Georgian Solid Mahogany Desk Says Knee, Late 18th Century

Magnificent English made cylinder desk in flamed mahogany, Victorian period. Period : 19th century Dimensions : Height : 121cm x length : 138cm x depth : 79cm It has a small support on the top to hold candles or files in progress and a large barrel-fronted desk compartment with a quality interior. Once the cylinder is opened, it reveals the interior of the desk with 10 maple veneer drawers and 6 pigeon holes to hold letters or any type of document to be sent or awaiting processing. This desk has a slide at the front which has three compartments covered with original leather allowing on each side to leave the writings in progress for the left part, the inkwell and the writing utensils for the right part and a slope of writing which can be raised for the central part.  This first part rests on two pedestal bases, each composed of a series of three lockable drawers, equipped with original mahogany handles. Both bases are still equipped with their original brass castors, making the desk easy to manoeuvre. The desk is therefore divided into three individual sections, making it easy to transport and reassemble. The originality of this piece of furniture lies in its closing mechanism.  A cylinder is a movable flap that folds down or up over a series of compartments and drawers, closing the top box of the desk to protect personal documents. In the early models, the cylinder consisted of a relatively fragile system of slatted curtains. This was soon replaced by a rigid quarter-circle panel...

Sublime illumination from the end of the 18th century. It is a sonnet which was composed, drawn and written by an elderly person, since his dedication mentions his seventy-fifth year, precisely dated by the author's care in 1771. Dimensions: H: 54 x W: 42cm The frame which is original has been fully restored, then fully gilded with gold leaf, presenting a double patina. We would like to thank the HB workshop and Henda Bayoudh for the care taken in this exceptional work which has spanned more than two centuries. The sonnet is certainly the most widely used fixed form of poetry. The recipes for the sonnet vary from time to time and each poet tries to add his own personal touch. Made up of fourteen lines, originally from the Decasyllables, then especially from the Alexandrines, his lines are divided into three distinct stanzas, two quatrains followed by a sizain, separated into two tercets. Here our eyes are amazed at the agility of this elderly man, who, guided by Love, gratitude and benevolence, was able to express his gratitude, through the different arts he mastered, writing and drawing. It is a thanksgiving, not intended directly for God but for one of his disciples, who on this earth was for him like the “Savior”. We will notice the quality and the care brought to the work, the symbolism is also very present and reveals the devotion of the artist. In the lower part of the work, the presence of the dog, the dog is the animal of Ahura Mazda...

Important Norman wedding cabinet, old oak of very good quality.  It consists of a straight body with straight uprights topped by a horizontal cornice. This crowning, very worked and richly decorated with a splendid medallion of sculptures in relief representing a basket of abundance, filled with roses and grapes surrounded by the two doves of Love.   On each one is represented, the second part of the eighteenth fable of the book I of Jean de La Fontaine located in the first collection of the Fables of La Fontaine, published for the first time in 1668, "The Fox and the Stork", it tells us, the revenge of the Stork, which in its turn invites the Fox to her house. The Stork prepares a delicious meat, but cut in small pieces and put in a vase with a long neck, depriving the Fox of his meal.  It opens on three beautiful shelves and a drawer in perfect condition. The lock and the key are also original. Period : End of 18th century - Beginning of 19th century Dimensions : Height : 230cm x Width : 148cm x Depth : 48cm It is in the 18th century that the Norman wardrobe takes its characteristic shape, it combines structure and Louis XV repertoire with Louis XVI motifs.  It is at this same time of economic and social stability allowing a certain elevation of the living conditions that it enters the bourgeois and peasant residences.  Today, it still symbolizes in the eyes of all marriage and creation of the new home. It was brought as a dowry by the bride along with her trousseau.  The sculptures were varied. The profession or the hobby of the father of the bride...

A delightful Louis XVI secretary, built in oak and polished mahogany veneer, it is topped with a grey Saint-Anne des Pyrénées marble. It is equipped with a high drawer, offering a beautiful storage space, just below, it reveals a flap, discovering a space of a sobriety characteristic of Louis XVI Secretaries.  It consists of a large niche under which are seven drawers, six of which are of identical capacity, all in mahogany veneer. The flap is covered with original Camel coloured leather. At the bottom, it is equipped with two doors, housing a new storage compartment. These three front doors are equipped with cut brass lock entries.  This numerical inferiority is compensated by the presence of two pearled brass pull handles on the top drawer. The fluted uprights of this piece of furniture end in four tapered legs with gilded alloy shoes for the front legs. The back is a magnificent work of wood veneer entirely of the period. Period : 18th century Dimensions : Height : 130cm x Width : 64cm x Depth : 33cm In the 18th century, the ingenuity and talent of cabinetmakers were used to make secretaries with shapes as diverse as their names and with a great wealth of ornamentation, secretaries with a wide range of colours, and secretaries with a wide range of colours.  of ornamentation, desk secretaries, of which we find in the 1760 General Inventory of Crown Furniture wonderful specimens, such as cylinder secretaries, usually made of solid mahogany, the "bonheur du jour", travelling secretaries...

Adorable little writing case in walnut with inlay, Louis XV style.  It has four high, slender and curved legs. Its central body is composed of a drawer pull and three rows of drawers under a top tray with wide borders surrounding the back and sides, thus preventing objects from falling out. The pull-out is covered with green felt. Each drawer opens with small round pull knobs.  The front and sides are covered with diagonal marquetry. Period: 19th century. Dimensions : Height : 69cm x width : 21 x depth : 21cm. The Louis XV style covers a period from 1725 to 1760, a new and precious style, it is also called Rocaille style because the rocaille remains the preferred ornament, it is also called Rococo style or Pompadour style. The distinction is made during this period between the furniture of apparat and the usual furniture, it is also the great time of the cabinetmakers, of the floral or geometrical marquetries, of the taste for the exoticism and of the arrival of a number of small pieces of furniture related to the need for comfort, like the secretaries, the dusters, the bedside tables, etc. Louis XV furniture is a must in the history of decorative arts! It is referred to as "the moment of perfection of French art". Even today, while furniture is essentially based on straight lines and parallelepipedal volumes, the curved Louis...

A delightful antique writing table in mahogany, in the form of a "bean" or "kidney", in the full Edwardian period. This magnificent piece, entirely restored by our workshops, has a f...

This rare and elegant Georgian Architect’s desk has a ratchet top, extending drawer front, as well as storage compartments. Architect desks, m...

This is a really nice 18th century figured walnut Knee Hole desk .This desk has oak linings, cock beaded drawers and is sitting on bracket feet ,the veneer is well figured and is a good colour .The top has a two piece mirrored...

A George III period mahogany kneehole desk of good size, with the original brasses and lovely one piece top. The whole piece is of great colour and patina, circa 1780 This desk is...

An 18th Century Georgian Mahogany Bureau Having Well Figured Fall Flap Above Four Long Drawers With Original Water Gilt Handles Raised On Original Bracket Feet (Typical of the lat...

Mid-19th century Georgian style mahogany knee hole desk in very nice original condition. The case having a single top drawer with a knee hole center flanked by three by three drawers...

This is a simple very well made Georgian desk. Made from solid mahogany and as far as I can tell totally original. The drawers all run smooth and close flush. The overall condition i...