Georgian Secretaire Bookcase Desk Mahogany 1800

Gorgeous Sheraton style secretaire bookcase in mahogany Flame mahogany with satinwood crossbanding Desk section opens out below glass fronted top to reveal writing surface Also cu...

Georgian Mahogany Writing Table. This Writing Table is Raised upon Tapered Legs with Boxwood Line Inlays. Having an Arrangement of 3 Oak Lined Drawers (note the fine dovetails) Circa...

Elegant mahogany breakfront bookcase in the Sheraton manner The piece is antique circa 1920 Features a secretaire pull out desk section in the middle Lots of storage space on this...

Sumptuous Victorian secretaire bookcase we date to circa 1840 Glass fronted top for the books Below this the secretaire desk section opens up to reveal writing surface and drawers Bo...

Regency Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase. This Quality Bookcase Stands Upon Splay Feet with a Shaped Apron. 2 panelled Doors with Boxwood Line inlays the doors open to reveal 2 Sliding T...

Victorian library bookcase display stunning period early-Victorian library bookcase Hand crafted from mahogany with glass fronted top We d...

Gorgeous antique secretaire a abattant, desk, French Empire style, mahogany, gilt, 1800s, 19th century! This stunning French Empire style marble-top mahogany fall-front desk, 19th century, projecting frieze drawer, with gilt metal crossed sword pulls, turned column supports flanking the fall-front panel, opening to gilt embossed leather writing surface, mirrored interior gallery, over dual cabinet doors, opening to reveal three drawers, above lower apron drawer, approximately 56.5" height 37.25" width, 17" depth. Dominated by Greco-Roman models, the Empire style - spare, noble, massive - had a studied dignity consistent with Napoleonic majesty. The characteristic furniture types were a bit stiff but imposing: their flat surfaces and sharp corners, together with their lack of moldings, produced an effect of grandeur that was not without beauty as per Timothy Corrigan The Empire style was deliberately propagandistic, and embraced what was most monumental in ancient art as suitable analogies to the new French Empire. Napoleon imposed a tyrannical centralization on artistic production, decreeing that it would be subject to control from Paris and overseen by the architects Percier and Fontaine...

Red lacquer desk with three drawers with pierce carvings motif.

An unusual and possibly unique example of a Chippendale design for a carved mahogany bureau bookcase. See included photos of scans of the designs from Chippendale’s - The Gentleman...

A nicely worn antique Chinese school desk with simple stool and single drawer all in one piece. Great patina with traces of original black paint. From S...

This petite elmwood desk charms with its unusual blend of east and west styles. Made in Northern China, the desk dates to the late 19th century, a period that saw great cultural exch...

This is a simple very well made Georgian desk. Made from solid mahogany and as far as I can tell totally original. The drawers all run smooth and close flush. The overall condition i...