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Period: 19th Century
English Regency Lacquered Chinoiserie Partners Desk
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency style red lacquered chinoiserie decorated knee hole partners desk with green leather 3 panel top.
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English Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Lacquer
Antique Italian Center / Desk Table, Walnut & Marble, Naples, 19th Century
Located in Odense, DK
This exclusive antique center / desk table, dating back to the 1820s from Naples, is a remarkable example of refined craftsmanship and historical significance. The rich walnut base e...
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Italian Baroque Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
French Louis XVI Style Diminutive Ebonized Writing Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic French diminutive ladies writing table or desk featuring a black lacquer ebonized finish. Made in the neoclassical Louis XVI taste with a simple clean design and minimal dec...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th C. French Louis XV Style Gold Giltwood Writing Desk w/ Marquetry Inlay Top
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th C. French Louis XV Style Gold Giltwood Writing Desk w/ Marquetry Inlay Top. Item features a distressed gold gilt finish, shaped top, carvings on all sides, stunning marquetry in...
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Unknown Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Important Italian Angiolo Barbetti Firenze Antique Cherub Desk Library Table
By Angiolo Barbetti
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare and extremely important hand carved walnut fully stamped library table by Angiolo Barbetti of Firenze
What a find… this table is by one of the finest Italian carvers of all time, dating to circa 1860, Barbetti’s works sell in the hundreds of thousands, they are highly collectable, impossible to find and when they do come up for sale they usually end up in museum collections, they are simply that good
This is an Italian carved walnut library or centre table, the cartouche shaped top with gadrooned edge and leather inset, the carved and pierced frieze incorporating a central shell motif flanked by scroll motifs with swags of flowers, each conforming cabriole shaped leg incorporating similar motifs and joined by an X-stretcher centred by a seated cherub, on scroll carved feet, the underside with branded stamp 'BARBETTI, FIRENZE'
What more can I say! The condition is period correct and very fine, we have cleaned waxed and polished it from top to bottom, it is in gallery ready order throughout
Dimensions:
Height 82.5cm
Width 142cm
Depth 76cm
Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point
Angiolo Barbetti (1805 - 1873) was a skilled carver, designer and decorator, with a flourishing atelier in Florence during the nineteenth century. After working in his father Massimiliano's atelier in Siena, he took up an apprenticeship with Giovacchino Guidi (d. 1842), considered one of Siena's finest ebenisti.
By 1826-7, he had established a workshop on the Piazza San Giovanni, Siena and in 1830 exhibited his first works at the Istituto delle Belle Arti, Siena. In 1842, Barbetti moved his workshop to Florence, establishing himself near the ponte alle Grazie.
Important commissions from this period included carvings for the interiors of Villa San Donato for Prince Anatoly Demidoff. Barbetti took part in many of the international exhibitions of the second half of the nineteenth century, including the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, where he was awarded a medal for a suite of carved walnut furniture. Following the exhibition, the suite of furniture was purchased by the South Kensington Museum, now the Victoria and Albert Museum, where it remains today.
Joined in the business by his four sons Rafaello, Egisto, Ottavio and Rinaldo by the beginning of 1860, the firm of Barbetti continued to find international success exhibiting successfully at the 1861 Florence exhibition, the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle and the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. Makers Bibliography: Meyer, Jonathan, Great Exhibitions: London, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, 1851 - 1900, Antique Collectors Club (Woodbridge, UK), 2006, p. 41. Simone Chiarugi, La bottega di Angiolo Barbetti a Siena e Firenze , in C. Paolini, A. Ponte and O. Selvafolta, Il bello ritrovato , Novara, De Agostini, 1990, pp. 220 223. Simone Chiarugi, La fortuna...
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Italian High Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$38,691 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique William IV Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and very well made antique William IV writing desk. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1830-1850 period.
It is of superb quality and is a great size. Thi...
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British William IV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Desk Arts and Crafts , 1890, England
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
The set includes, armchair, desk and desk accessories. It is from the first era.
Bibliography: Revue de l’Art N°185 – March 2014, p. 23.
Founded in 1857 by Gustave Keller, the Keller...
