Hand-Painted Desks

A Rococo slant front desk with a simple recessed top carving. Desk opens to a large work space with 13 small drawers, 2 small cubbies, 2 document holders with elaborate column carvin...

18th C English painted oak bureau with good fitted interior and brass handles. 1760 Height to underside of desk - 64cm

This early 1920s Art Deco toelette (vanity desk) by Gino Maggioni for Atelier di Varedo (Atelier Borsani) represents a transitional period in Italian design. It highlights the worksh...

Good 3 drawer painted oak desk/ bedside table, newly made. Height under rail 59cm

From our Hand-Painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our Parma Blue Pesaro Secretary with Roses. We love how the choice of sweet curves and pastello colors ...

Late 18th Century English oak bureau with later paint finish. 1780 Height to the underside of the desk - 67cm

Love Birds and Poppies This is an original and beautiful hand-painted and hand incised fall front desk. This unique work of art is hand-painted on front with a roundel of three vibrant and colorful birds against a mountain scape and bouquets and runners of red poppies and greenery on remainder front perimeters, the sides and back are plain. Inside we find a fitted interior with one drawer and pigeonholes. Two simple shelves...

19th Century English Regency Chinoiserie Library Table A substantial 19th century, English Regency, Chinoiserie partners library table with a gre...

Antique Asian Oriental Chinese burned bamboo hand painted decorated desk writing table.

This striking black lacquered Chinoiserie secretaire abbatant (fall front secretary) is beautifully adorned in golden raised Chinese scenes with flora and fauna. The 19th century pi...

Good 3 drawer painted oak desk/ bedside table, newly made. Height under rail 59cm

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...

A 19th Century Vermis Martin Style Bonheur Du Jour Secretary Desk. Hand Painted and with original functional key. Measures 24" in width, 17" in depth and stands 47" tall. Knee cleara...

A substantial Brazilian modern desk produced by Ava in the 1960s, distinguished by its architectural construction, generous storage, and richly figured Brazilian rosewood. The expan...

19th century Victorian painted bureau circa 1890. Here we offer a painted bureau on behalf of a local registered charity. Flame mahogany bureau given a modern twist, using a matt b...

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...

An Early 20th Century French Provincial Cherry with a freshly Hand Enameled and Decorated Desk or vanity. Artistic and professionally enameled. Light Lemon yellowish green base. Me...

19th C English painted and carved pine kidney shaped desk with inset leather. Kneehole- 40cm W x 60cm H

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...

An unusual trapezoid-shaped Swedish Gustavian slant front desk. Front opens to reveal an ample work surface with six cascading drawers sitti...

Jean Desk: Hand-Crafted Oak & Polished Stainless Steel, Italian Design DESIGNER: ULTRAMOBILI // MATERIALS: Polished Stainless Steel base, Hand-crafted Oak Top // ORIGIN: Italy, ...

Introducing the exquisite Chinoiserie Style Desk & Chair by Drexel Heritage and part of The Et-Cetera collection, a timeless masterpiece from th...

Industrial looking aged Zinc Top Desk, or small Kitchen Table or possible Craft Table. The Zinc Dining Table was carefully aged and clear-coated for prot...

A solid Louis XV style kneehole desk with a gray/white distressed painted finish, featuring a molded edge rectangular top surmounting a center frieze drawer flanked by two fitted dra...

American Victorian wood tilt top adjustable drafting architects table desk with a tripod iron base.

Dynamic 19th century kneehole desk with a brown tooled leather top over a three piece pedestal base with nine drawers and two pullout trays...

Fantastic late 19th century Italian secretaire cabinet or bookcase made in the Venetian Rococo taste. Crafted from walnut the two-part case features a speckled lacquer finish centered by a cartouche shaped window with a painted bust by artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). The bureau cabinet has a bombe shaped dresser base with a drop front diminutive writing table. The drop front has two storage drawers and a small pigeon hole storage above. Below the desk are two small drawers and two large storage drawers with rocaille patinated brass pulls. The dresser is supported by small cabriole legs with scrolled feet. The dresser is surmounted by a bookcase with a painted door depicting a nobleman holding a chicken. The painting is painted on board titled "Venezia" and signed by Yeager with a fictitious date of 1725. The door opens to a three-shelf bookcase. The case is topped with a pediment having a cartouche shaped window and corniced top. The entire secretary is speckled with a mustard yellow tone over a taupe background. This whimsical cabinet...

