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Period: 19th Century
Antique English Rosewood Regency Inlaid Lap Desk, circa 1830
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English rosewood regency inlaid lap desk, circa 1830.
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century Georgian Mahogany Tambour Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
Late 18th-early 19th century Georgian mahogany tambour desk with green tooled leather writing surface, fitted interior, tap...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th C. Italian Writing Desk w/Decorative Inlay & Sliding Top for Hidden Storage
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian smaller-sized writing desk with storage hidden beneath top from the 19th century. This super cute desk, or occasional table from I...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Industrial Metal Base Garden Dining Table or Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
These antique metal workbench saw horses have been adapted and made into a stylish dining table base. Partnered with a reclaimed teak wood top...
Category
American Industrial Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Charles Bevan, Attri. A Gothic Revival Oak Library or Sofa Table with Marble Top
By John Marsh and Edward Jones, Charles Bevan
Located in London, GB
Charles Bevan, attri. probably made by Marsh Jones and Cribb of Leeds.
A super quality Gothic Revival oak library or Sofa table with semi-circular veined marble top, arched supports...
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English Gothic Revival Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
19th Century English Writing Desk, Partner Style, Leather Top, Wood Grain Veneer
Located in Madrid, ES
This mid-19th century English writing desk features handsomely inlaid rich-grained mahogany veneer. It is "partner" or "center" in de...
Category
British Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
19th Century Amboyna and Ebonised Sofa Table
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century amboyna and ebonised centre / sofa table, the rounded rectangular top with ormolu beading, ebonised edge and amboyna banding, with black leather top decorated with blind...
Category
British Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony
19th Century Louis Philippe Essay Desk, circa 1860
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid wood, mahogany veneer. Extendable cover plate. Decorated tower crowning. Top with four drawers and a cupboard in the center. Everything lockable.
(L-131).
Category
French Louis Philippe Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Marble-Top Library Writing Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Curvaceous 19th century English Victorian library table or writing table desk. The table features a 1" inch thick slab of Carrara marble on top with a serpentine shape and an ogee ed...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century, French Louis XV Style, Lacquered Wood Desk
Located in IT
19th century, French Louis XV style, lacquered wood desk
This elegant lacquered wooden desk was made in France between the end of the 19th centu...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI Style Cylinder Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Striking antique French cylinder desk with many drawers and compartments. Pull out leather writing surface. Galleried marble top and fitted with b...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Belgian Notary Desk Made of Oak
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Original notary desk or writing furniture from the 19th century in Belgium. Made of solid oak.
Standing on lion feet, 2 firmly connected base cabinets, ea...
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Belgian Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Wood
Sheraton Revival Satinwood Cylinder Bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
Sheraton revival satinwood and rosewood crossbanded cylinder bureau, the raised three-quarter galleried superstructure above a roll top with marquetry ...
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British Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
19th Century Bronze Mounted Tulipwood and Rosewood Crossbanded Bureau Plat
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th century bronze-mounted tulipwood and rosewood crossbanded bureau plat, the shaped top with gilt bronze border and tooled black leather inset writing surface above three frieze d...
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British Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Rare circa 1880 Antique Howard & Son's Pollard Oak Patner Desk Oxblood Leather
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely sublime exceptionally rare circa 1880 Pollard oak partner desk with oxblood leather top made by and fully stamped Howard & Son’s Berners Street
What can I say, a 140 year old desk, in one of the best timbers around and made by one of the greatest furniture makers England has ever produced. Howard & Son’s history is extensive, I’ll include a short bio below
The desk has the normal partner desk drawer configuration, there are divider slots and some dividers in most drawers, most likely this was a watch makers desk...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
Fine Regency Period Writing Table / Sofa Table in Figured Rosewood, Circa 1825
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine early 19th century George IV period writing table / sofa table, showing a richly figured rosewood frame featuring a gilt-tooled black/green leather top with an elevating readi...
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British Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Early Victorian Rosewood Writing Table by Holland and Sons
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The rectangular gilt tooled leather inset top above two short frieze drawers, on fluted ring-turned baluster twin columnar end supports, terminating in recessed castors, one drawer s...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Grand 19th Century Louis Philippe Mahogany Desk with Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
Grand 19th century Louis Philippe mahogany desk with bookcase soars to just over 9 feet in height, providing a magnificent focal point for the room as well as copious storage for all...
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French Louis Philippe Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Mahogany Twin Pedestal Desk Edwards & Roberts
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique fine quality Victorian mahogany twin pedestal desk Edwards & Roberts (famous London maker), circa 1895.
