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Victorian Amboyna Writing Slope
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Victorian brass strapwork mounted amboyna writing slope, with a fall
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Amboyna
Rare Antique circa 1860 Library Writing Table Desk with Twin Writing Slopes
Located in GB
that required writing slopes to share it sitting at opposite sides like a partner desk but this is of
Category
Antique 1860s English High Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
H 31.11 in W 55.12 in D 31.5 in
Restored Gothic Revival Desk Side Bookcases Drawer Writing Slope Pugin Gillows
By Pugin, Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in GB
partner desk with top drawer writing slope and side bookcases made by either Gillows of Lancaster or Pugin
Category
Antique 1840s English Gothic Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
H 33.67 in W 50.79 in D 24.61 in
Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany and fruitwood inlaid ladies writing desk. The superstructure with central shelf flanked by
Category
Early 20th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique French Brass Inlaid Mahogany Writing Slope Box 19Ct
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality example of a polished brass inlaid travelling writing slope made
Category
Antique 19th Century French Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Lord Nelson`s Family Portable Sloping Laptop Desk
Located in Dorking, GB
and the use of travelling scribes was on the wane, this type of writing desk must have been much more
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Fine and Unusual Edwardian Inlaid Leather Top Desk
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine and unusual Edwardian mahogany ladies leather top desk, with gorgeously rich patination and
Category
Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Charles X Writing Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
The epitome of French elegance and style, this French Charles X-style writing desk takes the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Charles X Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian Writing Slope Wood and Mother of Pearl Scotland 1870 H613
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Victorian writing slope, wood and mother of pearl, Scotland 1870, H613
Scotland 1870
Solid
Category
Antique 1870s Scottish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Slant-Front Drafting Desk Writing Table
Located in Forney, TX
early 20th century, likely French, one piece desk on frame form, having a sloped front with inset felt
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Felt, Ebony, Burl, Rosewood, Palisander, Maple, Mahogany, Kingwood
Writing Desk used by Charles Dickens, circa 1800
Located in Dorking, GB
This is the desk on which Dickens began his famous writing career. He was in fact a solicitor’s
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Jørgen Berg. Danish Writing Desk In Rosewood, 1960-1970
By Jørgen Berg
Located in Kastrup, DK
Jørgen Berg.
Danish writing desk in Rio rosewood.
Fall-front fitted with a writing slope with brown
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique 19thC English Victorian Hobbs Kneehole Cylinder Roll Writing Bureau Desk
By Hobbs & Co.
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th Century Hobbs & Co London kneehole cylider writing desk. Made of oak featuring seven
Category
Antique 19th Century Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
H 43.25 in W 44 in D 19 in
Early 20th Century Metamorphic Writing Desk by J.C Vickery of London
Located in Martlesham, GB
moulded edge hinged top lifting up and folding over to reveal the rising writing desk top, which consists
Category
Vintage 1910s European Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Italian 1940's Walnut Folding Writing Desk or Console Table, Italy, circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
An Italian 1940's folding or flip-top walnut writing desk or console with two faux drawers, the top
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate, Walnut
H 30.75 in W 46 in D 19.75 in
1790 Gillows Cuban Hardwood Library Secretaire Desk Writing Table I Bramah Lock
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare circa 1790 George III Library writing desk
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
H 29.93 in W 35.83 in D 18.9 in
Very Fine circa 1780 Georgian Mahogany Reading Table with Candle Slips & Slope
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in GB
collector should have
The table boasts an angle adjustable reading slope, twin candle slip trays and
Category
Antique 1780s English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
H 27.56 in W 29.93 in D 19.69 in
18th Century George II Writing Bureau
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century George II mahogany ladies writing bureau topped by brass pierced gallery. The sloped
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Irish George II Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Victorian Period Partner's Writing Table
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
such as a moulded rectangular top with two rising fall writing slopes in the centre topped by a brass
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
Charming Georgian Elm Childs Desk
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A super early 18th-century childs writing desk, the slope top lifts to reveal a fitted drawer; of
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
19th Century Regency Palisander Davenport Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
leather writing surface. Top opens to reveal a richly colored interior with 2 drawers.
