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Material: Leather
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI-Style Executive Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI-Style executive desk
Mahogany with excessive bronze mounts and trim with tooled dark leather writing surface.
Dimensions:
31" H x 71.75" ...
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Mid-20th Century French Leather Desks
Materials
Bronze
An Unusual Early 20th Century George I Style Free Standing Pedestal Desk
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual early 20th Century George 1st style free standing pedestal ,desk with brass open plate handles . The shaped draws to each pedestal have unusual oyster Veneers with walnut cross banding and reeded surrounds. The top retains its original brown tooled leather . The quality of this desk and choice of veneers would suggest the leading maker in Georgian style furniture of the time . W. Charles Tozer of 25 Brook Street, London,
In 1920, W. Charles Tozer was a cabinet maker, working in London, possibly at Brook Street. He is known to have retailed furniture, including a japanned bureau...
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Early 20th Century English George I Leather Desks
Materials
Brass
Modern Shagreen Leather Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A modern shagreen embossed leather-wrapped desk with a brass tone iron-framed base. Three drawers with marbleized paper-lined interiors and with brass ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Leather Desks
Materials
Metal
$2,850 / item
Penhurst Mahogany Desk
Located in Annville, PA
The Penhurst Mahogany Desk in the Niagara Furniture collection. This desk matches a number of other pieces which we produce, please see the links below for related products. The fant...
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2010s Renaissance Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
$4,870 / item
ANTIQUE ORIGiNAL REGENCY CIRCA 1810-1820 HARDWOOD BROWN LEATHER DAVENPORT DESK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, totally original, finest quality Antique Regency circa 1810-1820 Davenport desk wi...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$3,249 Sale Price
20% Off
STUNNING SMALL BURR & BURL YEW WOOD WiTH GREEN LEATHER TOP TWIN PEDESTAL DESK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely, small Burr & Burl Yew wood green Leather topped small pedestal desk
Please note the delivery ...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Yew
$1,486 Sale Price
20% Off
Enamel Decorated French Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted Bureau Desk Table Console
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Enamel decorated French Louis Revival Ormolu mounted Bureau plat partner desk table console mint
Both sides symmetrical, yet one side has ability to open.
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Leather Desks
Materials
Brass
Vintage Campaign Style Writing Table/Desk Lacquered in Red
Located in Dallas, TX
Classic Campaign style desk manufactured by Sligh of Holland/Grand Rapids, Michigan. Restored, consist of five drawers with recessed brass pulls. Inlaid leather top with elegant embossed gold design and brass legs. Brass bound corners and Campaign pulls...
Category
1950s American Campaign Vintage Leather Desks
Materials
Brass
Rare Victorian Four-Sided Quad Pedestal Desk in Flamed Hardwood Green Leather
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to this very rare flamed mahogany quad four sided pedestal partners desk with green leather top
This is a very rare and collectable desk, designed for four people to use at the same time, having quad pedestals you can use four office chairs...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$11,565 Sale Price
30% Off
French Directoire Style Ebonized Solid Mahogany Desk in Any Dimension
Located in Chicago, IL
Our Old Plank Directoire style desk, is entirely made to order in our workshop here in Chicago and can be specified, both in dimension and finishes. Since we do everything in house, the options are almost limitless; down to the color of the leather. The Directoire desk you see in our 1stdibs listing, was crafted from solid mahogany and carefully ebonized the old fashion way, where the grain of the mahogany is still visible, as are the warm brown tones of the wood. Take a close look at the gold embossing on the leather top, of our French style desk...
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2010s American Directoire Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Chippendale Walnut Desk
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
The desk has an egg-and-dart moulded and serpentine shaped top with leather writing surface. The opposing sides are fitted with a frieze drawer flanked by four graduated drawers to e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood, Walnut
$16,522 / item
18th Century English Mahogany Leather Top Partners Desk with Carved Birds
Located in Milford, NH
A fine proportion mahogany rectangular partners desk with brown leather top with a crossbanded border with delicate carving, surmounting a frieze with two fitted and cockbeaded document drawers...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Brass
Low Profile One Drawer Mid-Century Modern Burgundy Leather Top Blonde Desk Mint!
