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Period: 1850s
Fine Early Victorian Burl Walnut Kidney Shaped Desk
Located in Essex, MA
A rare and hard to find desk of the finest quality. Most likely made by the firm of Gillow of Lancaster and London. With a kidney shaped top with a new tooled green leather top an ex...
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English Victorian Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Bronze
Viennese Baroque Secretary Slant Door Bureau ar 1860 Straight & Heavy Solid Oak
Located in Landshut, BY
This rather straight, very heavy solid oak Viennese baroque folding desk has been carefully restored to its original condition - no replacements! Even the 2 main keys are still there...
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Austrian Baroque Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Brass, Iron
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
A strong, elegant piece to keep you perfectly organized! Crafted of hand-hewn fir and ash and veneered with thick hand-cut ash veneers, this chest offers storage for everything. A lo...
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Swedish Biedermeier Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Ash
$7,570 / item
French 19th C. Second Empire Secrétaire À Abattant with Gold Ormolu Mounts
Located in Savannah, GA
This extraordinary French Second Empire period secre´taire a' abattan features flame mahogany, gilt brass-mounts and retains its original dark grey speckled granite top. Decorated th...
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French Napoleon III Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Granite, Brass, Ormolu
Antique Mahogany Double Sided Desk of French origin
Located in Cesena, FC
Antique Mahogany Double Sided Desk of French origin
Large double-sided desk in mahogany in the center of the room
important desk in mahoga...
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French Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Brass
Dutch Marquetry Burl Walnut Bombay Figural and Foliage Inlaid Desk, Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
Dutch Marquetry burl walnut Bombay figural and foliage desk with exotic exterior inlays, fitted interior, three lower case drawers, original urn brasses, carved scalloped skirt, and ...
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Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Brass
Victorian Burl Walnut Kidney Shape Desk By Gillow
Located in Essex, MA
Kidney shaped top with conforming inset green leather and brass gallery over a central drawer flanked by smaller drawers and three drawers on each side of the knee hole. The reverse ...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Brass
Very Rare Gillow Breakfront Library Desk Brass Gallery Burr Amboyna Wood
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and exceptionally rare Gillow Library breakfront desk with brass gallery in Burr Amboyna timber, circa...
Category
English High Victorian Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Burl, Mahogany
$24,011 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Walnut Wood Writing Desk
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Elegant antique Italian writing desk. Rare and precious solid walnut wood. Comfortable size for a practical use. The desk has elegant turn...
Category
Italian Louis Philippe Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Walnut
$5,714 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis-philippe Flat Desk In Flamed Mahogany, Mid-19th Century
Located in SAINT-CLÉMENT-DE-LA-PLACE, FR
Louis-Philippe Flame Mahogany Flat Desk, Mid-19th Century – Former Notary’s Desk from the Loire Valley
Elegant Louis-Philippe flat desk, dating from the mid-19th century, originatin...
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French Louis Philippe Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19thC Campaign Style Rosewood with Brass Inlay Stationary Letter Box
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and large rosewood and teak fitted letter writing box with brass inlay. Numerous cubbies with lids for various items. Slotted back panel fo...
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Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Brass
Victorian Pedestal Desk Mahogany 1850
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian Mahogany 9 Drawer Desk.
This desk is raised Upon Turned Bun Feet.
Circa 1850
Having an Arrangement of 9 Mahogany Lined Drawers.
The Drawers...
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Victorian Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Pedestal Desk Antique Mahogany Writing Table, 1850
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian Mahogany Pedestal Desk.
Standing on a plinth base with an arrangement of 9 graduated Oak lined drawers.
The writing surface with a gilt and blind tooled faded leather.
c...
Category
Victorian Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Sublime Hand Carved from Top to Bottom Antique Victorian 1850 Knee Hole Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
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
English Early Victorian Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Hardwood
$3,365 Sale Price
30% Off
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19th Century Scandinavian Birch Empire Bureau Secretary with Bookcase, c. 1820
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine Scandinavian Empire/Biedermeier secretary in beautiful birch wood with mahogany interior, Denmark, circa 1820. The highly sculptural form makes this piece an outstanding ...
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Swedish Empire Antique 1850s Desks
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Fine 19th Century Gillows Parquetry and Gilt Bronze Kidney Shaped Table
Located in Benington, Herts
An extremely fine gilt bronze mounted parquetry kidney shaped writing table attributed to Gillows of Lancaster.
English Circa 1865
The rosewood lozenge trellis inlaid kidney shape...
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H 28.75 in W 38 in D 21.07 in
Vintage Italian Walnut Burl Louis XV Bombay Style Serpentine Writing Desk VGC
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Hand-made in Italy, circa 1950s or 60s, this gorgeous 5-drawer Louis XV or Bombay style desk in Italian walnut burl with antiqued brass hardware. This desk has been in my collections...
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Italian Louis XV Vintage 1850s Desks
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Brass
$5,000
H 30.75 in W 50.5 in D 28 in
Swedish Secretary with Marquetry
Located in New York, NY
A masterpiece of symmetry, the cantilevered sides of the body meet the rectangular working surface, creating a setback for the upper writing surface. Crafted of Nordic birch and fir,...
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Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1850s Desks
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French Walnut Secretary Slant Front Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant desk, writing table, with slant drop front, with the beautiful carved decors in Classic figures all around the piece and saber legs. When opened we find the writing area...
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French Belle Époque 1850s Desks
Materials
Brass
18th Century George III Mahogany Bureau Desk. Slant Front Writing Secretary.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th Century George III Mahogany Bureau Desk. Slant Front Writing Secretary.
