English Desks and Writing Tables

A Regency brass-inlaid ebony desk compendium of rectangular form with a carrying handle flanked by cut glass inkwells between two pen trays, with a ce...

A very fine bureau plat in the manner of Edward Holmes Baldock. After a model by C.C. Saunier. English made, in the Louis XVth taste, constructed in kingwood, with purpleheart crossbanding and adorned with bleu celeste porcelain plaques with hand-painted floral decoration and extensive fire gilt bronze mounts; rising from cabriole legs with brass sabots and bronze enrichments, in the apron, the one large central drawer is flanked by two smaller drawers with twenty four ‘Sevres’ porcelain plaques enclosed in symmetrical gilt bronze boss studded frames, chased and with a sand form ground. The serpentine top framed with a conforming bronze guard...

A Victorian fine satinwood ladies’ writing table attributed to Holland and Sons, the shaped top set above a narrow frieze with two disguised drawers, all raised on four turned and gi...

Great English Partner Desk/Writing Desk 20th Century, Mahogany Solid mahogany, partially veneered. Three-drawer frame profiled on both sides, slightly protruding table top. Writing ...

This is a fine antique George III flame mahogany inlaid and crossbanded pedestal partners desk, circa 1810 in date. The desk is made from beautiful flame mahogany with highly deco...

George III Kidney Shaped Open Writing Table with High Stretcher between End Supports on Sabre Legs and Brass Castors 40"w x 21"d x 27.5"h

Custom build Swedish style five drawer dressing table / kneehole desk. Can be made to your chosen dimensions and paint colour. Kneehole dimensions: 20" wide x 24" high. Reference: ...

Superb quality antique regency mahogany free standing writing desk having a superb quality mahogany top with a reeded edge and a red leather writing surface above two drawers and two...

A fabulous Victorian partners desk in beautiful mellow sycamore - double pedestal with front drawers and cupboard rear with tooled leather insert top c1860 - 66"ww x 36"d x 32"h (25...

Fine quality English mahogany roll top desk circa 1830. Rare piece of English furniture we found on our travels to Sweden. Tambour roll top is in good working order. Top rolls back ...

Mahogany and burr leather top pedestal desk circa 1990. Good example of a 19th century designed desk. Which is in 3 sections, being the top and 2 pedestals. Top surface with green ...

Great English partner desk, desk 1870, mahogany Solid mahogany, partially veneered. Three-drawer frame profiled on both sides, slightly protruding table top. Writing surface decorat...

Victorian late 19th century carved oak pedestal desk circa 1890. Good quality pedestal oak desk, comprising of 3 sections.  Shaped top with original leather insert.  Single drawer a...

Early 20th century satinwood sheraton revival desk circa 1910. Fine quality petit sheraton revival pedestal desk, comprising of 3 sections, top surface and 2 pedestals. Shaped top ...

Unusual Antique Victorian quality figured mahogany kneehole architects desk having a quality figured mahogany lift up top opening to reveal a large writing surface crossbanded in mah...

A very fine mahogany writing table on four masculine legs, terminating in cope castors with two drawers above, deep rich timber top with stamp. England, 1820 H 80 x W 122 x D 57 cm...

A 19th Century burr walnut and walnut Gothic Revival writing side table in the A W Pugin manner. English. Circa 1860. The table having a burr walnut top with canted corners, support...

Sn1134 Outstanding quality Regency flamed mahogany davenport in the manner of Gillows, having original brass gallery to top, inset tooled leather with carved bobble decoration to edg...

Military campaign desk This large Military campaign desk was made in the last quarter of the 19th century. It is made of mahogany with brass inset corners and flush brass handles. Th...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning, late 17th century, hand caved 1684 lift top writing work table traditionally used for bible s...

An unusual fine quality mid-19th Century serpentine-shaped Writing Table, having coromandel end-grain moulded edge top and tulipwood crossbanding throughout. The Table, profusely in...

A rare William IV architect's plan table in mahogany, the top inset with gilt tooled leather above a hinged false drawer front revealing three baize lined trays, on carved bun feet a...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning, small Antique William IV Circa 1830 Rosewood writing table with three drawers Please note th...

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 Fine Quality Late 19th Century Mahogany Kidney Shaped Desk, or Dressing Table, Having Attractive Replacement Tooled Leather Inset Top Over Nine Drawers With Original Brass Handles,...

