Scottish Desks and Writing Tables

A circa 1875 Scottish solid mahogany double-sided library or writing table of very large scale and rectangular form by Glasgow cabinetmakers Francis & James Smith, LTD. (original ena...

H. Morris & Co. desk. Glasgow , 1950s.  Extraordinary Desk finely handcrafted and finished in all its details.  Can be used both wall-mounted and center-mounted. It features the bran...

This is an antique fall front bureau. A Scottish, mahogany writing desk in Georgian revival taste by Japp of Montrose, dating to the late Victorian p...

This is a small antique correspondence table. A Scottish, oak writing desk with skiver, dating to the Aesthetic period, circa 1880. Diminutiv...

This is an antique carved correspondence desk with hidden drawer. A Scottish, oak writing table, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1860. ...

This is an antique estate desk. A Scottish, oak library table with leather skiver in Gothic revival taste, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880. W...

19th century Scottish walnut writing desk or side table. Barley twist legs with brass cups and casters. Cruciform shaped barley twist stretcher with ...

Oak wood, iron and leather desk. Scotland, early 20th century. With wood marquetry. Arts & Crafts period.

Rare and important antique Scottish exceptional burr walnut davenport or ship captain's desk with fabulous marquetry inlay and satin birch fitted interior; stationery lift-up compart...

Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), a cypress wood and brass writing cabinet, formerly green stained, with large stylized fret work foliate hinges, heart escutcheons and conforming handles to the central drawer. A fold down writing area with drawers, pigeon holes and a shelf behind, the lower section with two shelves retaining it's original brass rail for a curtain. This Writing cabinet is the same style of furniture that Mackintosh designed for John Henderson. For similar see Kaplan, Wendy (editor) 'Charles Rennie Mackintosh', pl. 159. opposite p. 233. The original furniture Mackintosh designed for Guthrie and Wells was made from cypress wood and stained green and of simple construction. This unique style and construction are the same. Behind the hinges and handles the original green stain is still quite vibrant. The keyhole escutcheons are identical to the linen press with candle sconces that Mackintosh designed for John Henderson, one of the earliest known surviving pieces he designed. The back treatment of this present lot is the same and has just three wide boards which run from the top right to the floor. The side treatment is also from the top straight to the ground quite typical of Mackintosh. For this see Kaplan, Wendy (editor) 'Charles Rennie Mackintosh', p. 232, fig 160 and Billcliffe, Roger 'Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings, and Interior Designs', p.34, fig. 1895.6. The metalwork is identical on some pieces and very similar on others, see the Billcliffe work above, p. 33, fig. 1895.2 and 1895.3 for washstand and dressing table handles...

A fine Scottish library table or writing desk with rectangular embossed leather top from the Regency era, in the manner of Trotter of Edinburgh,...

A handsome Scottish writing desk or side table of mahogany, featuring a moulded top with gallery back, over a frieze with two beaded short drawers, and standing on turned, reeded leg...