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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
French Louis XV Walnut 1-Drawer Table, circa 1765
Located in Atlanta, GA
A delicately carved walnut writing table with a single drawer on the side of the apron and a raised gallery around three sides for the original purpose of writing. Raised on four tap...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
George III Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with all new olive tooled leather and central hinged rest, over a pair of drawers over two small drawers, raised on square tapered legs with spade feet. The back is p...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
English Mahogany Inlaid Red Leather Top Rent Table with Original Casters, C 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany four drawer red leather top rent table with circular swivel top, diamond bone escutcheons, checkered inlays, and terminating on a tripod base with original brass cas...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Satinwood
18th century Spanish elm writing table
Located in Malton, GB
This is the best quality and most original 18th century Spanish table I have had the pleasure to own. The patina over ever surface is stunning and the diamond detail along the top is...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
Fine George III Mahogany Reading Stand and Table
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular tilt-top of finely figured timber with removable reading ledge; raised on a turn columnar support and three downswept cabriole legs terminating in pad-form feet.
P...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Wonderful 18th Century French Roll Top Desk (Cylinder Bureau)
Located in Poole, GB
Wonderful 18th Century French Roll Top Desk ( cylinder bureau )
A very elegant and with great proportions, late 18th century French walnut and pa...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
English Regency Mahogany Leather Reading Table with Flanking Candle Slides 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency mahogany satinwood and ebony inlaid one drawer reading table with a ratcheted leather top, cross banded tulip wood, flanking candle slides...
Category
English Regency Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Solid Walnut Spanish Baroque Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
An 18th century Spanish baroque desk, or writing table made of solid Walnut Wood with turned legs joined by a Two drawers with original iron drawe...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$9,600 Sale Price
28% Off
17-1800's Antique Italian Walnut Trestle Library, Carved, Border Table / Desk!!
Located in Austin, TX
Outstanding Antique Table / Desk, Italian Walnut Trestle Library, Carved, Border, 18th /19th Century, 1700's-1800's!
This antique library table/desk is a stunning example of Italian...
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Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Tuscany Walnut Veneered Writing Table
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant writing table in walnut veenered poplar. Top centered by a star motif, a comfortable drawer in the band, curved legs typical of mid-18th century Tuscan manufacture.
Category
Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Poplar, Walnut
Period French Directior Leather Topped Writing Table.
Located in Hudson, NY
This beautiful period writing table was constructed in France circa 1790 to 1800 of rich imported mahogany and the woods have been carefully selected to create an overall pattern of ...
Category
French Directoire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
George III Satinwood and Marquetry Harlequin Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a serpentine divided top with oval inlaid panel with hunting scene with hounds and hares with floral medallions at the corners , hinged outer sections fitted with a well and central section lifting and fitting into a recess , leather top of Tiffany blue. A button released the pop up desk...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
18th C. Italian Walnut Trestle Leg & Iron Stretcher Table 'or Desk'
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian wood trestle-leg table with forged-iron stretcher bars, from the 18th century. This antique table from Italy has clean, simple lines, and features a rectangular-shaped top, raised upon a pair of trestle sawhorse-style legs, with a wood brace supporting them just above the feet. The underside of the table is braced by a pair of hand-forged and twisted iron stretchers, which meet at the underside center of the top, creating visual interest and further embellishment to this piece. The walnut wood has has a warm patina with some cracks and prior repairs (see additional images) ; a reflection of it's history and age. The iron stretcher pieces unhook from beneath and allowing the legs to fold down- making the table collapsible and easy for transport. Leg clearance is approximately 28" between skirt and floor. This 18th century Italian trestle table...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
18th Century Spanish Baroque Trestle Style Writing Table Desk with Two Drawers
Located in Madrid, ES
A beautifully conserved Spanish writing table with mixtilinear “pata de lira” (lyre-shaped legs) displaying zig-zagging curves and undulations, in the Baroque ...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$5,849 Sale Price
30% Off
Louis XVI Mahogany and Brass Mounted Bureau a Cylindre, Late 18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The desk with a 1/4 cylinder top that opens to reveal a leather writing surface with pigeon holes and drawers. The gallery with white Carrara marble top.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century, French Louis XV Wood Flap Writing Desk
Located in IT
18th Century, Franch Louis XV Wood Flap Writing Desk
Measures: cm H 94 x W 83,5 x D 46; D with the open panel 82 cm, H of the desk top 69,5 cm
This elegant desk was made in France ...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Robert Gillows II 1790 Writing Library Hardwood Chest of Drawers Leather Slope
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare circa 1790 Georgian writing Library chest of drawers with desk secretaire by Gillows of Lancaster and L...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$9,679 Sale Price
30% Off
18th century Hepplewhite Satinwood Writing Table with Work with Silk Basket
Located in Savannah, GA
Classic Hepplewhite satinwood writing table featuring leather covered slide, a work basket and a divided drawer. Original finish, brass pulls and knobs. The silk fabric on the basket...