By Ico Parisi
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Low profile custom studio made one drawer Mid-Century Modernburgundy leather top blonde birch legs desk mint!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Birch
ANTiQUE RESTORED LIONS HAIRY PAW FEET BROWN LEATHER PEDESTAL DESK BRAHAM LOCKS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite, antique Lion's Hairy Paw desk in flamed mahogany with ori...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$10,464 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau à Cylindre Possibly by François Linke
By Adam Weisweiler, François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Superb Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Bureau à Cylindre Possibly François Linke for Maison Krieger
In the manner of Adam Weisweiler, Possibly by François Linke for Maison Krieger
Cajou, platane trellis-parquetry, ébène and buis stringings, the rounded corner marble top above three small drawers, the cylinder front opening to a gilt-tooled leather lined writing slide and five small drawers, the frieze fitted with three drawers, the central drawer, with spring-loaded secret release, is decorated with an ormolu relief plaque which depicts a group of putti at play, the two side drawers with hidden key...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$44,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 20th Century Vintage Contemporary Signed Karl Springer Waterfall Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An incredible vintage Contemporary Writing desk. Made by the iconic Karl Springer and Signed and dated 1986 on the bottom. Wrapped I’m black leather on a chic waterfall shape. Acquir...
Category
Late 20th Century American Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
Victorian Silver & Brass Mounted Circassian Walnut Lap Desk on Gilt Metal Stand
Located in Germantown, MD
A stunning Victorian Silver and Brass Mounted Circassian Walnut Lap Desk on Gilt Metal Stand.
Measures 15.75" in width, 9.5" in depth, 19.50" in height. Wooden part is 9.5" high.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Metal
$2,026 Sale Price
30% Off
Burr Walnut Partners Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
This beautiful burr walnut partners pedestal desk features a 3 sectioned inset leather writing surface with hand-tooling. The graduating, shaped drawers all have oak linings, dovetai...
Category
2010s Indonesian Leather Desks
Materials
Brass
Rare 19th Century Coromandel and Gilt Brass Pedestal Desk by Wright & Mansfield
Located in London, GB
A Very Fine Writing Desk
Constructed in coromandel, with extensive gilt brass work fittings; rising from castor shod toupie feet, the two pedestals housing three lockable graduated drawers, with gilt brass cock beadings, and foliate cast swan neck handles; three long drawers in the apron, the fielded panelled sides having fitted extensible slides; the writing surface with an inset tooled leather, and having an outer moulded gilt brass guard edging; the superstructure of gilt brass trellis work, housed within turned and fluted columns, incorporating an upper shelf with an arcaded gilt brass gallery.
A virtually identical desk...
Category
19th Century English Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Brass
19th century Biedermeier Empire/Neo-Classical st. Desk by Francois Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely high quality Continental 19th century Biedermeier Empire/Neo-Classical st. Burl Walnut, Ebonized Fruitwood, Giltwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat by Francois Li...
Category
19th Century Unknown Empire Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Satinwood and Marquetry Kidney-Shaped Writing Desk with Leather Top
By Maple & Co.
Located in London, GB
A satinwood and marquetry kidney-shaped writing desk
in the manner of Maple & Co
The moulded and tooled leather inset top above an arrangement of nine drawers, inlaid throughout ...
Category
19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Satinwood, Wood
VR Stamped Victoria Regina Hardwood Twin Pedestal Partner Desk Victorian, 1860
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely English Victorian Circa 1880 twin pedestal partner desk with original castors and VR stamped locks for Victoria Regina...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$1,784 Sale Price
30% Off
Chippendale Style Partners Desk
Located in Montreal, QC
This superb desk is a copy of one made by Thomas Chippendale in 1766 for Sir Rowland Winn. The original masterpiece of English cabinetry is at his residence, Nostell Priory in York...
Category
1940s English George III Vintage Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
C1830 Louis Philippe Mahogany Document Desk with Leather Faced Drawers
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
C1830 Louis Philippe Mahogany Document Desk with Leather Faced Drawers. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.
Desk Height: 28.5
Category
Early 18th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century English Lap Desk on Stand
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A 19th century English lap desk presented on a later custom stand. The burl veneer case is mounted with brass edging and fitted with a lock and recessed brass hardware. The hinged to...
Category
19th Century British Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Style, Marquetry, Leather, Writing Desk, France, 19th.
Located in Manhasset, NY
Louis XVI Style, Marquetry, Leather, Writing Desk, France, 19th.
