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Period: 18th Century
Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Folkestone, GB
A good quality George III period mahogany kneehole desk with moulded edge top above a long drawer and arrangement of three graduated small drawe...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$13,040
Center Writing Table, Francesco and Giuseppe Cassina, Milan, January 26, 1796
By Francesco and Giuseppe Cassina
Located in Milano, IT
Center writing table
Cassina Brothers (Francesco and Giuseppe)
Milan, January 26, 1796
79.5 x 94 x 58.5 cm
State of conservation: excellent
The rectangular table features a minimall...
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Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Walnut
French Louis XV Late 18th Century Cherry Table with Drawer from the Rhône Valley
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV cherry table from the Rhône Valley, with long drawer and cabriole legs. Born in France in the later years of the 18th century, this cherry table features a rectangular top with serpentine front, sitting above a long drawer. Raised on four elegant cabriole legs connected to one another through an apron scalloped on all sides, this late 18th century Louis XV cherry table will bring an undeniable touch of French elegance...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Antique George III Quality Mahogany Knee Hole Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality mahogany knee hole desk having a quality mahogany rectangular shaped crossbanded top with a moulded edge above one long and six small cockbeeded oak lined drawers with original brass handles, secret drawer to the knee hole and a single panelled door...
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English George III Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Other
18th Century Spanish Trestle Style Writing Table, Rich Wood Grain, Iron Hardware
Located in Madrid, ES
This 18th century Spanish trestle style writing table has a tabletop of one single wide plank, and the leg sections, or trestles, are joined with sliding dovetail joints and fastened...
Category
Spanish Rustic Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
$8,004 Sale Price
25% Off
18th century Queen Anne and later walnut knee hole desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
18th century Queen Anne walnut kneehole desk circa 1710.
Good quality knee hole desk of small proportions, richly veneered in burr walnut. Rectangular top, strung and cross banded, ...
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English Queen Anne Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
George II Mahogany Harlequin Table
Located in Dallas, TX
A George II mahogany pier/tea/games bureau-table. The mahogany top is supported on a hinged back leg when opened. The top when opened conceals the game table and a harlequin pop-up c...
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English George II Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Italy 18th Century Baroque Walnut Organic Shape Table Desk
Located in Brescia, IT
This walnut rectangular Tuscany table, has been hand made in Lucca (Tuscany, Italy) in 1760 circa.
Its elegant shape, with the black border, makes this ...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Italian Baroque Walnut Writing Table with Hinged Top, c1700
Located in valatie, NY
An Italian Baroque walnut writing table with unique hinged top, the rectangular top with bread boarded ends, opening and turning to create a large writing surface, the frieze contain...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Provincial Walnut Writing/Games Table
Located in Essex, MA
Originally a folding base with removable top. Now in a fixed position with a rectangular top with tooled brown leather. Cabriole legs.
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French French Provincial Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Dressing Chest
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
An 18th century mahogany dressing chest with bookcase and writing surface, designed by Thomas Chippendale. An attractive, practical and compact piece of...
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English Chippendale Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$32,943
18th Century, Gentleman's Writing Desk and Games Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful, circa 1780, hand carved, petite writing desk inset with game chess and backgammon game boards. The top featuring its original, inset marble. The whole on tapered legs term...
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French Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Baroque Wood and Iron Spanish Folding Traveling Table
Located in Leesburg, VA
Baroque Wood and Iron Spanish Folding Traveling Table
Anonymous
Spain; 18th century
Wood, iron
Approximate size: 27 (h) x 38 (w) x 19.5 (d) in.
An 18th-century Spanish folding tab...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Antique George III Quality Walnut Kneehole Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality walnut kneehole desk having a quality figured walnut crossbanded top above one long and six walnut inlaid oak lined drawers with engraved brass handles, cu...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Desk Swedish 18th Century Green Original Paint Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Desk Swedish 18th Century Green Original Paint Sweden. A writing desk Swedish made during the 18th century in Sweden. Original paint in dark green. Interior with shelving, drawers an...