Category
English Hepplewhite Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$1,996 Sale Price
55% Off
18th Century French Cherrywood 'Bureau de Pente' Slant Top Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Larger than the typical Louis XV writing desk, this cherrywood bureau de pente was hand-carved in France during the late 1700’s, just after the period ended. This type of desk went by several names, including bureau dos d’âne and secrétaire à dessus brisé, and they almost always featured a fold-down writing surface.
Four long, slender cabriole legs, which are typical of Louis XV writing desks, provide a sturdy base for the beautiful desk. The curvaceousness of the legs continues throughout the desk, from the subtly contoured sides to the highly sinuous apron on all sides. Set within the apron are two drawers with round bronze pulls that flank a faux center drawer with a foliate and shell handle.
The fold-down writing surface, which has a functioning lock with a foliate escutcheon, opens to reveal eight small arbalete drawers arranged in four columns. Above the topmost drawers of each column is an open storage compartment. There are two more larger storage compartments in the center above a false-bottom hidden compartment. The fold down writing surface is held by a set of polished steel arms.
A graceful and functional bureau de pente from the late 18th century, this cherrywood slant top writing desk...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th Century Italian Walnut Baroque Trestle Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
Italian, 18th century. Baroque walnut dining or tavern table having a thick walnut top above turned legs with Walnut stretcher. Perfect size to use as a writing table, sofa or center...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Inlaid French Walnut Hoof Foot Single Drawer Table or Desk
Located in Richmond, VA
18th century inlaid French walnut hoof foot single drawer table or desk. Great color. Shaped molded top on slender legs with hoof feet.
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$2,175 Sale Price
25% Off
18th Century French Louis XV Carved Serpentine Cherry Desk with Parquetry Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique partner desk was created in the Poitou region of France, circa 1790. Made of wild cherry timber, the large writing table stand...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Hand Carved Walnut Writing Table with Two Drawers Louis XV
Located in Sofia, BG
18th century French hand carved walnut writing table with two side drawers resting on curved decorated legs. The table is in it authentic condition with no restorations made. The con...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Provincial Louis XIV Period Os de Mouton Oak Side Table
Located in Troy, NY
Small 17th century side table or desk, charming country piece of nice proportion and warm color, three-board top above one drawer, wavy Os de Mouton legs joined by conforming stretch...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Italy Late 18th Century Regency Walnut Console or Wall Desk Hand Carved
Located in Brescia, IT
This an elegant piece with an untimeless beauty. The dimensions, the proportions, the wavy edge and the slender legs are elements of value.
It can be useful as console or desk; in...
Category
Italian Regency Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$3,772 Sale Price
45% Off
18th Century Oak Low Boy Desk This is a good solid country made piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
18th Century Oak Low Boy Desk
This is a good solid country made piece, it has 3 drawer to the front with etched brass swan neck handles and a well used and well loved plank top, the...
Category
Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Late 18th Century English Mahogany Desk with Carved Paw Feet
Located in Worcester, GB
Exceptional Late 18th Century English Mahogany Work Table with Carved Paw Feet
United Kingdom, circa 1790
A superb George III period work or writing table, crafted in richly figured...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
17th Century Spanish Walnut Table or Desk with Turned Legs and Stretcher
Located in Dallas, TX
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This fantastic Spanish walnut table dates to the 1600s and has incredibly turned legs and stretchers known as discus or lentil carvings. Each long sid...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
18th Century Italian Side Table
Located in Round Top, TX
A stunning 18th century side table - console from the Tuscan region of Italy. Beautifully constructed from beautiful walnut with wonderful turned legs and stretchers. Fabulous patina...
