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Place of Origin: British
Georgian Oak Secretary
Located in Sheffield, MA
Very handsome Georgian lowland oak secretary with walnut trim.
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Desks
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Early Victorian Oak Escritoire Desk Oriental Tapestry Laptop Work Table Campaign
Located in GB
We are delighted to this very rare Victorian oak Escritoire drop front desk with Oriental tapestry and campaign handles
A very good looking early ...
Category
19th Century Early Victorian Antique British Desks
Materials
Tapestry, Oak
Antique George III Quality Mahogany Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality mahogany bureau having a mahogany fall opening to reveal a fully fitted interior consisting of satinwood drawers, pigeon holes and a secret door to the cen...
Category
1760s Antique British Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Original Thomas Chippendale George III Hardwood Architect's Work Desk Table
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare original Thomas Chippendale George III circa 1780 Architects writing table or desk
A v...
Category
1780s George III Antique British Desks
Materials
Hardwood
Georgian Mahogany Slant Front Bureau / Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
George III figured mahogany slant front bureau/desk. Fall has moulded edge and mahogany crossbanding above four graduated drawers with original lock...
Category
18th Century George III Antique British Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Mahogany and Rosewood Partners Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a partners desk made in England, circa 1890. The top of the desk is beautifully shaped with a nicely molded edge. There are 3 brown leather panels with gold tooling. On the f...
Category
1890s George III Antique British Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
Sheraton Revival Cylinder Bureau, circa 1890
By Sheraton Revival
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century satinwood Sheraton revival cylinder bureau with ebony string inlay, having a three quarter brass gallery to the t...
Category
Late 19th Century Sheraton Antique British Desks
Materials
Satinwood
Neo-Gothic Early 19th Century Classical English Regency Bookcase Secretary Desk
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Make sure when you see sale price to take advantage of it, it will not be extended.
English Regency inlaid mahogany secretary Upper hinged glass bookcase revealing three interior sh...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Rosewood and Marquetry Writing Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
A good quality Victorian rosewood and marquetry writing, having a green leather writing surface, decorated with blind and gold tooling above an arrangement of 9 drawers, each with or...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Early Victorian Burl Walnut 2 Pedestal Desk
Located in New York, NY
Early Victorian Burl Walnut 2 Pedestal Desk
With Cigar box mahogany drawers & brass hardware
With 3 keys. Also comes with later glass top
Category
1840s Early Victorian Antique British Desks
Materials
Brass
Queen Anne Style Keehole Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Queen Anne style oyster shell and inlaid kneehole desk. The top of the desk has three inlaid circles and is inlaid with oyste...
Category
20th Century Queen Anne British Desks
Materials
Fruitwood, Mahogany
Early 18th Century English Walnut Veneered Stepped Interior Georgian Bureau Desk
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional condition for this English secretaire/chest/desk of George I period. The finish in figured burl walnut adds aesthetic beauty to the history of this piece acquired by Cosu...
Category
Early 18th Century George I Antique British Desks
Materials
Metal
Antique English Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Writing Desk with Original Brasses
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Charleston, SC
Fabulous quality antique English inlaid mahogany Hepplewhite style writing desk or Carlton House style desk with original oval brasses, and h...
Category
Late 19th Century Hepplewhite Antique British Desks
Materials
Mahogany
English George III Slant Front Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
English George III slant front desk is inlaid with boxwood line and crossbanded in mahogany. The interior has inlaid pilasters with secret ...
Category
1780s Antique British Desks
Materials
Brass
Early 18th Century George I Figured Walnut Bureau Bookcase
By Peter Miller
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A superb and exceptionally well proportioned early 18th century figured walnut ‘pagoda topped’ double dome bureau bookcase, circa 1720 England.
The upper section is surmounted with what is believed to be the original solid walnut finials and soft bevelled mirror plates, opening to a removal bank of walnut veneered and feather banded drawers, cantered by pigeonholes below two shelves. Candle slides are neatly stowed below the bookcase doors to reflect the light.
To the moulded bureau, the fall opens to reveal pigeonholes, long and short asymmetric drawers each beautifully veneered in figured walnut and feather banded, cantered by a cupboard door which neatly conceals an open compartment and drawer. Below the fall, two short and two long graduating oak lined drawers are each book-matched in superb sections of hand-cut figured walnut veneers over bun feet.
