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Compendium Table

An Exceptional Ormolu Desk Compendium
Located in Amersham, GB
A very fine desk compendium, comprising an eight day timepiece, barometer and thermometer, in a
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Antique 1880s French Late Victorian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Marble, Enamel, Ormolu

An Exceptional Ormolu Desk Compendium
An Exceptional Ormolu Desk Compendium
H 5.52 in W 5.52 in D 2.56 in
Regency Brass-Inlaid Ebony Desk Compendium
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency brass-inlaid ebony desk compendium of rectangular form with a carrying handle flanked by
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Antique 1810s English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Luxor Midcentury Gilt Desk Clock and Weather Compendium
By Luxor
Located in London, GB
A beautifully designed midcentury gilt desk clock and weather compendium by Luxor. The compendium
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Vintage 1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Imhof Midcentury Gilt Desk Clock and Weather Compendium
By Arthur Imhof
Located in London, GB
A midcentury gilt desk clock and weather compendium by Imhof. A stunning vintage timepiece that
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Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

Nautical themed Desk Compendium Industrial rotating Globe Clock
Located in London, GB
A combined timepiece, weather station and globe desk piece industrial clock. Constructed of onyx and silvered and gilt bronze. The white onyx base with timepiece in shaped bronze cas...
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Antique 1880s French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Onyx, Bronze

Ladies table compendium and jewelry box
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This good quality ladies table compendium houses a number functions that a lady would need during
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Antique 1850s English Early Victorian Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

Ladies table compendium and jewelry box
Ladies table compendium and jewelry box
H 13.75 in W 12.5 in D 9.5 in
Industrial Series Desktop Compendium in The Manner of Andre Guilmet
By Andre Romain Guilmet
Located in Amersham, GB
A very stylish late nineteenth century desk clock with integrated compass, reminiscent of the Industrial series of clocks by Andre Guilmet. The eight day movement governed by a cylin...
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Antique 1880s French Industrial Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass, Bronze, Steel

Black Forest Bear Side Table, Late 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An amusing late 19th century Black Forest carved wood bear side table, originally intended as a
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Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Side Tables

Materials

Softwood

Black Forest Bear Side Table, Late 19th Century
Black Forest Bear Side Table, Late 19th Century
H 32.29 in W 23.63 in D 17.33 in
Hermes, Paris - Equestrian Sterling Silver Smoking Compendium c.1960
By Hermès, Ravinet D' Enfert
Located in Bath, GB
table display. Made from solid French silver having the 1st title Minerva hallmark for 950/1000 parts
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Swiss Black Forest Novelty Anvil Tobacco Jar Smokers Compendium
By Black Forest
Located in Newark, England
different pieces such as hat stands, tables and whimsical figures. Black Forest products can also be seen
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Antique Early 1900s Swiss Jugendstil Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Metal

Rare English Victorian Silver Cigar Compendium on Wheels, 1884
By Walter Thornhill & Co 1
Located in Bath, GB
be passed along a table top to present a cigar, it accommodates a long cigar each side of the caddy
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Antique 1880s British Late Victorian Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Sterling Silver

Paul Follot Classic French Art Deco Dining Table
By Paul Follot
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Classic French Art Deco dining table in sculpted Brazilian rosewood by Paul Follot, 1923. Size: 64
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Dining Room Tables

Materials

Rosewood

J. Ormond Sanderson Straw Valley Pottery Mid-Century Modern Cubist Coffee Table
By Roger Capron, Jesse Ormond Sanderson Jr.
Located in St. Louis, MO
kind geometric / cubist coffee table with offset squares. Signed Straw Valley '61 JOS for J. Ormond
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Iron

Burmantofts Faience Foliate Design Yellow Glazed Art Pottery Mantle Clock
By Burmantofts Pottery
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
. Literature: Jason Wigglesworth Burmantofts Faience A Compendium of Design, private press, page 58 for a
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Antique 1890s English Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Faience

Industrial Series Marine small deskset of clock, barometer and thermometer
Located in London, GB
A very rare antique Industrial Series Marine deskset or compendium of clock, barometer and
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Antique 1880s English Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

1910s Sterling Silver Table Lighter and Ash Tray
By Hukin & Heath
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine, and impressive, antique George V English sterling silver table lighter and
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Early 20th Century English Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

2007 American Fashion Hardcover Coffee Table Book Assouline
By Assouline Publishing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
American Fashion Hardcover Coffee Table Book Assouline 2007. American Fashion by Assouline
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21st Century and Contemporary American Fashion Books

Rare Burr Yew Wood Military Campaign Gentleman's Dressing Table Chest of Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this rare vintage burr yew wood military campaign gentleman’s compendium
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20th Century English Campaign Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Styles of Living The Best of Casa Vogue Vercelloni, Isa Coffee Table Book
By Rizoli International Publications
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Styles of Living: The Best of Casa Vogue coffee table hardcover book. by Isa Vercelloni New York
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20th Century English Modern Books

Materials

Paper

Antique Art Book Golden Book of Famous Women, English, Eleanor F Brickdale, 1919
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
language literary compendium, dating to the early 20th century, published 1919. A British artist, Eleanor
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Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Books

