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Period: 19th Century
19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau à Cylindre Possibly by François Linke
By Adam Weisweiler, François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Superb Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Bureau à Cylindre Possibly François Linke for Maison Krieger
In the manner of Adam Weisweiler, Possibly by François Linke for Maison Krieger
Cajou, platane trellis-parquetry, ébène and buis stringings, the rounded corner marble top above three small drawers, the cylinder front opening to a gilt-tooled leather lined writing slide and five small drawers, the frieze fitted with three drawers, the central drawer, with spring-loaded secret release, is decorated with an ormolu relief plaque which depicts a group of putti at play, the two side drawers with hidden key...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
VR Stamped Victoria Regina Hardwood Twin Pedestal Partner Desk Victorian, 1860
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely English Victorian Circa 1880 twin pedestal partner desk with original castors and VR stamped locks for Victoria Regina...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Rare 19th Century English Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
A magnificent Bonheur du Jour of exhibition quality, in the Louis XV manner attributed to Holland & Sons
Lovingly constructed in Bois Citronnier, and Purpleheart woods, with exten...
Category
English Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Exquisite Bench-Made Antique Drop Front Desk With Original Hand Blown Glass
Located in Portsmouth, VA
Step into a world of timeless elegance with this exquisite early 1800s bench-made desk, a true gem for discerning collectors and aficionados of fine antiq...
Category
North American Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Blown Glass, Wood
Petite circa 1880 French Napoleon III Black Lacquer Two-Drawer Writing Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Striking original Antique French Napoleon III Bureau Plat, Writing Table or Ladies Desk. Highlighted by polished brass decorations, the black ...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Venetian Roll Top Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Venetian, hand carved roll top desk in burled walnut veneer. Fitted interior with pull out, sliding writing area with inset red leather. A carved woode...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Partners Desk with Provenance
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A fine quality partners desk in exceptional figured mahogany veneers, original dark green leather, bramah locks, ratchetted writing slope and mahogany lined drawers
Provenance: from ...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th century Partner desk
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This Wonderful Partner Desk is made of pine wood with a green/kaki leather top. The hardwares are in bronze.
Category
French Louis Philippe Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Pine
English Inlaid Ladies Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
This ladies desk is intricately inlaid with classical urns, draped ribbons and bellflowers on the stiles and legs. There is boxwood line inlay on the top, ...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Large French Neoclassical Mahogany Roll-Top Desk
Located in Troy, NY
French mahogany Empire desk of stately proportions, with a roll top, revealing a double row of total six drawers under an open shelf, as well as a sliding writing surface with inset ...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Antique Victorian Mahogany Davenport with Pop-Up Stationery Compartment
Located in Tonbridge, Kent
Victorian Figured Mahogany Davenport Desk with Hinged Drum Lid, England, 1870s
Elevate your space with this exquisite Victorian figured mahogany Davenport desk, a stunning example o...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Gillows, 19th Century Walnut Kidney Shaped Desk
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 'Gillows' kidney shaped figured Walnut pedestal desk, having inset tooled leather top, eleven graduating mahogany lined drawers with their original brass ring drop han...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Anglo Indian Military Campaign Trestle Desk & Armchair Hardwood & Brass
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale lovely vintage Anglo Indian Rosewood with ornate brass inlay Campaign trestle desk with matching directors armchair.
A highly decorative and wel...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Hand-Carved Wooden Writing Desk and Document Holder, India
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare Indo-English writing desk features a flip-top document holder, is intricately carved with a rich bamboo and botanical motif in natural wood. Made in India, this desk provides a ...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century Carved Oak Pedestal Desk
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English pedestal desk made from oak. The top is covered in the original brown leather, which has aged beautifully, and is banded by an oak border, which has a gorgeous b...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Oak
English Leather Top Campaign Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century English campaign desk featuring the original tooled green leather top, campaign brass hardware, two pedestals and a case with nine paneled drawers and block fee...
