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Antique School Master Desks

Art Deco Mahogany Desk and Chair by Rene Herbst
By René Herbst
Located in New York, NY
Rene Herbst mahogany desk with rectangular top and integrated shelves and bent shelf stretcher base
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique School Master Desks

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Mahogany

Vintage Tiffany & Co. Sterlin Silver "Padova" Magnifying Glass by Elsa Peretti
By Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Parsons School of Design. Following two years of work and study in Paris and Milan, he returned to New
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1880s American Minimalist Antique School Master Desks

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Sterling Silver

Silver Inkstand, with Hallmarks, Madrid, Spain, 1779
Located in Madrid, ES
century, with the accession of Charles III os Spain, Italian influences arrived at silverware once masters
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1770s Spanish Neoclassical Antique School Master Desks

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Silver

The School Room - Flemish 19th century art interior genre oil painting children
By Ferdinand de Braekeleer the Elder
Located in London, GB
young woman. A further pupil waits at the master's desk while he attends to his quill. One young girl
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19th Century Realist Antique School Master Desks

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Oil

Art Deco Nickel-Plated Bird Bookends
Located in New York, NY
birds are the perfect compliment to any bookcase or desk. Property from esteemed interior designer
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1910s European Art Deco Antique School Master Desks

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Nickel

Black Forest Wooden Carved Begging Dog, Brienz, ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A whimsical Swiss wood carving. A long hair terrier is begging with his masters hat beside a basket
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Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique School Master Desks

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Wood

Art Deco Signed Wolfgang Hoffmann for Romweber World's Fair Display Cabinet
By Wolfgang Hoffmann, Romweber Furniture Co.
Located in Forney, TX
reminisced, “I spent eight years at the Realschule, then three years went to a special architectural school
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique School Master Desks

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Glass, Mahogany, Rosewood

Art Deco Wolfgang Hoffmann Romweber World's Fair Century of Progress Sideboard
By Wolfgang Hoffmann, Romweber Furniture Co.
Located in Forney, TX
, “I spent eight years at the Realschule, then three years went to a special architectural school
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique School Master Desks

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Birch, Mahogany, Rosewood

Royal Naval Surgeon Robert Prideaux and His Wife Mary Ann
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
These charming English School portraits show the subjects half-length by a desk, the surgeon with a
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1810s English Antique School Master Desks

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Canvas, Paint

Les Amateurs d'Estampes
By Félix Vallotton
Located in Fairlawn, OH
. Vallotton was raised in a traditional bourgeois and Protestant household. After completing secondary school
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1890s Post-Impressionist Antique School Master Desks

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Woodcut

Rocher St Michel D'Aiguilhe
By Albert Rutherston
Located in London, GB
Gallery. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School before moving to London in 1898 to study at the
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique School Master Desks

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Watercolor

Vienna Art Deco Josef Hoffman Manner Eight-Piece Salon Suite Set
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in Forney, TX
-quality materials. The matching eight-piece set comprising a tanker writing desk with inset leather
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Antique School Master Desks

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Brass

Late 19th Century Credenza Piedmontese Display Cabinet , Solid Wood wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
, trumeau, console, corner furniture, mirrors and desks makes the furniture as a whole lighter and more
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Late 19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Antique School Master Desks

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Chestnut

Russian Silver Troika Sculpture, I. Sazikov after E. Lanceray, Moscow, ca. 1875
By Ignaty Sazikov
Located in New York, NY
and opened a factory in St. Petersburg and a professional school for eighty goldsmiths and
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1870s Russian Victorian Antique School Master Desks

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Marble, Silver

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Chinese Antique Side Table
Located in Somis, CA
Beautiful side table is the perfect piece to be used in so many areas of your home. It can be a lamp table, a night stand, a base for the statue of vase or a side table next to your ...
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19th Century Chinese Antique School Master Desks

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Wood

Chinese Antique Side Table
Chinese Antique Side Table
H 34.75 in W 14.25 in D 14.25 in
Jacques Adnet, Mahogany Semicircular Desk, France, circa 1936
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
A grand mid-1930s desk as marvelous for its utility as its striking beauty. Not only do the elegant U-shape and large, receding supports complement the desk's rich mahogany finish, t...
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1930s French Art Deco Antique School Master Desks

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Mahogany

Dining Set Designed by Alvar Aalto for Finmar Ltd., Finland, 1929
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dining set designed by Alvar Aalto for Finmar Ltd., Finland, 1929. Birch. Stamped. This rare dining set by the Finish design icon Alvar Aalto is characterised by the combination of...
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Antique School Master Desks

