Early American Slant Top Desk
American Cuban Mahogany Slant Top Desk
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Cuban mahogany slant top desk with turned ball finial gallery, fitted interior drawers
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Desks and Writing Tables
Primitive Antique Early American Country Farmhouse Slant Top School Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Primitive early American schoolhouse / country / farmhouse writing desk. Made of poplar
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Classical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Poplar
H 32 in W 25 in D 18.5 in
American Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Slant Top Desk. Boston, Circa 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Chippendale mahogany oxbow slant top four drawer desk with exposed dove tail, original
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Chippendale Desks
19th Century Mahogany Slant Top Carved Ball and Claw Chippendale Style Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th century mahogany slant top carved ball and claw Chippendale style desk. Item features dovetail
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Antique 19th Century American Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
H 42.5 in W 44 in D 25 in
Early-Mid 19th c. Hand Painted Slant Desk, c.1820-1840
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Early to mid 19th century hand painted slant front desk with a lift top, large interior
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Antique Early 19th Century American Rustic Desks
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century American Mahogany Slant Front Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
Early 19th century American mahogany slant front desk. Probably Boston, has the blockfront shape
Category
Antique 19th Century American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Genothalmic Cabinet by General Optical Co Roll Top Medical Work Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Mahogany Genothalmic Cabinet by General Optical Co. Roll Top Medical Work Desk Station
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
H 59.25 in W 30 in D 18.75 in
CRAFTIQUE Solid Mahogany Chippendale Secretary Desk w/ Bookcase
Located in Charlotte, NC
early American John Hancock desks. Solid mahogany with their Old Wood finish, brass hardware, crown
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Brass
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Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique quality 19th Century mahogany writing side table desk. Lovely age colour and patina.
No loose joints and no woodworm. Full of age, character and charm. The mahogany lined ...
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century American Walnut "Wells Fargo" Desk by Wooton Desk. Co
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality and impressive standard grade American walnut Wootton Desk Co. "Wells Fargo" desk, of substantial form, with three quarter gallery and hinged frieze, havin...
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Antique 19th Century American High Victorian Desks
Materials
Walnut
American Block Front Dropdown Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in New York, NY
American (18/19th Century) block front mahogany secretary desk with a slant top drop front over 3 drawers supported on ogee bracket feet.
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Antique 19th Century American Country Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Mahogany Secretary Desk, 19th Century
Located in Southampton, NY
English Mahogany secretary desk, 19th century
Three pieces: Crown, upper drawers and lower cabinet. Lowest draw pulls out as a secretary desk.
Measures: 21" deep x 46.5" wide x 80....
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Antique 19th Century British Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Bureau
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An 18th Century Georgian Mahogany Bureau Having
Well Figured Fall Flap Above Four Long Drawers With
Original Water Gilt Handles Raised On Original Bracket
Feet
(Typical of the lat...
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Dovetail Joints Secretary Drop Front Desk w Drawers Dresser
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Antique 19th Century Dovetail Joints Secretary Drop Front desk w drawers dresser.
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Antique 19th Century American Federal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 46 in W 39 in D 22 in
Antique Stickley Style Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Slant Front Secretary Desk
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mission or Arts & Crafts slant front writing desk or secretary desk
In the manner of Stickley Brothers
USA, Circa 1900
Quarter sawn oak, with original hammered co...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks
Materials
Copper
H 40 in W 26.75 in D 15 in
Refectory table in solid oak wood, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
antique refectory table in solid oak wood, finished with solid sculpted leg and underlying bar for foot support, ideal both in the dining area and in a kitchen as a classy support, b...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Arts & Crafts Three Stack Oak Barrister Bookcase; Desk & Paw Feet; c1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts barrister bookcase secretary offers quarter sawn oak construction with three stacks; tow having pull-out glass doors and the third with a drop down desk op...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Oak
H 55 in W 32 in D 10 in
Lo Studiolo di Ponziani Florentine Chinoiserie HandPainted Secretary Desk Italy
By Ponziani
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chinoiserie hand-painted secretary, Lo Studiolo di Ponziani, Florence, Italy. Chinoiserie painted secretary desk Ponziani Firenze. Painted brilliant lemon yellow, beautiful and subst...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Secretaires
Materials
Wood
H 92 in W 41 in D 17 in
English secretary bookcase Arts&Crats 1910
Located in Meulebeke, BE
This English secretary bookcase in arts & crafts style is a beautiful piece of furniture that expresses both elegance and functionality. The secretary bookcase was made around 1910 i...
