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Material: Tortoise Shell
19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Desk
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Desk. Our outstanding antique French Louis XV style Boulle inspired bureau plat, desk or writing table was expertly crafted in the mid 19th ...
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1860s French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass, Bronze

19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Desk
19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Desk

19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Desk

$37,475
Flemish Baroque Marquetry Decorated Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine 19th century Flemish ebony center or writing table having floral marquetry inlay inlaid bone insects on a walnut, ebony and faux tortoise backg...
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1860s Belgian Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bone, Tortoise Shell, Ebony

Flemish Baroque Marquetry Decorated Table
Flemish Baroque Marquetry Decorated Table

Flemish Baroque Marquetry Decorated Table

$12,500 Sale Price
48% Off
French Boulle Bureau Plat / Library Table, Late 18th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Charleston, SC
Exceptional French Boulle bureau plat has the English feel of a library table with the four rams head mounted bronze fluted legs terminating in a br...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Ormolu

French Boulle Bureau Plat / Library Table, Late 18th Century
French Boulle Bureau Plat / Library Table, Late 18th Century

French Boulle Bureau Plat / Library Table, Late 18th Century

$38,500
French Bureau Plat of Ebony and Brass Inlay with Ormolu Mounts, 19th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
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...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

French Bureau Plat of Ebony and Brass Inlay with Ormolu Mounts, 19th Century
French Bureau Plat of Ebony and Brass Inlay with Ormolu Mounts, 19th Century

French Bureau Plat of Ebony and Brass Inlay with Ormolu Mounts, 19th Century

$130,572
Boulle Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
Well-proportioned French black lacquer and Boulle writing desk with metal gallery raised back. Writing surface covered in leather, and drawers with...
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19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Desks and Writing Tables

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Tortoise Shell

Boulle Writing Desk
Boulle Writing Desk

Boulle Writing Desk

$9,750
Fantastic French 19th Century Boulle Desk with Bronze Mounts
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in New Orleans, LA
This magnificent 19th century tortoiseshell Boulle desk features gorgeous bronze mounts and sculpted brass inlaid in the tortoise shell. The desk is created in the style of Louis XV ...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Fantastic French 19th Century Boulle Desk with Bronze Mounts
Fantastic French 19th Century Boulle Desk with Bronze Mounts

Fantastic French 19th Century Boulle Desk with Bronze Mounts

$35,000
Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality small late 19th century French Boulle inlaid bureau plat, having an inset leather top, brass inlay and tortoiseshell to the top, frieze and legs, gilded ormolu mounts, a single frieze drawer with a Bramah lock...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tortoise Shell Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat

Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat

$5,222
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ebony, Tortoiseshell, Brass, and Leather Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and unique French 19th century Louis XV st. ebony, tortoiseshell, brass, and leather Boulle st. desk. The desk is raised by four elegant cabriole legs with fine fitted fol...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ebony, Tortoiseshell, Brass, and Leather Desk
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ebony, Tortoiseshell, Brass, and Leather Desk

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ebony, Tortoiseshell, Brass, and Leather Desk

$23,900
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Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Brighton, Sussex
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H 28.35 in W 29.53 in D 18.9 in
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By Harry Østergaard
Located in Arosio, IT
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$3,834
H 29.14 in W 43.31 in D 19.69 in
20th Century Bureau Plat or Writting Table by the Model of Andre Charles Boulle
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Berlin, DE
This model was built by Charles Boulle, the most important and historian of Louis XV. Piano white Polished veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely...
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Bronze

20th Century Bureau Plat or Writting Table by the Model of Andre Charles Boulle
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$26,049
H 30.71 in W 63 in D 36.23 in
19th Century French Empire Style Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Forney, TX
A handsome antique French gilt bronze mounted mixed wood bureau plat writing desk with warm dark patina. circa 1880 France, late 19th century, high quality hand crafted workmanship...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Tortoise Shell Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu

19th Century French Empire Style Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Writing Desk
19th Century French Empire Style Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Writing Desk

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$3,000
H 30 in W 55 in D 29 in
19th Century Spanish Baroque Style Oak Library Table or Desk
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$5,975
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Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
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19th Century French Oak Barley Twist Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
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19th Century French Oak Barley Twist Bureau Plat Desk
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H 28.5 in W 45.5 in D 26.75 in
French Art Deco Writing Table with Two Side Drawers
By Andre Domin & Marcel Genevriere for Maison Dominique
Located in Hanover, MA
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H 30 in W 52.25 in D 29.25 in
Mastercraft Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie Tortoise Shell and Brass Writing Desk
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Located in South Bend, IN
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Stunning Napoleon III Large Table in Boulle Marquetry, France, 19th Century
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Located in Paris, FR
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French “Violonée” Big Size Table in Boule Marquetry, 19th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
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Brass

French “Violonée” Big Size Table in Boule Marquetry, 19th Century
French “Violonée” Big Size Table in Boule Marquetry, 19th Century

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H 29.53 in W 59.06 in D 35.44 in
Napoleon III Boulle Marquetry Brass Tortoiseshell Travel Writing Desk, France
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Napoleon III Boulle Marquetry Brass Tortoiseshell Travel Writing Desk, France

Napoleon III Boulle Marquetry Brass Tortoiseshell Travel Writing Desk, France

H 5.12 in W 15.36 in D 11.03 in
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Located in Vlimmeren, BE
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Antique Napoleon III Boulle Desk, 19th Century

Antique Napoleon III Boulle Desk, 19th Century

H 29.53 in W 40.16 in D 27.17 in
French Ebony Boulle Marquetry Desk in Louis XIV Style
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in London, GB
French ebony desk in the Louis XIV style, featuring brass and tortoiseshell marquetry in the style of Andre Charles Boulle (1642-1732). It features a...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass, Ormolu

French Ebony Boulle Marquetry Desk in Louis XIV Style
French Ebony Boulle Marquetry Desk in Louis XIV Style

French Ebony Boulle Marquetry Desk in Louis XIV Style

H 31.89 in W 78.75 in D 39.38 in
19th Century French “Violonée” Table in Brass and Tortoise Boule Marquetry
Located in Paris, FR
Extremely elegant 19th century French Table “Violonée” in Boule marquetry, with beautiful, important brass and Tortoise shell ornamentation Ingot, legs in Louis XV style, bronze c...
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Brass

19th Century French “Violonée” Table in Brass and Tortoise Boule Marquetry
19th Century French “Violonée” Table in Brass and Tortoise Boule Marquetry

19th Century French “Violonée” Table in Brass and Tortoise Boule Marquetry

H 28.75 in W 53.15 in D 29.53 in
19th Century French Boulle Marquetry Desk
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in New Orleans, LA
This wonderful French desk is decorated in the exquisite tortoiseshell-and-bronze inlay style perfected by celebrated ebeniste André-Charles Boulle. Displaying some of the finest cr...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

19th Century French Boulle Marquetry Desk
19th Century French Boulle Marquetry Desk

19th Century French Boulle Marquetry Desk

H 32.5 in W 43 in D 25 in
Tortoiseshell and Polished Brass Maitland-Smith Desk
By Maitland Smith
Located in North Miami, FL
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Tortoiseshell and Polished Brass Maitland-Smith Desk

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