Category
English Campaign Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
English Trompe I'oeil Painted Lap Desk on Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Charming Trompe L'0eil painted lap desk on stand. Top features a letter & quill pen. The legs of stand have hand painted ivy. Top hinges open to storage compartment.
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Pine
Italian 19th Century Louis XIV Style Ebony Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome Italian mid-19th century Louis XIV style ebony desk. The desk is raised by eight square tapered leg with mottled designs and bone inlays of winged figures above foliate designs. The legs are joined by a triple H designed stretcher with a central upholstered footrest...
Category
Italian Louis XIV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Ebony
English Tooled Green Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable antique George III style partners desk with the original tooled green leather top on a mahogany case with four drawers on either ...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Writing Desk with Red Leather Writing Board, a Drawer, and Shelving
Located in New York, NY
A writing desk with a drawer and shelving. On the surface is a red leather writing board. The foot legs of the desk have lovely brass ends. Desk is from the early 19th Century mahoga...
Category
Asian Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
19th CENTURY REGENCE STYLE BUREAU PLAT
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
Rare French 19th century Régence style unuasual Green lacquer Bureau Plat, very rare Silvered mounts. Raised mounted cabriole legs, the scalloped shaped frieze with three drawers eac...
Category
French Régence Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Hardwood
Rare Victorian Holland and Sons Double Sided Hardwood Partner Desk Writing Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning rare and original early Victorian Holland and Son’s mahogany double sided library table or ...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
French Bureau Plat of Ebony and Brass Inlay with Ormolu Mounts, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A Fine Bureau Plat in the Manner of André-Charles Boulle
Constructed in ebony with arabesque foliate cut brass inlays, with premiere-partie panels set with tortoiseshell grounds and brass inlay work, and having extensive fine quality ormolu mounts; rising from animal paw sabots, mounted with female masks at the shoulders; the apron housing three drawers, with faux drawers to the obverse, the central drawers set with a Bacchic mask issuing foliates, the platform of serpentine form, having a brass guard edge, and inset with a gilt tooled morocco leather. Stamped to the carcass ‘BF’ and ‘Gros’.
French, Circa 1870
Denise Ledoux-Lebard’s ‘Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Siecle’. Published by les Editions de l’Amateur, 2000, lists a Benjamin Gros, whose enterprise amalgamated with the noted ebeniste Winckelsen in 1871; Gros had received an honourable mention for his ‘Boulle’ furniture in the Exposition Universelle in 1855.
Literature;
Le Mobilier Francais (qv)
Seymour de Ricci, Batsford 1929 ‘Louis XIV and Regence Furniture...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Antique English Kidney Form Leather Top Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Mahogany kidney form desk with gilt-embossed brown leather top (The Leather top replaced at a later time). The desk with a center drawer flanked by 4 drawers each side on front. Fini...
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
19th English Brass Banded Mahogany Lap Desk With Gilt Tooled Leather
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th c., England, a figured mahogany lap desk banded in brass to protect a piece that was in regular use and likely travelled with the owner.
The hinged top opens to a gilt tooled l...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Large Notary Writing Desk Louis XVI Style
Located in BARSAC, FR
Rare Louis XVI style notary writing desk made of mahogany frieze marquetry and light wood and rosewood fillet friezes.
Four solid mahogany fluted legs joined by a spacer shelf.
Fre...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Anglo-Chinese Bamboo Lacquered Desk
Located in London, GB
Antique 19th Century Anglo-Chinese Bamboo Lacquered Desk
Aesthetic Movement, England, C.1880
Leather inset surface
Presented in excellent condition commensurate of age.
Category
English Aesthetic Movement Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Bamboo, Lacquer
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...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century 3-Piece Diminutive Lacquer Secretary Desk with Nice Chinoiserie
Located in Milford, NH
A fine three-piece diminutive black lacquer secretary desk with extensive chinoiserie or japanned decoration, including a base table, bras...