A marquetry, patinated bronze and tooled leather top bureau plat produced in 19th century France having three pull o...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Bronze
Theodore Alexander French Louis XV Walnut Bureau Plat Leather Top Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk
By Theodore Alexander
Vietnam, Early 21st Century
Carved walnut, with bronze ormolu mounts, and embossed black le...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial Leather Desks
Materials
Bronze
19th English Brass Banded Mahogany Lap Desk With Gilt Tooled Leather
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th c., England, a figured mahogany lap desk banded in brass to protect a piece that was in regular use and likely travelled with the owner.
The hinged top opens to a gilt tooled l...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
French 19th Century Brass and Mahogany veneered Directoire Style Cylinder Bureau
Located in Berlin, DE
French 19th Century Brass Inlaid and Mahogany veneered Directoire Style Cylinder Bureau
A 19th century mahogany cylinder bureau with the rectangular top surrounded by a pierced brass gallery, above two mirrored panelled doors, the roll-top opening to reveal a sliding leather writing surface surmounted by three drawers and a shelf, above two frieze drawers, on fluted circular tapering legs headed by asperges and terminated by cast sabot. The mirrored paneled doors, and the roll top are distinguished by its brass inlays that beautifully frame and outline the design of the item. Together with the brass handles, the brass gallery and the brass toupie feet this cylinder bureau displays...
Category
19th Century French Directoire Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Brass
Alima NDS1 Trolly Black Matte Steel/Oak, by Note Design Studio for &Tradition
Located in Dubai, AE
Inspired by the ‘creative chaos’ of working from home, Note Design Studio decided to create a storage unit that would house their collection of magazines, drawings and objects. The r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Scandinavian Modern Leather Desks
Materials
Steel
19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Exhibition Bureau a Cylindre by Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Long Island City, NY
An exceptional late 19th century gilt bronze Mounted Louis XV/XVI Style Exhibition Bureau a Cylindre By Henry Dasson
Henry Dasson – Thought to be made especially for Dasson’s stand at the Paris Exhibition of 1889.
The rectangular top with pierced three-quarter gallery, above three frieze drawers, with the center drawer opening to a hidden leather book holder...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A English Neoclassic Burl Walnut, Brass, & Leather Portable Writing Desk, 19thc
Located in Atlanta, GA
The locking desk with two hinged tops, one opening to reveal pen and ink storage and the other opening to reveal a storage area for writing paper and envelopes as well as a leather w...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Brass
Desk in Parchment "Leather" and Wood from the 50s, made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Red lacquered wood desk from the 50s, Italian.
Desk 1950s
Country: France
Materials: parchment leather and wood
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer
It is an elegant and sophisticated des...
Category
1950s French Space Age Vintage Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pierre Jeanneret Pigeon Hole desk, 1957
Located in London, GB
Pierre Jeanneret, a key modernist figure and frequent collaborator with his cousin Le Corbusier, is known for iconic designs, including those created for the utopian city of Chandiga...
Category
1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Teak
21st Century Carpanese Home Italia Desk with Leather Base Modern, Arthur XL
Located in Sanguinetto, IT
Big desk in Walnut Canaletto and leather base and inserts. The beautiful mix between natural Walnut wood and leather is perfect for a Contemporary and luxurio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Leather Desks
Materials
Metal
George III Style Mahogany and Tooled Leather Inset Architect Desk or Lectern
Located in Germantown, MD
George III Style Mahogany and Tooled Leather Inset Architect Desk or Lectern with brass gallery. Use it as your architect desk or as an elegant lectern.
Measures 37" in width, 28" in...
Category
Late 20th Century American George III Leather Desks
Materials
Brass
$2,450 Sale Price
30% Off
English Chippendale Period George II Red Walnut Kneehole Desk Dressing Table
Located in Glasgow, GB
A good Chippendale period mid 18th century red walnut kneehole writing desk dressing table of small proportions and dating to circa 1740-50. With a lift-up top featuring a fully fit...
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Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Brass
Casablanca Brass, Mexican Walnut and Black Leather Desk / Nomade Atelier Design
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
A striking balance between sharp edges and soft leather pocketing is found in the Casablanca desk by contemporary Nomade Atelier ´s Mexican design. Secr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Leather Desks
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Style Maitland-Smith Faux Ostrich Leather Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
This outstanding Art Deco style desk is crafted by Maitland-Smith, circa 1970s. The company is well known for its use of unusual materials. This desk is beautifully covered in faux o...
