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Period: 19th Century
Antique English Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th Century English partners desk handcrafted in walnut with Queen Anne and Jacobean influences featuring the original tooled green leather panels on the top framed in oyst...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Early to Mid 19th Century American Walnut Plantation Desk 2-pc
Located in Louisville, KY
The 19th Century was known as a golden age of letter writing and diary keeping. As such, desks were necessary pieces found in many homes and businesses across America. Of the many de...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Cherry Slant Front Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
A nice early 19th century Cherry slant front desk probably Pennsylvania or Virginia. Nicely dovetailed case resting on tall bracket feet. The interior sur...
Category
American Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Cherry
19thc French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat Desk with Ormolu in Diminutive Size
Located in Savannah, GA
Handsome diminutive size French Louis XVI lady's writing table constructed of mahogany and featuring a black leather top with gold Greek key border, foliate bronze ormolu mounts and ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Ormolu
1800s American Federal Mahogany Butler's Secretary Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
An early 19th Century Federal Mahogany Butler's Secretary Desk recently refinished.
Measure 45.75" in width, 21" in depth and 44" in height.
Category
American Federal Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Highly Carved Mahogany Desk with a Intricate Carved Gallery 1890
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Highly carved mahogany with a flat top writing surface and a intricate carrved gallery with dragons and birds. Carvinga are on every service ans these are highly skiiied labor. See ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique RJ Horner Figural Carved Mahogany Griffin Library Table Partners Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
An exceptionally carved mahogany partners desk by R.J. Horner & Co, circa 1890s. Drawing inspiration from Victorian & Italian Baroque Styling. Features a serpentine form with carved ...
Category
American High Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
American Federal Swirl Mahogany Butler's Desk New York, Circa 1800s
Located in Germantown, MD
An American Federal Swirl Mahogany Butler's Desk New York Circa late 18th Century to Early 19th Century , featuring three flawlessly working upper drawer, and A Abattant Door that o...
Category
American Federal Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Cherry Chippendale Slant Front Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice New England Cherry Chippendale Slant Front desk with a great color and patina on an older refinish. Nicely fitted interior with a shell ...
Category
American Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Cherry
Rare Antique 19th century Dutch warm honey color classic Cylinder Desk
Located in Casteren, NL
Presented here is a magnificent antique cylinder desk crafted in the heart of the Netherlands during the mid-19th century, around 1850. This meti...
Category
Dutch Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Federal Butlers Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
Very attractive Mahogany southern Federal Butlers Desk probably mid Atlantic states around 1820-30. Large bottle drawers on either side of a nicely fi...
Category
American Federal Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique 19th century warm brown oak Dutch Lectern or portable desk writing box
Located in Casteren, NL
This exquisite antique writing box was meticulously handcrafted using traditional joinery techniques, with beautifully visible dovetail joints at the corners. Made in the Southern Ne...
Category
Dutch Empire Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Steel
19th Century Swedish Desk Circa 1860
Located in Atlanta, GA
This classic Swedish desk, crafted from pine wood and dating to the mid-19th century, embodies timeless elegance and functionality. The desk features a beautiful painted finish in a ...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Pine
5' English Regency Center Pedestal, Tilt-Top Dining or Breakfast Table, c. 1820
Located in Miami, FL
Just over 5' long this unusually large rectangular English Regency breakfast or dining table in mahogany can seat up to 8 in a pinch (family and friends) and 6 with a lot of room and...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Two Pedestal Leather to Desk, English Oak, 19th Century
Located in Huntington, NY
Oak Desk, English 19th Century. Desk is comprised of 2 pedestals
& a top, come apart in 3 pieces 3 top drawers on each side of the desk with 3 top drawers. 2 cabinet doors on one sid...
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique French Desk Library Office Barley Twist Renaissance Revival Oak 19th C
Located in Tyler, TX
EXCELLENT 19th Century Antique French Oak Renaissance Revival Library Office Executive Desk with 10 Drawers and Barley Twist Legs~~c. 1880s
With so many people working from home no...
Category
French Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique American Walnut Renaissance Revival Aesthetic Movement Desk Table 1875
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique American walnut Renaissance Revival writing table desk, circa 1875.
The table demonstrating the influence of the Aesthetic Movement and designers such as Charles Eastl...
Category
American Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Antique Victorian Mahogany Stationary Box w. Perpetual Calendar, Bramah Improved
Located in Lisse, NL
Stylish and mint condition, antique desk or table piece.
This rare and beautifully crafted Victorian luxury letter box is a true testament to 19th-century craftsmanship and ingenuit...