It should be noted that this exceptional desk and bookcase, is not only of the finest cuts of figured walnut veneer but exquisitely made at the pinnacle of design which had gradually evolved predominantly in London, during the late 17thand early 18thcentury.
The actual description 'desk-and-bookcase' appears to be first recorded in the accounts of the Royal cabinet-maker Gerrit Jensen (fl.1680-d.1715) who supplied several for the Royal Household from 1710 (Bowett, op. cit.), and another described as 'a walnut writing desk, the top for books and patons and glass in the doors asked' for the 5th Earl of Salisbury, Hatfield House. Another maker of this form of desk was the London cabinet-maker John Gumley (1691-1727) who advertised in Richard Steele's Lover on April 24 1714 that he 'hath taken for a Ware-house, and furnished all the upper part of the New Exchange in the Strand' continuing with an extensive list of his stock including 'Desks and Bookcases.' In 1714 he supplied one of these in walnut to James 1st Duke of Montrose for the sum of £11.
Russian cabinetwork of this period was strongly influenced by Tsar Peter I return to Russia after his studies in London. He subsequently sent twenty-four cabinetmakers who were working in Amsterdam to London to train as furniture makers. One of these cabinetmakers named Fedor Martynov made furniture for the Empress Anna Ioannovna. Martynovs drawings are almost identical to the present piece.
Literature
Mallett’s Great English Furniture, London: Bullfinch Press 1991, p.248, fig 287, by Lanto Synge,
English Furniture 1660-1714 From Charles II to Queen Anne, by Dr Adam Bowett,
Woodbridge: Antique Collector’s Club, 2002 Chapter 7 Case Furniture 1689–1714 pp.221-223 fig. 7:53
A walnut bureau bookcase of the same form and period sold from the private collection of Patricia Kluge...
Category
Early 18th Century George I Antique British Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Partners Desk with Provenance
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A fine quality partners desk in exceptional figured mahogany veneers, original dark green leather, bramah locks, ratchetted writing slope and mahogany lined drawers
Provenance: from...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique British Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Restored Hamptons Burr Walnut Cushion Drawer Brown Leather Partner Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very fine fully restored Hamptons of Kensington Burr Walnut twin pedestal partner desk with hand dyed brown leather top
What a desk….. these cushion curved drawer desks almost never come up for sale, they are based on early Regency pieces which screamed English fine furniture...
Category
20th Century Regency British Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Lovely George III circa 1780 Double Sided Walnut Partner Desk Original Handles
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning very rare original George III circa 1780 walnut twin pedestal double sided partner desk with period handles and green leather surface...
Category
1780s George III Antique British Desks
Materials
Ostrich Leather, Walnut
Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Secrétaire by S. Jamar with Porcelain Plaque
By S. Jamar, London 1
Located in London, GB
An ormolu-mounted mahogany secrétaire
In the manner of S. Jamar
The central panel inset with
A rare hand painted porcelain plaque
On Vienna porcelain
After the original by Fra...
Category
19th Century Antique British Desks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Art Deco English Compact Walnut Writing Desk, 1930s
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this lovely and totally original walnut desk dating from the 1930s. Compact in size this little desk is perfect if the space available is limited and of con...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco British Desks
Materials
Walnut
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 Neoclassical Revival Antique British Desks
Materials
Leather, Satinwood, Wood
Crocodile Mahogany Side Table by Gillows of Lancaster & London, circa 1820
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An extremely fine circa 1820 side or writing table by legendary English cabinetmaking firm of Gillows of Lancaster and London of rectangular form having an exquisitely grained solid ...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century George l Style Secretary
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a charming George l style walnut diminutive secretary. The domed cornice over a conforming cabinet door has a mirror plate. The bottom section contains a drop-front opening t...
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Desks
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
Antique Figured Mahogany Serpentine Shaped Knee Hole Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique figured mahogany serpentine shaped knee hole desk having an appealing quality mahogany serpentine shaped top with a moulded edge, one long and six short mahogany serp...
Category
1920s Vintage British Desks
Materials
Mahogany
VR Stamped Victoria Regina Hardwood Twin Pedestal Partner Desk Victorian, 1860
Located in GB
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 Victorian Antique British Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
George III Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in Essex, MA
In one piece, with rectangular top with inset red leather top with ratcheted additional writing surface, over three short drawers over two banks of three drawers , the reverse with false matching...
