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Napoleon III Inkwell Writing Case Rosewood Porcelain And Gilt Bronze
Located in CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE, FR
Large writing case with compartments, forming an inkwell and pen holder, from the Napoleon III
Category
1870s European Napoleon III Antique Writing Case
Materials
Bronze
Antique Campaign Correspondence Box, Indian, Colonial Writing Case, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
traveller's writing case, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880.
Captivatingly appointed interior
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Campaign Antique Writing Case
Materials
Brass
H 10.24 in W 22.25 in D 13 in
Antique Officer's Campaign Correspondence Box, English, Writing Case, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
writing case, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820.
Delightfully attractive box, with fascinating
Category
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Writing Case
Materials
Leather, Wood
H 6.3 in W 18.12 in D 9.85 in
Antique Correspondence Box, English, Leather, Writing Case, Victorian, C.1890
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique correspondence box. An English, leather bound writing case, dating to he late
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Writing Case
Materials
Leather
H 5.71 in W 13.98 in D 9.45 in
Gold Panel and Vernis Martin Writing Case, French Craftsmanship, Louis XV
Located in Paris, FR
Flat, rectangular case for holding writing utensils in colored gold and vernis Martin (a type of
Category
1770s French Neoclassical Antique Writing Case
Materials
Gold
Free Shipping
H 3.15 in W 1.66 in D 0.28 in
Chiffonniere, Writing Table Walnut, Louis XV Style, Period : 19th Century
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Adorable little writing case in walnut with inlay, Louis XV style.
It has four high, slender and
Category
19th Century Louis XV Antique Writing Case
Materials
Walnut
H 27.17 in W 8.27 in D 8.27 in
Gustave Keller Leather Jewellery Travel Case, circa 1920
By Gustave Keller Freres
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A fine French leather jewellery/ writing case by Gustave Keller, Paris, circa 1920s, red morocco
Category
1920s French Antique Writing Case
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Leather Top Cocobola Wood Writing Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable Louis XV style ladies writing desk handcrafted in exotic cocobola wood with a
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Case
Materials
Cocobolo
Aesthetic Movement Moorish Style Inlay Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare late 19th century English aesthetic movement writing table or desk featuring Middle Eastern
Category
19th Century English Moorish Antique Writing Case
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
19th Century French Bonheur Du Jour Writing Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pretty French Louis XV style writing desk or ‘bonheur du jour’, the serpentine case veneered in
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Case
Materials
Kingwood
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
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Writing Case
Materials
Fruitwood
French Charles X Curule Leg Desk Writing Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
three drawers the case is decorated in the Charles X taste. Each side of the desk has slide-out
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Writing Case
Materials
Brass
Antique French Mahogany & Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French bureau plat writing desk offers shaped mahogany construction with paneled case
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Writing Case
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Chippendale Burl Walnut Partner's Writing Desk
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Hixson, TN
19th century Chippendale burl walnut partners writing desk
This desk has functional drawers on
Category
Mid-19th Century English Chippendale Antique Writing Case
Materials
Burl, Walnut
Antique French Louis XVI Style Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Refined antique French Louis XVI style writing desk crafted in exotic tulipwood veneer with
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Case
Materials
Brass
Mid 19th Century Mahogany Roll Top Writing Desk
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
is hardly decipherable. In any case, the first name "Jacob" and the year "1859" are legible
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Writing Case
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
19th Century Country French Provincial Walnut Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Handsome 19th century country French provincial diminutive writing table or desk carved from walnut
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Writing Case
Materials
Walnut
Diminutive French Louis XIV Style Walnut Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming 19th century French writing table or desk made in a diminutive scale or ladies bureau plat
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Writing Case
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Marble-Top Library Writing Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Curvaceous 19th century English Victorian library table or writing table desk. The table features a
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Case
Materials
Carrara Marble
Arts & Crafts Satinwood Writing Table by Marsh and Jones
By John Marsh and Edward Jones
Located in London, by appointment only
An Arts and Crafts satinwood writing lavishly inlaid with stylized foliate ornament and
Category
19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Writing Case
Antique 18th Century American Chippendale Maple Secretary Desk Writing Bureau
Located in Dayton, OH
Exquisite and Rare antique American Chippendale Period secretary writing desk or Escritoire. Made
Category
18th Century Chippendale Antique Writing Case
