Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Travel Lap Desk Walnut 19th C. on Stand as Side Table Decorative Gift Antique La
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exquisite English lap traveling desk portable. Countryside writing bureau in good condition
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19th Century English Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Brass
H 20 in W 19.5 in D 10.5 in
Antique English Walnut Military Campaign Chest or Lap Desk with Brass Mounts
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
approximately 1820 and done in the period Victorian style. The lap desk is composed of walnut with brass mounts
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Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Brass
H 8 in W 18.5 in D 10.75 in
Antique English Mahogany Campaign Style Lap Desk Writing Box
Located in Forney, TX
A lovely antique English mahogany campaign style travel desk / writing slope box with beautifully
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19th Century English Campaign Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Brass
Superb Antique Folk Art Parquetry Casket Styled Writing Box or Lap Desk
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This exquisite antique parquetry writing box or lap desk is unsigned, but presumed to have been
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Early 20th Century Canadian Folk Art Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Softwood
Fine Tunbridge Ware Writing Box / Lap Desk, Eridge Castle, circa 1870
Located in Bath, GB
A truly fine example of a Victorian Tunbridge Ware writing box or lap desk dating to circa 1870
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1870s British Late Victorian Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Wood
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H 3.5 in W 12.88 in D 10.5 in
Antique English Jennens & Bettridge Paper Mache Ladies Writing Box or Lap Desk
By Jennens and Bettridge
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique writing box or lap desk was made by the highly renowned Jennens & Bettridge of England
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Paper
H 3.5 in W 13 in D 10.25 in
Antique English Paper Mache Ladies Writing Box or Lap Desk with Japanned Finish
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique writing box or lap desk is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Paper
H 3.75 in W 12.75 in D 10 in
Antique English Paper Mache Ladies Writing Box or Lap Desk with Japanned Finish
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique writing box or lap desk is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Paper
H 3 in W 10 in D 8 in
English Campaign Style Rosewood Brass Inlaid Lap Desk, circa 1850
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality brass inlaid Campaign style traveling desk with a recessed brass handle engraved
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Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
19C Anglo Ceylonese Lap Desk of Museum Quality
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely fantastic 19C Anglo Ceylonese lap desk of museum quality.
We can safely
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Early 19th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Bone, Ebony, Sandalwood
19th Century English Victorian Campaign Style Travel Desk Writing Box
Located in Forney, TX
A antique Victorian era English campaign style brass bound mahogany portable lap desk / writing
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Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
Circa 1860 English Lap Desk on Custom-Made Side Table Stand
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1860 lap desk now on custom made side table stand, English. Campaign lap desk of rosewood
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1860s English Victorian Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Traveling Desk With Ebony and Mother-of-Pearl Banding
Located in Morristown, NJ
Victorian English bird's eye maple lap desk, with ebony and mother-of-pearl inlay. The dome shaped
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1880s English Victorian Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Mother-of-Pearl, Birdseye Maple, Ebony
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1950's Amazing "Magic Box' Organiser Bureau Compact Plywood Ateliers Genestar
By Mummenthaler and Meier
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
This 'Magic Box' organising desk has been produced by various manufactures in Europe in the 1950's and 1960's
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Oak, Plywood
H 44.49 in W 32.68 in D 21.26 in
Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstaette Fabric Department Pendant, Re-Edition
By Wiener Werkstätte, Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
A simple but sensational fixture, designed by Josef Hoffmann, for the fabric department of the Wiener Werkstaette on Kaerntnerstrasse in Vienna. Style and color of the fabric custom-...
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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Silk
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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, more commonly known now as drafting desks...
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18th Century English Georgian Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Brass
Exceptional Mahogany and Ormolu-Mounted Bibliotheque
Located in London, GB
The overhanging foliate cornice above a frieze with reliefs of female and male figures surmounted by ribbon ties and flanked by foliage and laurel leaves, above two pairs of glazed d...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Ormolu
Large and Unique Antique French Boiserie with Covered Alcove, 17th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful section of boiserie has been carved from softwood in the 17th century (upper section pieces only). It has been completely cleaned (stripped) and clear waxed at some po...
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17th Century French Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Softwood
H 97.13 in W 110.63 in D 14 in
Antique Victorian Quality Burr Walnut Brass Bound Writing Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality burr walnut writing box with brass bound corners and straps opening to reveal a fitted writing slope, pen tray, original ink bottle, two lift up lids openin...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
Important Documented Qing Dynasty Chinese Deep Relief Rosewood Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exquisite custom antique 19th century Qing Dynasty heavily carved Chinese rosewood and elm wooden cabinet with double-doors carved set with gilt and deep relief carved wood panels...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
Middle Eastern Mosaic Moorish Mother of Pearl Inlaid Trinket Box
By Mamluke
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted marquetry Moorish wood inlay micro mosaic inlaid with mother of pearl.
Handcrafted khatam wooden box with very delicate micro mosaic marquetry from the ancient Persian t...
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20th Century Lebanese Moorish Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
Campaign Style Box on Stand in Brass and Burl Walnut
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A 1970's burl walnut campaign style box on attached stand. The burl walnut box with recessed brass handle at the front with a parson style solid mahogany base. A great small coffee t...
