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Period: 19th Century
Antique Victorian Quality Satinwood Freestanding Marquetry Inlaid French Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality satinwood freestanding marquetry inlaid French bureau having the original brass gallery, beautiful floral marquetry inlaid top above a satinwood floral marq...
Category
French Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Late 19th C Louis XVI Style Mahogany Ebonised Desk
Located in Troy, MI
Found in France, this Louis XVI style desk dates from the 1880s. Desk is mahogany with an ebonised finish and brass trim. New leather top / writing surface. Five locking dovetail con...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
c. 1840-1850 Southern Cherry Plantation Desk
Located in Louisville, KY
So practical, yet beautiful, this piece of history dates to mid 1800s and is a wonderful handmade American piece. Originating in Kentucky, Tennessee or the Carolinas, this Southern c...
Category
American American Classical Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique Eastlake Victorian Walnut Secretary Desk C1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Eastlake Victorian Walnut Secretary Desk C1880
Measures - 83 1/2" x 43" x 21 1/4"
An Eastlake Victorian secretary desk from circa 18...
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Desk Writing Table Barley Twist Renaissance Revival Tiger Oak
Located in Tyler, TX
EXCELLENT 19th Century Antique French Oak Renaissance Revival Library Office Executive Desk with Full Length Drawer and Barley Twist Legs
With so many people working from home now,...
Category
French Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique 19th century warm brown English Oak Georgian Slant-Front Desk
Located in Casteren, NL
This English slant-front secretary desk, crafted around 1800, is a fine example of late Georgian furniture (circa 1760–1820). This style is characterized by restrained elegance, clean lines, and refined craftsmanship, combining practicality with aesthetic balance. The desk is made entirely of solid European summer oak—an unmistakable mark of quality, especially since similar desks often feature pine for their interior components. The warm, deep brown color, rich patina, and soft sheen give the piece a distinctive and authentic character.
The fall-front is a flat panel fitted with its original brass escutcheon and a working lock. When opened, the writing surface is supported by the two outer top drawers, creating a stable and spacious workspace. The interior is beautifully arranged: directly behind the writing surface lies a recessed well, and behind it a central compartment enclosed by a door, complete with matching working lock and key. Flanking this central section are six small drawers, with open pigeonholes positioned above them, tucked beneath a finely scalloped valance—an elegant layout for organizing correspondence and writing tools.
The construction reveals traditional craftsmanship, including exposed dovetail joints connecting the sides to the top. The drawers are fitted with finely pierced brass hardware, and all locks—on the drawers, fall-front, and interior compartment—operate with a single original key, a rare and telling detail of the desk’s authenticity. The piece stands on classic bracket feet, typical of the period.
The desk is in excellent condition with no defects. It was gently cleaned and treated with a fresh layer of protective wax in our workshop. This graceful historic desk...
Category
British Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique 19th century warm brown English Oak Regency Slant-Front Desk
Located in Casteren, NL
Elegant English slant front secretary desk from the Regency period, crafted around 1820. Made from solid oak, this finely built piece has a deep, warm brown tone with a soft sheen an...
Category
British Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Irish Satinwood Writing Desk Lectern Side Table Robert Strahan Dublin
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Very Imposing example of an Irish well figured Satinwood rectangular Writing or Occasional Table complete with gilt tooled leather writing surface with lift up mechanism which coul...
Category
Irish Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Writing Desk W/ Leather Top
Located in Astoria, NY
A handsome late 19th century French writing desk in the Louis XVI style, sourced in Provence, France. Hand-crafted in mahogany, the desk features a rectangular top inset with gilt-to...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Antique English Regency Rosewood Library Table Writing Desk Gillows Lancaster
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Very Imposing example of an English well figured Rosewood Library or Writing Table firmly attributed to renowned Cabinet Makers Gillows of rectangular outline with rounded corners....
Category
British Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
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
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
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 Victorian Inlaid Mahogany Pedestal Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique Late Victorian Flame mahogany string inlaid and satinwood crossbanded pedestal kneehole desk, circa 1880 in date.
It is made from fabulous flame mahogany, t...
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Eastlake Walnut & Burl Cylinder Secretary Desk c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Antique Victorian Eastlake Walnut & Burl Cylinder Secretary Desk c1890.
84 1/4" x 38 5/8" x 21 1/...
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut, Burl
French 19th Century Desk-Vitrine
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This French Desk is amazing, it has a top with its original old glass and very useful for storage.
It is made of walnut with a kaki color leather top.
From the floor to the top of th...
Category
French Louis Philippe Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Glass, Walnut
Antique English Regency Rosewood Occasional Side or Work Table Circa 1815
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Stylish English well figured Rosewood and Gilt Metal Mounted Center, Side or Worktable of compact proportions, early Nineteenth Century, Regency period.