Category
1760s George III Antique British Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Slope Front Solid Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
Slope front solid mahogany writing desk has a lift up center panel. It has six drawers with the original locks.
Category
1870s Antique British Desks
Materials
Brass
Cylinder Bank Desk
Located in South Salem, NY
A Cylinder bank desk. Some scratches to wood, two legs are not fixed and wobbly, roll up opening works difficult, item is refinished.
Category
19th Century Antique British Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Original George III circa 1780 Double Sided Walnut Partner Desk Lion Head Handle
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning very rare original George III circa 1780 walnut twin pedestal double sided partner desk with Lion head handles and brown leather surf...
Category
1780s George III Antique British Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
19th Century Drop Front Secretary Desk
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A lovely architectural form secretary with marquetry inlay doors.
Category
19th Century Antique British Desks
Materials
Walnut
Custom English Partners Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
Featuring handsomely grained mahogany on raised side panels, this partners desk would make an attractive addition to any office. From its antiqued, hand tooled leather top to its fou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Georgian British Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Antique Early Victorian 19th Century Inlaid Burr Walnut Writing or Sewing Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
This antique early Victorian 19th century inlaid burr walnut writing or sewing table is an exquisite example having a superior quality burr walnut lift up top with beautiful satinwood inlay with a fitted writing slope inside, one frieze fitted drawer with satinwood inlay, one satinwood inlaid sliding burr walnut sewing box...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Burl Walnut Partner's Desk with Armchair
Located in Antwerp, BE
Magnificent 19th century burled walnut partners desk with original armchair and claw legs.
19th century burl walnut partners writing desk with armchair...
Category
Mid-19th Century Queen Anne Antique British Desks
Materials
Brass
English Mahogany 18th Century Slant Top Desk
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a Classic George III mahogany slant top desk. The slant front drops to reveal a series of small drawers and document compartments over ...
Category
1780s George III Antique British Desks
Materials
Mahogany
After RJ Horner Gold Giltwood Griffon Hardwood Double Sided Desk Writing Table
By R.J. Horner & Co.
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely ornate very solid writing table desk with drawers on both sides and ornately gold giltwood carved Griffons
A very well made and d...
Category
20th Century Adam Style British Desks
Materials
Hardwood, Giltwood
William IV Inlaid Mahogany Desk Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The rectangular cocuswood cross-banded satine top above a central frieze drawer flanked to either side with three further drawers around a recess on foliate-carved cabriole legs with...
Category
19th Century William IV Antique British Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Victorian Four-Sided Quad Pedestal Desk in Flamed Hardwood Green Leather
Located in GB
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 Victorian Antique British Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Rare circa 1880 Antique Howard & Son's Pollard Oak Patner Desk Oxblood Leather
By Howard and Sons
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely sublime exceptionally rare circa 1880 Pollard oak partner desk with oxblood leather top made by and fully stamped Howard & Son’s Berners Street
What can I say, a 140 year old desk, in one of the best timbers around and made by one of the greatest furniture makers England has ever produced. Howard & Son’s history is extensive, I’ll include a short bio below
The desk has the normal partner desk drawer configuration, there are divider slots and some dividers in most drawers, most likely this was a watch makers desk...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Desks
Materials
Leather, Oak
Chippendale Secretary/Desk
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in New Haven, CT
George III period mahogany Chinese Chippendale secretary bookcase, England, circa 1790. The original ogee bracket feet and the broken arc...
Category
1790s Chippendale Antique British Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Custom, English Walnut Burl Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
This beautiful George II style executive writing table/desk in burled walnut features a uniquely shaped top, cabriole legs with acanthus carved knees and deeply carved claw and ball ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Georgian British Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Burl
Early 19th Century Classical English Regency Bookcase Secretary Desk
Located in Tarry Town, NY
English Regency inlaid mahogany secretary Upper hinged glass bookcase with three interior shelves, fall front desk and resting on a carved original bracket feet or butler desk. Great...