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Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bentwood
18th Century Lacquered Tuscan Desk Table with Hand Painted Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant lacquered wooden desk table from Tuscany, dating to the Louis XVI period, late 18th century. This refined piece features delicate hand-painted neoclassical decorations in ...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Circa 1780 Chinese Export Solid Camphor Wood Campaign Roll-Top Desk
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Chinese export solid camphor wood campaign bureau à cylindre or roll-top desk, circa 1780. An extremely rare example - entirely of beautifully figured camphor wood which has mellowed...
Category
Chinese Campaign Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Ancient Italian Writing Desk with Upper Cabinet, Milan, Circa 1730
Located in Milano, IT
Writing desk with upper cabinet
Milan, first half of the 18th century
Carved walnut partially veneered in olive wood and walnut burl; traces of eboniz...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Olive, Walnut
Italian Parquetry Inlaid Writing Table Desk, 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exceptional parquetry inlaid writing table with Neoclassical designs, inlay with satinwood, black walnut, and fruitwood. Having a single center drawer, and supported on tapering l...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Satinwood, Walnut
18th Century French Walnut Barley Twist Library Table
Located in High Point, NC
18th century walnut library table from France. The top is made from two planks and is banded with a beveled edge, following down to a simple apron, which contains a single drawer in the front. The table is supported on hand turned barley and vine twist...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Italian, Sicily, Louis XV Period Rosewood & Brass Writing Table, mid 18th cen.
Located in Atlanta, GA
this versatile and layered writing table is epertly crafted of rosewood veneers with brass detailing, the sliding top with bookmatched veneers opens to reveal a leather writing surfa...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italy Late 18th Century Regency Walnut Desk or Side Table
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an elegant gaming table, hand made in the Late 18th Century by master craftmenships. The spectacular top of this charming table, is handmade in walnut with fine briar root a...
Category
Italian Regency Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$3,500 Sale Price
46% Off
English Hard Wood Portable Writing Desk, circa 1850
By OTHR
Located in Guadalajra, Jal
English country portable writing desk with lifting writing surface, it has its original bronze ironworks, late 18th century.
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Mexican Rustic Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
18th Century Italian Louis XV Writing Table Inlaid Rosewood Center Desk
Located in Milano, MI
Elegant 18th century Italian rosewood center table from Tuscany, Italy, a rectangular shaped Louis XV veneered desk with one small drawer on the front, raised by elegant à cabriole legs with superlative and contrasting ebony and box wood inlaid profiles, ending with curled feet.
This antique Italian table...
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Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Boxwood, Ebony, Rosewood
A rare mid 18th Century Chinese export lacquer bureau on stand circa 1750
Located in Reepham, GB
A Chinese export lacquer bureau on stand with toilet glass, decorated with an unusual polychrome flower design. Made in China circa 1750, the decor...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Antique Quality Mahogany Floral Marquetry Inlaid Bombe Shaped Burea
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique 18th century quality mahogany floral marquetry inlaid bombe shaped bureau
having a quality floral marquetry fall opening to reveal a fitted interior consisting of drawers, pigeon holes, door and a well above three bombe shaped floral marquetry oak...
Category
English Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Other
18th Century Italian Single Drawer Desk, Italy
Located in New York, NY
18th century Italian single drawer desk.
Turned legs.
Walnut.
Beautiful patina.
Also makes a great side table.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Unusual Antique George lII Mahogany and Oak Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual Antique George lII mahogany and oak desk having a quality mahogany writing fall opening to reveal a fitted interior with pigeon holes and six working drawers above a kneehole...