Materials
Maple
H 40 in W 40.5 in D 19.75 in
19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Carved Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent 19th century French writing table, desk, or bureau plat made in the grand Louis XV taste
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Case
Materials
Gesso, Wood
1800's Antique French Napoleon III Period, Burlwood, Leather, Writing Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous Antique Desk, Writing, French Napoleon III Period, Burlwood, Leather Lining, 1800s, 19th
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Writing Case
Materials
Wood
H 42 in W 31.5 in D 20.5 in
19th Century English Regency Style Writing Table Speckled by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical late 19th century English mahogany drop-leaf writing table featuring a speckled lacquer
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Writing Case
Materials
Brass
Howard & Sons London Leather Topped Faux Bamboo Writing Table, circa 1875
By Howard & Sons Ltd
Located in Kinderhook, NY
English circa 1875 Aesthetic Movement writing table or desk by London cabinetmakers Howard & Sons
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Writing Case
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Metamorphic Writing Desk by J.C Vickery of London
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 20th century mahogany metamorphic writing table by J.C Vickery of Regent St, London, the
Category
1910s European Edwardian Antique Writing Case
Materials
Mahogany
French LXV Period Cherrywood Writing Table or Desk, 1 drawer, 1 slide, mid 18thc
Located in Atlanta, GA
the rectangular top with rounded corners formed of three boards resting atop a case fitted with one
Category
1850s French Louis XV Antique Writing Case
Materials
Cherry
H 28.5 in W 68.75 in D 31 in
Blue and White Porcelain Ink Writing Jewerly Box - China 1900 Asian art XXth
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful writing case with lid in painted porcelain decorated with stylized flowers and framed
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Writing Case
Materials
Porcelain, Ceramic
H 1.97 in W 3.94 in D 2.76 in
English 18th C. Spinet Case by Crang & Hancock London Converted Writing Desk
Located in Vero Beach, FL
English 18th Century Spinet Case by Crang & Hancock London Converted Writing Desk
This is a fine
Category
18th Century English Baroque Antique Writing Case
Materials
Mahogany, Tulipwood
H 33.5 in W 65 in D 25 in
Bookcase with Display Case and Writing Surface Made of Solid Walnut from 1800s
Located in Cesena, FC
French showcase bookcase with writing surface in 1800s solid walnut
Showcase bookcase with writing
Category
1820s French Antique Writing Case
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
H 108.67 in W 63.39 in D 24.81 in
antique writing box
Located in Eindhoven, NL
A top quality example of a late Victorian writing box.
This example is made of beautiful olive wood
Category
1890s Antique Writing Case
Materials
Olive
Scottish, George III Mahogany and Sycamore Banded Cylinder Bureau
Located in Woodbury, CT
encloses a leather inset, articulating writing surface and an arrangement of pigeon holes and burl yew
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Writing Case
Materials
Mahogany, Sycamore, Satinwood, Yew, Burl
Louis XVI Tulipwood Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive late 18th century French writing desk with a tooled black leather top, probably original
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Case
Materials
Tulipwood
Antique Continental Chippendale Carved Mahogany Drop Front Desk C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
foliate decoration and opening to interior with storage writing surface and storage compartments, lower
Category
19th Century European Chippendale Antique Writing Case
Materials
Mahogany
H 43.25 in W 37.75 in D 20.5 in
Queen Anne Style Console or Desk Speckled by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Simply stunning console table or petite writing table desk lacquer speckled by artist Ira Yeager
Category
19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Writing Case
Materials
Brass
French Louis XIII Style Oak Barley Twist Library Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fine 19th century French carved oak library table, or writing table desk made in the grand Louis
Category
19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Writing Case
Materials
Oak
Antique Spanish Colonial Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
design that dates back centuries! Using solid planks of selected hardwoods, the thick, durable writing
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Writing Case
Materials
Steel
A Superior English Regency Period Davenport Desk in Figured Mahogany, Circa 1830
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The richly figured mahogany case showing a finely turned baluster gallery over a hinged leather
Category
1830s English Regency Antique Writing Case
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
H 36 in W 19.75 in D 21.5 in
Early 19th Century French Empire Period Bureau a Cylindre Gentleman's Desk
Located in Forney, TX
and open shelf pigeonhole cubbies for writing instruments and documents. Having an extended writing
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Case
Materials
Bronze
H 44.25 in W 51.5 in D 24.25 in
Antique Horner School Inlaid & Carved Mahogany Secretary Desk Circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
case having drawers and cabinet with satinwood banding, raised on cabriole legs with carved acanthus
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Writing Case
Materials
Mahogany
H 73.5 in W 40.25 in D 31 in
Highly Figured Antique Knee Hole Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
down secretary with tooled leather topped writing surface, drawers and a cubby hole. The case with
Category
19th Century Georgian Antique Writing Case
Materials
Brass
1800s Antique French Oromlu-Mounted, Burlwood, 3-Piece Set, Desk, Office Suite!!