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Birch

20th Century Representative Monumental Art Deco Desk #3
Located in Berlin, DE
wood. Half-arched cover plate on two-part straight body, middle knee compartment. Box-shaped body on frame base. There are four drawers on each side and a pull-out compartment as sh...
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20th Century French Antique School Master Desks

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Wood

Elegant Macassar Art Deco Desk, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Elegant Macassar Art Deco desk, circa 1930. Bronze handles.
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1930s French Art Deco Antique School Master Desks

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Macassar

Elegant Macassar Art Deco Desk, circa 1930
Elegant Macassar Art Deco Desk, circa 1930
H 31.5 in W 47.25 in D 27.56 in
Art Nouveau Letter Opener, Elephants
Located in Greven, DE
Antique Letter Opener with Elephants. So beautiful, very nice condition!
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique School Master Desks

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Brass

Art Nouveau Letter Opener, Elephants
Art Nouveau Letter Opener, Elephants
H 1.58 in W 10.24 in D 0.4 in
Brock & Company Tall Sterling Art Nouveau Flower Vase, California Poppy
By Brock & Company
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Brock & Company Sterling Art Nouveau vase - 17 ½ inches tall. Beautiful poppy flower design. Slender stem with attached tendrils. Marked: Brock & Company, Sterling, 7369, 17 ½ in. ...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Antique School Master Desks

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Silver

Fine Two-Day Marine Chronometer Signed Charles Frodsham
By Charles Frodsham
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A Sturdy English Two-Day Marine Chronometer Made by the Renowned Maker Charles Frodsham, c. 1860 A classic expertly produced 19th century English chronometer in a three-tier rosewo...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique School Master Desks

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Brass

Hanging Mughal Deccani Bronze Oil Lamp in the Shape of a Bird India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique hanging cast bronze oil lamp in the shape of a beautiful mythical bird peacock figure with hanger chain. The body of the bird acts as a reservoir for oil while the spout at t...
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Late 19th Century Indian Agra Antique School Master Desks

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Bronze

Collection of Four Persian Glazed Ceramic Oil Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A collection of four Early Persian Glazed Pottery Oil Lamps from an American collection. It consists of three oil lamps with iridescent glaze purportedly from Rhages area, Persia, ci...
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15th Century and Earlier Persian Islamic Antique School Master Desks

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Ceramic

Antique Ottoman Turkish Brass Inkwell Qalamdan with Arabic Calligraphy Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique 19th C. Ottoman Turkish Brass Inkwell Qalamdan with Arabic Calligraphy Writing.An antique 19th century brass decorated Islamic Turkish Qalamdan.An antique Turkish Brass Inkwe...
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Mid-19th Century Turkish Islamic Antique School Master Desks

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Brass

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Inkstand / Inkwell / Desk Tidy 1871
By James Dixon & Sons
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Antique Victorian Solid Silver Inkstand with two glass lined Inkwells with hinged lids. The base of the inkstand has a classic Greek Key pattern around the sides and rows...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique School Master Desks

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Sterling Silver

Unique Symmetrical Art Deco Desk French Style
Located in Oakland, CA
Unique Art Deco desk has truly unusual and lyrical lines. The undulating base opens to reveal secret storage along with the two drawers on both sides. We like those square drawer pul...
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1930s Argentine Art Deco Antique School Master Desks

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Burl

Large English Antique Brass Desk Magnifying Glass / Paperweight c.1910
Located in Bath, GB
Always very popular and a very useful desk-top accessory. These large circular magnifiers actually are the condenser or magnifier from a Magic Lantern dating to around 1910; they are...
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1910s British Antique School Master Desks

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Brass

Antique Qing Style Tea Table with Yellow Lacquer
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese Qing style tea table with display shelf. Useful as a lamp table or bedside table. Crafted in linden wood in great artisanal quality and displays a dark yellow lacquer with ...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique School Master Desks

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Wood

Antique Qing Style Tea Table with Yellow Lacquer
Antique Qing Style Tea Table with Yellow Lacquer
H 33.47 in W 17.33 in D 17.33 in
Silver Desk Writing Set, Platerías Martínez, Madrid, Spain, 1845
By Platerías Martínez
Located in Madrid, ES
Scribe with three inkwells. Silver. Real Martínez silver factory, Madrid, 1845. With contrast marks. Notary of silver in its color composed of a rectangular tray with raised and op...
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1840s Spanish Neoclassical Antique School Master Desks

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Silver

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Green Painted School Masters Desk
Located in Summerland, CA
Circa 1810 White Pine. Green paint over black.
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19th Century American Antique School Master Desks

