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Period: 19th Century
Sheraton Revival Desk Inlay Writing Table 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Sheraton Revival Mahogany Inlaid Writing Table. Circa 1890 This Writing Table Stands Upon Elegant Tapered Legs with Spade Feet and Brass Castors. The Table Features 2 Mahogany Lined ...
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Sheraton Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

William IV Library Table Desk 19th Century
Located in Potters Bar, GB
William IV Library Table. Circa 19th Century The Top of the Table Featuring Wonderful Rio Rosewood Timbers. The Table Having 2 Working Mahogany Lined Drawers (note the fine dovetails...
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William IV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood

19th Century Painted Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Small highly decorative painted desk.
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Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique Victorian Architects Desk
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and very unusual antique early Victorian architects desk. This was made in England, and I would date it from the 1840-1860 period. It appea...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Leather

19th Century Unique Restored Czech Biedermeier Walnut Table, 1840s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Biedermeier table - Writing desk Completely restored. Shellac polish. Material: Walnut veneer, lacquer Source: Czechia (Bohemia) Period: 1840-1849.
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Czech Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Walnut, Lacquer

English/Irish Georgian Style Mahogany Table Desk
Located in Queens, NY
English/Irish Georgian style (19th Century) mahogany table desk with carved lion heads on legs with claw feet and red leather top.
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British Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Anglo Indian Carved Oak Writing Table
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Anglo Indian heavily carved oak one drawer writing table. Circa 1880. A timeless and classic touch for a fine interior. 34W x 23D x 27.5H
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Very Fine 19th Century Nine Drawer Pedestal Desk
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine 19th century mahogany nine drawer pedestal desk, finely hand carved, of fabulous quality and in excellent condition with rich patination and grain. The moulded top of rec...
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English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French 19th century Louis XV style ormolu-mounted mahogany and kingwood three-drawer bureau plat attributed to Paul Sormani (French-Italian 1817-1877). The shaped rectangular top enclosing a gilt tooled brown leather writing surface within a molded border above a long central drawer enclosing a fine modeled mask of Hercules wearing the Nemean lion pelt centered by flat cast encadrements and rosewood veneered a quatre faces flanked by two short drawers with reticulated escutcheons of scantly clad frolicking putti and doves over gadrooned "C" scrolls, trellis patterned panels on a stylized shell within similarly framed encadrements raised on elegant cabriole legs surmounted by bearded satyr masks ending in acanthus case hairy paw feet beneath sides centering bacchic masks. Lock mechanism stamped W S M, 6068, a key (lacking skeleton key), and 148. Veuve Paul Sormani Et Fils was the widow of the highly esteemed furniture maker Paul Sormani (French-Italian 1817-1877). After his death around 1877 she and her son took over the management of the company continuing the tradition of producing fine French furniture of the highest calibre. An escutcheon and several mounts were examined on the reverse, and each was found to have the bronze master model initials "SJ:. Blue chalk inscription on underside Glle 117, Paris, circa 1880. Paul Sormani (1817-1877): Born in Venice, Paul Sormani set up in Paris in the middle of the 19th century. He specialized in creating furniture and works of art and was known for his high quality reproductions of Louis XV and XVI furniture...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Anglo Indian Colonial Teak Desk, 1890s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Large and sturdy desk from the late 1800s. Generously thick teak material. Below the full carved profile typical of the style and period. numerous restorati...
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British Colonial Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Teak

Ladies writing, jewellery cabinet, French, circa 1890
By Jonathan Levien
Located in Brighton, Sussex
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 identical model forms part of the Royal Collection The quarter veneered box superstructure mounted with five oval Sevres style porcelain plaques painted with a trio of putti and four pairs of putti, variously allegorical of viniculture, geography, astronomy, literature, music and fire making, each plaque set within a shaped C- and S-scroll, floral, foliate and rocaille panel mount, the superstructure comprised of a hinged top enclosing a velvet lined interior, above a cavetto leaf mounted panelled frieze, with canted floral clasped angles, over a re-entrant panel mounted hinged fall front enclosing two pigeon holes, two short mahogany lined tulipwood veneered drawers and one shelf, on a stand with a shaped apron mounted with four oval Sevres style painted porcelain plaques, each within a ribbon tied entwined twin oak...
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English Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Tulipwood

Outstanding Antique Tulipwood Writing Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5472 Outstanding 19th century tulipwood and ormolu writing desk, having new black tooled leather writing surface, serpentine top with brass moulding to the edge and decorative corn...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Kingwood

VR Stamped Victoria Regina Hardwood Twin Pedestal Partner Desk Victorian, 1860
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely English Victorian Circa 1880 twin pedestal partner desk with original castors and VR stamped locks for Victoria Regina...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