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English Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine French Napoleon III Period Porcelain Plaque Mounted Ebonized Writing Table
Located in Forney, TX
A spectacular French Napoleon III Second Empire period (1852-1870) magnificently decorated ebonized wood writing table.
Exceptionally fine quali...
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French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Porcelain, Oak, Wood
$32,200 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century English Flocked Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Stunning 19th Century Damasked flocked desk.
Truly one of a kind and radiating faded glory.The craftsmanship of the work is stunning.
Coved in the 19th Century three draws to each si...
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English Country Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Exceptional Napoleon III Bronze Mounted And Ebonized Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine Antique French Bronze mounted writing table with particularly fine form dating to the late 19th Century. The table features all over Bronze mounts including Caryatid figures o...
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French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
English Burl Walnut Leather Top Davenport with Acanthus Cabriole Legs Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
English burl walnut Davenport desk with carved floral fret work, hinged lid revealing fitted interior with original ink wells, leather hinged writing surface with four fitted interio...
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English William IV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Empire Desk work table, wood , ormolu , Bureau Plat
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind and Amazing Large Empire French writing desk or bureau plat with embossed black leather top, bronze dore mounts, column legs, and five .drawers.
Spectacular French wor...
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French Empire Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$6,574 Sale Price
20% Off
Gillow Walnut 19th Century Kidney Writing Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Stunning Quality 19th Century, Victorian, Burr Walnut Kidney Shaped Writing Table, Having Attractive Old Leather, With Blind Tooled Decoration, Inset To Crossbanded Top, Over Highl...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
$5,184 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century walnut writing table
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th Century walnut library table, the large rectangular top with rounded ends having tooled inset leather writing surface. The frieze is fitted with long drawer supported on twin ca...
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British Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Walnut Barley Twist Leg Desk, Italy, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
19th century Italian barley twist leg and stretcher desk.
Large single drawer.
Original hardware.
Walnut.
Ball shaped feet.
Newly refinished.
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Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
English 1870s Wood and Green Leather Partner's Desk with Multiple Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English oversized wooden partner's desk from the late 19th century, with green leather top, gilt scrolling accents, multiple drawers and pull-outs. Created in England during the t...
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English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
English Arts and Crafts Oak Roll Top Desk
Located in Queens, NY
English Arts and Crafts oak roll top desk with side drawers and leather top.
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English Arts and Crafts Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
Antique Dining Table With Extension Plates Made In Mahogany From 1840s
Located in Lejre, DK
Dining table of mahogany with extension plates, in great antique condition from the 1840s.
Fully extendend the table measurese 151 cm.
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Danish Other Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Louis Phllippe Style Oak Writing Table or Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Handsome 19th century writing table or desk made in the French Louis Philippe taste. Crafted from oak with quarter sawn top planks having round corners and an ogee edge. The table is...
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French Louis Philippe Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Victorian Leather Top Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
A smart and very useful antique Victorian leather top pedestal desk. This was made in England, it dates from the 1860-1880 period.
The quality is fantastic, this is very well made a...
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British High Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Rosewood Flip Top Writing Desk
Located in Malibu, CA
Antique European rosewood writing table. Hidden beneath the flip top, a desk in excellent condition. Stunning stretchers & base. This piece is in remarkably p...
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European Empire Revival Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Swedish Writing Table Desk, Genuine Red and Blue Painted Folk Art
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish folk art writing table from the village of Alfta in Hälsingland in northern Sweden. The desk is made in Swedish pine and is in untouched original condition. A notable...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Small Empire Desk, France
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Small Empire Desk, France, 1840
A simple yet elegant Empire-style desk, crafted in 1840. Made of solid oak and veneered with beautiful pyramidal mahogany, it reflects the classic ch...
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Cherry Wood Kitchen Table or Small Desk or Writing Table Restored
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Country French Small kitchen table or nice size small writing table or desk. Single drawer on one-side with hand-cut dovetail construction....
Category
French Country Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Cherry
Antique Petite French Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an fine and beautiful petite French Louis XV Revival goncalo alves and ormolu mounted bureau plat, circa 1850 in date.