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Brass

Antique Green Painted School Masters Desk
Green Painted School Masters Desk
H 40 in W 37 in D 24.5 in
Tall 19th Century School Master's Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tall red painted school master's desk from mid to late 1800s.
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19th Century American American Craftsman Antique School Master Desks

Antique School Masters Desk, English, Georgian, Mahogany, circa 1800
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique school master's desk, an English, Georgian, mahogany desk dating to the early
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Early 1800s English Georgian Antique School Master Desks

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Mahogany

Blue Painted Stand-up Desk, Likely Of Maine Origin
Located in York County, PA
Blue painted paymaster or school master's desk, ca 1840, with willowy tall, turned legs ending in
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19th Century American Antique School Master Desks

Inlaid English Slant Top Desk Davenport
Located in New York, NY
This English inlaid desk or davenport is an excellent addition for any space. It is composed of
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19th Century English Antique School Master Desks

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Leather, Wood

Inlaid English Slant Top Desk Davenport
Inlaid English Slant Top Desk Davenport
H 34.75 in W 22 in D 15.5 in
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport Desk, circa 1870
Located in London, GB
desk shape is distinctive; its top part resembles an antique school desk while the bottom is like one
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1870s British Antique School Master Desks

19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut and Inlaid Davenport Desk
Located in London, GB
desk shape is distinctive; its top part resembles an antique school desk while the bottom is like one
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1870s English Victorian Antique School Master Desks

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Walnut

Antique Burr Walnut Pop Up Davenport Desk circa 1860
Located in London, GB
is distinctive; its top part resembles an antique school desk while the bottom is like one half of
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19th Century English Antique School Master Desks

19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Pop Up Davenport Desk
Located in London, GB
variety of different leg designs. The desk shape is distinctive; its top part resembles an antique school
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1860s English Victorian Antique School Master Desks

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Leather, Walnut

19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Pop Up Davenport Desk
Located in London, GB
resembles an antique school desk while the bottom is like one half of the supports of a pedestal desk turned
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1860s English Victorian Antique School Master Desks

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Leather, Walnut

19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Pop Up Davenport Desk
Located in London, GB
desk shape is distinctive; its top part resembles an antique school desk while the bottom is like one
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1860s English Victorian Antique School Master Desks

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Leather, Walnut

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Pop Up Davenport Desk, circa 1860
Located in London, GB
designs. The desk shape is distinctive; its top part resembles an antique school desk while the bottom
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1860s English Victorian Antique School Master Desks

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Leather, Walnut

J.J. Buskes Art Deco Desk in Oak and Macassar Ebony, Netherlands, 1925
Located in The Hague, NL
This elegant art deco desk was designed and made by Johannes Jacobus Buskes in 1925. Buskes was a
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Antique School Master Desks

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Wood, Ebony, Macassar, Oak

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport Desk
Located in London, GB
distinctive; its top part resembles an antique school desk while the bottom is like one half of the supports
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19th Century Antique School Master Desks

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport Desk
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport Desk
H 36.23 in W 22.05 in D 21.26 in
Antique Burr Walnut Pop-Up Davenport Desk, circa 1860
Located in London, GB
resembles an antique school desk while the bottom is like one half of the supports of a pedestal desk turned
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Mid-19th Century English Antique School Master Desks

Antique Edwardian Rosewood Inlaid Davenport c.1900
Located in London, GB
; its top part resembles an antique school desk while the bottom is like one half of the supports of a
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Early 20th Century British Antique School Master Desks

Antique French Louis XV Revival Marquetry Bureau, circa 1870
Located in London, GB
and the other royal residences of Louis XIV. Early masters of French marquetry were the Fleming Pierre
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Late 19th Century French Antique School Master Desks

Antique French Louis XV Revival Marquetry Bureau, circa 1870
Located in London, GB
providing furnishings to decorate Versailles and the other royal residences of Louis XIV. Early masters of
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1870s French Antique School Master Desks

Polo Popular Desk Lamp by Christian Dell for Rondella
By Christian Dell
Located in Gloucester, GB
Polo popular desk lamp by Christian Dell for Rondella - Heavy steel base - Ball and socket
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1920s German Bauhaus Antique School Master Desks

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Steel

Polo Popular Desk Lamp by Christian Dell for Rondella
By Christian Dell
Located in Gloucester, GB
Polo popular desk lamp by Christian Dell for Rondella - Heavy steel base - Ball and socket
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1920s German Bauhaus Antique School Master Desks

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Steel

Polo Popular Desk Lamp by Christian Dell for BUR
By Christian Dell
Located in Gloucester, GB
Polo popular desk lamp by Christian Dell for BUR - Heavy steel base - Ball and socket joint
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1920s German Bauhaus Antique School Master Desks

