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Material: Burl
Leon Rosen for Pace Collection Mezzaluna Demilune Executive Desk
By Leon Rosen
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Leon Rosen "Mezzaluna" Pace Collection Demilune Executive Desk
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Walnut and Burl Wood Executive Desk by Stow Davis
By Stow Davis
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A stunning mid-century modern executive desk, expertly crafted by Stow Davis in the 1960s in the United States. This piece showcases a beautiful burl wood top, elegantly wrapped in r...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
"Brenne" Bean-shaped Walnut Burl Wood Desk by Christiane Lemieux
Located in New York, NY
The Brenne Burl Desk reinterprets the iconic kidney-shaped form that first appeared in 16th-century France as a writing desk and evolved through 18th-century English cabinetmaking. W...
Category
2010s Vietnamese Scandinavian Modern Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
1930s Italian Rationalist Executive Desk in Walnut Burl
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Free-standing executive writing desk, walnut burl, copper-plated steel, brass, Italy, 1930s
Italian Rationalism at its finest. This freestanding executive desk is grounded in Ratio...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Copper, Steel
Art Deco Walnut Rosewood Burl Wood Desk, 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
Art Deco Walnut Rosewood Burl Wood Desk, 1930’s. Made in Czechoslovakia. Restored absolutely beautiful.
Measures 58.75” long 31” Dee 31” tall
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut, Burl
"Brenne" Bean-shaped Blonde Burl Wood Desk by Christiane Lemieux
Located in New York, NY
The design continuum continues to evolve in this artistic luxury piece. The iconic kidney shape first appeared as a writing desk or dressing table during the Louis XV period of 16th ...
Category
2010s Vietnamese Scandinavian Modern Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
"Armand" Angular Burl Wood Desk by Christiane Lemieux
Located in New York, NY
The Armand Desk reflects the heritage of French Art Moderne in a form wrapped entirely in hand-matched exotic burl veneer. Continuous grain flows seamlessly across the top, legs, and...
Category
2010s Vietnamese Scandinavian Modern Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
Modernist Patchwork Burl Executive Desk By Paul Evans Cityscape For Directional
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This impressive modernist executive desk, model number PE 400, designed by Paul Evans circa 1975, showcases the brilliant burl wood patchwork design of the designers last series City...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Antique English Burl 4 Drawer Leather Top Davenport C1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique English Burl 4 Drawer Leather Top Davenport Unsigned C1880
Measures - 32 3/4 h x 16 1/4 w x 19 d
This exquisite antique English Davenport desk, dating to circa 1880, feature...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
English Walnut Burl Three-Drawer Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Created for us by an English cabinetmaker with whom we have been associated for over 30 years, this walnut writing desk has Classic lines that would blend well in a modern setting. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Burl
$8,500 / item
Large Bespoke English Walnut Burl Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Bespoke shaped-top writing table in burl walnut with cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet. Knees of the legs have carved acanthus leaves. The writing table is antiqued and ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Georgian Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Burl
$14,470 / item
Custom, English Walnut Burl Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
This beautiful George II style executive writing table/desk in burled walnut features a uniquely shaped top, cabriole legs with acanthus carved knees and deeply carved claw and ball ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Georgian Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Burl
$12,250 / item
Exceptional Italian Executive Desk in Veneer Burl Briar Walnut Wood and Steel
Located in Carimate, Como
An exceptional, impressive and rarely seen Italian executive desk with its stunning veneer burl wood pattern. The huge (82.6 x 37.4 inch) and beautiful top of the desk is standing on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
American Burl and Chrome Executive Desk by Edward Axel Roffman, 1970s.
Located in Dublin 8, IE
An impressive executive desk designed by Edward Axel Roffman in the 1970s, exemplifying his signature blend of bold materials and streamlined modernism. The desk is constructed in ri...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
1950s Italian Burl Maple Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Stylized 1950s Italian burl maple desk with bronze pulls and glass scrivania top.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Süe & Mare rosewood and amboyna burl desk 1921
By Sue et Mare
Located in Paris, IDF
This walnut, rosewood, and amboyna burl veneer desk dates from the early 1920s and was created by Louis Süe and André Mare. It takes us straight to the height of the Art Deco period....