This 18th century English bureau desk has 3 rows of graduated hand do...
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English George III Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Brass
$2,200
H 38 in W 33 in D 20 in
Antique Eastlake Incised Walnut and Burl Slant Front Secretary, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Eastlake secretary offers paneled walnut construction with upper having shaped crest surmounting shelf and slant front opening to writing...
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American Eastlake Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Burl, Walnut
$1,800 Sale Price
20% Off
H 65.75 in W 34 in D 19.25 in
French Ormolu-Mounted Secrétaire À Abattant by Millet
Located in London, GB
The brèche d'Alep marble top above a long frieze drawer, the hinged fall front with gilt-tooled brown leather writing-surface, the fitted interior with four open compartments and a long drawer, above two cupboard doors, the interior with one shelf, on spreading foliate feet, the gilt-bronze banding to the left side signed Millet à Paris.
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French Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Fruitwood, Tulipwood
Biedermeier Tabernacle/ Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Tabernacle - walnut veneer and marquetry decorated in typical "Vienna Set-top Style". Fall front writing surface and 3 drawers in lower section. Eight drawers and a cen...
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Austrian Antique 1850s Desks
Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport Writing Table Desk - C. 1870
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Presenting an exquisite Victorian Burr and Figured Walnut Davenport Writing Table Desk dating back to approximately 1870. This charming piece exudes age and character, making it a ra...
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British Victorian Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Walnut
$1,918 Sale Price
30% Off
H 33.47 in W 22.05 in D 22.45 in
French Louis XVI Secretaire Abattant / Secretary desk, circa 1800
Located in Lucenec, SK
The secrétaire à abbatant or fall front desk is nearly identical to the desk 5th President James Monroe brought back from France in 1797. These desks are ...
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French Louis XVI Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Brass
$4,824 Sale Price
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H 57.09 in W 36.23 in D 14.97 in
French Empire Secrétaire á Abattant
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A handsome 19th century French Empire secrétaire à abattant made of richly figured, bookmatched walnut. This desk has a black fossil marble top resting above a hidden drawer, free of hardware and opening by a shallow groove on the bottom of the drawer front. Below is a fold-front door revealing a fitted interior with a functional writing surface, inset with worn green leather with gold tooling. The interior has an open storage shelf flanked by Empire style columns over a set of six drawers of varying sizes. The writing surface is supported with rounded brass hinges. Below are three easy to use drawers...
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French Empire Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
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19th Century Burr Walnut Desk
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A smart C19th burr walnut desk of inverted breakfront form, the top inset with the original burgundy leather and tooling to the edge, above an arrangement of graduating drawers and c...
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English Early Victorian Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
19th Century mahogany desk
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful antique mahogany desk with 9 drawers and 2 cabinets on the other side. Partly because of this, it can also be used as a partner desk.
Green leather top. The drawers are fit...
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Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Large Victorian Oak Leather Top Partners Desk, EDWARDS & ROBERTS Library Table
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Victorian Oak Leather Top Partners Desk, EDWARDS & ROBERTS Library Table
This is a large piece, the table stands on heavy turned and carved legs set on brass casters, it has 3 drawers set into the apron along each side, these have superbly carved fronts and the inset handles are carved with the faces of Lions
The table top has a tooled inset leather, the desk is stamped EDWARDS & ROBERTS and has been fully restored with a replaced tooled leather top
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H 32 in W 60 in D 43 in
Antique English Walnut Brass Military Campaign Gateleg Writing Desk Box 1850
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique English walnut & brass bound and inlaid military campaign gateleg writing desk/box, from the Crimea War period, circa 1853.
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English Campaign Antique 1850s Desks
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Brass
H 33.5 in W 20.75 in D 12 in
Victorian Kidney Desk Walnut Writing Table, 1850
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Exquisite Victorian kidney desk in walnut
Very cute piece, would work well in the middle of a room as beautiful from all angles
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Materials
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French Cylinder Desk Bureau Mulberry, 1850
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Impressive French Mulberry cylinder desk.
Standing Upon Square Tapered Legs.
Featuring an Arrangement of 3 Over 1 Drawer.
circa 1850
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Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Victorian Davenport Desk Antique, 1850
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian rosewood davenport.
This davenport features a sloped writing surface which opens to reveal birds eye maple interior with 2 mahogany lined drawers.
circa 1850.
The davenp...
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Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Russian Empire Commode Secretary
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exceptional Russian Empire fruitwood and ebonized 4 drawer chest/secretary. The top drawer conceals the drop-down desk featuring 6 drawers and a lapis...
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European Empire Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
19th Century Walnut Desk
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful antique walnut Victorian desk with green leather top. The desk is in good condition and of good quality. This is visible in the drawers that are made entirely of walnut and...
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English Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Walnut Wood Writing Desk
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Elegant antique Italian writing desk. Rare and precious solid walnut wood. Comfortable size for a practical use. The desk has elegant turned legs. In the lower part five drawers and ...
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Italian Louis Philippe Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Walnut Wood Writing Desk
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Elegant antique Italian writing desk. Rare and precious solid walnut wood. Comfortable size for a practical use. The desk has elegant tur...
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Antique 1850 Renaissance Revival Burr Walnut Pugin Gothic Writing Table Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this stunning Renaissance Revival circa 1850 burr walnut writing table after Pugin
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English Renaissance Antique 1850s Desks
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Walnut
H 30.12 in W 48.04 in D 23.63 in
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