Writing slope
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Palisander
Late Victorian Freestanding Satinwood Carlton House Desk
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Victorian freestanding satinwood Carlton House desk, the curved rectangular top with the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
"Locust" Wood Desk by Alexandre Caldas
By Alexandre Caldas
Located in Geneve, CH
"Locust" Wood desk with "Nest" chair by Alexandre Caldas
Desk:
Width: 120 cm
Depth: 80 cm
Height
Category
2010s Portuguese Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Gillows - Mid 19thC Mahogany Twin Pedestal Desk
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Altrincham, GB
Gillows - Mid 19thC Mahogany Twin Pedestal Desk shaped rectangular top with dark blue tooled
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Antique Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam Stag Antler Horn Slope Top Writing Desk c 1800s
Located in Chicago, IL
stag antler writing slope table top desk, late 19th century from Vizagapatam, which was the
Category
Antique 1870s Indian Black Forest Desk Sets
Materials
Sandalwood, Leather, Antler, Bone
H 5.25 in W 15 in D 15.13 in
AES Emperador Marble Contemporary Desk, Jan Garncarek
By Jan Garncarek
Located in Geneve, CH
exclusivity of the design.
Marble top set in a steel and brass frame. The gently sloping legs add a dynamic
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass, Steel
AES Black Marble Contemporary Desk, Jan Garncarek
By Jan Garncarek
Located in Geneve, CH
elegance and exclusivity of the design.
Marble top set in a steel and brass frame. The gently sloping
Category
2010s Polish Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass, Steel
19th century Chinese canton black lacquered desk cabinet
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
missing) the top section finishes with the main pullout / pull-out writing surface. The writing flap opens
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Alabaster
A Very Fine Edwardian Carlton House Style Desk
By Carlton House Fine Furniture
Located in Dublin, IE
drawer to the front. The shaped and moulded desk top of rectangular form is fitted with a stunning green
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Cylinder Desk, Victorian Period, Flamed Mahogany, 19th Century
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
the right part and a slope of writing which can be raised for the central part.
This first part
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Bonheur Du Jour Cylinder Desk Louis XVI Style
By Paul Sormani
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
creativity.
The piece features profuse brass inlay and a rolling tambour desk top.
On opening the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Victorian Period Burr Walnut Davenport Desk
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A stunning 19th century figured burr walnut Davenport desk. The piano top fall lifts to reveal 2
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Rare 18th Century Georgian Period Mahogany Architect Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
This rare and elegant Georgian Architect’s desk has a ratchet top, extending drawer front, as well
Category
Antique 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Mahogany Wood “Architect Desk” Table, France, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
knot stands the table, which has two drawers on the skirt, some boards on the sides and a sloping top
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Other
Fabulous Edwardian Inlaid Desk in the Carlton House Style
By Carlton House Fine Furniture
Located in Dublin, IE
open upwards to reveal a fitted section with arrangement of pigeon holes. Raised over desk top of
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Very Fine Edwardian Desk Attributed to Edward and Roberts
By Edward & Roberts
Located in Dublin, IE
top below fitted with gorgeous green gilt embossed tooled leather writing skiver surface raised over
Category
Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
"Locust" Wood Desk with "Nest" Chair by Alexandre Caldas
By Alexandre Caldas
Located in Geneve, CH
"Locust" Wood Desk with "Nest" chair by Alexandre Caldas
Measures: Desk:
Width 150 cm
Depth 80
Category
2010s Portuguese Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Walnut Cylinder Roll Up Desk, Scotland 1870, H345
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Victorian Walnut Cylinder Roll up Desk, Roll Top Desk, Scotland 1870, H345
Scotland 1870
Category
Antique 1870s Scottish Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Dickens Pedestal Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
compartment for writing utensils.
The desk is fitted with three faded green and gold tooled inset leather
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Victorian Inlaid Mahogany Architects Desk by Edwards & Roberts
Located in London, GB
& Roberts, circa 1880 in date.