Category
European Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Crocodile Mahogany Side Table by Gillows of Lancaster & London, circa 1820
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
English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Very Fine George IV Mahogany and Ebony Partners Desk by Gillows
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine George IV mahogany and ebony partners desk by Gillows of Lancaster, circa 1825, the tooled double border leather top with cross banding an...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Ebony, Mahogany
French 19th Century Walnut Secretary
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A wonderful walnut secretary desk. The desk can be separated into two bodies: the lower writing surface, and the upper glass-front cabinet. The writing surface is covered in beautifu...
Category
French Other Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Swiss German Black Forest Carved Walnut Writing Letter Box Folding Desk
By Black Forest
Located in Portland, OR
A very good carved walnut Swiss German Black Forest writing box, folding desk desk, Brienz Switzerland, circa 1890.
The slant front is finely carved in relief with a design of quills...
Category
German Black Forest Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Chippendale Style Drop Front Mahogany Desk for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A well made and very decorative Drop Front Desk with boldly carved Scallop Shells, intricate brass Bat Wing pulls and escutcheons, four dove tail construction drawers, Gallery top an...
Category
Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Mahogany Partners' Desk
Located in Greenwich, CT
19th century English mahogany partner's desk, the leather lined top with gilt tooling, over three drawers on each side, supported by two pedestal bases, each with a cabinet door on o...
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French Antique 19th Century Napoleon III Ebonized Inlaid Secretary Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
NAPOLEON III EBONIZED AND MARQUETRY-INLAID SECRETARY DESK
France, circa late 19th century
Item # 311PCG30A
An intricately bone-inlaid Napoleon I...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Marble
Antique 19th Century Architect's Mahogany Pedestal Desk Drafting Table 1870
Located in Portland, OR
A good and unusual 19th century antique mahogany pedestal architect's drafting table, desk, circa 1870.
The desk/drafting table having a hinged lift up writing/drawing surface that c...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
American Renaissance Carved Oak Desk
Located in Norwood, NJ
American renaissance carved oak desk/library table, in the manner of R.J. Horner, New York. Top with foliate carved border. Center carved lion's mask on pull out single draw. Turned ...
Category
American Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
19th century English Adam Style Hand Painted Satinwood Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
Satinwood desk with reticulated sides that are extraordinarily hand-painted with festooned drapery, ribbons and bows. Decorated on all sides this lovely piece can float in a room and...
Category
British Adam Style Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Satinwood
Fine Antique Burl Walnut Inlaid Marquetry Carved Davenport Secretary Desk 1860
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique burl & figured walnut marquetry Davenport desk, circa 1860.
The davenport is made from the finest highly figured burl walnut, to the top is a lift up lid with a ...
Category
English High Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Maple, Satinwood, Walnut, Burl
Antique French Secretary
Located in Malibu, CA
This early 19th-century drop-leaf secretaire features the traditional Biedermeier ebony accents, columns, and matched woodgrain pattern. Unlike the h...
Category
French Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass, Other
Early 1800's English George III Style Drop Front Desk
Located in Louisville, KY
This early 19th century Georgian drop-front desk is reflective of an era when form and function paired beautifully to bring people amazing pieces. Made from gorgeous walnut this desk...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Biedermeier secretaire, circa 1830
Located in London, GB
A Biedermeier secre´taire a` abattant of unusual tapered form, goncalo alves with ebonized, inlaid and pewter decoration, and an enclosed fitted interior, Russian/Baltic, circa 1830.
Category
Baltic Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Pewter
19th Century English Walnut Bookcase or Secretary
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a bookcase / secretary or Bureau bookcase, made in England, circa 1825. There is a Pagoda Shaped layered crown molding to the top of the piece (very unusual). There is a pair...
Category
English George IV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Chinoiserie Black Lacquer Red Leather Bureau Plat Writing Table Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Chinoiserie black lacquer red leather bureau plat writing table desk
Additional information:
Materials: LacquerLeatherWood
Color: Black
P...
Category
Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Lacquer
19th Century French Empire Napoleon III Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Miami, FL
A fine large sized flat desk otherwise referred to as a "bureau de ministre" or ministers flat desk.
In mahogany and mahogany veneer flamed on all sides, beautiful ornamentation of...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Dutch Marquetry Slant Top Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Dutch marquetry bombe form slant top desk, late 19th century. With exquisite floral marquetry throughout, stepped interior and hand dovetailed drawer construction.
Category
Dutch Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
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 ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
French Restauration Antique Mahogany Cylinder Roll-Top Desk circa 1830
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FINE RESTAURATION PERIOD ORMOLU-MOUNTED FLAMED MAHOGANY BUREAU À CYLINDER
France, circa 1830
Item # 403ZGP18C
An exceedingly fine bureau à cylinder from the Restauration period in F...
Category
English Empire Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
French 19th century antique writing desk Black Forest hunt Renaissance revival
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous French antique 19th century Renaissance revival / Hunt style Writing desk in carved oak.
