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Period: Early 19th Century
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Regency Mahogany Kneehole Dressing Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Exceptional Quality Early 19th Century, Regency Period, Mahogany Dressing Table, Or Kneehole Desk, Having Superbly Figured Shaped Top With Attractive Crossbanded Decoration, Over ...
Category
British Regency Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Cherry
$1,595
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Cherry
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Georgian Mahogany Fold-Over Games Card Tea Side Table 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stylish English Georgian Flame Mahogany Games Card Table of outstanding quality, early Nineteenth Century. Circa 1820.
The crossbanded fold-over top of rectangular form with round...
Category
British Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
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 Early 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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Pewter
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass, Other
$8,499
Antique English Georgian Mahogany Lady's Writing Desk Occasional Side Table 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Very Imposing example of an English Georgian flame mahogany rectangular Lady’s twin drawer Desk or occasional side table of compact proportions. Circa 1800-1820.
The rectangular ...
Category
British Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
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,...
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Scandinavian Biedermeier Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Beautiful Early-Victorian Walnut Davenport
Located in Crawley, GB
A Beautiful early-Victorian walnut Davenport fitted with four side drawers and raised on carved scroll supports.With a lift lid desk with 2 internal d...
Category
British Early Victorian Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
$2,091 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Steel
Louis XV Style Leather Top Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Louis XV style leather top with front drawer ladies writing desk with bronze mounted design details. The desk is in great antique condi...
Category
French Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
$4,843 Sale Price
30% Off
French inlaid Kidney-shape Bureau-Plat/Library-Table/Desk
Located in Folkestone, GB
Superb early 19th century French Bureau Plat or Library table veneered in Sycamore inlaid with elaborate geometric marquetry in Kingwood and decorated with fine ormolu mounts. The ...
Category
French Charles X Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Kingwood, Sycamore
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Biedermeier Austrian Country Secretary Bookcase Desk, Early 19th Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Early 19th Century Biedermeier Austrian Country secretary bookcase desk
Additional information:
Materials: Fruitwood
Color: Sienna
Peri...
Category
Biedermeier Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
Petite French Louis XV Style Walnut Slant-Front Desk, Stamped, circa 1810
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stamped French Louis XV style small walnut slant-front desk with sliding inlaid panels, long drawer and inner compartments from the early 19th century. This petite French desk...
Category
French Louis XV Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Regency Mahogany Occasional Snap Top Table possibly Irish 19th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Very Imposing example of an English well figured Mahogany late Regency Period snap-top Occasional Table of small proportions, in our opinion is of Irish Manufacture. Circa 1815-20....
Category
Irish Regency Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Regency Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Period early 19th century Regency Mahogany Partners desk. Drawers on both sides. Great proportion. Excellent quality...
Category
English Regency Antique Early 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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Ebony, Mahogany
Intarsia Secretary
Located in New York, NY
Handcrafted, this piece has been obviously been designed and created with love. Elegant intarsia inlays adorn the outside of this case piece. Inside hides a whimsical array of storag...
Category
Swedish Biedermeier Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Birch
$6,210
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Ash
Pair of important Georgian satinwood cylinder cabinets
Located in Cheshire, GB
Pair of Georgian cylinder cabinets/bookcases, the raised pierced gallery, and well-figured satinwood tops to the glazed doors opening to reveal an adjustable shelf. The freeze having...
Category
British Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Satinwood
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood, Walnut
$10,875 Sale Price
25% Off
Early 19th Century English Rosewood Library Table With Tooled Leather Top
Located in Charlottesville, VA
An early 19th century English library table in rosewood, featuring an inset red tooled leather top above a rectangular apron. The twin pedestal base is supported by turned columns re...
Category
British Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
English Camphor Wood Military Campaign Chest with Fitted Interior Desk, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English camphor wood military campaign chest with an upper case fitted drawer hinged fall front secretary desk revealing a leather writing surface, central prospect door with key, fl...
Category
English Campaign Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
$6,240 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century, Biedermeier Cherry Ladies Desk / Side Table
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful little Biedermeier solid cherrywood desk or side table from the time of the Biedermeier, circa 1830. In the middle there is a drawer. In very...