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1970s American Campaign Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Brass
Cristalleries De Baccarat, a Large Pair of French Cut-Crystal Tsarine Torcheres
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
Cristalleries De Baccarat, A Large Pair of French Cut-Crystal Twenty-Four Light Tsarine Torcheres, Standing Floor Chandeliers.
"A Magnificent Pair of Chandeliers"
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20th Century French Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Crystal
H 86 in W 33 in D 33 in
Georgian Military Campaign Brass Bound Rosewood Writing Slope
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A stunning georgian military campaign rosewood & brass bound hand crafted writing slope.
With Red Tooled Leather Interior, Befit with the original glass inkwells.
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19th Century British Campaign Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
19th Century Indian Wooden Box with Incised Motifs and Distressed Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
An Indian antique wooden box from the 19th century, with incised motifs and distressed patina. Topped with a rectangular lid accented with pierced concentric circles and half opening...
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19th Century Indian Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Metal
Campaign Style Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A 19th-century style Campaign desk, the flip-top revealing a fitted interior, slide-out tooled leather writing surface, raised on splayed legs with a stretcher.
Dimensions: 29.25"...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Campaign Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Leather, Wood
Moorish Micro Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moorish style micro mosaic marquetry inlaid jewelry box with lid.
Intricate inlaid Anglo Indian box with floral and geometric Islamic
Moorish mosaic Sadeli design in a square shape ...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Agra Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Wood
19th Century Mahogany Writing Slope Befit with a Pair of Inkwells by J J Mechi
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Exquisite craftsmanship from the early 19th century a Mahogany writing slope befit with A black velvet interior & A pair of glass inkwells by J J Mechi of No 4, Leadenhall Street, Ci...
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19th Century British Campaign Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Brass
H 7.88 in W 19.69 in D 10.83 in
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English Campaign Style Lap Desk on Stand, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Antique Campaign style lap desk on stand, 19th century. Desk without stand is 24" W x 12" D x 7" H
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19th Century English Campaign Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Mahogany
Rare 19th Century Bamboo Davenport Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exceptional style with 2 side drawers and leather appointed writing surface.
A beautiful compact
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Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Leather, Bamboo, Wood
English Brass Bound Campaign Style Lap Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good quality English brass bound Campaign style mahogany lap desk with recessed carrying handles
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Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Brass
Brass bound lap desk on stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality George III style brass bound mahogany traveling desk, the rectangular hinged box
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19th Century English Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
Circa 1830, Walnut Brass Bound Lap Desk with Custom Stand
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1830 George IV-William IV walnut brass bound & strapped lap desk, now on custom made stand as
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Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Brass
Rare Antique English Regency Brass Inlaid Mahog. Comprehensive Tri-fold Lap Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
One of the most comprehensive and fine Tri-Fold Writing Slopes or Lap Desks I have ever purchased
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Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Brass
H 5 in W 12.75 in D 8 in
Military Style Victorian Lap Desk Writing Slope Box, circa 1850
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This military style Victorian lap desk writing slope has multiple internal compartments including a
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Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
British Mahogany Officer's Campaign Lap Desk on Stand
Located in Rio Vista, CA
19th century British mahogany Campaign desk style officers chest or lap desk box on a later stand
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19th Century English Campaign Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
Mid 19th Century Small English Rosewood Lap Desk
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
English rosewood lap desk, c.1840-60. Small size. Well mounted in protective brass with brass
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Mid-19th Century Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
Japanese Meiji Period Carved and Gilt Lacquer Writing Box or Lap Desk
Located in Milford, NH
An excellent quality Japanese Meiji period carved wooden writing box or lap desk with
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Silk, Wood, Lacquer
Circa 1860 English Lap Desk on Custom Side Table Stand
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1860 brass bound lap desk now on custom side table stand, English. Well figured walnut
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1860s English Victorian Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
Writing Desk on Stand Stamped RE Johnson
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Writing desk on Stand stamped R E Johnson on base> The boxed lap desk with brass mounts opens to
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
Antique Mahogany Dovetailed Officer's Writing or Desk Box
Located in Doylestown, PA
handsome lap desk style box with a nicely fitted interior and a well-crafted, simple design. It has a
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Late 19th Century Primitive Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
Pietra Dura Inlaid English Classical Walnut Lap Desk on Stand
Located in Louisville, KY
writing desk with a baize lined interior; raised on marlboro style legs. www.TraceMayer.com
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19th Century English Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
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Walnut
Antique French Boulle Inlaid 13" Writer's Box, Ecritoire, Chest
Located in South Coast, CA
raised back compartment. The entire front panel opens to the writing slope or lap desk surface with the
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19th Century French Antique Style Writing Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
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Antique Style Writing Lap Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique style writing lap desk for your home. Frequently made of wood, brass and metal, every antique style writing lap desk was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique style writing lap desk, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique style writing lap desk, designed in the Victorian or folk art style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one antique style writing lap desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Jennens and Bettridge produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Antique Style Writing Lap Desk?
The average selling price for an antique style writing lap desk at 1stDibs is $1,837, while they’re typically $895 on the low end and $7,999 for the highest priced.
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