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French Neoclassical Regency Style Mahogany One-Drawer Lyre Desk Console Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Classical / Regency style mahogany lyre base one-drawer console table. Item features a
Category
Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Console Tables
Materials
Brass
H 29.5 in W 36.5 in D 19 in
Dropside Lyre or Harp Desk
Located in Annville, PA
Yet another item in the lyre collection, our Dropside Lyre or Harp Desk has a beautifully crafted
Category
2010s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Scandinavian Veneered Biedermeier Writing Desk with Lyres
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A small mahogany and walnut veneered table or writing desk with brass holders in the lyres formed
Category
Antique Early 1800s Scandinavian Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Baroque Carved Walnut Writing Desk with Lyre Base
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An Italian Baroque style walnut writing desk table with drawers and lyre shaped base legs and
Category
Antique Early 1800s Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Baker Furniture Lyre Motife Birdseye Maple Drop-Leaf Writing Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Startlingly beautiful bird’s-eye maple drop-leaf writing desk having gorgeous satinwood and ebony
Category
Vintage 1980s American Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Italian Walnut Baroque Style Lyre-Leg Trestle Refectory Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Italian Baroque style desk, or writing table with lyre shaped legs and joint with a central drawer
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 30.71 in W 43.31 in D 21.66 in
Spanish 19th C. Desk or Console Table with Beautiful Lyre-Carved Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish walnut wood table with lyre legs from the 19th century. This antique table from Spain
Category
Antique 19th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Italian 1800s Baroque Style Desk with Drawers, Lyre Base and Iron Stretcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Baroque style walnut Desk/table from the early 19th century, with drawers, lyre shaped
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 30.5 in W 41 in D 22.5 in
Early 20th Spanish Desk with Lyre Legs and Carved Edges on Top
Located in Miami, FL
Early 20th Spanish desk with lyre legs and carved edges on top
An 20th century Spanish Baroque
Category
20th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Italian Baroque Style 1880s Walnut Desk with Inlaid Top and Carved Lyre Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Baroque style walnut desk table from the late 19th century, with inlaid top, two drawers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 28 in W 66.5 in D 29 in
17th Century Italian Oak Wood Antique Fratino Table or Desk with Lyre Legs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
"Fratino" and was usually used as dining tables in convents or monasteries. The legs are carved in the lyre
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
H 33.86 in W 47.64 in D 20.48 in
19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Table. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
design.
This substantial and rare table desk belongs to the tradition of the lyre-desks of the Empire or
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Russian Neoclassic Mahogany Lyre Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
frieze drawer on lyre trestle supports joined by a stretcher.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Russian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th C. Carved Walnut Lyre-Leg Table, Italy
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian carved walnut wood table with lyre legs from the 18th century. This antique table from
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Swedish Karl Johan Biedermeier Lyre Motif Birch Table, 1825
By Karl Johan
Located in San Francisco, CA
An early Karl Johan-period Swedish Biedermeier lyre motif small birch table with drawer
Category
Antique 1820s Swedish Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Birch
English Regency Mahogany and Ebonized Wood Lyre-End Sofa / Writing Table
Located in Stamford, CT
A striking English Regency mahogany sofa / writing table with lyre ends and ebonized detailing
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
H 29.75 in W 55.75 in D 26.75 in
Spanish Baroque Style Fratino Table with Lyre Shaped Base and Iron Stretcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish Baroque style walnut fratino table with carved lyre shaped base and iron stretcher
Category
20th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
H 29.1 in W 70.9 in D 31.1 in
19th Century Spanish Baroque Style Walnut Lyre Leg Writing Table or Side Table
Located in Birmingham, AL
gadroon edge above an intricately carved frieze with two drawers across the front, this beautiful desk is
Category
Antique 1880s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 30.5 in W 49 in D 27.5 in
Very Fine Charles X Imperial Porphyry Lyre Clock
Located in New York, NY
An important Charles X imperial porphyry lyre clock.
