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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
William and Mary Walnut Burl Slant Front Desk
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An exceptional early 18th-century English desk from the William and Mary period, crafted in richly figured burled walnut veneer over oak and pine secondary woods. Compact yet refined...
Category
English William and Mary Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut, Burl
PORTUGUESE PAPER STATIONERY 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
STATIONERY D. JOSÉ 18th Century
19th century Portuguese.
in chestnut wood, with two drawers and three drawers.
Folding lid with drawers and bins.
Signs of use. Dim.: 140 x 115 x ...
Category
Portuguese Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Wood
18th Century George II Kneehole Desk
Located in Richmond, London
A superb quality George II period kneehole desk. Great proportions, colour and patination. Great feet, stands proudly. England, circa 1750. A highly desirable and sought after model....
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Manner of George Bullock, Regency Brass Inlaid Rosewood Lap Desk
Located in Morristown, NJ
c.1800, England, Regency brass inlaid rosewood lap desk in the manner of George Bullock. Rectangular box with double-hinged lid, opening to tooled na...
Category
English Regency Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
18th Century Spanish Walnut Marquetry, Chest of Drawers with Flap
Located in Miami, FL
18th century Spanish walnut marquetry bureau.
This is an exquisite antique Spanish bureau, circa 1780 in date this elegant bureau will soon become th...
Category
Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Maple, Walnut
$8,100 Sale Price
25% Off
Giaiotti desk and display case, 1960s, set of 2
Located in Manzano, IT
Professional set consisting of executive desk and matching display case, designed and made in Italy in the 1960s by designer Giaiotti, to furnish executive offices with style, functi...
Category
Italian Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Iron
$6,088 Sale Price
40% Off
Anglo Chinese/Chinese Export Qianlong Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
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...
Category
Chinese George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Padouk
Fine French Louis XV Bureau Dos D' Ane/ Secretaire/ Desk
Located in Westport, CT
Fine and elegant French Louis XV Bureau D'Os Dane in walnut adorned sparsely with floral marquetry inlay to its fall front top above three drawers finishing on cabriole legs and bron...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Georgian Irish Mahogany Demi Lune Games Card or Tea Table George III
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A superb example of an Early Irish Mahogany Georgian Demi-lune Fold-over Games Table of outstanding museum quality. Made in Ireland during the last quart...
Category
Irish George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut
18th century Virginia inlaid walnut desk
Located in Richmond, VA
Great period Virginia inlaid walnut slant front desk with a family history of being made in Rockingham County. Nice proportions, incredible color and beautifully executed interior.
Category
American Federal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Poplar, Walnut
English Mahogany Tambour Satinwood Inlaid Writing Desk, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany tambour desk with sliding leather writing surface, interior satinwood compartmentalized drawers with the original bone knobs, five lower drawers with the original br...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Brass
Late 18th Century Figured Mahogany Chippendale Georgian Slant Front Desk
Located in Milford, NH
A good example of a Chippendale slant front desk with bookmatched figured mahogany veneers, a slant front which opens to a compartmentalized interior with fitted drawers and cubbies,...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique English George III Chippendale Style Mahogany Library Desk
Located in Glasgow, GB
A George III mahogany freestanding library desk in the Chippendale style. Designed to be used in the centre of a room and with storage to front and back similar to a partners’ desk,...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Brass
Fine Italian 18th Century Ormolu-Mounted Parquetry Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Rome, IT
Very fine Italian 18' century ormolu-mounted Parquetry Secretaire a Abattant with a dark Grey marble top.
Measures: cm. 170 x 105 x 46.
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Wood
$23,398 Sale Price
30% Off
18th century Louis XVI Writing Desk, cherry veneer, South Germany
Located in Belmont, MA
Rare Louis XVI writing desk, South German 1780, exquisite cherry and plum wood veneer on front back, sides and top. The writing top is framed by...
Category
German Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Cherry
18th Century Spanish Bureau Desk Walnut Wood
Located in Madrid, ES
This is a beautiful Spanish desk from the 18th century, Carlos III era. Made of walnut wood in complete pieces of wood, both on the sides, drawer fronts and...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Bronze
Mid 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Tulipwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period tulipwood and ormolu bureau plat desk. The three drawer desk is raised by four fine square tapered legs with beautifu...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Small Directoire Cylinder Desk In Mahogany
Located in Kent, Dover
A small French Directoire mahogany cylinder desk, with brass detailing throughout. The roll top hiding a witing slope with a tooled leather top and two drawers. Above, a marble galle...