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Amboyna
Organic Modern Armona Desk, Oak Root, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Armona Desk, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The Armona desk draws inspiration from the serene landscape of Armona Island, embodying a sense...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Onyx, Quartz, Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
Rare Antique American Renaissance Extension Library Table, Signed
By Seng
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique American Renaissance Revival style carved walnut extension table by Seng, Chicago, Illinois. circa 1920/1930
Born in the United States in the early 20th century, featuring a rare and unusual form and extension mechanism. Slightly lift the rectangular top and the slide the mechanical horizontal draw-leaf style extensions to expand the the width of the top, morphing the library table / sofa console into a kitchen table / dining table.
Having a bookmatched burl wood, oak and walnut banded, parquetry inlay top, molded apron with dovetailed frieze drawer, rising on turned urn baluster-form standards, over shaped stretcher joined trestle base with twist ornamentation, resting on bun feet, signed, stamp to frame under top.
Dimensions: (approx)
31" High, 54" Wide, 23.5" Deep
Extended: 37.5" Deep
Provenance / Acquisition:
John Phifer Marrs collection.
Important auction house J. Garrett Auctioneers, Dallas, Texas, May 2021 catalog, presented a special curated collection from John Phifer Marrs, premier Southern interior designer known for an elegant, fresh and inviting design method, often called The New Southern Style...
Category
Early 20th Century American Renaissance Revival Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut, Burl
Milo Baughman Style Burl Wood and Macassar Ebony Executive Desk by Henredon
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Mid-Century Modern or Art Deco style executive writing desk
In the manner of Milo Baughman
By Henredon, "Scene Two" Collection
USA, Circa 1970s
Stunning bo...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Macassar, Burl
Low Profile Kidney Shape Burl Wood Compact Desk Writing Table Vanity MINT Italy
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Banded Inlayed Top Carved Legs Low Profile Kidney Shape Burl Wood Compact Desk Writing Table Vanity Made in Italy Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Federal Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl, Walnut
Antique Slant-Front Drafting Desk Writing Table
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and exceptionally inlaid antique slant-front drafting desk. circa 1900
Hand-crafted in the early 20th century, likely French, one piece desk on frame form, having a sloped fr...
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, Kingwood, Mahogany, Maple, Palisander, Rosewood, Burl, Felt
Curvaceous Italian Burl Wood Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Curvaceous Italian Burl Wood Desk, Italy, circa 1950s. Elegant curvaceous design with amazing burl wood.
Category
1950s Italian Regency Vintage Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Fabulous English Bench Made Reprod. Burr Elm Leather Top Pedestal Partner's Desk
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
We have been bench making bespoke British furniture for the past sixty years by the same proprietary cabinetmaking family in the south of England. They produce some of the most fant...
Category
2010s English Chippendale Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Elm, Burl
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
19th Century English Victorian Antique Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Maple, Oak, Burl
Live Edge French Burl Elm Slab Dining Table, Desk or Work Table
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
This thick 2” slab of 40 year old French Burled Elm was found in the backyard of a famous French furniture maker, who unfortunately closed his doors after 60 years in business. The beauty of the slab speaks for itself, for I cannot think of any words that could accurately describe what Mother Nature created. Whether you use it for a desk, like I have for many years, or a dining table, or ever a kitchen island work table...
Category
1970s French Country Vintage Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm, Burl
Desk and Dressing Table, with Mirror Style of Ulrich, circa 1936, Vanity Table
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Guglielmo Ulrich manner desk and dressing table;
Desk in walnut, elm and elm burl. Feet in golden brass
A wonderful and very useful desk repr...
Category
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Fontana Arte Free-Standing Writing Desk in Walnut Burl and Brass
By Fontana Arte
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Fontana Arte, desk, walnut burl veneer, walnut veneer, brass, Italy, circa 1935
Fontana Arte, one of Italy’s most prestigious design firms, known for its pioneering contributions t...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Period Burl Walnut Desk, Green Leather
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This nineteenth century French Louis Philippe period walnut desk features a gold tooled green leather top. Two drawers of dovetail construction fit into the apron on either side of t...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian 1930's Burl Walnut Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
A very fine Italian 1930's burl walnut writing table or desk, the large rectangular surface is supported by an elegantly curved apron consisting of two large drawers atop robust angl...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Magnificent Rare Kidney Shaped Vladimir Kagan Burl Desk Credenza Mid-Century
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Magnificent Vladimir Kagan Burl and Lucite kidney shaped desk credenza. Very few of these unusual desk/ credenzas were ever made and all were custom made for private collectors. This...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lucite, Burl
$36,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Brenne" Bean-shaped Burl Wood Coffee Table by Christiane Lemieux
Located in New York, NY
We are excited to introduce an extension of our ever-popular Brenne desk design. The Brenne coffee table brings a touch of historical influence with a contemporary twist to your livi...