Crafted from red porphyry and ormolu
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Porphyry, Bronze
19th Century English Sheffield Silver Plate Lyre Shaped Letter Rack Holder
By Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd.
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely antique English silverplate lyre shaped letter holder by Thomas Bradbury of Sheffield
Category
Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Desk Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
H 6.5 in W 6.25 in D 3.75 in
Antique Spanish Colonial Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Spanish Colonial Desk honors the traditional craftsmanship of the Iberian peninsula, with a
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Louis Seize Lyre Mantel Clock, Probably Paris, circa 1780
Located in Greding, DE
Lyre-shaped mantel clock on marble base with crowning head of sun god Apollo and swan heads holding
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Marble
18th Century Italian Fratino Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian fratino desk with lyre legs and iron stretcher from the 18th century. This antique table
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Victorian Desk Writing Table Mahogany 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian Mahogany Writing Table.
Circa 1860
This Writing Table Features Lyre End Supports, a
Category
Antique 1860s Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Andre Arbus Ormolu Maple Writing Desk
By André Arbus
Located in New York, NY
French 1940s ormolu mounted maple writing desk with leather inset top above 2 frieze drawers on
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Black Chinoiserie Lyre Clock, Guilmet Paris, 19th Century
By Andre Romain Guilmet
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare 19th century French Louis XV style black chinoiserie lyre clock with raised decoration
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Chinoiserie Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Wood
H 19.25 in W 8.5 in D 7.25 in
Antique French Renaissance Walnut Desk ~ Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Renaissance walnut desk ~ Bureau plat was found along the southern coast of France
Category
Early 20th Century French Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Superb Quality Antique Regency Mahogany Free Standing Writing Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality antique regency mahogany free standing writing desk having a superb quality mahogany
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Other
Antique Spanish Trestle-Leg & Iron Stretcher Desk, Elaborately Carved
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish elaborately carved wood desk, with trestle-legs and forged-iron stretchers, from the turn
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Very Fine 1920s Leather Top Desk or Sofa Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine 1920s mahogany desk or sofa table finely carved and of fabulous quality with rich
Category
Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Italian Louis XIV Neoclassical Walnut Desk with Faux Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Italian Louis XIV Neoclassical Walnut Desk with Faux Leather Top combines timeless
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Antique French Louis XIV Parquet Desk ~ Dining Table in Stripped Oak
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XIV Parquet Desk ~ Dining Table in Stripped Oak is a jewel of the
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Desk, Carved, Empire, Tooled Leather Top, Elegant, 19th C., 1800's!!
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant Antique Desk, Carved, Empire, Tooled Leather Top, 19th C., 1800's!!
19th Century Empire
Category
Antique 19th Century European Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
18th Century Spanish Baroque Trestle Style Writing Table Desk with Two Drawers
Located in Madrid, ES
A beautifully conserved Spanish writing table with mixtilinear “pata de lira” (lyre-shaped legs
Category
Antique 18th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 33.47 in W 57.09 in D 31.5 in
Portuguese Late Baroque Rosewood 2-Drawer Center Table or Desk, 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
which are mounted with shaped metal escutcheons, the opposite side with false fronts, with lyre form
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
H 31.25 in W 56.75 in D 35.5 in
Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze Mounted Empire Style Mahogany Pedestal Desk, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Napoleon III gilt bronze mounted Empire style mahogany pedestal desk.
