East Asian Desks

Crafted from classic teakwood, this desk exudes Mid-Century Modern design, inviting you to sit down and get to work—or maybe just daydream about your next big adventure. With a smoot...

A beautiful Chinese Export black and gold lacquer desk, elaboratly decorated with detailed Chinoiserie scenes, three drawers and beautiful base wi...

A rare and unique Mid Century Chinese Export Partners Desk, Applied Bamboo over Hardwood. A partner's desk describes a desk in which two people...

A good quality Japanese carved wood desk, having wonderful carved exotic flowers and foliage to the cupboards, drawers and elegant cabriole legs....

Lovely and and well made table screen. In our opinion second half of the 20th century. Great object for scholar's desk. Additional information: Material: Wood Region of Origin: Chin...

An exceptionlal and very rare Qianlong period Chinese export Bureur, Constructed in Hauli and Huanghuali wood in China during the first half of the 18th century for a wealthy English...

Antique Asian Oriental Chinese burned bamboo hand painted decorated desk writing table.

A solid wood table in Ming dynasty style. The solid top is set in a floating panel structure joined by mitered tenons and mortises. A narrow waist connects the top to the set of two ...

Handsome Asian teak hand carved drop slant front desk with interior compartmentalized cubby storage in the style of George Zee and Co. of China. This amazing piece is in fabulous condition. Please see photos, circa mid-20th century. This phenomenal drop front desk is made with superior craftsmanship and materials and is in exceptional original condition. Comprised of teak that has been carved on the drop front and the drawer faces with an incredible plum blossom and bird motif. The drop front is slanted above three rows of drawers. The top row having two drawers and the lower two a single full width drawer. All with recessed carved handles. Inside the drop front, besides the work surface, there is a removable cubby compartmentalized storage including a small drawer. This is made in the style of renowned Chinese furniture maker George Zee and Co. who made high quality teak and camphor wood furniture...

Rare and outstanding example of an early 19th century Anglo-Chinese export amboyna and ebony campaign kneehole desk retaining the original patina with wonderful colour. China circa 1830 One of the finest examples you will see, constructed using thick hand sawn cuts of amboyna and solid ebony with ivory stringing and countersunk brass pulls to the camphor wood lined drawers, having brass drop carrying handles to each side. The rectangular top with book matched amboyna veneers enclosed by a solid ebony boarder above a frieze drawer fitted with an adjustable inset velvet lined writing slope flanked by multiple sliding lidded compartments and pen rests. Below is an arrangement of nine ivory strung drawers and a kneehole recess with foliate carved and pierced ankle brackets, the whole being raised on eight solid ebony turned feet. This impressive colonial inspired desk is Chinese and would have been intended for the export market. Some years back this desk was often mistaken to have been Anglo-Indian due to the fact it shares many characteristics of Indian furniture...

Rare pair of 19th Century French Kingwood and Tulip wood veneered Bonheur du jours, each with pierced three quarter brass galleries, gilded ormolu mounts, three drawers either side o...

Distinctive Chinese export writing table or desk made in the Qing style. Constructed from elm with rich grain patterns having mortise and tenon joinery. The...

Highly decorated desk in red lacquer with stacked drawers and painted scenes, Chinese, 1950's.

Mid-19th century Chinese export camphorwood campaign chest with 3 drawers with inlaid ebony and fold out desk with old green felt on writing surface and ...

A Chinese export lacquer bureau on stand decorated with an unusual polychrome flower design This Chinese lacquer bureau on stand was made in ...

‘XiangSheng II Console - Desk‘ is an elegant collectible design work that combines surfaces in brushed bronze with a very nice champagne color and surfaces in oxidized bronze with an...

‘XiangSheng I' Desk is an elegant piece of art furniture in oxidized and brushed bronze, with a glass top, that plays on the unity between structural form and space. It combines surf...

The Sky collection is designed with the intention to accentuate the functional aspects of traditional bar tools. This results in asymmetrical and ergonomic shapes that sit well in th...

Decorative early 20th century Chinese red and black lacquered writing desk. Gorgeous painted patterns and Asian images. So unique! An exceptional piece!.

A early-19th century Asian hardwood lap desk on stand. A similar one is pictured in "The Decorative Arts of The China Trade," page 248. The stand is a replacement made from pearwood.