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Period: 19th Century
Sublime Antique Hardwood Pedestal Desk with Green Leather Writing Slope Drawer
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely high quality hand made Victorian Mahogany pedestal desk with green leather top and hidden wri...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Hardwood

Swedish Black-Painted Writing Desk with Brass Hardware, circa 1870
Located in Atlanta, GA
A handsome antique Swedish writing desk, crafted in pine and painted in a deep black with a soft, aged patina. Dating from circa 1870–1890, this desk features a generous work surface...
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Swedish Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Pine

Fine 19th Century French Neoclassical Style Amboyna and Gilt Bronze Mounted Writ
Located in Benington, Herts
An extremely fine and unusual French Amboyan and gilt bronze bureau plat - writing table inspired by the Neoclassical designs. French circa 1880-1900. A superb amboyna writing ...
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French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

19th Century Sheraton revival Satinwood desk.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century Satinwood Sheraton revival knee hole desk, having its original gilt tooled inset leather top, five graduated Mahogany lined drawers with carved giltw...
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Sheraton Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany, Satinwood

French 19th Century Louis Philippe St. Crouch Mahogany Secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive French mid-19th century Louis Philippe period flamed Mahogany and ormolu secretary circa 1840. The ten drawer secretary is raised by elegant topie shaped feet below the...
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French Louis Philippe Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

A Fine Quality Amboyna George IV Writing Table, Attributed to Morel and Seddon
By Morel & Seddon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The overhanging rectangular top with rounded corners veneered almost entirely in amboyna with a wide crossbanding of rosewood. Under the top is a narrow frieze, and the table is supp...
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English George IV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood, Amboyna

A fine and rare 19th c English mahogany Chinese Chippendale architects desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and rare 19th century English Chinese Chippendale mahogany architects desk . Leather top insert with brass pull out candle holders. Beautiful carved raised galley and fretwork .
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English Chinese Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Arts & Crafts Satinwood Writing Table by Marsh and Jones
Located in London, by appointment only
An Arts and Crafts satinwood writing lavishly inlaid with stylized foliate ornament and multilayered crossbanding. The table is supported on turned columns joined by a stretcher supp...
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English Arts and Crafts Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Satinwood

19th Century French Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A Beautiful 19th Century French Walnut Bureau Plat or Writing Table. This lovely writing table is veneered throughout in burr walnut of excellent...
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

19th Century English Victorian Burr Walnut Pedestal Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality 19th century Victorian burr walnut pedestal desk. The desk top is inset with a leather skiver, decorated with gold tooling. Below this three drawers, each ...
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European Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Italian Renaissance Revival Library Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Renaissance Revival Library table, Mid/late 19th century In satinwood, burl, ebony, and other timber with marquetry veneer...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Ebony, Satinwood, Burl

Blue John Table By Royal Marble Works
Located in New Orleans, LA
This monumental table is a rare masterpiece of English furniture, custom-made by the Royal Marble Works for an important titled estate. Its striking design combines stunning Blue Joh...
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English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Stone, Marble

Victorian Walnut Campaign Travelling Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Victorian walnut campaign travelling desk, opening to a maroon leather interior, the frame remains in very good condition fo...
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English Campaign Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

19th Century, Louis XV Revival Ormolu-Mounted Bonheur Du Jour by Diehl
Located in London, by appointment only
Highly important and palatial Napoleon III Louis XV Revival Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour by Charles Guillaume Diehl, Designed by Jean Brandely, The Marquetry by E. Varlot, Paris. The rarity & importance of this magnificent piece cannot be overstated, it is without question one of the finest examples you will see. Originally commissioned for European nobility as a statement of love and marital grandeur. Incorporating the finest & rarest veneers and timbers of the time, including Harewood, Thuya, Purpleheart, palm wood and tulipwood. The beautifully shaped ormolu gallery on the top, gracefully curving outwards inset with fretted heart shapes highlight the incredible attention to detail that flow throughout this majestic piece. The upper section set either side with ormolu mounted fluted pilasters, aside two doors both individually set with masculine & feminine central marquetry panels of the most supreme quality, as you would expect from the master E. Varlot. The colors incorporated in the inlay are outstanding to behold, simply perfection. Opening to reveal the double top & bottom lock, engraved with Diehl's mark and address. Internally veneered in Rosewood of the richest color with one shelf. With two drawers below the doors, both veneered on the inside with Sycamore, one fitted for inkwells. The ormolu edged writing flap again centrally set with both a male & female figure now seated, holding hands with the lady holding a Mandoline, a true sign of happiness & love. The writing flap opening to reveal the original richly tooled velvet leather surface. The stand with one central frieze drawer, again lined inside with rosewood and with a top and bottom lock. On ormolu-mounted fluted legs. This grand Museum Quality masterpiece is in excellent condition for its age. Charles Guillaume Diehl (1811-1885) was of Germanic origins, he is considered among the most important & influential of cabinetmakers of the 19th century. He was born in Steinbach, Germany later moving to France, establishing his atelier in Paris in 1840, at the 3, Rue de Thorigny and then at the 170, Rue Saint...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