Desk queen with black lacquered mirror and leather top. Black lacquered high gloss varnished base. Contains three drawers and golden leaf details.    

Antique rustic side table or desk with a drawer, may be used as a small kitchen table. Beautiful patina. Additional information: Place of origin - ...

This beautiful and unique 19th century Swedish Gustavian writing desk is perfect for any room or hallway. The colors are amazing with th...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning early painted circa 1880-1900 French Louis XV style Bureau plat writing table with later stool This is a wonderful find, the burea...

A Rare and Highly Decorative Early 18th-Century Painted Venetian Travelling Bureau on Original Table A rare and highly decorative early 18th-century Venetian painted travelling bu...

Charming vintage Italian desk crafted in wood in classic form with five drawers and elegant tapered legs, hand decorated in colorful floral designs throughout. Knee Hole: H: 23 W: 23

A petite, two part, hand-painted, lacquered, fully finished, drop front Chinoiserie bureau secrétaire from Spain. The interior of the two-door top is wallpapered in faux bamboo fretw...

A white painted 19th century, Swedish scriban with several drawers and pockets with drop down front.

An original black painted portable desk from the end of the 18th century. With owner initials, the desk has a French hand-written address on the inside. ...

A rare, Venetian, serpentine painted writing desk/coiffure table. Six drawers with 4 original keys. Hand painted foliate swags decorate the sides which meet relief profiles

Decorative desk set in glazed Talavera ceramic made around the mid‑20th century, notable for its vibrant polychromy in cobalt blue, yellow, orange, and green on a white background. T...

A late 19th century French school desk with integrated bench, sourced in Provence, France. Constructed entirely as one continuous piece, the desk retains its original painted surface...

Rare pair of 19th Century French Kingwood and Tulip wood veneered Bonheur du jours, each with pierced three quarter brass galleries, gilded ormolu mounts, three drawers either side o...

A beautiful French 19th century Sevres style porcelain mounted bureau plat, having an inset leather top with a three quarter brass gallery, three frieze drawers, inset porcelain pane...

A rare two-piece office set designed by Jorge Zalszupin and produced by L’Atelier in Brazil during the 1970s, comprising a foldable executive desk and a separate rolling file cabinet...

Golden birch veneered drop front secretary desk with three drawers and reverse painted glass panel of stylized Egyptian women and a chariot...

American Post-War Design white painted wood table desk with drawers and supported on 2 chrome "X" form bases. (Desk in need of full restoration) Metal frame has very light scratchin...

A Swedish Rococo slant front desk. Front opens to reveal a large work surface, ten pull out drawers, seven cubbies and two pull out document holders. A sliding cover at the base open...

Known as a bonheur du jour, this beautiful Italian ladies desk dates to circa 1890. Bonheur du jour was designed specifically for women, serving as a writing desk and a cabinet to st...

An unusual Swedish Rococo slant front corner desk. Desktop opens to reveal an ample working surface, ten small drawers with brass knobs and a locking cubby door. Interior tastefully ...

This substantial console table perfectly embodies the Neoclassical aesthetic of the Louis XVI style, presenting a harmonious composition of architectural rigour and lavish decoration...

Swedish 19th century painted pine escritoire writing desk circa 1870. We are pleased to offer this rustic escritoire, made from solid pine and hand painted on the outside using a ra...

Antique reception desk, probably created for a prestigious hotel, built in precious walnut wood with rich gold painted decorations on the sides...

Classical faux porphyry library table Northern European, 19th century Measures: Height 31 1/4 in, width 47 1/4 in, depth 25 3/4 in. 2206.

A elegant French bonheur de jour ladies writing desk in kingswood and rosewood, with bronze gilt ormolu mounts to the legs and hand painted Sevres plaques. There is a sliding red lea...