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2010s Vietnamese French Provincial Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
Heritage Henredon Scalloped Edge Olive Burl Wood Top Desk One Drawer Table MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Decorative Banded Heritage Henredon Scalloped Edge Olive Burl Wood Top Desk One Drawer Table MINT!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Neoclassical Style Lacquered Burl Wood Desk
Located in Houston, TX
20th century lacquered burl wood desk with three drawers supported with black columns and gilded capitals.
Measure: Leg clearance height 25".
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Burl
Rare Charles X Office Partners Desk Center Table Console Wood Onyx Stone Bronze
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Rare Charles X Office partners desk center table console wood onyx stone bronze. Amboyna is among the most expensive and sought-after of all burls and is frequently sold as veneer or as small turning. Amboyna burl was and still is among the world's rarest and most expensive & Exquisite holding the distinction of being the original wood used on Rolls Royce dashboards.
An important and rare 19th century Period King Charles X Large desk with a Pull out Single wide drawer Mirrored in the manner of partners Desk , Enclosing fitted Eight Columns with incredible Bronze dore work magnificent ormolu capitol of scrolls, foliate. Outstanding light in color and fine in texture Carved Wood. All original hardware and plaques. Mounted on Geometric lower base arched on both sides that allows this magnificent piece to be used as a center table and as a console at the same time, elevating the entirety of this art work of this rare Desk to a category of its own finely chased laurel leaf wreath.
As seen in the closeup pictures the signs of the centuries are apparent but minor considering such a large piece of furniture, such as cracks chips losses etc. But overall outstanding condition. You are welcome to send your expert to examine it in person.
we have seen our fair share of incredible furniture of the 15th to 19th Century periods. this table Desk is incredibly well preserved for its age and use . the fitting work and the design i have rarely encountered any at that level of sophistication and craftsmanship. The result that could only be achieved by big Masters comparable to what was done for the Grande Commande. This type of furniture at that level are mostly kept with the old families, rarely to see them on the market. I have some other high end chateau inventory and rare pieces of the periods as well. Antique Dealer Los Angeles West Hollywood Melrose Ave La Cienega Blvd. Amboyna wood The name derived from Ambon Island in Indonesia that was a Dutch Colony, where much of the figured wood is believed to have been initially exported and it used to take many years before the special material gets to Europe in order to make the very high end and refined furniture. As seen in the closeup pictures the signs of the centuries are apparent but minor considering such a large piece of furniture, such as cracks chips losses corner large stone top etc. But overall outstanding condition. You are welcome to send your expert to examine in person.
The unique period of early 1800’s of King Charles X is easily recognized by its fine marquetry of light lemon wood The decoration forms motifs of very fine foliage, windings, nets of fretwork frames, rosettes and stylized palmettes. Goddesses putties and multiple tableaux all around this desk table. Topped with an even more beautiful Carved Stone ONYX Translucent light honey Gold and Green hue.
During King Charles X Light colored woods, yellow or bleached, such as lemon tree, maple, sycamore, orange tree, plane wood...
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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Onyx, Stone, Bronze
$47,000 Sale Price
25% Off
European Antique Davenport Desk
Located in Malibu, CA
Superb 19th century Davenport desk in burled walnut from England. The right side of the cabinet has four drawers with handmade knobs. The sloped writin...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bone, Leather, Burl
19th Century Chippendale Burl Walnut Partner's Writing Desk
Located in Hixson, TN
19th century Chippendale burl walnut partners writing desk
This desk has functional drawers on both sides, a true partner's desk. This desk is...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Chippendale Antique Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Mid-Century Asian Modern Ming Style Burl Wood Executive Desk By Lane
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a mid-century burl wood Asian modern desk by Lane Furniture. It has dovetail construction and is marked in the drawer. The drawers include one file drawer. The opening for a ...