Category
French Directoire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
18th c. Partners Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exceptional 18th-century ebonized petite partners desk, richly adorned with finely cast ormolu mounts. This rare and refined piece is a testament to the exquisite craftsmanship of...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Bronze
$3,200 / item
Very Rare 18th Century Maggiolini Desk
Located in Montreal, QC
Very rare 18th century Italian neoclassical desk attributed to the workshop of Giuseppe Maggiolini. The piece is composed of extensive inlay ...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
Georgian Mahogany Metamorphic Chest
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A rare English Georgian Mahogany Metamorphic Chest with a slide out drawer that reveals a drafting slope. Chest has the original cast iron handles.. The chest is constructed from bea...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Brass, Iron
18th Century George III Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a very good quality 18th century George III mahogany kneehole desk, having a well figured mahogany top, above a brushing slide with a single drawer below. The desk has a ...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
George II Style Walnut Pedestal Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with inset brown leather over a cushion frieze with three drawers, the reverse finished but no drawers, pedestal base each containing three drawers. Bracket feet.
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Brass
Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Folkestone, GB
A good quality George III period mahogany kneehole desk with moulded edge top above a long drawer and arrangement of three graduated small drawe...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$13,136
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
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Walnut 18th Century Queen Ann 3 Drawers Low Boy Good Condition
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Antique Walnut 18th century Queen Ann 3 drawers low boy good condition.
Category
American Queen Anne Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Brass
Georgian mahogany artist's or architect's desk
Located in Castle Douglas, GB
18th century mahogany artist's or architect's desk
Unusual mahogany artist's or architect's desk. Draughtsmen, architects and amateur artists required suitable, specialist tables f...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Oak Renaissance Cabinet, 1600 Unikat
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Cabinet We present you a unique Renaissance Cabinet from the sixteenth century, Kabinet comes from Germany. It is made of oak. Cabinet is a box furniture, it consists of an upper c...
Category
German Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Oak
Early Georgian Antique Walnut Bureau
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Antique George I Walnut Bureau
An early eighteenth century small veneered walnut bureau of a particularly lovely original colour and patina; original brass handles and bracket feet; ...
Category
English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique George III Mahogany Kneehole Desk c. Late 18th Century
Located in Westfield, MA
Step into the refined world of the late 18th century with our Antique George III Mahogany Kneehole Desk, a timeless piece that exemplifies the elegance and craftsmanship of the Georg...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Chinese Export Lacquer Bureau on Stand and Toilet Glass Dressing Table
Located in London, by appointment only
A Chinese export lacquer bureau on stand decorated with an unusual polychrome flower design
This Chinese lacquer bureau on stand was made in ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Lacquer
Swedish Gustavian Writing Chest
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish Gustavian writing desk in original paint. Tapered legs and a reeded drawer. Interior of 3 reeded drawers.
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Wood
Large French Directoire Period Traveling Secretary Desk
Located in Pembroke, MA
This French Directoire traveling secretary is made of walnut. Its large size is unusual and would make an impressive statement in a study. The top sec...
Category
French Directoire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Brass, Iron
English Chippendale Mahogany Carved Floral Desk With Bookcase. Circa 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale mahogany desk / bookcase on stand with flanking book matched doors, gadrooned molded edge, fitted interior pigeon holes o...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Italian 18th Century Northern Italian Walnut Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most handsome Italian 18th-century walnut, burl walnut, and iron desk. The desk is raised by fine bun-shaped feet below impressive turned baluster-shaped legs each connected by an ...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Wrought Iron
A Rare Louis XV Walnut & Parquetry Slant Front Desk on Cabriole Legs
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Rare Louis XV Walnut Parquetry
Slant Front Desk of interesting and unsual proportions.
18th Century
Height 40 in. Width 42 in. Depth 24 in.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Sa...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Louis XV Secretaire, France 1770
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite secretaire de dame, France 18th century, beautiful kingwood veneer on front, sides, top, back and the inside. The writing surface is covered with leather. With original bro...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Kingwood
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
English Hepplewhite Mahogany Tambour Writing Desk. Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English five drawer Hepplewhite tambour writing desk with fitted interior, satinwood string inlay, original brasses, and terminating on satinwood...
Category
British Hepplewhite Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Georgian Mahogany Bachelors Chest England Circa 1790
Located in Hudson, NY
Very handsome, 18th century bachelors chest with pull out writing surface.
Made with dense hard mahogany and oak. It may be small but it is heavy and substantial. We'll make peace wi...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Leather, Oak, Mahogany
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
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French Bureau Plat Marquetry Leather Top Desk with Orig. Ormolu Mounts, C. 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
French bureau plat marquetry leather top three drawer desk with hearing bone inlays, three opposite side faux drawers, original floral ormolu mounts, brass escutcheons, brass knobs, ...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Ormolu, Brass
Chippendale Metamorphic Chest with Pull Out Writing Desk, 18th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
A Regal English Chippendale Metamorphic Chest having a Pull Out Writing Desk made in the Late 18th Century. The Georgian Chest has an unusual Faux Pair of Cabinet Doors on the back, so that the Metamorphic Desk...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Ivory
Georgian Mahogany Library Table
Located in New York, NY
Georgian mahogany library table.