French walnut Writing Table, circa 1800
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rectangular top over one frieze drawer, raised on barley twist legs joined by H -stretchers. on later compressed ball feet.
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood and Ormolu Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very impressive and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Tulipwood, Rosewood, ormolu, and Rouge Royale marble center table/desk by Theodore Millet...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble, Ormolu

French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A French kingwood bureau plat late 19th/early 20th century in Louis XV style, with applied gilt-bronze mounts, the serpentine rectangular top with...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Kingwood

19th Century Writing Desk
Located in London, Park Royal
French, Napoleon III period, writing desk. Handmade in ebonized wood and cased with brass, ormolu.The top is covered with bevelled glass.
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French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Louis XVI Style Ladies Desk, after Francoise Linke, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style ladies writing desk, having an inset leather top, wonderful Fine gilded ormolu mounts, a single frieze drawer opening to revea...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Kingwood

French Louis XVI Style Parquetry Desk
Located in Pembroke, MA
A high-quality French Louis XVI style desk with geometric parquetry in mahogany with gilt-bronze mounts, including swags at the corners. The desk has three drawers with working locks...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

A Black Lacquered and Ormolu Mounted Bureuplat, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Black Lacquered and Ormolu Mounted Bureuplat, 19th Century Description: An exceptionally fine black lacquered and ormolu mounted bureau plat in the style of Jacques Dubois, the to...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Sheraton Revival Inlaid Desk
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century Edwardian period, Sheraton Revival inlaid desk. Having a fire screen that pulls up, secret compartments that pop out from the sides for ink and pens....
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English Sheraton Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Unique Restored Czech Biedermeier Ash Writing Desk, 1830s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This elegant Biedermeier style writing desk originates from Bohemia from the first half of the 19th century. It is crafted from ash wood, which gives it a light and natural appearanc...
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Czech Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Ash, Lacquer

Gilt-Bronze Mounted Burr Walnut Writing Table, Probably by Gillows
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Gilt-Bronze Mounted Burr Walnut Writing Table, Probably by Gillows. The rectangular top has a gilt-bronze surround above a serpentine frieze fronted by a central drawer. The corn...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century English Regency Bronze Mounted Writing Table or Desk
Located in Troy, NY
Elegant Regency writing table, top with an inset black leather writing surface framed with burlwood veneer and gilt bronze edge, on a giltwood base with a black leather foot rest...
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Rare Early American Country Pyrography Desk
Located in Forney, TX
A rare, one-of-a-kind antique American folk decorated desk with beautifully aged distressed patina found in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Hand-crafted in the Southern United States in the late 19th century, featuring elaborate hand carving and pyrography wood burning decoration in classical motif, kneehole desk form with raised gallery dated "1899", having a topped with a single door cabinet, supported by two columns of three drawers. Provenance / Acquisition: Found in a Mt. Juliet, Tennessee farmhouse Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Bright Star Antiques, Sulfur Springs, Texas. Specializing in early American antiques...
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American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Adjustable Citronnier Wood Reading Table, England, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Adjustable citronnier wood reading table, England, late 19th century.
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Antique Swedish Wide Curly Birch Pedestal Desk, Circa 1820-1840
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish pedestal curly birch desk, circa 1820-40. This antique desk from Sweden features a four foot long, rectangular-shaped top which overhangs the apr...
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Swedish Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Birch