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Vintage 1910s English Arts and Crafts Secretaires
Materials
Copper
American Federal Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard with Tapered Cuffed Legs, C. 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Federal mahogany bow front sideboard with three frieze drawers over centered hinged cabinet doors, flanking hinged doors with fitted interior single drawers, period brasses,...
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Antique 1810s American Federal Sideboards
Materials
Brass
H 40 in W 66 in D 26.5 in
Free Standing English Regency Tambour Roll Top Writing Desk
Located in Kastrup, DK
An elegant 19th century freestanding mahogany roll top writing desk.
Tambour top rolls back to reveal a fitted interior with drawers, pigeon holes and a slant lid leather writing su...
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Tiffany & Company, George Paulding Farnham, A Rare, Lavish Silver Centerpiece
By Tiffany & Co., Paulding Farnham.
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Company and George Paulding Farnham, A rare, lavish and monumental sterling silver centerpiece with original mirrored-glass sterling silver plateau, circa 1900.
Museum qua...
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Early 20th Century American American Classical Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
H 15 in W 39 in D 34 in
American Hepplewhite Mahogany Reeded Chest of Drawers with Splayed Feet, C. 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Hepplewhite Mahogany chest of drawers with a reeded molded edge top, five graduated drawers with circular brasses, and resting on the original french splayed feet, Late 18th...
Category
Antique 1790s American Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
H 42 in W 41.75 in D 18 in
Tiffany Studios Jeweled Drophead Dragonfly Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Gilt Bronze Jeweled Drophead Dragonfly Table Lamp, circa 1910.
At the turn of the century, Clara Driscoll, head of the women’s glass cutting depa...
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Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
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A Rare Queen Anne Curly Maple Slant Front Desk C. 1730
Located in Woodbury, CT
brasses. Early 18th Century desks of this size along with an advanced interior are a rarity in American
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Desks
Materials
Poplar
Chippendale Block-Front Slant-Top Desk
Located in Litchfield, CT
, MA,
Christie's, Americana Sale, 1997.
Private Collection, Connecticut
A related Slant-lid Desk
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Pine
Mahogany Chippendale Slant-Top Desk, New York, Ernest Hagen, 1899
Located in Providence, RI
American cabinetmaker.
Of note is that this desk has a writing height of around 30in., which is very
Category
Early 20th Century American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Early American Slant Top Desk
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 19th Century American tiger maple slant top desk.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Desks
Materials
Brass
Primitive Antique Early American Cherry Slant Top Writing School Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
A charming 19th century slant top writing desk. Made from cherry with turned legs leading to peg
Category
Antique 19th Century American Colonial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Primitive Antique Early American Pine Slant Top Writing Desk Country Farmhouse
Located in Dayton, OH
American pine slant top writing desk, circa 19th century. Features an aged distressed patina. Great
Category
Antique 19th Century Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
H 35 in W 25 in D 38 in
American Federal, Walnut Slant Front Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
This is a very fine American Federal Period Slant Front Desk of Mid-Atlantic origin, crafted in
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Federal Desks
18th Century American Chippendale Maple Slant Front Desk
Located in Milford, NH
A fine American Chippendale maple slant front desk with mahoganized finish, dovetailed top
Category
Antique 18th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century American Foreman's Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century American factory foreman's desk with a slant top, three small drawers on top
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th Century Early American Oak Secretary Desk
Located in Plainview, NY
An early American 19th Century solid wood construction secretary desk made of oak. The secretary
Category
Antique 19th Century American American Classical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
American Chippendale Walnut Slant Front Desk, Philadelphia, circa 1785
Located in Shippensburg, PA
American Chippendale walnut slant lid desk, Philadelphia, circa 1785,
with presumed descent in the
Category
Antique 1780s American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
H 44.13 in W 42.38 in D 22.88 in
Fine American Chippendale Ball and Claw Antique Slant Front Desk, Massachusetts
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EXCEPTIONAL AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY SLANT FRONT DESK OVER CLAW FEET
Salem or Boston
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Pine
H 43.38 in W 44 in D 22.5 in
Rare American Queen Anne Child’s Slant-Front Desk, New England ca. 1760
Located in Shippensburg, PA
AMERICAN QUEEN ANNE MAHOGANIZED BIRCHWOOD CHILD'S SLANT-FRONT DESK
New England States, circa 1760
Category
Antique 18th Century American Queen Anne Desks
Materials
Brass, Steel, Iron
H 19.88 in W 21.5 in D 11.13 in
American Chippendale Walnut Antique Slant Front Desk, Chester County, PA c. 1807
Located in Shippensburg, PA
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE WALNUT SLANT FRONT DESK, PENNSYLVANIA
Probably Chester County, signed
Category
Antique Early 1800s American Desks
Materials
Poplar
H 44.38 in W 44.25 in D 22.07 in
American Rustic Lap Writing Desk Box
Located in Southampton, NY
American rustic lap writing desk box.