For sale is a good quality antique burr walnut pedestal desk, the top having three leather skiver inserts, each decorated with gold tooling, with three drawers below. The top fits on...

The kidney-shaped desk in solid walnut was designed and made for a client's bay window home study; it has three main drawers of different depths that run on fully extendable Blum run...

Scrittoio in palissandro sorretto da montanti tortili a inquadrare elementi torniti a pinnacolo, sono poggianti su piedi dotati di rotelle, connessi da una traversa centrale imbottit...

A fine quality 19th Century English Victorian marquetry inlaid bureau plat in the French style. Having wonderful scenes of garlands of flowers and ribbons to the top and frieze. Thre...

An early Victorian porcelain and ormolu mounted rosewood and tulipwood jewellery coffer on stand or coffre a bijoux attributed to Johann Martin Levien (1811-1871) Circa 1845, an iden...

A totally unique handcrafted modernist desk designed and made in England by our craftspeople using traditional woodworking and cabinetry techniques. The beautifully figured surface i...

A Very Good Quality, One Piece, Mid 19th Century Oak Pedestal Desk Of Eleven Drawers Having Replacement Gilt Tooled Leather Top And Original Turned W...

Davenport desk in walnut and burlwood veneer, inlaid in filleted frames, opening with two flaps, one of which is stepped, the first revealing an inkwell and letter compartment, The s...

Sn5445 Victorian mahogany pedestal desk, having original leather to the top above three frieze drawers and further three graduated cedar and mahogany lined drawers with figured mahog...

Victorian Desk from center, six drawers, with double lectern, wood and leather tops. ORIGIN England PERIOD Nineteenth Century MODEL Center desk with six drawers and double lectern...

An Exceptional Quality Regency Period Mahogany And Brass, Square, Partners Writing Table, Having Attractive Gilt Tooled Leather Top With Crossbanded Edge, Over Four Drawers And Four ...

We are delighted to offer this absolutely stunning faux book back and sides Kidney desk with brown leather top and brass gallery rail This is pretty much the best looking desk I hav...

ST039 Attractive Victorian satin birch dressing table or writing table, having oversailing top with ebonised edge and three frieze drawers with ebonised turned knobs, all standing on...

Antique Victorian walnut writing table, circa 1850 in date. One of the drawers is stamped by the maker: C.Hindley & Sons, late Miles & Edwards, 134 Oxford Street, London. It bears the inventory number 12451 The rectangular top features a moulded edge with a striking inset red leather writing surface over two cedar lined drawers to the frieze, fitted with Bramah locks. It is raised on four decorative barley twist legs terminating in brass castors. It is finished on all sides so that it can stand freely in the middle of a room. Complete with working Bramah locks and special key. Condition: In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 76 x Width 123 x Depth 69 Dimensions in inches: Height 2 foot, 6 inches x Width 4 foot x Depth 2 foot, 3 inches Hindley, Charles & Sons Berners Street & Oxford Street, London; cabinet makers, upholsterers and retailers (fl.c.1820-1892) Charles Hugh Hindley (b.1792- d.1871) was the son of Christopher, a merchant in Mere, Wiltshire. He moved to London with an elder brother to live with his uncle, who was possibly running the London branch of the Wiltshire business. In 1817 Charles joined the upholstery firm of Benjamin Merriman Nias at 32 Berners Street. Within a few years he bought the Nias business with a £1,000 investment from his family. Despite his business being described as a 'carpet warehouse' in London directories from 1820-1841, by the mid-1830s upholstery and cabinet work had joined his repertoire and he had taken on more showroom space next door at 31 Berners Street. Family records of the 1840s showed that individual custom-order business expanded to also ‘supplying established furnishing houses with goods on wholesale terms’. Jobs ranged from supplying Pentonville Prison with 100 hair mattresses and pillows, to altering spring roller blinds, to fulfilling private commissions with suites of parlour furniture. Hindley was the father of eleven children with three involved in the business: Charles Hugh (b. 1818), Frederick (b. 1820), and Albert Daniel (b.1822). Charles Hugh and Frederick joined the family firm about 1832, thus establishing the family partnership, Charles Hindley & Sons. Albert Daniel learned the carpet manufactory and trade in Kidderminster and eventually established a carpet manufactory in Liversedge, Yorkshire, supplying the family’s London store and others. In 1845 he patented an early tufted carpeting technique. Charles Hindley & Sons acquired the firm, Miles & Edwards in September 1844, including their premises at 134 Oxford Street. Both companies operated from this address until 1845 when Miles & Edwards was closed. The purchase of Miles & Edwards enabled Hindley & Co. to compete with other West End firms by offering everything from cabinet making and upholstery to painted decoration and interior design for the middle and upper class market. In a sample of 737 orders from October 1842-June 1845, six per cent of the clientele were upper and lower aristocracy with approximately seventy per cent gentry or middle class. The aristocratic clientele included the surnames of Hoare, Kirland, Drummond, Montefiore, Ashburton and Rothschild, and the Oriental Club at 18 Hanover Square (1824). Bramah is London's oldest security company. Established at 124 Piccadilly, London in 1784, and today based in Marylebone, London and Romford, Essex. Bramah made their first lock in 1784 and the patent was awarded in 1787. The designer was Joseph Bramah. Joseph Bramah was a leading inventor of the industrial revolution, patenting over 18 new ideas, including a new valve for the water closet (toilet), the hydraulic pump, a fountain pen, and a fire engine. Bramah also introduced a beer hand pump for use at the bar, to prevent fluid loss when barmen went downstairs to pour a new jug! Due to the quality of his manufacturing, his name became a by-word amongst British Engineers for engineering excellence and many of his inventions are on display in the Science Museum in London. You can find one of his original toilets still working in Osborne House, Queen Victoria's home on the Isle of Wight. The Bramah lock was unique and advanced property and valuables protection enormously. Indeed it was 50 years ahead of any Chubb lock...