French, circa 1870
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 31.11 in W 59.06 in D 33.47 in
Rare French Art Deco Writing Table / Desk in Teak c. 1925, style of Andre Groult
By Andre Groult
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and Timeless French Art Deco Writing Table / Desk in Teak Wood circa 1925. This rare and
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
H 30.75 in W 59.5 in D 31.75 in
Biedermeir Style French Wooden Writing Desk-Table with Drawer
Located in Prato, Tuscany
technical and historical information to ensure the authenticity of our objects. A fine oak wood writing desk
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Biedermeier Desks
Materials
Oak
1960's English Regency Style Pecan Desk Console by Thomasville
By Thomasville, Tommi Parzinger
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This English Regency style pecan writing desk by Thomasville would be perfect in any room. Desk
Category
Vintage 1960s American Regency Desks
Materials
Brass
Spanish Carved Walnut Wood Trestle-Leg Table w/Forged Iron Stretcher, 8+ Ft Long
Located in Atlanta, GA
stretchers, and terminate into volute feet. The lyre-inspired trestles legs are braced with a crossing pair
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
H 31.25 in W 35.75 in D 98.5 in
Italian 18th Century Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very lovely 18th century Writing Table - Desk from Bologna, Italy. Wonderfully constructed from
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th C. Italian Fratino Walnut Table w/Forged Iron Stretcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian fratino walnut table with lyre legs and iron stretcher from the early 19th century. This
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
A Regency Rosewood Kidney Shaped Writing Table
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A regency period rosewood lyre eneded kidney shaped writing table, with brass lyres and leathered
Category
Antique 19th Century European Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
A Fine Regency Satinwood and Calamander Work Table
Located in New York, NY
; raised on lyre-from end supports on downswept legs and joined by a turned stretcher.
Category
Antique 1810s Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Regency Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
trestle lyre form base. Turned stretcher. Raised on saber legs with brass paw feet casters. Sold Christies
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Regency Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
inlaid edge, over lyre base similarly inlaid and standing on boldly carved hairy lion paw feet, in the
Category
Antique 1820s English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century Tuscany Walnut Dining or Writing Table
Located in Rome, IT
A Tuscany walnut table with rectangular top and sophisticated lyre legs, joined by wrought iron
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Tuscany Walnut Dining or Writing Table
Located in Rome, IT
A Tuscany walnut table with rectangular top and sophisticated lyre legs, joined by wrought iron
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Spanish 19th Century Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
hand forged iron stretchers. Handsome carvings on the classical lyre shaped legs. The table has a
Category
Antique 19th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Late 19th Century Elegant Italian Frattino Table All Solid Walnut Wax-Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
rhomboidal pins to avoid bending. Beech support with lyre legs tied by a smooth crosspiece.
Table with an
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing ...
H 31.5 in W 59.06 in D 24.41 in
17th Century Italian Center Table, Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
constructed from walnut with two drawers, classical lyre shaped legs and a solid board top. Stunning.
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Kidney Shaped Mahogany Writing Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
drawer. The table is raised on a scrolled lyre-shaped supports joined by a geometric shaped stretcher
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Writing Table
Located in Dallas, TX
below carved to depict a bulb with fresh shoots, while also connected to double lyre shaped stretchers
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Spanish Carved Walnut Renaissance Center or Coffee Table
Located in Miami, FL
, down along the shaped lyre legs and continues to the awesome claw feet. Each end has a thick mask
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Gothic Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Late 17th Century Italian Walnut Wood Library Table
Located in Dallas, TX
quarter round molding, with a pair of open lyre legs below that provide a sturdy base. A thick beam
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Martlesham, GB
adjustable easel top with concealed end compartments, each with fitted interiors, on lyre end supports united
Category
Antique 1830s English Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Ebonized Table. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
design.
The refined details of this gorgeous piece are highlighted by beautiful lyre-shaped two legs set
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pearwood
17th C Style Solid Italian Walnut Refectory Writing Dentil Edge Table options
Located in Encinitas, CA
dentil edge under the top surface, lyre-shaped bases, and hand forged iron cross stretchers. Our latest
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
H 30 in W 72 in D 30 in
Maison Lalande Mahogany Library Furniture, Paris, 1890-1900
By Maison Lalande
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
bronze crowned female headed terms, anthemion, lyres flanked by swans and leaf tips; the bureau plat with
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by Maison Forest, circa 1900
By Maison Forest
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
figures, lyres and rosettes. For ornamentation, gilt-bronze was a prerequisite.
The most influential
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 30.32 in W 55.91 in D 33.08 in
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