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
A George III Mahogany and Red Leather Topped Writing Table
Located in London, GB
With adjustable ratcheting writing slope, three front drawers and brass handles, on straight mahogany legs.
English, c.1760
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Chestnut and Oak Desk from Le Grand Monarque À Chartres, circa 1720
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved, circa 1720, using chestnut and oak woods, this desk was recently part of Le Grand Monarque hotel in Chartres, France. The desk has been stripped at some point, allowing the beautiful wood grain and round dowel construction to become focal points.
The stunning desk has a shaped top with quarter round molding. A 23 ½” W seat opening is topped by a concave front drawer with a bronze drop handle affixed by a pair of rosette mounts. Similar handles can be seen on each of the four main drawers, which are surrounded by thick cavetto molding. These drawers also have a scalloped keyplate and mounts of two putti hunting dragons hidden amongst foliage. Interestingly, the sides are comprised of four rectangular panels, with the two nearest to the straight back side being functional drawers.
Known as a bureau caissiers (“cashier’s desk...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Early 17th Century Spanish Walnut Folding Center Table
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This particular type of table was invented by 16th century Spanish cabinetmakers.
This elegant table can easily be taken apart. Its rectangular top is assembled to the legs with i...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Continental Dutch Satinwood Secretary
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Dutch-style (18/19th Century) satinwood and inlaid trimmed drop front desk with chinoiserie decorated lacquered panels and brass gallery
Category
European Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bombé Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a top quality late 18th century Dutch Marquetry Bureau. The bureau is profusely inlaid all over with various birds and flowers, butterflies etc. The fall front opens to r...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
George III Mahogany Tambour Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Nice old piece very nicely polished and tuned up in good working order. Rectangular top with tambour roll top opening to expose a pull out writing surface with adjustable ratcheted c...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century French Regence Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 18th century French Regence Bureau Plat. Four drawers, with pieced leather top with carved design in the center and around the edges.
Wa...
Category
French Regency Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
$53,200 Sale Price
30% Off
French Provincial Fruitwood and Tooled Leather Writing Table, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
French Provincial Fruitwood and Tooled Leather Writing Table, 18th Century
Category
French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Fruitwood
Regence Ebonized And Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with inset black tooled leather surrounded by a brass inlaid ebonized border with brass edge. The frieze with three drawers with cast bronze handles and three ...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI writing desk with pull-out surface, featuring an inlaid compass rose
Located in Cesena, FC
Elegant Louis XVI writing desk with pull-out writing surface, inlaid on the top with a compass rose.
Elegant writing desk with pull-out writing surface, inlaid on the top with a com...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Maple
18th C. Italian Table w/Carved-Trestle Legs & Elegantly Forged Iron Stretchers
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian walnut wood nicely-carved trestle-leg table with decorative forged-iron stretcher, from the 18th century. This antique table from Italy features a rectangular-shaped top, ...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Antique Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th Century mahogany kneehole desk, having a wonderfully figured moulded edge top above a selection of seven drawers with the original brass plate handles and escutcheon, hinged cup...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Louis XV Wood French Writing Table
Located in IT
The very unusual and particular center desk, called also bureau plat, was made in France, at Paris, in the 18th century, Louis XV period. It has a refined veneer in wood and a slidin...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Walnut Architects Table a La Tronchin
Located in Essex, MA
A fine and unusual piece with gilt bronze mounts, when in table position rectangular with a ratcheted adjustable slant lid , a winding key raised and lowers the reading, working sect...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XVI Carved Walnut Writing-Side Table with Drawer
Located in Dallas, TX
A French carved walnut small writing table, perfect end table or bedside table, late 18th century.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Console Table, XVIII Century, France
Located in Girona, Spain
Console table,
Made with cherry wood.
Lacquered in black.
Central drawer, with brass handle.
Carved hoof legs.
Very decorative.