This fantastic bureau plat features an ornate serpentin...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Bruce Talbert for Gillow and Co. A Gothic Revival Oak and Leather Writing Table
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert (1838-1881) for Gillow and Co., an oak two-drawer writing table, with a later red leather top, stamped mark, no. L9534.
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English Gothic Revival Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Handcrafted Colonial Teak Campaign Table with Folding Legs
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Circa 1890's
Solid teak hand crafted Campaign folding table from the days of the British Raj. Has flaps that pivot outwards and tuck away ben...
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British Indian Ocean Territory Campaign Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
$3,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Aesthetic Mouvement Bamboo Slant Desk, 1880-1910
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This is a charming example of the Aesthetic Period in Colonial England at the end of the 19Th, century.
This Bamboo Slant Desk, is C.1880-1910, is simple ...
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British Aesthetic Movement Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
19th Century French Bonheur Du Jour Writing Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pretty French Louis XV style writing desk or ‘bonheur du jour’, the serpentine case veneered in book-matched Kingwood and raised on elegant cabriole legs and accented with gilt tri...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Giltwood Carved Figural Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style giltwood carved figural center or hall table fitted with a Brêche violette marble top. The rectangular frame with four scrolled cabriol...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
$22,950 Sale Price
34% Off
Restored Biedermeier Walnut Writing Desk, Revived Polish, Czech, 1830s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Restored Biedermeier Walnut Writing Desk.
Source: Czech
Period: 1830-1839
Material: Walnut
It has been re-polished with polyutherane piano lacquer by our professional refurbishing ...
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Czech Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
French Provincial Petite Desk or Side Table with 4 Sided Scalloped Apron
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Lovely antique French side table or desk from the late 19th century; a beautiful example of the French Country design aesthetic. The table or desk has a beautiful carved scalloped ap...
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French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Style French Kingwood Parquetry and Gilt Bronze Bureau Plat 'Desk'
By Jean-Pierre Latz
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 19th century French Bureau Plat in kingwood and amaranth parquetry with three drawers to one side with gilt bronze decoration all round; notable are the drawer handles modelled with Chinese heads; the two ends decorated with Apollo heads...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Spanish Baroque Table with Dark Walnut Solomonic Legs with Carved Structure and
Located in Miami, FL
Baroque Spanish colonial fratino table dark walnut solomonic legs with iron stretcher, exquisite walnut wood Fratino trestle table with antique 19th cen...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
English Adam Satinwood Carlton House Desk
Located in Queens, NY
19th century English Adam style satinwood Carlton House design desk with painted floral decorative trim and green leather top.
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English Adam Style Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Satinwood
19th Century Chinoiserie Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
This French, 19th century Chinoiserie black lacquer and gilded kneehole desk features an impressive 9 drawer fronts decorated with flora, fauna, pagodas, and classic Japanese scene. ...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Baroque Carved Walnut Writing Desk with Lyre Base
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An Italian Baroque style walnut writing desk table with drawers and lyre shaped base legs and beautiful hand crafted wrought-iron stretchers. Created in Italy during the early years of the 19th century, this walnut writing desk or table features a curved hand carved rectangular top showcasing a raised shelf with two petite drawers...
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Italian Baroque Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century Louis XVI Style Leather Top Writing Table / Bureau Plat
Located in Madrid, ES
A 19th century Louis XVI style French writing table or desk, known as a "bureau plat”. It has a leather top writing surface, ormolu bronze details, and three locking drawers with fal...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Directoire Style Desk with Cylinder Top, France, 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Directoire style desk with cylinder top, France 19th century
Mahogany veneer with satinwood inlays. This elegant little desk is perfect for a small working space. The writing top fo...
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French Directoire Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique English Writing Table with Blue Leather Top, Mid-19th Century
Located in Harderwijk, NL
Offered here this long, unique antique English writing table / partner desk with a blue leather top, dating from the mid-19th century.
This magnificent antique English desk is a luxu...
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Classical Roman Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Spanish 19th century Writing Table - Desk
Located in Round Top, TX
A charming later 19th century Writing Table - Desk from the Catalan region of Spain. Soundly constructed from natural and painted pine with a single drawer, "X" stretchers and sligh...