Materials

Paper

Paul Follot Four Sculpted Rosewood Armchairs
By Paul Follot
Located in Philadelphia, PA
documented in the compendium, Paul Follot, by Leon Riotor, Conseiller Municipal de Paris Secretaire General
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Armchairs

Materials

Rosewood

The Jewish Cookbook
Located in New York City, NY
- this definitive compendium of Jewish cuisine introduces readers to recipes and culinary traditions from
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21st Century and Contemporary European Books

Materials

Paper

The Jewish Cookbook
The Jewish Cookbook
H 2 in W 7.13 in D 10.63 in
Cosmgraphy and Astrology, 1686 by Richard Blome from the First Edition
By Richard Blome
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
which were oval plates with tables in the center and decorative borders depicting people engaged in
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Antique 1680s English Charles II Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

French Medieval Style Silver Jewelry Box, circa 1880
Located in Miami, FL
woman guarding Warm Welcome, who advises on table manners and dress for young women and recommends that
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Antique 19th Century French Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Interior of a Japanese House
By Harry Humphrey Moore
Located in New York, NY
elevated table lined with plain mats (tatami) arranged around the perimeter of a table adorned with a
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Late 19th Century Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

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Located in HAARLEM, NL
Impressive Empire clock with the Goddess Urania making notes (also spelt Ourania, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy and a daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne and also a great grand...
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Antique 19th Century French Mantel Clocks

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Highly impressive Empire Urania Mantel clock
Highly impressive Empire Urania Mantel clock
H 33.47 in W 24.41 in D 11.03 in
Beautiful Regency Coromandel Writing Box c. 1830
Located in Heathfield, GB
A very fine Regency example, in solid coromandel of a superb colour. The dark brown/black grain highlighted with creams and golds which run in natural stripes all over the box, Co...
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Streamline Art Deco Temperature and Humidity Monitor by Middlebury
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Streamline Art Deco temperature and humidity monitor by Middlebury. featuring a temperature and humidity monitor fitted in a circular housing fixed a scrolling chromed spring arm on ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Established & Sons Small Font Clock by Sebastian Wrong
By Established & Sons, Sebastian Wrong
Located in London, GB
The iconic calendar clock, with its distinctive form and flip mechanism, has an established following in design circles. Sebastian Wrong deliberately increases our attraction to its ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Early 19th Century Mahogany Secretary
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Early XIX Century Mahogany Secretary Germany, 1800 Mahogany This classicist cylinder bureau made of mahogany dates from 1810 and is an original from the Empire & Biedermeier era. Th...
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Antique Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaires

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Mahogany

Early 19th Century Mahogany Secretary
Early 19th Century Mahogany Secretary
H 47.25 in W 42.92 in D 23.63 in
Rare 1980s battery-operated world time table clock by Kienzle
By Kienzle Clocks
Located in München, DE
Rare 1980s brass world time table clock by Kienzle. Goes back to the design of Heinrich Johannes Möller. Made in Germany. Kienzle is the oldest clock company in Germany. Housing is m...
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Vintage 1980s German Regency Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Metal, Brass

Vintage Hollywood Regency Brass Table Clock Junghans Meister, Germany, 1950s
By Junghans Uhren GmbH
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Table clock Origin: Germany Producer: Junghans Electronic, Germany Age: 1960s Description: This original vintage table clock was produ...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Wall Clocks

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Brass, Metal

Oversized light-up antique factory wall clock
Located in Kleinburg, ON
Large light up wall clock with handpainted numbers in metal and black wood frame. Good working condition with moderate patina throughout.
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Early 20th Century Unknown Industrial Wall Clocks

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Metal

18th Century Diptych Portable Sundial And Compass by German Beringer
By David Beringer
Located in Milan, IT
Antique 18th Century Diptych Sundial and Compass a portable wooden boxwood sundial with compass, of German origin, by David Beringer, Nuremberg, dating back to the 1790 circa, in goo...
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Antique Late 18th Century German Scientific Instruments

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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 top has a brass shield medallion in the center. The interior has a vibrant purple f...
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Antique 1880s English Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Mother-of-Pearl, Birdseye Maple, Ebony

Alfa Romeo Classic Car Radiator Desk Clock, Jaeger, 1920´s. Automobilia
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Very nice Jaeger 8 days table clock. This is a Classic car clock, circa 1920s. It is mounted over a Classic Alfa Romeo small radiator. Fantastic piece of Automobilia, Perfect gift f...
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Vintage 1920s Swiss Classical Roman Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass, Enamel

Ladies writing, jewellery cabinet, French, circa 1890
By Jonathan Levien
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An early Victorian porcelain and ormolu mounted rosewood and tulipwood jewellery coffer on stand or coffre a bijoux attributed to Johann Martin Levien (1811-1871) Circa 1845, an iden...
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Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Tulipwood

Junghans Pastel Green Wall Clock in Porcelain, Germany, 1950s
By Junghans Uhren GmbH
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A midcentury German porcelain wall clock decorated with pastel green glaze. It features a slightly concave glass front that can be opened sideways. Made by Junghans in West Germany c...
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Wall Clocks