Category
English Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Circa 1825 English Mahogany Butlers Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
Circa 1825 English Mahogany Butler's Desk with Brass Hardware. Drop front writing surface with interior drawers and compartments above double doors that ho...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Exquisite 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Marquetry Bureau a Cylindre
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Exquisite Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Marquetry and Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre
The stepped rectangular top with pierced three quarter gallery ab...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Dutch 19th Century Mahogany Ladies Desk
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch 19th century mahogany ladies desk
A mahogany ladies desk with green leather in the wood of the desktop with gold print. The desk has 3...
Category
Dutch Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Fall-Front Desk in West Indies Mahogany, Attrib to Gustav Friederich von Hetsch
Located in Miami, FL
A very lovely secretary with serpentine front in beautiful West Indies/ Cuban mahogany attributable to Danish architect and painter, Gustav Friederich von Hetsch (1788-1864). A mirro...
Category
Danish Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique North German/Danish Empire Cylinder-Top Secretary with Bookcase, c. 1815
Located in Miami, FL
From the Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany, once part of Denmark, a very handsome Empire secretary with bookcase in ash with inlays and marquetry silhouettes of neoclassical Roman images. Cylinder top opens to a pull-out desk which offers a felt-lined lectern or writing surface flanked by sliding storage compartments, as well as a series of small drawers and a central cabinet. Above desk, are three cupboards and below, there are three long drawers. Northern Germany or from the Danish Jutland region, circa 1815.
Note: Green baize on writing surface can be replaced with leather.
Measures: 46" wide x 21" deep x 83" high (With desk top open...
Category
German Empire Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Ash
Walnut with Inlay Writing Desk and Chair, Syrian Late 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very fine antique Moorish style walnut with mother-of-pearl inlaid writing desk and chair, late 19th to early 20th century. Completely hand-carved, and with elaborate inlay work of m...
Category
Syrian Moorish Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl
Napolean III Boulle Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Lady writing cabinet form the 19th century, French Napolean III period, with inlay in the Boulle style. With a centered cabinet door, surrounded by open shelves, three drawers over a...
Category
Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Ormolu
A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV Style gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat by François Linke.
The rectangular top inset with a green leather writing surface with gilt-tooled border, within a gilt-bronze su...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
"Japonisme" Cylinder Desk Att. to G. Viardot, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare Japanese style cylinder desk in tinted and carved wood, richly engraved on all sides with foliage, cherry branches and geometric interlacing. Surmounted by two asymmetrical shelves, the cylinder is decorated with an engraved dragon. Opening this cylinder reveals many compartments with adjustable dimensions, a drawer with engraved decoration and letter storage. The cylinder sides can open laterally, allowing a larger area for working and writing.
The lower part of the desk is formed on the left by five superimposed drawers decorated with geometric interlacing and carved branches, as well as Japanese characters, deer and mother-of-pearl foliage. On the right, there is a drawer and a door decorated with carved leaves and mother-of-pearl interlacing, revealing four drawers forming compartments.
An ingenious mechanism makes it possible, when the cylinder is closed with a key, to completely lock the desk.
Gabriel Viardot career began as a wood carver and he produced small furniture, sculpturally carved with naturalistic motifs and animals. In the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris, his finely sculpted objects were well received. However, with the increasing importation of similarly produced Swiss and German articles, he found less opportunity for these and decided to innovate. G. Viardot succeeded to his father’s business in 1861 installed rue Rambuteau in Paris. Around 1870 he turned to the idea of producing « Meubles genre Chinois et Japonais ». The taste in Europe for exotic furniture, incorporating sometimes authentic Chinese or Japanese objects...
Category
French Japonisme Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Antique English Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century English partners desk crafted in mahogany in three-piece construction, featuring the original tooled leather top, African Bubinga wood drawer and door fronts, b...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Marble Top Library Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Grand French 19th century library table, writing table, or bureau plat featuring an Italian Carrara marble top inset. Crafted in the neoclassical Louis XVI taste, the frieze is decorated on each side with strands of delicate bell flowers centered by floral reserves. The corners have carved rosettes and are supported by fluted legs having acanthus tops. The legs are conjoined by gracefully curved stretchers centered with an acanthus finial...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Carrara Marble
Early 19th Century French Empire Desk
Located in Nashville, TN
Mahogany veneered French Empire desk. Leather insert top. Brass hardware on column legs and bun feet. Very unique and good quality period French des...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Napoleon III Ebonized Desk with Marble Inlay, France, 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Ebonized desk with compartments on either side. Central drawer decorated with a cherub. Marble inlay. Leather top.