Biedermeier Desk, Vienna 1810-1820, Style of Josef Danhauser
Located in Belmont, MA
Beautiful writing desk, Vienna 1810-20, in the style of Josef Danhauser, walnut veneer. The hexagonal legs have a gorgeous herringbone veneer pattern. The top stands out for its root veneer grain. The desk comes refinished with a shellac hand polish. The design of this unique table shows definitely the influence of the famous Austrian Biedermeier furniture...
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Austrian Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

19th Century French Louis XV Leather Top Walnut Partner Desk with Bronze Mounts
Located in Dallas, TX
Add sophistication and grandeur to your office or study with this exquisite 19th-century French partner desk. Crafted in France circa 1880, this Louis XV-style writing table is cons...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Quality Antique French Mahogany Fold Down Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique French mahogany fold down desk having the original pretty brass gallery, two glazed doors, two drawers with original brass handles. The ...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Other

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Desk ‘A la Tronchin’
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and unusual French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany desk 'A la Tronchin'. The desk is raised by square tapering legs with original ormolu sabots and castors. The str...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Small Louis XIV style desk - 19th century
Located in Manzano, IT
Small Louis XIV style desk - 19th century Elegant Louis XIV style writing table in solid cherry wood. Its elegantly veined top surrounded by a carved and turned frame. Style Antique ...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Cherry

19th Century Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Plaque Bonheur du Jour
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Wonderful Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Plaque Bonheur Du Jour The top with a pierced three quarter gallery and white marble top above a...
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French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Superb Late Victorian Adams Style Mahogany Desk
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4979 Superb Adams style inlaid desk of generous proportions, having black leather writing surface to figured mahogany and string inlaid top above three frieze drawers with reeded f...
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British Adam Style Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Antique English Regency Period Rosewood Writing Table, circa 1810-1820
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English William IV period rosewood writing table, Circa 1830. Galleried top with leather and on original casters.
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English William IV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Rosewood

Antique Leather Top Carlton House Desk
Located in London, GB
A magnificent antique leather top Carlton House desk. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1890-1900 period. It is of the utmost quality, it has a very smart design an...
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British Sheraton Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Wood

Francois Linke Louis XV Carved Wood & Marble Top Console
Located in Los Angeles, CA
FRANCOIS LINKE LOUIS XV CARVED WOOD MARBLE TOP CONSOLE TABLE, CIRCA 1890, By Francois Linke. The table is composed of a veined marble top rais...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

19th Century French Writing Sewing Stand in Bird's-Eye Maple Veneer
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century French writing sewing stand made of bird's eye maple veneer, circa 1830 top lifts to reveal original mirror frame and moving compartments. Very good condition for its ag...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

French 19th Century Louis XV Marquetry Writing Table
Located in Miami, FL
This beautiful marquetry writing table features a lovely brass banded serpentine top, bronze mounts, and one large drawer. The floral marquetry work is detailed and balanced. The wri...
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French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Rare Circular Bronze Mounted French Louis XV Style Bookcase Book Shelf
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superbly crafted and rare circular bookcase made in the Louis XV style. The bookcase has openings on all sides for books and a leather top with gold embossing for candles o...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

George III Mahogany Writing Table 19th Century Great Color and Patination
Located in Buchanan, MI
A George III Mahogany Writing Table 19th Century having two slides. Great color and patination. Measures: Height 31 x width 48 1/4 x depth 22 inches. would look great in an office or...
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English George III Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Mahogany

Finely Carved Renaissance Study Set, Late 1800s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Neo-Renaissance studio, late 1800s early 1900s, carved on solid walnut. Lombard origin. Origin Villa Campari. Study sideboard 224x62x121H, serving sideboard 183x50x132h, table 185x8...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Georgian Secretaire Bookcase Desk Mahogany 1800
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Elegant Georigian secretaire bookcase in mahogany Stand out example of English furniture making, great piece as both a desk and a bookcase Top half features the glass fronted cabin...
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Small Louis XV Style Marquetry Desk, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
- Marquetry wood - Gilt and chiseled bronze - 1880 period - Leather top - Three drawers.
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Kingwood