This is a lovely quality piece, that is full of age, charm and char...
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Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
19th Century Antique French Mahogany Wooden Childrens Lift Top Writing Desk
Located in Baambrugge, NL
19th century antique French mahogany wooden, low by the ground, childrens writing desk. This lift top desk has a little drawer and secret compar...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Scandinavian Antique Table of Pine Wood with Green Patinated Frame, 19th Century
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Antique Scandinavian country side working table from the 19th century made of pine wood.
The frame of table is hand painted with matte green pai...
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Scandinavian Other Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th Century French Feminine Boulle Bureau
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French feminine Boulle bureau (office desk, escritoire).
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Unique Restored Czech Biedermeier Walnut Table, 1840s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Biedermeier table - Writing desk
Completely restored.
Shellac polish.
Material: Walnut veneer, lacquer
Source: Czechia (Bohemia)
Period: 1840-1849.
Category
Czech Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
William IV Inlaid Mahogany Desk Attributed to Gillows
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The rectangular cocuswood cross-banded satine top above a central frieze drawer flanked to either side with three further drawers around a recess on foliate-carved cabriole legs with...
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English William IV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
From Villa Estate Neo Renaissance / Danzig Baroque Table antique circa 1890
Located in Berlin, DE
We offer a unique Neo Renaissance / Gdansk Baroque table.
The table stood in the entrance of a magnificent villa in the posh district of Grunewald for over 70 years.
Here are the original black and white photos of the table.
Solid oak with relief carvings and 4 angel heads, the top has a beautiful walnut veneer with a star inlay in the middle.
1-drawer has a lion head
underneath is a hidden drawer.
Spiral column frame with cross...
Category
German Baroque Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Salon Empire Writing Desk, 1890
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid wood, mahogany veneer. Rectangular cover plate over an inconspicuous frame. The base is arched. Fine chiselled bronze applications, gilded. Removable worktop / writing table un...
Category
French Empire Revival Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Regency Period Rosewood Davenport, Boxwood Strung
Located in London, GB
An attractive early 19th century Regency period rosewood freestanding "Davenport " boxwood strung throughout, having gilt tooled leather writing surface with galleried back and lift ...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Boxwood, Rosewood
Nice Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
A nice late 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted bureau plat
The rectangular top with gilt-tooled leather writing-surface within a molded border, above a quarter-veneered serpentine frieze, three drawers to the front and three simulated drawers to the reverse, each drawer with acanthus scroll handles, the sides centered with a floral motif, the cabriole legs mounted with sea shell bronze...
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French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Swedish Karl Johan Biedermeier Lyre Motif Birch Table, 1825
By Karl Johan
Located in San Francisco, CA
An early Karl Johan-period Swedish Biedermeier lyre motif small birch table with drawer.
Bookmatched birch veneer top with ebonized edge, and birch v...
Category
Swedish Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Birch
George III Period Mahogany Partner's Desk, circa 1800
Located in Lymington, GB
A George III-period mahogany partner’s desk, circa 1800.
This is a very good quality Georgian English partner’s desk of classic proportions.
Excellent deep, rich color and patinatio...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Napoleon III Secretaire Desk by Diehl
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual amboyna Napoleon III secretaire desk by Diehl, the rectangular top above a single long frieze drawer which opens to reveal a leather-inset secretaire with a pigeonhole fla...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Amboyna
Writing Table, Mahogany, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Rectangular board table decorated with a strip of vegetal motifs on the outer edge, waist enhanced with carved bands with oval and vegetable motifs of classicist influence and legs d...
Category
European Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Mounted Writing Table of Fine Quality
Located in Benington, Herts
An extremely fine 19th century French Louis XV Revival gilt ormolu mounted Kingwood bureau de dame / writing table.
French, circa 1870.
A very attractive and of the finest qua...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Writing Desk by François Linke
Located in New Orleans, LA
Superior craftsmanship and elegant bronze work characterize this tambour front roll top writing desk by François Linke, the most important French ébéniste of his time. Linke is celeb...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French circa 1870 Bonheur Du Jour Hardwood Marble Desk Bureau Faux Books
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare fully restored circa 1870 hardwood and Parquetry Bonheur Du Jour with marble top surmounted by brass gallery rail, leather top and f...
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French High Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Rare Victorian Four-Sided Quad Pedestal Desk in Flamed Hardwood Green Leather
Located in GB
We are delighted to this very rare flamed mahogany quad four sided pedestal partners desk with green leather top
This is a very rare and collectable desk, designed for four people to use at the same time, having quad pedestals you can use four office chairs...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Antique British Colonial Campaign Chest with Pullout Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century campaign chest with seven drawers handcrafted in camphor wood and featuring a pullout desk with nooks, drawers and a leather writi...