Antique bed and reading table England Mahogany Victorian around 1870 Dimensions: height: 76-117 cm, width: 91 cm, depth: 45 cm Description: Four-sided recessed plinth standing on ...

An elegant 19th century freestanding mahogany roll top writing desk. Tambour top rolls back to reveal a fitted interior with drawers, pigeon holes and a slant lid leather writing su...

Named after standing stones, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age and found at archaeological sites solely as monoliths, or as part of a group of similar stones with ...

An elegant late George III – early Regency period octagonal library drum table with aged green leather lined top and four drawers English, circa 1800. Why we like it Unusual and ele...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite Waring & Gillow Paris writing table with the original hand dyed brown leather top ...

A good regency mahogany writing table in the manner of Gillows of Lancaster with a reeded leg and unusual gradooned top mould. Good colour and patina, the leather top look to be orig...

Sn5493 Superb quality and very attractive, late Victorian flamed cylinder bureau by Maples & Co, having fine carved gallery to top above three mahogany lined and satinwood crossbande...

England, early 19th Century Original painted pine side table., in cream / ochre. H 83 x W 93 x D 52 cm

This is a superb antique Victorian mahogany satinwood and Goncalo Alves marquetry inlaid and satin wood crossbanded Architects desk by the renowned Victorian retailer and cabinet mak...

A William IV mahogany writing table, with fine patinated to the top and sides, the frieze with geometric moulding to the centre, with...

Attractive rare Victorian ladies writing desk with two short drawers below two tambour roll tops, having a highly decorative panel between, supported by a beautiful figured walnut top. The kneehole has two drawers on either side, flanked by a gallery and two shelves raised by tapered legs on solid brass...

A most enchanting Queen Anne period burr walnut bureau of highly desirable small proportions and superb colour. The herringbone and cross-banded fall enclosing a fully fitted stepped interior with small drawers and central cupboard door all cross...

Offered is this sturdy antique writing table with a beautiful lived-in appearance. This is a fantastic and completely original early 20th century writing desk supplied by Withy Grove Stores in Manchester. Withy Grove Stores originally supplied schools, government buildings and the military. This large English writing table...

A late Victorian freestanding satinwood Carlton House desk, the curved rectangular top with the typical arrangement of six small drawers and a central cupboard around three sides, en...

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...

A new freestanding modern English oak desk design. Designed and handmade in England using skilled traditional furniture making techniques. Completely handcrafted from the finest full...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this fine Harrods London, REH Kennedy Military Campaign desk or writing table Please note the delivery fee ...

We are delighted to offer this lovely, very well made Burr Elm twin pedestal partner desk with gold leaf embossed green leather writing surface which is part of a suite As mention...

A Superbly made George III Chippendale Period Mahogany Writing Desk The rectangular leather inset top with a cross-banded moulded edge, and a lift up central panel, above three freez...