The desk features a hinged crossbanded lift-up architect's top with ratchet
Category
Antique 1880s English High Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
H 32.29 in W 48.04 in D 29.93 in
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
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Silver, Brass
H 39.38 in W 33.08 in D 22.05 in
Architectural Desk In Walnut By Carlo de Carli, Italy 1950's
By Carlo De Carli
Located in Hellouw, NL
. It is pleasantly striking that it was not decided to straighten the top, but to have it slope down so
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Fine Sheraton Revival Satinwood Inlaid Carlton House Desk. with Letter Boxes, Ci
By Thomas Sheraton
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine Sheraton Revival Satinwood inlaid Carlton House desk. with Letter boxes. circa 1880s
Category
Antique 1880s English Sheraton Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
H 39.77 in W 48.04 in D 24.81 in
Carlo di Carli: Desk in Fruitwood, Brass, and Glass, Italy 1950s
By Carlo De Carli
Located in New York, NY
details that suggest movement — from the sloping line of a chair to the curved edge of a desk. For de
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
A Stunning Edwardian Desk in the Carlton House Style by Maple of London
By Maple & Co.
Located in Dublin, IE
/4 pierced brass gallery rail. Raised over desk top of serpentine form fitted with a gorgeous green
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Unique Desk or Table Made by Jens Harald Quistgaard in 1953, Solid Teak and Oak
By Jens Quistgaard
Located in Odense, DK
sloping legs and two crossed iron bars. The desk was drawn and executed as a special assignment by the
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
H 29.53 in W 61.03 in D 34.26 in
Regency Davenport
Located in Cheshire, GB
George IV Davenport the top with thin rosewood inset rail, slope fronted burgundy tooled leather
Category
Antique 19th Century English George IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Victorian Walnut Work Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
leather writing slope and fitted interior above frieze drawer and storage compartment below, raised on
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Burr Walnut Davenport
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century burr walnut davenport, the sloping top has the original tan colour leather writing
Category
Antique 1860s British Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
c. 1865 French Napoleon III Table Top Writing Desk Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
French, circa 1865, Napoleon III table top writing desk box. Burl amboyna, ebony & boulle inlays
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Desk Sets
Materials
Velvet, Burl
Quality Antique Victorian Rosewood Freestanding Davenport
Located in Suffolk, GB
top with lift up serpentine shaped lid and crossbanded rosewood writing slope. The slope opening to
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Other
English Marquetry Inlaid Bureau De Dame
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
, butterflies, shells, and foliage.
The rectangular top with gilt-bronze acanthus rim sits above a sloping
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Freestanding Davenport
Located in Suffolk, GB
original walnut gallery, shaped burr walnut lift up writing slope with original leather opening to reveal
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Late English Regency Satinwood Davenport Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Dublin, IE
foliate brass gallery above a sloped and hinged leather inset top enclosing an arrangement of drawers and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
H 33.08 in W 18.9 in D 22.84 in
Exquisite Antique Hardwood Military Campaign Writing Slope Desk & Later Stand
Located in GB
various stationary cubby’s.
The writing slope has a gold leaf embossed, green leather top which is very
Category
Antique 19th Century English Campaign Desks
Materials
Brass
H 17.72 in W 20.08 in D 12.01 in
Antique Victorian Brass Burl Walnut Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box 19ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Writing Slope of outstanding quality and quite large proportions. Third quarter of the Nineteenth Century
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
H 7.25 in W 18 in D 10.25 in
Antique Regency Brass Inlaid Mahogany Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and unusually large proportions, with lavish brass inlay
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Desks
Materials
Brass
H 7.5 in W 20 in D 10.75 in
Sublime Antique Hardwood Pedestal Desk with Green Leather Writing Slope Drawer
Located in GB
pedestal desk with green leather top and hidden writing slope middle drawer
A very good looking and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
H 32.09 in W 54.14 in D 29.93 in
Antique Regency Brass Inlaid Mahogany Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality English well figured Mahogany ladies or gents travelling writing
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks
Materials
Brass
H 6.75 in W 16 in D 9.5 in
Antique Victorian Traveling Desk Birds Eye Maple Writing Slope Edwards Roberts
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and compact proportions. Last quarter of the Nineteenth
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks
Materials
Brass
H 6.5 in W 13 in D 10.75 in
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