Located in Austin, TX
desk, top with inset gilt-embossed leather writing surface, fitted with center drawer, flanked by two
Category
19th Century French Other Antique Writing Case
Materials
Wood
H 30.5 in W 70 in D 39.5 in
19th Century French Oak Barley Twist Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Spectacular 19th century French bureau plat writing table or desk featuring barley twist legs and
Category
19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Writing Case
Materials
Oak
Antique Horner School Oak S-Roll Top Desk C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
compartments over lower case having central frieze drawer with flanking drawer towers, c1910
Measures - 50.5"h
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Writing Case
Materials
Oak
Antique Victorian Flame Mahogany Partners Pedestal Desk, 19th C
Located in London, GB
writing surface and a crossbanded moulded edge.
Each side features two frieze drawers, one side has
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Writing Case
Materials
Mahogany
Spanish Rustic Neoclassic Faded Walnut 1-Drawer Table, early 19th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a three board top slightly overhanging the rectangular case, the case housing one drawer
Category
1810s Spanish Neoclassical Antique Writing Case
Materials
Walnut
Antique Arts & Crafts English Liberty & Co. School Oak Post Card Desk c1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
construction with upper having shaped backsplash, pigeon holes and drawers over double drawer case raised on
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Writing Case
Materials
Oak
H 39 in W 36.25 in D 21.25 in
Adams Edwardian Inlaid Carlton House Desk, Hand Painted, Angela Kauffman
By Angelica Kauffmann
Located in Stamford, CT
and back are fully hand painted with floral, swag and vine design. A simply stunning hand painted case
Category
Early 1900s English Adam Style Antique Writing Case
Materials
Wood
Art Nouveau Standing Desk /Reception Table Around 1890, After Carlo Bugatti
Located in Berlin, DE
French lily. Slightly sloping writing surface covered with high-quality genuine leather. Wide and curved
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Writing Case
Materials
Silver, Brass
H 39.38 in W 33.08 in D 22.05 in
Rare and Very Special Late 19th Century Bureau by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
bureau
by Franc¸ois Linke.
The upper case with shaped top, surmounted by a serpentine three quarter
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Writing Case
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Period Desk, 19th century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Napoleon III period desk, 19th century.
Desk, 19th century display case, Napoleon III period
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Writing Case
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Regency Mahogany Carlton House Desk, circa 1820
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, with three cockbeaded frieze drawers with fine original gilt brass pulls. The case inlaid with ebony
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Writing Case
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
1800s French Antique Patinated Ecritoire
Located in High Point, NC
, this desk organizer flaunts a spacious case with an elegant slant top and a subtle craquelure finish
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Writing Case
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Mahogany Partners Pedestal Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
.
The rectanglular top features a stunning inset green and gold tooled leather writing surface. This
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Writing Case
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Italian, Tuscany, Baroque Style Carved Walnut 1-Drawer Table, 17th Cen and Later
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular top with molded edge and a dentil molded apron atop a paneled case housing one
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Writing Case
Materials
Walnut
H 31.5 in W 43 in D 24.25 in
Turn of the Century French Patinated Ecritoire with Display Glass Top
Located in High Point, NC
functional as remarkable. Featuring a slant-top case crowned by a unique glass display top with a cornice
Category
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Writing Case
Materials
Glass, Wood
English Tooled Green Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
top on a mahogany case with four drawers on either side, brass hardware, stylized fan brackets, and
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Writing Case
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Early 19th Century Regency Mahogany Carlton House Desk, circa 1820
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Brooklyn, NY
mahogany, with three cockbeaded frieze drawers with Fine original gilt brass pulls. The case inlaid with
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Writing Case
Materials
Mahogany
Desk Art Deco in Wood from France 1920 " Free Shipping in Florida "
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
and religious freedom was assured, in many cases the of the family travel first until they were
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Writing Case
Materials
Chrome
Lord Nelson`s Family Portable Sloping Laptop Desk
Located in Dorking, GB
or secular use. By the 17th century, when reading and writing was more prevalent within the household
Category
Early 18th Century English Georgian Antique Writing Case
Materials
Oak
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Antique Writing Case For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique writing case for your home. An antique writing case — often made from wood, mahogany and metal — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique writing case — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique writing case is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian, Georgian and Louis XVI styles are sought with frequency. Maple & Co., Gillows of Lancaster & London and Paul Sormani each produced at least one beautiful antique writing case that is worth considering.
How Much is a Antique Writing Case?
Prices for an antique writing case start at $50 and top out at $314,079 with the average selling for $3,940.
Finding the Right storage-case-pieces for You
Of all the antique and vintage case pieces and storage cabinets that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of storage case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard made of colored glass and metals, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.
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