and
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19th Century Louis XV Antique French Roll Top Desk

Materials

Glass, Walnut

French Louis XV Miniature Secretary
French Louis XV Miniature Secretary
H 16 in W 10.25 in D 8 in
French Louis XV Miniature Secretary Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) inkwell stand in the form of a miniature secretary with roll
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19th Century Louis XV Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Glass, Walnut

19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Drop Front Desk. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
Hello, This exceptional Biedermeier drop front desk is the best example of top-quality Viennese
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Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Maple, Walnut

Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Parquetry Bureau a Rognon
Located in Montreal, QC
surface is enclosed by a pair of tambour shutters which, when rolled back, reveal small drawers. The desk
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Mahogany

French 19th Century Brass and Mahogany veneered Directoire Style Cylinder Bureau
Located in Berlin, DE
mirrored panelled doors, the roll-top opening to reveal a sliding leather writing surface surmounted by
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19th Century French Directoire Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Brass

Louis XVI Style Marquetry Writing Table after Jean-Henri Riesener, circa 1870
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
. Riesener began his career for the monarchy with the roll-top desk for Louis XV placed in his inner study
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Bronze

Louis XVI Style Cylinder Bureau, By François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
. Index Number 100. France, Circa 1890. The top with three quarter pierced gallery. The cylinder front
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Ormolu

Louis XVI Cylinder Desk, South German, 1780-1800
Located in Belmont, MA
outside and on the inside, including the writing surface. The outside of the roll top stands out for its
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1780s German Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Walnut

Louis XVI Cylinder Desk, South German, 1780-1800
Louis XVI Cylinder Desk, South German, 1780-1800
H 42.52 in W 38.59 in D 23.63 in
Edwards and Roberts Antique Inlaid Secretary Desk, 1860-1875, London
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Stately Mahogany inlaid leather top secretary desk, London England 1860-1875 by Cabinetmakers
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Mahogany, Leather, Glass

Antique French Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Console or Desserte
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A high quality French ormolu-mounted mahogany, Amaranth and Marquetry marble top console Desserte
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV Period Commode Styl Rococo
Located in Warsaw, PL
introduced, like chiffoniers, card tables, dressing tables, and roll-top desks. Ornamentation included exotic
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Malachite, Bronze

A Louis XV Ormolu mounted Tulipwood, Kingwood & Parquetry Collectors Cabinet
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Sheffield, MA
; malibu, ca, getty mus.). he invented tambour shutters for use on secrétaires with doors and roll-top
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18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique French Roll Top Desk

Louis XVI Style Commode after the Model by Jean-Henri Riesener, circa 1880
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
monarchy with the roll-top desk for Louis XV placed in his inner study. Commissioned in 1760 from his
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Marble, Bronze

Louis XVI Style Mahogany Gilt Bronze Centre Table by Paul Sormani, circa 1890
By Jean-Henri Riesener, Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
master. Riesener began his career for the monarchy with the roll-top desk for Louis XV placed in his
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Bronze

Louis XVI Style Commode after Jean-Henri Riesener by François Linke, circa 1905
By Jean-Henri Riesener, François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
for the monarchy with the roll-top desk for Louis XV placed in his inner study. Commissioned in 1760
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Bronze

Louis XVI Style Neoclassical Commode in the Manner of Riesener, circa 1890
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
master. Riesener began his career for the monarchy with the roll-top desk for Louis XV placed in his
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Louis XV Roll Top Cylinder Desk
Located in Miami, FL
19th c. Louis XV roll top cylinder desk, the rectangular marble top with three quarter pierced
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century French Brass Inlay Rosewood Writing Desk with Cylinder Roll Top
Located in South Newfane, VT
Exquisitely detailed late 18th century French rosewood Campaign style writing desk, inlaid with
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique French Roll Top Desk

Materials

Bronze

Directoire Roll Down Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Elmwood with rouge leather top and small storage drawers.
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18th Century French Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Wood

Directoire Roll Down Desk
Directoire Roll Down Desk
H 46.5 in W 57 in D 30 in
A 19th Century Directoire Period Walnut Cylinder Roll Top Writing Desk
Located in Toorak, VIC
An Early 19th Century Directoire Period Walnut Cylinder Roll Top Writing Desk. Handsome in
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Early 19th Century French Directoire Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Marble, Brass

French 19th Century Mahogany Desk
Located in Millbrook, NY
Fine French Mahogany roll top desk. White marble top over three drawers. Interior with cubby holes
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19th Century French Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Marble, Brass

French 19th Century Mahogany Desk
French 19th Century Mahogany Desk
H 51.5 in W 59 in D 29 in
19th Century French Ormolu-Mounted Rolltop Desk by Alfred Beurdeley
By Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley
Located in Pasadena, CA
galleried top inlaid wth lozenge parquetry, above a cylinder roll-top centered wth a ribbon-tied medallion
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique 18th Century Louis XVI Cylinder Bureau Writing Desk from France
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elegant freestanding antique French cylinder writing desk veneered with polished Acajou
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Marble, Brass

French 19th Century Mahogany Veneer and Brass inlaid "Bureau a Cylindre"
Located in Charleston, SC
Interesting Louis XVI style mahogany cylinder desk with a white marble top having a brass gallery
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Brass

Fine French Directoire Inkstand
Located in London, Middlesex
Naples in 1790. The King of Naples then commissioned a lacquer roll top desk using the same mounts in
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Early 19th Century French Directoire Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Bronze

Fine French Directoire Inkstand
Fine French Directoire Inkstand
H 3.35 in W 17.72 in D 9.85 in
19th Antique Cylinder Desk in Louis XVI Style Marquetry
Located in Hudson, NY
includes two large drawers. The roll-top cylinder is accessed with brass pulls and reveals a writing
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Roll Top Desk

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Wood

Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Mahagony Cylinder Desk signed Ancellet
By Denis-Louis Ancellet
Located in New York, NY
rectangular marble top fitted with a pierced gilt metal gallery above two glass doors, the roll-top opening to
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique French Roll Top Desk

Materials

Bronze

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Antique French Roll Top Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique French roll top desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each antique French roll top desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and metal. There are 15 variations of the antique or vintage antique French roll top desk you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without an antique French roll top desk — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. An antique French roll top desk, designed in the Louis XVI, Victorian or louis xv style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one antique French roll top desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Albert Hadley, François Linke and Pieter Compernol & Stephanie Grusenmeyer produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Antique French Roll Top Desk?

Prices for an antique French roll top desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,826 and can go as high as $775,000, while the average can fetch as much as $10,825.
Questions About Antique French Roll Top Desk
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    To tell if a roll-top desk is an antique, look closely at the materials. Real antiques feature hardwoods like cherry, mahogany and black walnut. If you detect the use of engineered woods, the desk is a reproduction. Also, early pieces show off irregular dovetail joints. Joints that appear perfectly uniform indicate that a roll-top desk is a more recent mass-produced piece. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of expertly vetted antique roll-top desks.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A variety of factors can determine the exact age of an antique roll top desk. Some things to look for is the type of wood and craftsmanship used to create the desk. Typically, older desks will be made from heavier wood. You can also check for a maker’s marks to determine the age. When in doubt, work with a certified appraiser to determine the authenticity of your roll top desk. You’ll find a variety of expertly vetted roll top desks on 1stDibs.