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Steel

Polo Popular Desk Lamp by Christian Dell for BUR
By Christian Dell
Located in Gloucester, GB
Polo popular desk lamp by Christian Dell for BUR - Heavy steel base - Ball and socket joint
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1920s German Bauhaus Antique School Master Desks

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Steel

1930s Design for Master's Chair for British Optical Association - Geo. M Hammer
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
. Their lift-top school desks are particularly well regarded, and always carried their brass name plate
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1920s Modern Antique School Master Desks

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Watercolor

Bauhaus Desk Lamp by Christian Dell for Schreibzeug Tischleuchte, Circa 1920s
By Christian Dell
Located in Gloucester, GB
former master of the metal workshop at the Weimar Bauhaus, was appointed director of the newly
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1920s German Bauhaus Antique School Master Desks

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Steel

Vintage Table Lamp by Christian Dell for Kaiser Idell
By Christian Dell
Located in Roma, IT
prior to studying at the Weimar School of Applied Art. Between 1922 and 1925, Dell served as master of
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Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Antique School Master Desks

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Iron

Antique Edwardian Rosewood Inlaid Davenport circa 1890
Located in London, GB
resembles an antique school desk while the bottom is like one half of the supports of a pedestal desk turned
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19th Century English Antique School Master Desks

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Rosewood

19th Century Victorian Quartersawn Oak Mirrored Dresser Chest Vanity Wash Stand
Located in Dayton, OH
plain and fancy house furniture, and also of all classes of office furniture, desks, cases. etc. this
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique School Master Desks

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Mirror, Oak

Diminutive Settee In Kelly Green Paint
Located in York County, PA
business, other avenues needed to be pursued to create income during the rest of the year. As master
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19th Century Antique School Master Desks

Diminutive Settee In Kelly Green Paint
Diminutive Settee In Kelly Green Paint
H 32.75 in W 48 in D 15 in
Antique French Napoleon III Marquetry Cabinet, circa 1860
Located in London, GB
other royal residences of Louis XIV. Early masters of French marquetry were the Fleming Pierre Golle and
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Mid-19th Century French Antique School Master Desks

Early 19th Century Pennsylvania School Masters Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 19th century school masters desk from PA in fantastic form and condition. The top part of the
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19th Century American Folk Art Antique School Master Desks

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Maple, Walnut

Early 19th C. School Master Slant Desk, C.1840
Located in San Francisco, CA
century school master desk from a Catskill Mountain stone farmhouse with tapered legs, top cabinet and a
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Early 20th Century Industrial Antique School Master Desks

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Brass

Bureau Plat à TêTes De Guerriers Antiques
By Maison Mottheau et Fils
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
armour and terminating in acanthus-cast sabots. By repute the desk was in the collection of the ill
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique School Master Desks

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Bronze

Bureau Plat à TêTes De Guerriers Antiques
Bureau Plat à TêTes De Guerriers Antiques
H 30.71 in W 74.02 in D 41.34 in
Edgar Brandt French Art Deco Wrought Iron Desk Lamp, circa 1910
By Edgar Brandt
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco wrought iron desk lamp by Edgar Brandt, France, circa 1910. 'Les Pins'. The support
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1910s French Art Deco Antique School Master Desks

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Wrought Iron

Les Amateurs d'Estampes
By Félix Vallotton
Located in Fairlawn, OH
. Vallotton was raised in a traditional bourgeois and Protestant household. After completing secondary school
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1890s Post-Impressionist Antique School Master Desks

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Woodcut

Royal Silver Photo Frame
Located in London, GB
Lascelles of Sibford Gower and signed 'George'. Frank Lascelles was a famous pageant master and stage actor
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Early 20th Century English Antique School Master Desks

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Silver

Royal Silver Photo Frame
Royal Silver Photo Frame
H 11.8 in W 9.4 in
After Jean-Henri Riesener Louis XVI Cylindrical Secretary, Paris, 1880s
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
woods. Very beautifully proportioned and richly designed cylinder desk of the highest quality
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique School Master Desks

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Rosewood

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Antique School Master Desks For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of antique school master desks for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct antique school master desks — often made from metal, wood and hardwood — can elevate any home. Antique school master desks have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique school master desks made by Art Deco designers — as well as those associated with industrial — are very popular at 1stDibs. Many antique school master desks are appealing in their simplicity, but Christian Dell, René Herbst and Roger Godchaux produced popular antique school master desks that are worth a look.

How Much are Antique School Master Desks?

Prices for antique school master desks start at $706 and top out at $75,000 with the average selling for $4,500.