Slope Desk

19th Century Victorian Military Campaign Burr Walnut Brass Bound Writing Slope With A Tooled Black Leather Scriver Slope will include A Single Glass Inkwell A vintage pen S moder...

Royal Owner Victorian Burgundy Leather Writing Slope Box With Hinged Lid Writing Pad, Storage & Two Inset Porcelain Panels. Within the slope there is a leather bound blotting she...

Antique dark birds eye maple writing slope with brass M monogram plate on top with green felt lining and multiple interior storage compartments finished in macassar ebony.

Very fine antique English coromandel wood writing slope with fitted satinwood interior, circa 1890's. Made by Halstaff & Hannaford of Regent Street, London.

We try our best to send a key with every slope. Either an original, or a new one by the locksmith.

Made by Esteemed Maker with Royal Warrant "Tompson", brass internal lock has the King George insignia so made between 1820's. Early 19th Century Exquisite Brass Bound Hand Crafted Ma...

Unusual Victorian Oak Desk Slope In The Shape of a Book With Internal Divisional Sections Complete With With Two Cut Glass Inkwells Bound With Silver Plate Decorative Idents Inkwel...

A super early 18th-century childs writing desk, the slope top lifts to reveal a fitted drawer; of lovely colour and patina.

Called secretaire en abbatant by the French, in reference to the sloping-front drop-down desk surface, this particular example features the classic leather writing mat in glorious re...

Large 2-body scriban decorated with golden Chinoiserie on a black lacquered background, with a display window and stylized shelves in the upper part and a sloping desk and a double d...

A handsome Victorian mahogany Davenport desk, crafted from beautifully figured solid mahogany Circa 1890 The shaped fall-front writing slope lifts to reveal a fitted interior with co...

Restaurant Clerks Desk Greeting Station, Greeter A very neat Front of House Reception Greeter, the greeting desk has a sloping lift up storage compartment, and is set on tall legs ...

Very attractive Victorian walnut davenport desk with beautifully figured veneers Circa 1860 on this antique desk Classic sloping writing surface with inset leather top opening to fit...

This writing slope (or portable writing desk) is richly decorated with mother-of-pearl and pleasing painted florals.

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning full sized Victorian circa 1860-1880 Military Campaign Davenport desk writing slope with slidi...

Clerks Desk Restaurant Greeting Station, Greeter A very neat Front of House Reception Greeter, the greeting desk has a sloping lift up storage compartment with pigeon holes, and is ...

It has been gently cleaned and given a fresh coat of wax to preserve its integrity while maintaining its rich, historical character. Perfect as a writing slope, portable desk, or boo...

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...

19th century victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope circa 1870. Fine quality english made victorian writing slope. 

The screw mechanisms were used to keep them secure during travel, these were often used inside a writing slope or lap desk. Dating to c.1840, nearly 200 years old, they remain in ex...

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...

19th Century Pollard Oak Campaign Writing Slope or Lap Desk This is a very rare piece, it is a Campaign Writing Slope, it is made in Pollard Oak and bound in brass, it is an except...

Before desks became common in every room, these portable boxes allowed letters to be written neatly and privately wherever required.

A good early 19th century Lap Desk or writing slope, unusually constructed in richly figured Amboyna wood.

A good early 19th century lap desk or writing slope, unusually constructed in richly figured Amboyna wood.

An Exceptionally Fine Quality French Napoleon III FRENCH NAPOLEON III Ebony Officers Campaign Style Traveling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and unusually large size. Made by ...

This is a very good looking well made and decorative piece of campaign furniture, this example is very unique as it has the writing slope desk section to the middle and a large thin ...

Designed with a graceful curved silhouette supported by four elegant curved legs, this desk includes a sloping writing flap adorned with a green leather writing surface.

Large size English Regency mahogany travelling sloped lap desk/ box with original brass corner mounts, hinges, pin, top mount and retractable handles.

Arts and Crafts Golden Oak Podium, Restaurant Reception Greeter This piece is the beautiful colour of Golden Oak, it is an Arts and Crafts Reading stand, the top of the desk slope...

Writing slopes such as this were widely used during the Victorian period for correspondence at home or while travelling, providing a compact and elegant portable desk.

An English mahogany writing box, also known as a writing slope or lap desk, has a rich history dating back to the 18th century.

This unique piece has a fold out writing or work surface under the top lid as seen often in writing slopes or lap desks. There is a large pierced carved pull out holding drawer under...

Its unusual structure provides particularly high legs for this kind of furniture, which has, on the front of a slope turning it into a desk. Inside there is a open compartment and so...

A top quality example of a late Victorian writing box with an integral writing slope / lap desk. This grand large example is made from beautiful olive wood with substantial cast b...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exceedingly rare circa 1780 Georgian Bachelors Chest of Drawers with baize lined slip writing desk top ...

Having various names depending on origin, time period, and intended use, they were frequently used by traveling merchants as a portable writing slope - lap desk while traveling for t...