20th Century Lordly Historicism Desk Solid Oak with Walnut Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
lordly Neo Renaisansce desk solid oak Masterful oak desk. Massive oak carved and partly walnut veneer. Slightly protruding cover plate. Desk that stands on paw-shaped feet which i...
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German Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak, Walnut

Antique Restored Solid Oak Standing Secretary (circa 1820)
Located in Lüdinghausen, DE
Antique Restored Solid Oak Standing Secretary (circa 1820) Description: This exquisite standing secretary, crafted from solid oak and embodying the elegance and craftsmanship of th...
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European Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Original Georgian / Regency Military Campaign Desk with Large Map Drawer
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning circa 1800-1820 original Georgian / Regency Military campaign desk with large top map drawer ...
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English Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Hardwood

19th Century Desk in Pollard Oak
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A stunning quality 19th century knee hole desk in pollard oak. Rectangular top above three oak lined drawers, above three cupboards, all standing on eight bun feet with brass castors. Warm rich colour and patina! Exceptional quality! The dimensions are: Height: 78cm (30.7in) Width: 150cm (59.1in) Depth: 68cm (26.8in) This William IV period antique pollard oak bureau or desk remains structurally solid and sound, with the drawers running well. Overall, a clean example with lovely working space. In good antique condition throughout with minor signs of age. Our workshops inspects, repairs, and restores all our items, so you can have full confidence that what you buy from us is ready for your home! I'm Anthony from Anthony Short Antiques...
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British William IV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Roll-Top Desk Attributed to P. Bernard
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
After the model by Jean-Henri Riesener (French, 1734-1806). Of the Napoleon III period, in the Louis XVI style, with fruitwood and ebony inlaid in bois de citronnier, mahogany and amaranth, with a three-quarter galleried rectangular top above a roll-top, opening to reveal a leather-lined writing slide with four short drawers and five pigeon holes, the frieze centred by a push button drawer...
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French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

English Marquetry Inlaid Bureau De Dame
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Victorian gilt-bronze mounted marquetry inlaid Bureau De Dame. This richly decorated bureau de dame is of bombe shape beautifully inlaid overa...
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English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Antique French Inlaid Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
An absolutely exquisite antique French inlaid bureau plat desk. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1880-1890 period. It is one of ...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Desk with "open" shelves from 1850 Italian
Located in Cesena, FC
Antique desk with "open" shelves Antique desk with "open" shelves, Italian Peculiar center desk, cherry wood with "open" shelves with and turned legs. Can also be used as a display ...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Cherry

Large Regence Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
Of classical rectangular form, the four cabriole legs capped by ormolu female masks, with a further two masks to the sides, with three drawers and a leather writing surface
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Sheraton Revival marquetry inlaid cylinder bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
A substantial Sheraton Revival flame mahogany and satinwood crossbanded cylinder bureau, the ornate raised gallery over three cushion frieze drawers with brass tooled handles, above ...
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British Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Louis XVI style Bureau plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style bureau plat. Having an inset leather top, gilded ormolu mouldings and mounts. Trellis parquetry to the frieze, with flora...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Frederic Schmit, Paris, Large Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century marquetry inlaid French Louis XVI style bureau plat. Having an inset tooled leather top, an ormolu moulding around, three oak lined frieze drawers, with the locks stamped; Schmit, Paris. Dummy drawers to the reverse. The frieze being bombe shaped all the way round, quartered veneers and marquetry inlay. Wonderful ormolu monopodia supports to the tops of the elegant cabriole legs that terminate in hairy paw feet. Frédéric Schmit...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Kingwood, Mahogany

Fine 19th C Mahogany George 11 Writing Desk in the Manner of William Harllett
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century George 11 mahogany and leather top writing desk. Hand carved and details on both sides. Beautiful quality with a felt top writing surface. In the manner of W...
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English George II Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Fine Antique 19th Century Wood and Bronze Inlaid Desk
Located in London, GB
Exquisite quality wood and bronze inlaid desk with shelfs.   
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Biedermeier Butler Desk
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier butler desk made of oak, inlaid ebonized wood, ebonized columns, and brass hardware. Drop front writing surface with interior draw...
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Biedermeier Butler Desk
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