Category
1820s Antique British Desks
Materials
Brass
Bureau, 19th Century, English, Regency, Mahogany, Secret Drawers, Gallery
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The top fitted with a removable gallery with fine brass filigree depicting lion heads and crowns amongst trailing stems. The mahogany, fall-front fitted with a later writing slope, a...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Exceptional Regency Bonheur Du Jour Attributed to John Maclean
Located in Lymington, GB
An exceptional English Regency-period bonheur du jour attributed to John Maclean, ca 1810.
A Fine early 19th century rosewood and brass-inlaid bonheur ...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Desks
Materials
Rosewood
18th Century Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th century mahogany kneehole desk, the rectangular moulded edge top having a brown leather writing surface decorated with blind and gold tooling, a selection of eight graduated oak...
Category
1780s Georgian Antique British Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Metamorphic Oak Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 20th century metamorphic oak desk, the moulded edge square top which lifts up and the front drops down, to reveal a nice fitted interior with various drawers and compartments, ...
Category
1910s Edwardian Vintage British Desks
Materials
Oak
Sublime Hand Carved from Top to Bottom Antique Victorian 1850 Knee Hole Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and really quite rare original early Victorian hand carved solid mahogany Knee hole desk
A very decorative piece, originally made ...
Category
1850s Early Victorian Antique British Desks
Materials
Hardwood
English Mahogany Partners Desk of the Georgian Period
Located in London, GB
Constructed in a well patinated San Domingo mahogany of rectangular form, rising from a plinth base, the pedestals with laterally opposed banks of four oak lined lockable drawers, fi...
Category
18th Century George III Antique British Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
English 19th Century Sheraton Style Mahogany Clerk's Desk or Standing Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
Antique English early to mid-19th century Sheraton style mahogany Clerk's desk or standing desk with fitted interior and satinwood drawers having original turned ebony round pulls (s...
Category
Mid-19th Century Sheraton Antique British Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
English Yew Wood Modesty Panel Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
This pedestal desk features a modesty panel as well as two file drawers and three-piece parchment and green, tooled leather. A center inset gives the nor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Desks
Materials
Leather, Yew
Gillow's of Lancaster Regency Military Campaign Kidney Desk Brass Gallery Rail
By Waring & Gillow, Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in GB
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 High Victorian Antique British Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport Writing Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Selling is a very nice Quality Victorian burr walnut davenport/desk. The raised top lifts to reveal compartments for envelopes pens etc. The fall has a green leather insert which is ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Desks
Materials
Walnut
William and Mary Walnut Burl Slant Front Desk
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An early 18th century William and Mary Burled walnut veneer desk with book rest and side handles for transport. Pulls were replaced early on as styles changed and are early 18th cent...
Category
Early 18th Century William and Mary Antique British Desks
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Antique Oak Twin Pedestal Desk
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
Edwardian antique oak twin pedestal desk with nine drawers with all of its original circular brass ring handles, having an inset leather hide writing sur...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian British Desks
Materials
Oak
Inlaid English Walnut Slant Top Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
Inlaid English walnut slant top desk with shelves has a slant top that lifts to expose a storage compartment. The top has a brass gallery with wooden...
Category
1860s Antique British Desks
Materials
Leather, Boxwood, Walnut
Original 1890 Army & Navy C.S.L Stamped Campaign Chest of Drawers Including Desk
By Army & Navy CSL
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely very rare solid mahogany with brass trim Army & Navy C.S.L stamped officers Campaign chest of drawers with drop front Birds Eye Maple desk...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Desks
Materials
Brass
Late 18th-early 19th Century Georgian Architect's Stand
Located in Charleston, SC
Very unique late 18th-early 19th century Georgian architect's stand. The Stand resembles a kneehole desk, yet is 40.5" tall. The center drawer is over a Gothic shaped door concealing 2 shelves. There are 5 graduated drawers on either side and fluted quarter columns framing the interior and exterior sides.
Would make a great stand up desk, work station or host stand.
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Gillows, 19th Century Walnut Kidney Shaped Desk
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 'Gillows' kidney shaped figured Walnut pedestal desk, having inset tooled leather top, eleven graduating mahogany lined drawers with their original brass ring drop han...
Category
19th Century Antique British Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Pop Up Davenport
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality Victorian burr walnut piano top pop up Davenport. The top of the davenport has a fretted gallery on top of a hinged lid, op...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Desks
Materials
Walnut
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