Carved vetruvian scroll detail.
Top now covered in blue/grey felt.
Kneel hole height 22.5 inches.
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
English Mahogany Campaign Slant Bureau / Bedstead with Original Brasses, C. 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany campaign hinged slant front bureau / bedstead with removable faux drawer front panel with the original brasses and escutcheons, fitted interior with a folding bedste...
Category
English Campaign Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Brass
18th Century English George III Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a George III mahogany kneehole desk, having a total of 11 drawers and a cupboard to the centre, the desk stands on small ...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Desk – or secretary, cylinder, in mahogany. Late 18th century period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Desk – or secretary – with cylinder, in mahogany. The body opens with two small handles decorated with gadroons to a convex quarter-cylinder flap revealing a paper holder with in the...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Wood
Italian Burl Walnut Venetian Rococo Slant Front Desk, 18th Century
Located in CH
Italian burl walnut Venetian Rococo slant front desk, 18th century.
A Louis XV period walnut and burl walnut veneered Bureau. The inside of the s...
Category
Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
Period Early George III Mahogany Architects Work Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine period architects table was made in England, circa 1760 to 1770. Crafted from imported mahogany this was a costly and impressive form of furniture for a gentleman architect working in the country of a fashionable society interested in art, craft, engineering and aware of the burgeoning power of the Industrial revolution taking place throughout the world but very much so in England. Designed to expand, lift for standing work and to examine and hold large worksheets, the piece contains a full...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Bureau Bookcase Oak German Serpentine Front Original Brassware Working Locks
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A large, museum quality, 18th century, German, oak bureau bookcase with a serpentine front, original brassware and working locks
As fine an example of this model of German cabinet f...
Category
German Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Oak
Desk Swedish Early 18th Century Baroque Period Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Desk Swedish Baroque Period Sweden. A rare Swedish Baroque desk in a stunning condition and patina from the Swedish King Fredrik I period. Structu...
Category
Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Antique George II period mahogany kneehole desk
Located in London, GB
A fine George II period figured mahogany Kneehole Chest, having moulded edged crossbanded cleated top above various drawers retaining original brass bac...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Chippendale Period Satinwood and Marquetry Desk
Located in Lymington, GB
A very fine Chippendale-period satinwood and marquetry desk.
English, George III-period, circa 1770.
It is rare today to find an 18th-century satinwood and marquetry-inlaid desk of this quality. (Most offered on the market are 19th/ 20th century). Major, period satinwood pieces have become almost unobtainable.
The superbly-controlled and delicate marquetry inlays are reminiscent of the fine decoration on the famous Diana and Minerva Commode by Chippendale at Harewood House...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Satinwood
Small Tuscan walnut flap table from the 1700s
Located in Cesena, FC
Small Tuscan limelight from the 1700s
Small 1700s Tuscan walnut flap, panelled and filleted.
Measurements: L. cm 110 - D. cm 50 - H. cm 103
Contact us for further clarification or p...
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Nutwood
English Satinwood and Patera Inlaid Knee Hole Desk. Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English satinwood and ebony string patera inlaid seven-drawer knee hole desk with original brasses, prospect door, and terminating on original bracket feet. Late 18th century.
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Faux Malachite Bronze French Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
French desk with faux malachite paint and bronze ormolu mounts.
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Bronze
George III Chippendale Period Bureau on its Original Stand
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A fine and rare George III Chippendale period bureau on its original stand: superb inlaid interior with a finely carved frieze, mahogany-lined drawers and 2 secret drawers; the 2 mai...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
18th Century Desk or Jam Maker in Walnut
Located in Marseille, FR
Small rustic piece of furniture that can serve as a desk or jam maker from the 18th century in walnut, 87 cm high, 66 cm wide and 46 cm deep. some small restorations to be planned
...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Architects Table with Side Cabinet, 20TH Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The unusual table with adjustable height stand and side cabinet with shelves for storage.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Mahogany
18th C. Italian Butler's Desk Nicely Raised on Turned Leg Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian butler's desk from the 18th century raised on later base. This antique case piece from Italy has the appearance of being a three drawer chest at first glance. However, upo...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Wood
18th Century Baroque Secretaire, South German, 1750-1760
Located in Belmont, MA
Unique 18th century Baroque secretaire, South German, probably Lake of Constance region, circa 1750-1760.
Elaborate bombe shaped Baroque secretaire with beautiful walnut, elmwood an...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
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