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Mid-20th Century American Ming Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Modern Mismatch Dining Table, Solid Oak, Brass Handmade by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Modern Mismatch Dining Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
Mismatch seamlessly combines the beauty of organic materials with the elegance...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
"Armand" Angular Burl Wood Desk in Walnut by Christiane Lemieux
Located in New York, NY
The Armand Desk reflects the heritage of French Art Moderne in a form wrapped entirely in hand-matched exotic burl veneer. Continuous grain flows seamlessly across the top, legs, and...
Category
2010s Vietnamese Scandinavian Modern Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
English Regency Brass Mounted Exotic Woods Writing Table, Gillows, circa 1820
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An exceptional circa 1820 English regency period rectangular-form writing or occasional table attributed to Gillows having brass bound cusped-corner top with ebony line inlay and satinwood feather-banding surrounding center field of bookmatched amboyna, the double elliptical high arched stretchers joining gilt-brass-mounted end supports having turned calamander spindles and braces issuing turned finials between ebony downswept legs ending in acanthus-leaf-cast brass casters.
Several 'spindle end' writing tables were featured in the 'Gillows Estimate Sketch Book' of 1818, and a table of similar end supports stamped GILLOWS LANCASTER is illustrated in Susan Stuart's 'Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840', Vol. I., Woodbridge: Antique Collectors’ Club, 2008. pl. 329, p. 301, stating "a table frame with spindle ends was supplied in the 1820s by Gillows of London to display marble brought back from the Grand Tour by the Tempests of Broughton Hall...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Fine Early Victorian Burl Walnut Kidney Shaped Desk
Located in Essex, MA
A rare and hard to find desk of the finest quality. Most likely made by the firm of Gillow of Lancaster and London. With a kidney shaped top with a new tooled green leather top an ex...
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1850s English Victorian Antique Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Desk Table with Two faces and Two levels
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco Desk in Burl Walnut.
Beautiful Desk with two faces. In one side you can use like a desk, with five drawers and three compartments to organize your work,.
Unique piece by the...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, Burl
Magnificent Pace Collection Burl Wood Desk Leon Rosen
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Magnificent Pace Collection burl wood desk designed by Leon Rosen. This desk is in amazing vintage condition with a high gloss finish over the stunning burl wood. This desk is a st...
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1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Burl
Art Deco Desk Table with Two faces and Two levels
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco Desk in Burl Walnut.
Beautiful Desk with two faces. In one side you can use like a desk, with five drawers and three compartments to organize your work,.
In the other side y...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, Burl
Vintage Italian Walnut Burl Louis XV Bombay Style Serpentine Writing Desk VGC
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Hand-made in Italy, circa 1950s or 60s, this gorgeous 5-drawer Louis XV or Bombay style desk in Italian walnut burl with antiqued brass hardware. This desk has been in my collections...
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1960s Italian Louis XV Vintage Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Desk With Burlwood Top in the style of Pace Collection, USA 1970's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing our exquisite Vintage Desk With Burlwood Top, inspired by the iconic Pace Collection from the 1970s in the USA. This stunning piece of furniture combines timeless eleganc...
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1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Burl, Lacquer
Early Carl Malmsten Writing or Console Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
Carl Malmsten was one of the most talented and prolific Scandinavian designers of the 20th century. He rejected the dehumanizing elements of Functionalism in favor of a considered ap...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch, Elm, Oak, Burl
Empire Style Burlwood Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Mid 20th century Empire style leather top desk constructed with hardwood and burl wood veneers featuring ormolu, three drawers and stretcher.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Empire Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$11,800
Louis XV Petite Mahogany and Kingwood Marquetry Kidney Writing Table, Paris 1870
Located in Germantown, MD
A Recently refinished French transitional kidney-shaped desk. 19th century French transitional design between Louis XV and Louis XVI is timeless, elegant, and understated it works we...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Bleached Biedermeier Oval Burlwood Desk or Console Table circa 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bleached Biedermeier Oval Burlwood Desk or Console Table, probably Austrian, circa mid 19th Century. It is a versatile size and can be used as a console or sofa table, desk, vanity, ...