The figured rectangular t...
Category
British Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th C Buffet Secretaire, Escritoire Cabinet Louis Philippe Cherrywood, France
Located in Labrit, Landes
Antique Louis Philippe buffet escritoire secretaire cabinet, circa 1850-1860
Desk very convenient to store and close in a room with several func...
Category
French Louis Philippe Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Cherry
Howard & Sons London Leather Topped Faux Bamboo Writing Table, circa 1875
Located in Kinderhook, NY
English circa 1875 Aesthetic Movement writing table or desk by London cabinetmakers Howard & Sons having original green leather top; the oval form case with single drawer and origina...
Category
English Aesthetic Movement Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Mahogany Cylinder Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
English Victorian mahogany 3 part cylinder desk, late 19th century. With a rectangular top with wood gallery on back and sides, a cylinder that opens to an interior writing surface t...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Mahogany
English Camphor Wood Military Campaign Chest with Fitted Interior Desk, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English camphor wood and mahogany military campaign chest with an upper case central fitted hinged fall front secretary desk revealing a leather writing surface, flanking pigeon hole...
Category
English Campaign 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
Mid 19th century Swedish burr birch writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Stunning birch root escritoire circa 1855.
We are pleased to offer this piece for sale. Profusely using birch root veneers on every surface.
Matched birch veneers used which span ...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Birch
Antique English Regency Mahogany Davenport Writing Desk Occasional Side Table
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Very Imposing example of an English well figured Rosewood late Regency Period Davenport Desk or occasional side piece of compact proportions, in the manner of renowned Cabinet Make...
Category
British Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Birch Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
Constructed of solid birch and fir and veneered with hand-cut Nordic birch veneers, the secretary features an upper locking drawer which rests upon a fitted desk area hiding behind a...
Category
Swedish Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Birch, Fir
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 English Regency Mahogany Fold-Over Games Card Tea Side Table 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Fine Well Figured Rosewood Fold-over Games Table of outstanding quality, early Nineteenth Century, possibly Regency Period and of English origin.
The rectangular top with rounded...
Category
British Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
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
19th Century English George III Chinoiserie Bureau
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 19th century hand painted and decorated chinoiserie bureau / desk. The fall front opening to reveal a fully fitted interior and numerous holding compartments, above an arrangem...
Category
English Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
François Linke French Louis XVI Ormolu Kingwood Bureau Plat Desk, c.1889
Located in King's Lynn, GB
A rare early François Linke bureau plat (c.1889, a masterwork of the Belle Époque by France’s most celebrated ébéniste. Originally from the Estelle D...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Grande Biedermeier Secrétaire
Located in New York, NY
A perfect example of the wealthy, elegant Biedermeier period, this impressive, secretary is veneered in flame mahogany and birch intarsia, with bone escutcheons, secret compartments,...
Category
Scandinavian Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks
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
Late 19th Century Italian Walnut Burl Inlaid Louis XIV Secretary Drop Leaf Desk
Located in Encinitas, CA
Late 19th Century Italian Walnut Burl Inlaid Louis XIV Secretary Drop Leaf Desk.
Trim three-drawer bureau chest featuring secretary drop lid with lock and key revealing small drawers and compartments. Beautiful walnut veneers and solids with rosewood inlaid detail. Handsome hardware, hinges and pulls. Lock and key.
Due to the curved shape of the desk and components, some measures are a close approximation.
Exterior measures of the desk: 39" W x 20.5" D x 40.75" H
99.1 cm W x 52 cm D x 103.5 cm H
Opened drop lid desk...
Category
Italian Louis XIV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Louis XVI Style Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
A refined late 19th century French Louis XVI style walnut writing table, sourced in Provence. The rectangular top with demi-lune ends is finished with a carved leaf-and-dart border, ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
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 ingenuity. Made from rich, solid wood with a deep, warm patina, it blends functional design with timeless elegance. More than just a storage piece, this is a refined system for organizing correspondence, complete with a built-in perpetual calendar and integrated writing panel.
Behind the sleek double doors—one of which locks with its key—you’ll find a cleverly designed interior fitted with multiple compartments for letters, documents, and notes. At the top is a charming perpetual calendar with original sliders displaying the day, date, and month—an eye-catching and practical feature.
What truly sets this piece apart are the two fold-out panels inside each door. One features a removable writing surface, ideal for jotting down notes with a pencil or crayon. The opposite panel includes straps for securing cards or memos. In addition, there are hidden drawers and compartments for pens, stamps, or other stationery, making this a uniquely functional piece for both historical display and modern-day use.
The box features two front doors—one with its original Bramah lock, marked “Bramah Improved”, a renowned name in high-security locks since the 18th century.—perhaps a postmaster, a ship's purser, or a gentleman's estate office.