19th Century Louis XV Style Walnut Parquetry Writing Table with Brush Slide
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a lovely mellow 19th century French Louis XV style writing table with a parquetry top and a large concealed leather-inset brush slide that projects 19 inches in depth and 43 ...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu Mounted Desk by Grimard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu-mounted writing table by G. Grimard "Meubles d'Art" 5 rue de Charonne, Paris. After a model by Adam Weisweiler (Fr...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Antique English Inlaid Walnut and Gold Bronze Mounted Writing Desk, Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English inlaid walnut and gold bronze mounted writing desk with black leather top, Circa 1880.
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English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Russian Mahogany and Gilt Eagle Design Leather Top Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Russian (19th Century) mahogany desk with inSet black leather top, key-locked drawer & pull out writing tray with a stretcher having a centered black & gi...
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Russian Egyptian Revival Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Late Victorian Oak Writing Table This is a good solid quality piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Late Victorian Oak Writing Table This is a good solid quality piece made about 1900, with low stretchers and standing on turned legs, the table has 5 drawers the centre one having ...
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Arts and Crafts Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Victorian Pedestal Desk Mahogany Writing Table 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian mahogany twin pedestal desk. Circa 1860 This des has an arrangement of 9 mahogany lined drawers which retain their original turned knobs. The desk is raised upon a plinth b...
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Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Unique French Roll-Up Secretary/Desk in the Transition Style from Around 1890
Located in Berlin, DE
Unique French roll-up secretary/desk in the transition style from around 1890 Mahogany and brass inlays. Writing surface and compartments can be pulled out under roller closure. C...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Small Lady's Desk, English Regency 1830
Located in Belmont, MA
This beautiful small lady's desk comes from England and was made during the Regency period around 1830. The desk features a pretty kingwood veneer on the outside. It has a flip up to...
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English Restauration Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Kingwood

Fine 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Center Table by Joseph Zwiener
By Jean-Henri Riesener, Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Exceptionally Fine Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Center Table By Joseph Zwiener Joseph Zwiener The rectangular marble top above a frieze drawer,...
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French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Large Biedermeier Writing Table Early 19th Century Bird's-Eye Maple Veneer
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An unusually large desk, even suitable for two working spaces at a time. The rounded rectangular top with a tooled black leather writing surface above four frieze drawers, two to eac...
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English Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th Century Victorian Period Burr Walnut Davenport Desk
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A stunning 19th century figured burr walnut Davenport desk. The piano top fall lifts to reveal 2 burr walnut veneered drawers and a pull out and ...
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

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

Victorian Mahogany Kidney Shaped Desk by Wolfe & Hollander
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality mahogany and chequer banded kidney shaped desk by Wolfe & Hollander, having an inset green writing surface above three inlaid drawers with original brass h...
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English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Petite French Carved Oak Dolphin Table Desk Renaissance Gothic 19th C
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique Petite French carved oak dolphin table desk Renaissance Gothic 19th c ~Direct from France~ An elegant antique French carved library table or "bure...
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French Renaissance Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Mahogany Two Drawer Writing Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany writing table the large rectangular top with inset black tooled leather with gilt-tooled border. Above the frieze fitted with two drawers, all raised up on cylindrical suppo...
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British Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique 19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat in the style of the Louis XV Napoleon III Paris, circa 1850-1880. In Bois-Satiné veneer, all-round full-length mirror veneer with seed beads. With very finely chiselled, ...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique Fine Quality Early 19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Writing Side Table Desk
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique fine quality early 19th century inlaid mahogany writing side table desk by Edwards and Roberts. Lovely age colour and patina. No loose joints and no woodworm. Full of age,...
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

19th Century English Victorian Oak Writing Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a Victorian oak desk, the top inset with a green leather writing surface decorated with blind and gold tooling. Below this there is an arrangement of 9 drawers, with 9 du...
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English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Antique Rustic Colonial Cherry Walnut Tall Schoolmasters Desk Stand Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Rustic Colonial Cherry Walnut Tall Schoolmasters Desk Stand Table. Item featured has a lift top, slanted surface, tall legs, solid wood constru...
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Primitive Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cherry

English Chinese Chippendale Mahogany Desk
Located in Queens, NY
19th Century English Chinese Chippendale style mahogany 6 cluster legged desk with carved lattice design. (signed EDWARDS & ROBERTS)
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English Chinese Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
A fine Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany bureau plat. Origin: French Date: late 19th century Dimension: H 29 1/4 x W 44 x D 22 3/4.
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Mahogany Chinese Chippendale Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality carved Chinese Chippendale style kneehole desk. The top of the desk has an intricately fretted gallery which is in perfect condition. Below this the desk h...
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English Chinese Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

English Original Painted Lamp Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Small English 19th century original painted lamp table / desk. 1890. Code: 8529 Dimensions: W: 46" (116.8 cm) H: 30.5" (77.5 cm) D: 23.5" (59.7 cm)
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Black Lacquer English Antique Campaign Style Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Black Lacquer English Antique Campaign Style Desk. Believe this to be from the 19th Century. Please contact for additional photos and condition report.
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English British Colonial Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Louis XV Desk in Cherry Early 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very beautiful desk in Louis XV cherrywood from the beginning of the 19th century very beautiful curved legs Elegant sculpted frieze two drawers in the frieze Very beautiful pati...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