Category
German Biedermeier Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Cherry
$3,578 Sale Price
31% Off
19th century Chinese Canton black lacquered desk cabinet
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century chinese canton black lacquered desk cabinet, circa 1830.
Stunning quality chinese export desk, circa 1830. Main feature is the rare alabaster doors which have been hand...
Category
Chinese Regency Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Alabaster
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Georgian Oak Secretary
Located in Sheffield, MA
Very handsome Georgian lowland oak secretary with walnut trim.
Category
English Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak, Walnut
$4,800
Mahogany Davenport Attributed to Gillows
Located in Folkestone, GB
Attributed to Gillows
A superior quality late 18th/early 19th century mahogany Davenport Desk The leather-lined top with brass gallery, lifting to ...
Category
English Regency Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Sheraton Cherry Drop Front Desk with Graduated Drawers & Brass Gallery, C1820
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Sheraton Cherry Drop Front Desk with Graduated Drawers & Brass Gallery, C1820
Measures - 50 5/...
Category
Sheraton Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$2,640 Sale Price
51% Off
19th Century George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality George III mahogany bureau bookcase. Having two glazed doors in the top, both opening to reveal adjustable shelves. Below this is the bureau section, with ...
Category
English George III Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Superb Quality Large Antique George III Mahogany Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality large antique George III mahogany bureau having a superb quality mahogany fall opening to reveal a fitted interior co...
Category
English George III Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Other
George III Scarlet Gilt Japanned Desk
Located in Kent, Dover
A English George III scarlet gilt-japanned desk; superbly, later decorated with rich gilt chinoiserie on a scarlet lacquered background, the fall-front open...
Category
English George III Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century mahogany tambour desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 19th Century mahogany tambour desk, the cylindrical tambour top opening to reveal a fitting writing interior comprising of central cupboard with thr...
Category
British Regency Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Sheraton Style American Bowfront Sideboard with Dropdown Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
In fifty-two years in business we have never seen a piece like this rare bowfront sideboard with a top drawer that folds out to reveal a writing surface with leather top.
Other feat...
Category
American Sheraton Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Early 19th century Biedermeier ebonised birch escritoire
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 19th century biedermeier ebonised birch escritoire circa 1820.
We are pleased to offer this stunning austrian biedermeier period escritoire...
Category
Austrian Biedermeier Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French Secretaire à Abattant, First Empire Period
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French first Empire period Secretaire à Abattant, also known as a drop-front secretary, fall front or cantilevered desk. Under the dark grey marble top is a secret, entablature drawe...
Category
French Empire Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Gillows of Lancaster Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
R043 Exceptional Regency mahogany 3 drawer writing table by the world renowned cabinet maker Robert Gillow.
This writing table is constructed from the finest quality Cuban mahogany, ...
Category
English Regency Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$7,698 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$1,895
Louis XVI Secretary with Cylinder Top & Tambour Front Northern Europe circa 1800
Located in Miami, FL
A Louis XVI secretary desk in mahogany with satinwood inlays. Offers a cylinder top that opens to reveal a series of small drawers surrounding...
Category
European Louis XVI Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Satinwood
Period Regency Mahogany Mechanical Gentleman's Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
This very fine desk made during the Regency period in England is of great design and exceptional quality. Constructed of Mahogany solids and veneers with fine figure and color. The d...
Category
British Regency Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Spanish Baroque Carved Mixed Wood Writing Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
An extraordinary early 19th-century Spanish Baroque writing desk sourced from Provence, France. The table features exquisite and intricate hand-carved floral motifs throughout the en...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Wrought Iron
Regency Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Fine Quality Early 19th Century, Regency Period, Mahogany Pedestal Desk Of Nice Small Proportions, Having Attractive Gilt Tooled Leather Inset To Crossbanded Top, Over Nine Drawers...
Category
English Regency Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
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 Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Gentlemans Satinwood Rosewood Crossbanded Speciman Cabinet Early 19th Ct
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
English Regency Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut, Satin
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Walnut Drop Front Desk. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
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This exceptional Biedermeier drop front desk is the best example of top-quality Viennese piece from circa 1825.
Viennese Biedermeier is distinguished by their sophisticated p...
Category
Austrian Biedermeier Antique Early 19th Century Desks
Materials
Maple, Walnut
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