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Chinese British Colonial Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
English 1880s Faux-Bamboo Desk with Copper Hued Leather Top and Five Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English faux bamboo desk from the late 19th century, with copper leather top and five drawers. Created in England during the later years of the 19th century, this desk features a ...
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English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Faux Bamboo
Restored Baroque Revival Oak Writing Desk, circa 1890
Located in Opole, PL
Restored Baroque Revival Oak Writing Desk, circa 1890
This Neo-Baroque writing desk is entirely made in oak wood. Presented piece of furniture is...
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European Baroque Revival Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Important Italian Angiolo Barbetti Firenze Antique Cherub Desk Library Table
Located in GB
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
Antique English Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Writing Desk with Original Brasses
Located in Charleston, SC
Fabulous quality antique English inlaid mahogany Hepplewhite style writing desk or Carlton House style desk with original oval brasses, and h...
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English Hepplewhite Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
English 1870s Faux Bamboo Walnut Desk with Oval Top, Drawers and Root Style Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English faux bamboo walnut desk from the late 19th century, with oval shaped top, two drawers and bamboo root style feet. Created in England during the third quarter of the 19th c...
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English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Walnut
English 19th Century Sheraton Style Mahogany Clerk's Desk or Standing Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
Antique English early to mid-19th century Sheraton style mahogany Clerk's desk or standing desk with fitted interior and satinwood drawers having original turned ebony round pulls (s...
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English Sheraton Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Gillow's of Lancaster Regency Military Campaign Kidney Desk Brass Gallery Rail
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and exceptionally rare Gillow's of Lancaster circa 1815 Military Campaign Kidney desk with brass gallery rail and removable barley twist legs
An exceptionally rare example of a High Victorian Library desk...
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English High Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Stunning Victorian 1880 Marble Topped Satinwood Console or Writing Table Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely lovely light satinwood writing console table with twin drawers and solid marble top
A good looking and well made piece, the timb...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Biedermeier Desk, Walnut Veneer, Vienna, 1820-1830
Located in Belmont, MA
Biedermeier desk, Vienna 1820-1825, walnut with maple Marquetry. The top and the end panels with beautiful flower and vine decor. The table is in good original condition. If required...
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Austrian Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Maple, Walnut
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 ...
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
1850s Barley Twist Library Table
Located in New York, NY
1850s Barley twist table. Has a single pull-out drawer and a finial to the center of the stretcher. Can also be used as a desk.
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Fine 19th Century François Linke Bronze Mounted Bureau a Cylindre Roll Top Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Exhibiting the sought after superior fineness of Francois Linke, this late 19th century petit Bureau a Cylindre or roll top desk is a splendid creation. Mahogany with a deep plum col...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Anglo-Indian Sadeli Inlaid Work Box Traveling Writing Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
A stunning camel bone, ebony and metal inlaid sadeli work box with portable writing desk, Bombay, circa 1850.
The sandalwood body of faceted rec...
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Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
19th Century Biedermeier Writing Table, Hungary, circa 1820-1830
Located in Belmont, MA
Unique oval 19th century Biedermeier writing table, Hungary circa 1820-1830, bird's-eye maple veneer, burl walnut and elmwood veneer with akanthus leave marquetry on the top. The tab...
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Hungarian Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Writing Desk by Poteau
Located in London, GB
Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted writing desk by Poteau
French, late 19th century
Size: Height 78cm, width 180cm, depth 87cm
This beautiful Louis XV style writing desk is rais...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
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
19th Century Enlish Victorian Corner Desk with Green Leather Top in Maple.
Located in Dallas, TX
An English Victorian birdseye maple corner desk with an old green leather top with large drawers behind the two front doors with three large and three small drawer. This is a charmin...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood, Birdseye Maple
19th Century Restored German Biedermeier Cherry-Tree Writing Desk, Table, 1830s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Biedermeier writing desk
Completely restored.
Shellac polish.
Material: Cherry tree
Period: 1830-1839.
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Czech Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Cherry
English Regency Lacquered Chinoiserie Partners Desk
Located in New York, 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
French Empire Mahogany Bureau à Cylindre Writing Table, circa 1810
Located in Rome, IT
A French gilt-metal mounted mahogany bureau à cylindre writing desk.
With a grey marble top over three drawers, the fall enclosing a sliding tan leather writing surface, an interior...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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