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Marble
Antique Colonial Primitive Pine Wood Lift Top Schoolmaster's Storage Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Colonial Primitive Pine Wood Lift Top Schoolmaster's Storage Standing Desk with Dovetailed 2 Part Construction. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 46.5" H x 37.5" W x 24....
Category
Unknown Other Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Pine
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
19th Century German Black Forest Chip-Carved Suite Desk with Drawer and Chair
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century German black forest chip-carved suite desk with drawer and chair.
Impressive and extremely rare Black Forest desk and chair. The rectangul...
Category
German Black Forest Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Pine
English Regency Mahogany Sideboard
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency mahogany sideboard with 3 drawers centered between bowed form drawers and supported by 6 square fluted legs with lio...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Walnut Military Campaign Chest or Lap Desk with Brass Mounts
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique campaign box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1820 and done in the period Victoria...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
George 111 Period Mahogany & inlaid Kneehole desk
Located in Dereham, GB
George 111 Period Mahogany & inlaid Kneehole desk
Mahogany top with Satinwood Banded inlay, &
Centre Fan inlay & 4 quarter fan inlays
Kneehole Base with 7 Drawers,
Satinwood Bandin...
Category
British Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Victorian Antique Freestanding Walnut Ladies Davenport
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique Victorian freestanding figured walnut ladies Davenport having the original decorative gallery above a lift up lid opening to reveal a pleasing fully fitted interior, ...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Secrétaire à abattant d'époque French Louis XVI Style Secretary c. Late 19th C.
Located in Westfield, MA
This Secrétaire à Abattant, crafted in the French Louis XVI style in the late 19th century, remains a striking example of neoclassical elegance and masterful craftsmanship. The rich ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Walnut Desk
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A charming walnut desk. Made in England in the late 19th century. Lovely patine throughout. Panneled back, leather inset, castor wheels.
Chairspace is 62.5 H x 52 W cms.
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Beached Oak Partner's Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
This 19th century French desk is a stunning piece of furniture that would make a great addition to a fine home. The desk is crafted from bleached oak and has a beautiful transitional...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Classic Antique French Cherry Desk with Breadboard Top
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Classic Antique Provincial French writing table with breadboard top. Plank top two drawer desk featuring scalloped knee hole and apron with two drawers with brass pulls on simple c...
Category
French Provincial Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Wood, Cherry
19th Century English Victorian Oak Writing Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a Victorian oak desk, the top inset with a green leather writing surface decorated with blind and gold tooling. Below this there is an arrangement of 9 drawers, with 9 du...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
19th Century Louis Philippe Mahogany Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 19th century French Louis Philippe mahogany desk with bookmatched flame mahogany veneer and solid mahogany turned legs. This desk has a locking mechanism in working conditio...
Category
European Louis Philippe Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Cylinder Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A palatial scale mahogany cylinder desk in the Louis XVI style; the superstructure with rectangular galleried bleu turquin marble top over four frieze drawers, the paneled cylinder f...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Rare 19th Century English 'Eclipse' Patented Telescopic Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING an EXCEPTIONALLY RARE 19C English Eclipse Patented Telescopic Desk.
Made of oak in the Rococo Style in Great Britain, circa 1880.
Fully marked as “The Eclipse“, Brand’s ...
Category
English Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Desk a Rognon
Located in Montreal, QC
A very fine kingwood kidney- shaped desk (bureau a rognon) with original tooled leather surface, crisply mounted in gilt bronze and on cabriole legs .
signed in the gilt bronze surround T.W. Muller.
T W Muller was a Viennese cabinet...
Category
Austrian Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Ormolu
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