Category
Late 20th Century Art Deco Leather Desks
Materials
Brass
Fine Pair of Fully Restored Unique Antique Davenport Side Table Bookcases Desks
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptional pair of fully restored, Regency circa 1810-1820, Walnut & Brown leather Daveport desk side table bookcases
These are the only pair of Daveports I have ever seen this size, designed as open library bookshelves...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
$5,452 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Sheraton Revival Rosewood and Marquetry Inlaid Desk, 19th Century
Located in Glasgow, GB
A superb quality late Victorian Sheraton style rosewood and marquetry desk in the manner of Edwards & Roberts. With a Carlton House influenced top featuring elegant inlaid curved lid...
Category
1890s English Sheraton Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Brass
Superb Parchment Covered Desk by Primavera, Art Deco, France, 1930's
By Primavera
Located in Paris, FR
Superb Art Deco desk/secretaire by Primavera. It is made of a beech wood structure, all faces entirely covered with leather (parchment). All angles are reinforced with chromed metal....
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Leather Desks
Materials
Chrome
George II Style Mahogany Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
A George II style mahogany writing desk with an inset leather top, circa 1920. The rich brown leather writing area is decorated with tooled Greek Key and beaded borders. Three shallo...
Category
Early 20th Century George II Leather Desks
Materials
Brass
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany And Ormolu Mounted Partners Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany and ormolu mounted partners desk signed by Victor Raulin. The desk is raised by circular tapered fluted legs...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Mid 20th Century Vintage Italian Inlay Partners Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Discover the epitome of timeless luxury with our Vintage Italian Inlay Partners Desk. Infused with Old World charm and American refinement, this exquisite piece showcases intricate I...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
Restored Gothic Revival Desk Side Bookcases Drawer Writing Slope Pugin Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London, Pugin
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare Gothic Revival circa 1840 solid oak partner desk with top drawer writing slope and side bookcases made by either Gillows of Lancaster or Pugin
Where to begin, this desk has been on a journey, when I first received the piece it looked like it had been French polished and waxed around 20 times, it had a very clumpy sticky finish, my restorers have stripped back all that horrible guck, they have then lightly stained and French polished it the correct way which has kept all the period patina and simply made it golden, The leather top and writing slope top has been replaced with fully aniline natural cattle hide leather that was plain, I’ve then had my leather polishers dye it this gorgeous whisky brown colour. Lastly there was various small timber repairs which have been done with antique timber...
Category
1840s English Gothic Revival Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Oak
$9,637 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century Bureau Plat Desk in Kingwood Att. to Francois Linke
Located in New York, NY
A sublime Bureau Plat Desk in Kingwood with crisp ormolu mounts in the Louis XV style. A set of four female caryatids ornament each of the curved legs, with shields mounted on the fo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Bronze
Modern Sevilha Desk Made with Walnut, Handmade by Stylish Club
Located in Seroa, PT
A minimalist collection that reveals the importance of incredible design combined with the best materials, the Seville collection offers functionality, magnificent designs and distin...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Gillow's of Lancaster Regency Military Campaign Kidney Desk Brass Gallery Rail
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and exceptionally rare Gillow's of Lancaster circa 1815 Military Campaign Kidney desk with brass gallery rail and removable barley twist legs
An exceptionally rare example of a High Victorian Library desk...