Category
European George III Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Very Rare 18th Century Maggiolini Desk
Located in Montreal, QC
Very rare 18th century Italian neoclassical desk attributed to the workshop of Giuseppe Maggiolini. The piece is composed of extensive inlay ...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Spanish, late Baroque, 18th Century Desk or Writing Table or console table
Located in Troy, NY
Rustic, Spanish late Baroque Writing Table, made of Chestnut, with a wonderful deep warm patina and restrained decoration to the front drawer panels.
The table, with a one-plank top,...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
18th Century Italian Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 18th-century Italian desk exemplifies the ornate craftsmanship and elegance of period furniture. Crafted from rich, dark wood, likely walnut, it features intricately carved legs...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Anglo Chinese/Chinese Export Qianlong Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
An exceptionlal and very rare Qianlong period Chinese export Bureur, Constructed in Hauli and Huanghuali wood in China during the first half of the 18th century for a wealthy English...
Category
Chinese George II Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Padouk
French Marquetry Slant Top Ladies Writing Desk, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
French marquetry ladies slant top three-drawer writing desk with floral motif inlay, flanking step back interior drawers, leather writing surface, carved scalloped skirt, original or...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold, Ormolu
Country House Library Partners Desk
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine 18th century Chippendale period country house library fitted partners desk. The paneled cupbards opening to one end with fitted folio shel...
Category
European Chippendale Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
18th Century French Provincial Black Painted “Mazarin” Pedestal Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PROVINCIAL EIGHT-LEGGED "MAZARIN" PEDESTAL DESK IN BLACK PAINT
France, circa last quarter of the 18th century
Item # 403ZLJ18Q
An absolutely stunning eight-legged "Mazarin" pedestal...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th C. Spanish Nicely-Carved Wood Trestle-Leg Table w/Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish carved-wood occasional table with drawer from the 18th century. This antique table from Spain has a rectangular-shaped top, over an apron which houses a single drawer along...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Mixed Woods Marquetry Inlaid Writing Table, Northern Italian, Late 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine Magilini style walnut and intricately inlaid fruitwood, walnut, black walnut, satinwood and rosewood center or writing table with one drawer on elegant tapering legs. Beautiful ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Rare Antique English Georgian Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
C. 1760-1780. An early and exceptional Antique writing table, English and likely Irish. With a flame mahogany banded top over a shaped apron with a single drawer. With fine openwork...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Writing Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Gustavian table from northern Sweden in untouched original condition. The table is from the years circa 1780-1790 with traces of thin paint on the frame and a white painted tabletop....
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Spanish 18th Century Carved Walnut Table with Original Iron Pulls and Lyre Legs
Located in London, Charterhouse Square
A Spanish 18th century walnut table with decorative original carved frieze with double drawers, original iron pulls and beautiful lyre legs.
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Small Oak Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
A rare 18th century oak bureau of particularly small and diminutive proportions. the fall with a moulded book-rest, opening to reveal a steppe...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$7,686
French 18th Century Table With Fluted Apron And Legs
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
French 18th Century table with fluted apron and legs
This 18th century table has a fluted apron and legs. One leg is slightly crooked but very charming.
...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th Century Louis XV French Oak Writing Table with Scalloped Shaped Top
Located in Dallas, TX
An 18th century French country Louis XV style writing table-end table. This lovely oak table features a scalloped shaped top, one drawer and cabriole legs.
Category
French French Provincial Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
18th Century French Louis XIII Style Walnut Table
Located in Madrid, ES
French walnut table in Louis XIII style, late 18th century, walnut with a single drawer from the 18th century. The legs are characteristically turned and the base is in the shape of ...
Category
French Louis XIII Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$1,897 Sale Price
36% Off
Side Table or Writing Table from the XVIII Century in Walnut
Located in Brussels, Brussels
lovely side table or small writing table from the 18th century Louis XV in walnut
Very nice little table which has a drawer in the belt and a beautiful walnut table top with a sup...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Fine Quality Antique Mahogany Writing Table - Late 18th Century Dressing
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Georgian Cuban Mahogany Writing Table - Late 18th Century Desk Side Dressing.