Marvelous decorated hunt style desk with fox head drawers & barley twisted columns....
Category
French Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
19th Century Regency Style Mahogany Fall Front Plantation / Bookkeepers Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century Regency Style Mahogany Fall Front Plantation Desk / Bookkeepers Desk with needed legs. Cross-Banded Mahogany and satinwood front around flame mahogany surface Fall front...
Category
American Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
19th Century Country French Provincial Pine Writing Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
A charming late 19th-century French Provincial writing desk, side table, or console, sourced from Provence, France. Beautifully handcrafted from solid rustic European pine, it featur...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Pine
19th Century Walnut Partners Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a walnut and Kashmir walnut partners desk made in England, circa 1890. The top of the desk is Walnut with 3 shaped pieces of beautiful brown lea...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Substantial 19th Century Figured Burr Walnut Partners' Desk by Holland & Sons
Located in London, GB
A Substantial Walnut Partners' Desk
By Holland & Sons
A fully fitted partners desk with identical arrangements to both sides, constructed using finely figured walnut and with a tool...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Antique English Aesthetics Movement Bamboo and Lacquer Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century English desk handcrafted in bamboo in a Japonisme form featuring lacquered panels hand decorated with flowers and birds, the original brass hardware, leather ...
Category
English Aesthetic Movement Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bamboo
Victorian Davenport Desk Lift Top Pop Up Mechanism Concealed File Compartment
Located in Rockaway, NJ
English Victorian Davenport Desk Lift Top Pop Up Mechanism Concealed File Compartment.
Beautiful burl wood cabinet.
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Maple, Oak, Burl
French 19th Century Directoire Roll Top Secretary
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A stately French Directoire roll top secretary. This massive desk is over six feet long and four feet tall with a grey marble top. Directly beneath the marble are three drawers with ...
Category
French Directoire Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Queen Anne Chinoiserie Lacquer Pedestal Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Queen Anne Chinoiserie black lacquer pedestal desk. Desk features three-quarter gallery top over three horizontal drawers, and doo...
Category
English Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Early 19th Century French Empire Flame Mahogany Drop Front Secretary Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Classic antique Early 19th Century French Empire drop front secretary desk made with magnificent high quality flame mahogany adorned with bronze doré mounts and its original gray mar...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century American Mahogany Slant Front Desk
Located in Richmond, VA
Early 19th century American mahogany slant front desk. Probably Boston, has the blockfront shape that is typical to that area. Nice ...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Restored Baroque Revival Oak Writing Desk, circa 1890
Located in Opole, PL
Restored Baroque Revival Oak Writing Desk, circa 1890
This Neo-Baroque writing desk is entirely made in oak wood. Presented piece of furniture is...
Category
European Baroque Revival Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
English Regency Style Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Carlton House Desk
Located in Vero Beach, FL
English Regency style mahogany and satinwood inlaid Carlton house desk.
Circa 1880 rare Carlton House desk, typical for the Regency period, is a beautiful piece of furniture. It i...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Wooden Ericsson MB 115 Crank Magneto Field Telephone 1895 С Mark 1
Located in Sweden, SE
Rare, hard to find. Telephone “C” Mark 1 (Mk 1), designed by Ericsson’s of Stockholm, was the first portable military telephone. It was used in large numbers in the South African War of 1899-1902 by the Telegraph Battalion RE and became the standard field telephone...
Category
Swedish Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Metal, Brass
19th Century Boulle Ormolu and Ebony Bureau Plat/Desk by Mathieu Béfort, France
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 19th century Regency Boulle-style ormolu and ebony wood bureau plat/desk by Mathieu Béfort (AKA: Béfort Jeune), France
By: Mathieu Béfort, Béfort Jeune, André-Charles Boulle (i...
Category
French Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Metal, Silver, Bronze, Copper, Ormolu
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...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XIII Style Oak Barley Twist Library Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fine 19th century French carved oak library table, or writing table desk made in the grand Louis XIII taste. Features thick barley twist legs conjoined on the bottom with barley twis...
Category
French Louis XIII Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
19th Century Country French Provincial Walnut Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Handsome 19th century country French provincial diminutive writing table or desk carved from walnut. The top and frieze have a gracefully curved serpentine shape with a small storage...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century English Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Round Top, TX
Distinctive and elegant, this English mahogany partners desk has 9 functioning drawers on one side and 3 drawers over two cabinet doors on the opposite side.
Please enlarge photos t...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
American Federal Mahogany & Satinwood Butler's Desk with Paw Feet. NY, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American Federal mahogany butler's desk with a carved molded edge, three upper drawers with original brass knobs, sliding fall front interior desk with Satinwood drawers and pigeon h...
Category
American Federal Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
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