So, if you would rather sit down and write someone a real letter or postcard then, in our view, you will be the right custodian for this stylish and beautifully made antique.
Mind you, our fair price for this great value for money antique even includes perfect packing and also worldwide delivery from our store to your door in just 4 days.
Maximum width x height x depth when closed: 16.2 x 14.4 x 10.1 inches.
Ideal for:
*Collectors of antique desk accessories or postal items.
*Interior decorators looking for a unique office or library statement piece.
*A refined and functional letter organizer.
*An exceptional gift for lovers of history and craftsmanship.
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Category
European Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Large French Oak Library Conference Table Partners Desk
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and beautifully carved large oak library table or partners desk with two drawers on each side. Quarter sawn oak with amazing grain, beautifu...
Category
French Baroque Revival Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique English Flip Top Campaign Desk on Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Remarkable rare 19th Century gentleman's traveling desk handcrafted in mahogany with geometric inlays, featuring a flip top compartment with tooled leather writing surfaces over stor...
Category
English William IV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
American Eastlake Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Burl, Walnut
R. J. Horner Style Antique Victorian Tiger Oak Writing Desk or Library Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Victorian tiger oak writing desk or library table
In the manner of R.J. Horner & Co.
USA, Circa 1890s
Measures: 46"W x 26.25"D x 29.13"H.
Good original vintage...
Category
American Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique Victorian Quality Inlaid Rosewood Freestanding Davenport Desk
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality inlaid rosewood freestanding Davenport desk, Having the original brass gallery above a lift up stationary box above a writing slope with the original leathe...
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Provincial Fruitwood Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Diminutive size 19th century French provincial writing table or desk. The table is constructed from fruitwood with a warm patina and lovely wood grain patterns. Fronted by a single s...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
Diminutive French Louis XIV Style Walnut Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming 19th century French writing table or desk made in a diminutive scale or ladies bureau plat size. Crafted in the grand Louis XIV taste from walnu...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
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 French Wooden Writing Desk
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice writing desk, fabricated in France in the 19th Century.
It has a lift up lid.
On the front there are two drawers.
The desk has traces of use, see the pictures.
We work w...
Category
French Other Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
French Louis XVI Style Diminutive Ebonized Writing Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic French diminutive ladies writing table or desk featuring a black lacquer ebonized finish. Made in the neoclassical Louis XVI taste with a simple clean design and minimal dec...
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
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
Highly Carved Chinese 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 ...
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Chinese Chinese Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Handcrafted Colonial Teak Campaign Table with Folding Legs
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Circa 1890's
Solid teak hand crafted Campaign folding table from the days of the British Raj. Has flaps that pivot outwards and tuck away ben...
Category
British Indian Ocean Territory Campaign Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Teak
William French Minneapolis Mahogany Writing Desk, Circa 1890s
Located in Germantown, MD
A late 19th Century William A French Minneapolis Mahogany Writing Desk in great antique condition. Refinished top in near perfect condition
Category
American Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Chestnut & Walnut Plantation Drop Front Desk c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Victorian Chestnut & Walnut Plantation Drop Front Desk C1890
Measures - 54 1/8" x 39" x 22 1/2"
An antique Victorian drop front desk made from chestnut and walnut, dati...
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Chestnut
Antique Victorian Quality Burr Walnut Freestanding Davenport
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality burr walnut freestanding Davenport having a quality burr walnut serpentine shaped top opening to reveal a fitted interior above a serpentine shaped burr wal...
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English Victorian 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
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
A Victorian Green Man Carved Oak Bureau The bureau is superbly carved
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Victorian Green Man Carved Oak Bureau
The bureau is superbly carved with acanthus leaves and faces of the green man from solid oak, it has a carved fall front, one long drawer an...
Category
Gothic Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
French Empire Bronze / Mahogany Vanity
Located in Tarry Town, NY
French Empire style mahogany vanity / dressing table with gilt bronze mounted design and oval attached mirror, front pulling drawer and side pair of candelabra. The vanity / dressing...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Large wall desk massive oak and bronze 6 drawers Denmark end of 19 century
Located in SAINT-YRIEIX-SUR-CHARENTE, FR
Large wall counter in solid oak, bronze, and glass tops, from the former customs buildings (“Toldboden”) at the port of Aarhus in Denmark, built in 1897 by architect Hack Kampmann (1...
Category
Danish Art Nouveau 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
Antique English Geo.III Inlaid Red Walnut Chipp. style "Adam" Slant Front Bureau
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
In our 101 years of being in the Georgian Antiques business, this bureau, quite frankly, may be the finest that has graced our premises. Apparently made from Red Walnut (though it c...
Category
English Adam Style Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood, Walnut
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
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