This exceptional piece boasts solid construction with tight joints and no woodworm, radiating character...
Category
Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,916 Sale Price
30% Off
18th Century Louis XV French Provençal Side Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 18th century French Louis XV side table from Normandy, made of solid cherry. Rare, elegant serpentine form with shaped top, thick scalloped apron and cabriole legs. Dovetailed...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Exceptional 18th C. Office Desk Center Table Console Hand Carved Wood & Stone CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exceptional 18th C. Office Desk Center Table Console Hand Carved Wood & Stone CA . Rare large 18th century Regence Period chateau 18th Century Table D’appui Regence console...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone, Marble
$36,400 Sale Price
30% Off
Late 18th Century English Walnut Writing Table
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A late 18th C. English three-drawer writing or side table in walnut. The rectangular top sits above a shallow apron fitted with three drawers, raised on elegantly tapered legs termin...
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English George III Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
George III Walnut Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top over a single drawer with inlaid escutcheon and original bail handle raised on square tapered legs.
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Other
$2,850
18thC George II Irish Mahogany Card Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1750
18thC George II Irish Mahogany card table
Having a folding fold over inverted breakfront top raised on shaped legs.
The back leg extending out to support the table to...
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Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Mid 18th Century Louis XV Period Center Table/Desk circa 1740
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and very high quality Italian mid 18th century Louis XV period Walnut, Rosewood, Charmwood and bone center table/desk circa 1740. This table from the Piedmont region is...
Category
Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bone, Rosewood, Walnut
Chinese Export 18th Century Lacquer Bureau on Stand
Located in London, GB
A fine and rare mid 18th century Chinese Export lacquer bureau on stand. Probably made in Canton specifically for the export trade to meet the demands of the European market. Beautifully decorated throughout with gilded decorations on a black lacquer background. The writing section is fitted with double serpentine fronted drawers and pigeon holes - all profusely decorated with sprigs of flowers, foliage and butterflies. The apron frieze contains three working drawers, the central drawer arcaded. With a small pull out pen drawers...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lacquer
A fine 18th century Regence kingwood and gilt bronze mounted Louis XV desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine Regence period 18th c leather top bureau plat. Kingwood with fine gilt bronze mounts. Black gold tooled leather top . Drawers on one side and faux drawers on the opposite side.
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Continental Walnut Table with Lyre-Form Legs & Iron Stretcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th Century Continental Walnut table with Lyre-Form Legs & Iron stretcher.
Category
European Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
English Mahogany Tambour Satinwood Inlaid Writing Desk, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany tambour desk with sliding leather writing surface, interior satinwood compartmentalized drawers with the original bone knobs, five lower drawers with the original br...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
ANTIQUE 18TH CENTRY ENGLISH GEORGIAN GEORGE II OAK SMALL DESK LOWBOY CABRiOLE
Located in Pulborough, GB
Antiques of London
An elegant example of late-Georgian furniture, this fine antique oak lowboy (also known as a small side or lamp table) is distinguished by its cabriole legs, s...
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British Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
18th Century Louis XVI Cylinder Top Secretaire
Located in Belmont, MA
18th century Louis XVI Cylinder Top Secretaire, Paris 1780.
The secretaire stands out for its elaborate kingwood and satinwood marquetry.
The inside is embellished with several dra...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
18th Century Rustic Desk Table, Country Table, Original Pinewood Laquered Waxed
Located in Vigonza, Padua
18th century rustic desk table or country table, original pine wood laquered, restored the top and finished to wax.
Drawer with functional lock, burnish...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
1850s Chinese Lacquered Style Secretaire with Decoration of Traditional Scenes
Located in Marbella, ES
Impressive antique secretary of Chinese style, with a vibrant red lacquer finish and richly ornamental gold details. Its structure with curved and robust lines gives it a unique char...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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