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Small Early 1900's French Faux Tortoiseshell Table Clock
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Decorative Faux Tortoiseshell Arched Table Clock, Early 1900's France. Charming Small Table Clock with white enamel clock face from France. As found, this clock with all its charac...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Metal, Enamel

19th Century Laptop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th century laptop is also known as a writing slope, or a lap desk! It became wildly popular in the 19th century because a "laptop" provided an expansive flat writing surface t...
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

19th Century Laptop
19th Century Laptop
H 6 in W 16 in D 9.75 in
Art Deco Red Vitascope Electric Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Art deco Vitascope clock with automation rocking ship on an illuminated ocean scene with cloud background. Original ‘Art Deco’ hands with skeletonised dial. Electric movement, ‘...
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Vintage 1940s Mantel Clocks

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Sheraton Mahogany and Inlaid Lady's Compendium Table
Located in Witney, OXFORDSHIRE
A very good George III period mahogany and inlaid Lady's Compendium table, the rectangular
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Tables

Art Deco Armoire Dressing Table Compendium and Bed
Located in London, GB
A most unusual Art Deco armoire/dressing table compendium in satinwood parquetry with ormolu
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Wardrobes and Armoires

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Satinwood

William IV Period Rosewood and Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Lady's Table Compendium
Located in Cambridge, GB
A William IV period rosewood and mother-of-pearl inlaid lady's table compendium; the deep hinged
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Jewelry Boxes

'Weatherstation' Desk Compendium by Hermès, Paris
By Hermès
Located in London, GB
A magnificent (and very rare in this large size), silver plated Art Deco desk compendium, or
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze

Silver Cigar Smokers Compendium on Wheels, Hallmarked, 1889
Located in London, GB
dining table as required. Made by Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company in hallmarked silver; London 1889
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Antique 19th Century English Sterling Silver

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Rare Antique Victorian Games And Sewing Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare Antique English Rosewood Games And Sewing Compendium With Exotic Inlay of Ivory- Bronze-Silver
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Antique 19th Century English Game Tables

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Bronze

Antique French Mahogany Bronze D'Ore Mounted Roulette and Games Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
This roulette table with its games compendium is marvelous. Everything about the table speaks of
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Antique Late 19th Century French Game Tables

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Bronze

Mid Century Lighthouse Gilt and Silvered Brass Weather Compendium by Angelus
By Angelus
Located in London, GB
A midcentury eight day timepiece weather compendium by the renowned Swiss watch company, Angelus
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Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Mantel Clocks

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Brass

Rare 1930s Walnut Cocktail Table Cabinet with Rising Drinks Decanter Holder
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Art Deco 1930s walnut cocktail table with
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Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

VINTAGE CIRCA 1940's ALFRED COX BURR WALNUT WARDROBE COMPENDIUM PART OF SUITE
By Alfred Cox
Located in GB
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By Siebe Gorman & Co.
Located in London, GB
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Located in Newark, England
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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By Louis Dee
Located in London, GB
compendium in the form of a 16th Century mortar cannon. With the ‘barrel’ capable of holding 25 cigars, a
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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Tableware

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Rare Georgian Irish Mahogany circa 1760 George III Architects Writing Desk Table
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in GB
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In Stock in Los Angeles, The Jewish Cookbook by Leah Koenig, Phaidon
By Phaidon
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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La Maison Book, by Sir Terence Conran, French Edition 1995
Located in North Hollywood, CA
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Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Writing Stationery Box, circa 1860
Located in London, GB
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Located in London, GB
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An Antique Sea Captain’s Writing Compendium by JC Vickery of Regent Street
Located in London, GB
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American Fashion Hardcover Coffee Table Book Assouline 2007
By Assouline Publishing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
American Fashion Hardcover Coffee Table Book Assouline 2007. American Fashion by Assouline
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The International Book of Lofts Book by Suzanne Slesin Coffee Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
compendium of solutions to the antagonistic problems of light, space, and privacy. Ranging widely from city
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Mission to Earth Landsat Views the World 'NASA SP-360' Hardcover, 1976
Located in North Hollywood, CA
have been assembled into this compendium of outstanding Landsat scenes depicting the Earth's surface
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The Board Game Book Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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Located in Miami, FL
Welcome, who advises on table manners and dress for young women and recommends that they not be faithful
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Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
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Located in Kilmarnock, VA
: carpet croquet, draughts, chess, table tennis, backgammon, and others
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Antique Games Compendium
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Located in Gloucestershire, GB
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Located in London, GB
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By Angelus, Spaulding-Gorham
Located in Port Hope, ON
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Compendium Table For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic compendium table available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, wood and paper, every compendium table was constructed with great care. There are 10 variations of the antique or vintage compendium table you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect compendium table — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each compendium table bearing Art Deco, mid-century modern or modern hallmarks is very popular. A well-made compendium table has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Paul Follot, Hukin and Heath and Richard Blome are consistently popular.

How Much is a Compendium Table?

Prices for a compendium table start at $50 and top out at $35,000 with the average selling for $7,500.