Category
19th Century English High Victorian Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Brass
$19,275 Sale Price
30% Off
Swivel Leather Desk Chair, Cubé Desk Chair
Located in Miami, FL
Cubé is a desk chair with modern lines combined with noble metal details. It has an elegant leather upholstery. The double cushioning on the seat adds to the level of comfort, while ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Leather Desks
Materials
Metal
$1,460 / item
19th Century Birch and Morocco Leather Pedestal Desk in the French Empire Manner
Located in London, GB
A pedestal desk in the French Empire manner
of freestanding breakfront form with everted angles, constructed in birchwood, and burr birchwood, having bronze accents drawn from the...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Thomas Chippendale Revival Inverted Breakfront Partner Desk Leather Top
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this lovely flamed mahogany, Thomas Chippendale Revival twin pedestal, partner desk with Regency brown Leather top and inverted breakfront
A very good looking and well made desk, it is a copy of an original Thomas Chippendale...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$5,300 Sale Price
30% Off
Rare Victorian Burr Oak & Walnut Merryweather London 1885 Stamped Desk, Leather
By Merryweather and Sons 1
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Victorian Merryweather Holloway London 1885 stamped burr walnut and oak twin pedestal desk
A very fine desk indeed, made ...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Oak, Walnut
$2,891 Sale Price
30% Off
Stunning Antique Victorian Fully Restored Sheraton Revival Desk Oxblood Leather
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite fully restored Victorian Sheraton Revival partner desk with oxblood leather writing surface
This is pretty much the fi...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$4,337 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English pedestal desk made from mahogany. The top is covered in the original tan leather, which has aged beautifully, and is banded by a shaped mahogany border. The desk...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Antique circa 1830-1850 James Winter & Sons London Satinwood Green Leather Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare and important original fully stamped James Winter & Son’s 101 Wardour St Soho London Satinwood & Regency green leather partner desk circa 1830-1850
This is a very rare and fine piece of English craftsmanship, the timber is sublime, the leather top nicely aged and the stamps to the drawer’s crisp, this piece is pure quality
The renowned cabinet makers James Winter & Sons were based in Soho London between 1823 to 1870 and produced some amazing pieces of antique furniture.
James Winter founded his company in 1823 as a cabinet maker, undertaker, dealer, appraiser and specialised as a restorer of second hand and antique furniture to retail in his Soho shop. His sons joined his firm and then the business was renamed James Winter & Sons, 101 Wardour St., Soho, London.
It was throughout the Regency and Victorian period, James Winters Company...
Category
1830s English Regency Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Leather, Satinwood
$4,818 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique George III Quality Mahogany Secretaire Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality mahogany secretaire desk/cabinet having a quality mahogany rectangular shaped top above a secretaire drawer with ebony inlay stringing and original brass h...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Leather Desks
Materials
Brass, Other
Art Deco Desk by Ernest Boiceau
By Ernest Boiceau
Located in New York, NY
This Boiceau desk bears his stamp, and was entirely veneered in amboyna, an exotic burlwood named for Ambon, the Indonesian island where it was harvested. The naturally squiggling patterning of the veneer provides an overall surface decoration. The top alone has no fewer than 60 small book-matched squares of it – ten across and six deep – creating a kaleidoscopic effect in subtle monochrome. Applied decoration is minimal. It consists of two inlaid pairs of griffins in boxwood and purplewood facing off across braziers on both the front and the back of the desk, and blind-tooled Greek keys trimming white-leather-topped shelves that slide out to either side. These decorations introduce no color, and, in lying flush with the surface, leave the sleek form undisturbed. Boiceau even eliminated drawer pulls, necessitating a lock and key for each drawer.
Born in Lausanne in 1881, Boiceau descended from French Huguenots who had settled in Switzerland. Prominent as bankers, lawyers, businessmen, and diplomats, the Boiceaus were a cosmopolitan family. Ernest studied painting in Munich, and then painting and architecture in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts. In 1900 he embarked on a ten-year European sojourn, painting landscapes and portraits along the way. In 1910 he resettled in Paris, became interested in textiles, and established an embroidery workshop that catered to the stage and haute couture. Among his clients were the Folies Bergères, the Comédie-Française, and the Paris Opéra, and the fashion houses of Worth and Molyneux. He also made embroidered table linens, wall hangings, and upholstery fabrics. In a 1913, at an embroidery exhibition in Paris at the Musée Galliera, he presented a boudoir in collaboration with curtains, upholstery fabrics, and a tapestry, embroidered in modern abstract designs. In 1925 he launched a couture line, and branched out to design finely crafted objects and furniture made in rare woods, like ebony and Tasmanian oak...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Leather Desks
Materials
Bronze, Other
DECORATIVE SUiTE OF SIX SHAGREEN SHARK RAY SKIN DRAWER DESK CUPBOARD HANDLES
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare suite of six Shagreen upholstered drawer handles
Shagreen is super collectable, it is basica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Art Deco Leather Desks
Materials
Leather
$495 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Queen Desk with Black Lacquered Mirror and Leather Top Gold Leaf Details
Located in Paris, FR
Desk queen with black lacquered mirror and leather top.
Black lacquered high gloss varnished base. Contains three
drawers and golden leaf details.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Leather Desks
Materials
Gold
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