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19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Burl
Antique Victorian Amboyna Inlaid Bonheur Du Jour 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Believed by our experts to date from around 1860, this antique Victorian Bonheur Du Jour is an imposing and functional item of furniture that is so typical of the Victorian era.
We ...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Brass
Baker Furniture English Oak and Burl Wood Barley Twist Writing Desk, Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional English style writing desk or library table with barley twist legs
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Carved oak, w...
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Mid-20th Century American William and Mary Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Ernesto Valabrega for Vittorio Valabrega Art Deco Desk in Walnut Briar
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ernesto Valabrega for Vittorio Valabrega Studio, executive desk, briar walnut, walnut, brass, Italy, 1930s
This stunning desk, designed by Ernesto Valabrega in Italy in the 1930s, c...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Fine 19th Century French Neoclassical Style Amboyna and Gilt Bronze Mounted Writ
Located in Benington, Herts
An extremely fine and unusual French Amboyan and gilt bronze bureau plat - writing table inspired by the Neoclassical designs.
French circa 1880-1900.
A superb amboyna writing ...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Very Rare Gillow Breakfront Library Desk Brass Gallery Burr Amboyna Wood
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and exceptionally rare Gillow Library breakfront desk with brass gallery in Burr Amboyna timber, circa...
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1850s English High Victorian Antique Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl, Mahogany
Queen Anne Style Pedestal Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely gorgeous Queen Anne Style pedestal desk.
Made of walnut, butterflied walnut, burl walnut and oyster wood, the veneers on this piece are STUNNING !
Made in England at the end of the 19th Century (circa 1890) this is a stunning replica of an original Queen Anne piece from the late 17th/early 18th Century !
The attention to detail is outstanding from the use of the correct period veneers, right down to the banding and parquetry inlays, to the hardware.
It is a diminutive desk as it should be as desk from the Queen Anne period were much, much smaller than desks made today due to the fact that in the 17/18th Century people were much smaller.
It consists of 2 pedestals with 2 drawers on each pedestal facing to the front, and 2 doors that open to a single shelf on the other side. The removeable top has 3 working drawers to the front only. It has a fabulous distressed and aged brown leather insert on the top in an oval/floret shape.
It sits on 4 curved padded feet.
Not marked but obviously made by a top, top maker !
This desk was acquired and owned by a Mr. Jim Quist a well known businessman and high society character in Dallas, who resided at Swiss Ave., Dallas until his death in 2020.
Provenance: From the Quist Estate in Dallas
Condition: Very good original condition. The 2 teardrop pulls on the front center drawer are later replacements but compliment the period and style. Some very minor veneer repairs, professionally touched up. No keys.
Dimensions: 29 inches tall, 54 inches wide and 33 inches deep. Kneehole Clearance 23.5 inches tall and 18.5 inches wide.
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland between 8 March 1702 and 1 May 1707. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, the kingdoms of England and Scotland united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain. She continued to reign as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death in 1714.
Anne was born in the reign of Charles II to his younger brother and heir presumptive, James, whose suspected Roman Catholicism was unpopular in England. On Charles’s instructions, Anne and her elder sister, Mary, were raised as Anglicans. Mary married their Dutch Protestant cousin, William III of Orange...
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Late 19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
English Walnut Burl Two-Drawer Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
This two-drawer walnut writing desk is made for us by our English cabinetmaker. Using time-honored techniques, this table is created in just the same fashion as it would have been 20...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Burl
$7,850 / item
Italian Mid-Century Oyster Burl 'Radius' Form Writing Desk
Located in Queens, NY
"Italian Mid-Century ""Radius"" writing desk with a rectangular top with rounded edges and two drawers, finished in oyster burl veneer and resting on four rounded triangular legs.
V...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
Italian Carved Hoof Feet Light Blond Burl Wood One Drawer Desk Gallery Inlaid
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian Biedermeier Style Carved Hoof Feet Light Blond Burl Wood One Drawer Desk Gallery Pencil Inlaid MINT!
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
French Louis XV Style 19th Century Burr Walnut and Leather Top Four-Drawer Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Southern French Louis XV style 19th century burr walnut four-drawer desk from Avignon with leather top, foliage-carved décor and cabriole legs. Discover the grandeur and exquisite ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Burl Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Burl
$7,160 Sale Price
20% Off
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The stately piece brings both gravitas and whimsy to any work space.
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