19th Century English Victorian Marquetry Inlaid Carlton House Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a top quality Victorian Sheraton revival marquetry inlaid carlton house desk attributed to Edwards & Roberts. The top having to marquetry inlaid boxes...
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century French Renaissance Wall Desk with Extending Writing Surface
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Renaissance Wall Desk with Extending Writing Surface represents the height of the revival of the style that occurred during the reign of Napoleon III who we can t...
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French Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Rare Regency Lacquered Writing Table
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The Japanese lacquered box hinged to open to an adjustable fabric-inset writing surface, inset in a Stand with twin supports in the Chinese taste. This exceptional desk is very much ...
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Lacquer

19th Century English Regency Amboyna and Brass Inlay Library Table
Located in London, GB
A library table in the manner of Gillows Constructed in amboyna, with cut gold brass inlay work, and bronze feet; of rectangular panelled end support form, braced by pairs of car...
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Louis XVI Kidney-Shaped Mahogany Leather Top Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Kidney-Shaped Mahogany Leather Top Desk is a stunning example of the refinement of Parisienne craftsmanship during the end of the 1800s. Using a combination of exotic imported mahogany, satinwood for inlaid French bordering, and olive wood for contrasting panels and enhancements, even stained walnut to simulate rosewood bordering! Enhancing the design even further are brass bale pulls with brass rosette guards, and brass tips on the eight legs with solid brass casters. Even the original green leather top still shows a gold embossed bordering around the edge, all combining to speak of the extraordinary attention to detail and craftsmanship that went in to this single piece of keepsake...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Table with Scagliola Top, Italy, 2nd Half 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Rectangular table made of black lacquered metal and framed top in scagliola technique. The top shows a landscape scene in an oval medallion on a blue background.
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Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

19th Century William IV Rosewood Library Table
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century William IV rosewood library table. The rectangular top with rounded corners features a red tooled inset leather writing ...
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Irish William IV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Rosewood

Unusual Antique George III Quality Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual Antique George III quality mahogany writing desk having a quality mahogany lift up writing/reading surface opening to reveal pigeons holes and a storage space, military brass...
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English George III Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Other

19th Century Napoleon III Walnut Partner's Desk with Faux Leather
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Napoleon III walnut partner's desk with faux leather is a stunning transitional piece that embodies styles influenced by the three greatest eras of human endeavor! The u...
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French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Faux Leather, Walnut

Antique Gothic Style English Oak Victorian Library Table Desk Dining Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale lovely gothic style antique Victorian English oak library table or desk that can be used as a four person dining table A decorative and well mad...
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English Gothic Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

English Late Regency Oak Writing Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Late Regency (mid-19th Century) parcel ebonized & oak writing table with black leather inset top above X-trestle legs joined by a stretcher on casters.
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British Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak, Leather

19th Century, Bureau Plat, by Francoise Linke.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality French kingwood and marquetry, ormolu-mounted Bureau plat, signed Linke. Having three frieze drawers to one side, dummy drawers to the reverse, inset Moroccan leather...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Kingwood

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany and Ormolu Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and ormolu desk. The desk is raised by fine topie shaped feet with striking fitted ormolu acanthus leaf sabots ...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

19th C. Walnut Plantation Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-late 19th C. walnut plantation desk w/five dovetailed drawers and two hinged cabinet doors with divided interiors. Base with slant writing surface on turned legs.
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American Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality small late 19th century French Boulle inlaid bureau plat, having an inset leather top, brass inlay and tortoiseshell to the top, frieze and legs, gilded ormolu mounts, a single frieze drawer with a Bramah lock...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Stunning Antique Victorian Fully Restored Sheraton Revival Desk Oxblood Leather
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite fully restored Victorian Sheraton Revival partner desk with oxblood leather writing surface This is pretty much the fi...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

Fine Quality Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat. Having an inset leather top, wonderful gilded ormolu mounts, the single frieze drawer having a drop front, open...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany, Kingwood and Ormolu Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany, kingwood and ormolu kidney shaped writing desk. The desk is raised by slender circular tapered fluted legs with fine foliate to...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Antique English Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
English mahogany pedestal desk with tooled gilt oxblood leather writing surface, and featuring three frieze drawers and six total drawers split between both sides with brass ring pul...
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English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Napoleon III Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Bureau Plat Attributed To Wassmus
Located in Essex, MA
The identical desk and possibly the same one pictured in Les Ebenistes Du XIX Siecle by Denise Ledoux-Lebard. Page 621. Provenance Sothebys London Nove...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

English Regency Mahogany and Ebonized Wood Lyre-End Sofa / Writing Table
Located in Stamford, CT
A striking English Regency mahogany sofa / writing table with lyre ends and ebonized detailing. Stretcher and desk top newly covered with leather, circa 1820. Measures: 29.75" H x...
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather

Antique wooden English desk from the late 19th century with a leather top
Located in Harderwijk, NL
Work in luxury or simply have a beautiful timeless eye-catcher in your office or living room. With this desk, anything is possible! Its charm and luxurious appearance make it a desk ...
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English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Wood

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