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Spanish Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique Victorian Marquetry & Ormolu Bonheur de Jour Bureau 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique Victorian burr walnut and ormolu mounted inlaid Bonheur Du Jour, or Ladies writing desk, circa 1860 in date.
The gorgeous grain and colour of the burr ...
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marquetry Table, Beurdeley Attributed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted Kingwood and Bois Citronnier Marquetry center table or writing table, attributed to Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley (Fr...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$62,950 Sale Price
33% Off
19th Century Swedish Empire Desk
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th Century Swedish Empire desk.
With one single drawer and two doors opening to use full storage. Dry scraped to secondary paint.
Knee hole size:
58cm high drawer to floor
43cm wide
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Swedish Empire Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Biedermeier Writing Table, circa 1830
Located in Greding, DE
Biedermeier desk crafted from walnut, featuring gracefully curved legs and a baluster-shaped central stretcher. The desk offers ample storage with five drawers and an expandable writ...
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German Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mahogany Kidney Shaped 19th Century Writing Table
By Maple & Co.
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A quite exceptional quality late 19th century mahogany kidney shaped writing table, having gilt tooled decoration to leather inset top, over one drawer to frieze, with superb marquet...
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English Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$5,669 Sale Price
30% Off
Stunning Late 19th Century Desk in the Thomas Chippendale Manner
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning late 19th century mahogany desk in the Thomas Chippendale manner. The moulded top of rectangular form fitted with green gilt embossed tooled leather writing skiver surface...
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English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
A well designed superior quality Anglo-Japanese oak desk
Located in London, GB
A well designed superior quality Anglo-Japanese oak desk (attributed) to E W Godwin. The construction of this desk is pure architectural, the corners of the aprons below the work sur...
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Anglo-Japanese Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
English Inlaid Mahogany Dressing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
This antique mahogany dressing table has acquired a rich patina over the years as the mahogany has warmed to a rich honey brown. The to...
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British George III Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Ebony, Satinwood
Antique Pedestal Desk
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A fine quality figured mahogany pedestal desk: Good model with raised drawer mouldings, false drawers on the back, oak drawer linings and recently fitted dark green hide.
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English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$5,458
A Fine Anglo-Indian Carved Padouk Writing Table, Ceylonese
Located in New York, NY
The solid rectangular top with carved gadrooned edge; over two frieze drawers with drop handles flanking an arched kneehole ,rope detail and further linear, raised on boldly turned a...
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Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
English Tooled Green Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable antique George III style partners desk with the original tooled green leather top on a mahogany case with four drawers on either ...
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English George III Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Ormolu and marble desk/table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Ormolu, and Gris St. Anne marble center table/desk, attributed to François Linke. This wonderful single dra...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Carved Cherry Desk with Tan Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique fruitwood desk was created in the Poitou region of France, circa 1890. Made of wild cherry timber, the large writing table ...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Cherry
Viennese enamel bureau cabinet, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality Viennese late 19th century, gilt-bronze and enamel mounted ebonised bureau-cabinet
decorated all-over with shaped enamel plaques depicting mythological scenes, inters...
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Austrian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Enamel
French Louis XVI Bureau a Cylindre, Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in Houston, TX
19th century desk with a Cylindre roll top opening to a leather top that pulls out for ease
In use. Gilt bronze mounts with floral gilt center decoration with wreath. Square tapered...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Swedish Gustavian Style 1850s Painted Desk with Single Drawer and Tapered Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style desk from circa 1850 with tan painted finish, single drawer, fluted tapering legs and carved oval medallions on ...
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Swedish Gustavian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Ebonized Desk
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Ebonized Desk.
Outstanding 19th century French Louis XVI style desk, writing table, bureau plat or center table with a single drawer, solid bronze...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Regency Library Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
This handsome Regency library desk is crafted of rich mahogany and features the straightforward design prevalent in England during the early 19th ...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
$14,500
19th Century Italian Walnut Desk with Roll Top
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
We present this majestic 19th century Italian desk. An extremely particular desk that can be discreet and used in different environments thanks to its unique design.
The desk is mad...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
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