The outside is stained in a beautiful red tone with lots of
Category
Early 20th Century American More Desk Accessories
Materials
Pine
American Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Desk, Massachusetts, circa 1770
Located in Shippensburg, PA
being a staple in finer slant front desks of the region. The lobed shell draped from the apron of the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
American Chippendale Oxbow Desk on Ball and Claw Feet, Boston c. 1760
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A remarkable work of art, this fine American Chippendale slant front desk features the very
Category
Antique Late 18th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
American Chippendale Slant and Block Front Antique Desk, Newburyport, MA
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Very fine American Chippendale slant front desk with fitted interior
Probably Newburyport
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
H 41.38 in W 43.75 in D 23.38 in
American Chippendale Walnut Cabinet Cupboard, Mid Atlantic States, 18th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
slant front desk, a table or a chest of drawers. The joinery is precise and perfect: the top and bottom
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Chippendale Cabinets
H 28.38 in W 31.88 in D 17.75 in
CRAFTIQUE Solid Mahogany Chippendale Secretary with Bookcase
Located in Charlotte, NC
early American John Hancock desks. Made in Mebane, North Carolina, USA, in 1976. Solid mahogany with
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Willett Early American Golden Beryl Maple Secretary Writing Desk Bookcase Hutch
By Willett Furniture Company
Located in Dayton, OH
. Features a slant top fold out writing surface, interior compartments for storage, four drawers and upper
Category
Mid-20th Century American Colonial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Maple
H 75.5 in W 32.75 in D 20.5 in
American Sheraton Mahogany Plantation Desk. Circa 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Sheraton slant top mahogany one drawer plantation desk with original wooden knobs and
Category
Antique 19th Century American Sheraton Desks
Antique American Chippendale Style Bookcase
By Rockford National Furniture Company 1
Located in Forney, TX
A beautiful antique American Chippendale style bookcase secretaire by Rockford Standard Furniture
Category
Early 20th Century American Chippendale Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Paint
Mid-Century American Sanitary Bakery Bread Delivery Trunk
Located in Forney, TX
wood hinged lid, with a metal bracket for padlock to secure it closed. The slanted storage chest top
Category
Mid-20th Century American Cabinets
Materials
Metal
CRAFTIQUE Solid Mahogany Chippendale Style Secretary with Bookcase
Located in Charlotte, NC
early American John Hancock desks. Solid mahogany with brass hardware. Features upper bookcase with two
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century American Country Secretary Desk
Located in Forney, TX
A rare antique, circa 1810, classic American country mahogany bookcase secretary desk from the east
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Antique Early 19th Century American Country Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
American Slant Top Desk
Located in Wainscott, NY
Curly Maple 18th Century American Slant Top Desk
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Desks
Fall Front Mahogany American Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully grained slip-matched mahogany fall front desk. The slant top desk is a fabulous
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Figured Maple Desk on Frame, Rhode Island
Located in Providence, RI
Desks on frame are the rarest of the American slant top desks, according to the preeminent dealers
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Desks
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Early American Slant Top Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic early American slant top desk available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and brass, every early American slant top desk was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect early American slant top desk — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each early American slant top desk bearing Art Deco or neoclassical hallmarks is very popular.
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An early American slant top desk can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $4,025, while the lowest priced sells for $695 and the highest can go for as much as $38,000.
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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.
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