XVIII Century, Fra...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Lacquer
Antique 18th Century Writing Table By Holland And Sons LTD ( REF AF-3500 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
This elegant 18th-century writing table, crafted from fine mahogany by the renowned "Holland & Sons LTD," exemplifies exceptional quality and timeless design. The table stands gracef...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Period George III Chippendale Mahogany Architect's Table or Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Period Georgian architect's table or desk
--Metamorphic
--Cuban mahogany
--Writing surfaces and racheted book supports
--A very well construction ver...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Harewood Dressing Table
By Mayhew & Ince
Located in London, GB
A fine and rare late 18th century harewood dressing table, after designs by Mayhew and Ince, boxwood and ebony strung throughout, having crossbanded mitred top with pen work leaf bor...
Category
Great Britain (UK) Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood, Boxwood, Ebony, Padouk, Harewood
An Important George III Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This very fine mahogany writing table made in England in the French taste would have been for only the most current and fashionable people of the time. The table has a serpentine top...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
Table, 18th Century, Italian, Baroque, Walnut, Narrow, One Piece Top
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare, narrow, Italian, baroque, walnut, cabinet or sidetable.
This table has unusual, narrow proportions and was probably originally conceived as a stand for a table cabinet or ...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Painted Wood Bonheur-du-jour or Occasional Table w/Single Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French smaller-sized painted wood table, with single drawer, from the turn of the 18th and 19th century. This antique table from France features a rectangular-shaped top with lovel...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bureau en Pente, attributed to Migeon
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The hinged fall front opening to reveal a fitted interior with drawers above a slide enclosing a concealed well with two drawers, raised on cabriole legs headed by scrolling chutes r...
Category
French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$6,500 Sale Price
56% Off
18th Century oak desk on later stand
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th Century oak desk on later stand, the sloped desk having a hinged lift up lid opening to reveal a large compartment space with six moulded front drawers, the outside of the desk ...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
18th Century French Louis XV Period Walnut Chateau Bonheur Du Jour or Secretary
Located in Birmingham, AL
A rare 18th century French Louis XV period chateau bonheur du jour or secrétaire handcrafted of walnut by very talented artisans in Lyon for a wealthy chateau owner near Villeurbanne, circa 1750s. This impressive antique French secretary features a chapeau de gendarme crown above a pair of carved serpentine doors with brass mesh grilles and beautiful green and gold damask fabric backings that open to reveal a painted interior with two display shelves. Three carved drawers are below. The lower section features a flat serpentine shaped writing surface that lifts opens to reveal plenty of storage above a carved, scalloped apron with C-scrolls and a center carved shell motif. Raised on four elegant cabriole legs ending in scrolled French toes. This grand Lyonnaise French library desk...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
English Mahogany Bow Front Inlaid Ladies Dressing Table. Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany bow front ladies dressing table with hinged top, single drawer, original brasses, satin wood inlay, compartmentalized fitted int...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th Century Painted Lamp Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th C English painted oak lamp table on cabriole legs. 1780.
Reference: 7727
Dimensions
34 inches (86 cms) Wide
20 inches (51 cms) Deep
30.5 inches (77 cms) High
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
George III Mahogany Rent Desk by Gillows of Lancaster
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular top with inset red leather and banded edge, over a long drawer opening to A-Z lidded compartments. The pedestals below each with three drawers. All with classic Gill...
Category
George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
17th century Spanish Baroque inlaid walnut Desk or Center Table
Located in Troy, NY
Superb model with a deeply paneled frieze, having geometric fruitwood inlay, containing three drawers. The strong disc-turned legs connected by shaped side stretchers and wrought iro...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
Rustic 17th Century Baroque Walnut Desk / Writing or Library Table
Located in Troy, NY
17th Century Baroque Walnut Desk / Writing or Library Table, with a thick walnut one-plank top above a frieze containing four drawers with molded,...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Spanish Baroque 18th Century Lyre Leg Wooden Trestle Table with Iron Stretcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish baroque table with decorative forged-iron stretcher from the 18th century. This antique table from Spain features a rectangular-shaped top, which is raised upon a pair of fluidly-carved, lyre-shaped trestle styled legs at either end. The pair of trestles...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
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