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Period: 19th Century
Late Victorian Carlton House Desk in Satinwood
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5033, exceptional quality Sheraton Revival satinwood and marquetry desk attributed to Edwards and Roberts, having original tooled leather writing surface flanked by two floral inlaid boxes, enclosing drawers with pen tray and letter compartments united by string inlaid shelf and surmounted by fine gallery, above scroll inlaid central drawer fitted with original working lock and a key and flanked by fan inlaid brackets and bow fronted and mahogany lined drawers, all inlaid with scrolls, leaves and harebells and fitted with original drop handles in brass, all standing on slender, tapered and string inlaid legs terminating in spade feet. This antique satinwood desk...
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British Sheraton Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
19th Century Italian Library Table of Walnut Wood with Straight Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Italian 19th century library table, made of walnut wood, will strike you by the sheer simplicity and beauty of its lines. The rectangular top sits on a linear apron and is raise...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
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
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...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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
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...
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English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century English Two-Drawer Walnut Table
Located in New York, NY
19th century two-drawer walnut table with barley twist legs.
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
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
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
English Arts and Crafts Oak Roll Top Desk
Located in New York, NY
English Arts and Crafts oak roll top desk with side drawers and leather top.
Category
English Arts and Crafts Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
Austrian Bentwood Child Desk
By Thonet
Located in New York, NY
Austrian Bentwood small child's desk with attached chair with double hoop back design. (THONET label and brand)
Category
Austrian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bentwood
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...
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American Industrial Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
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...
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English George III Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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
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
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 19th Century Regency Mahogany Carlton House Desk, circa 1820
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A large early 19th century Sheraton "Carlton House" form desk of substantial size in ribboned mahogany, with three cockbeaded frieze drawers with Fine original gilt brass pulls. The case inlaid with ebony stringing, the second tier in horse shoe form houses six drawers. The antique black tooled...
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
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
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, 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
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
Early 19th Century Empire Mahogany Architects Table by Jean-Joseph Chapuis
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An elegant and attractive early 19th century Empire mahogany architects table by Jean-Joseph Chapuis (1765-1864). The double ratcheted hinged rectangular top lined with dark green oi...
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Belgian Empire Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
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
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
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.
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
English Anglo-Indian Rosewood and Padouk Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
Mid-19th century English Anglo-Indian ebonized rosewood and padouk writing table with 3 frieze drawers over entwined serpent trestle legs joined by a stretcher. (possibly Ceylonese).
Category
English Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, Padouk, Rosewood
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 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
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
19th Century Ebonised Boulle Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality 19th century ebonised Boulle Bonheur Du Jour writing table. The top, of arched form, has an ornate brass pediment, flanked by...
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French Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
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
Materials
Kingwood
Late 19th Century Table, Writing Desk, Hand Carved Walnut, Testolini & Salviati
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Late 19th century table, writing desk, in hand carved walnut, by Testolini & Salviati.
The important desk is all in solid walnut, with a veneered top. Neoclassical legs with 4 lions...
Category
Italian Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Fine 19th Century French Louis XV Bronze Mounted Kingwood & Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A very fine and original French 19th century Louis XV bronze mounted kingwood and walnut bureau plat. The writing desk has serpentine shape gilt banding around the top surface, three...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
Writing Table
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A small William IV mahogany writing on turned and reeded legs, 2 mahogany lined drawers with false drawers on the back and a fitted good quality green hide
...
Category
English William IV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Walnut Partners Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a walnut and Kashmir walnut partners desk made in England, circa 1890. The top of the desk is Walnut with 3 shaped pieces of beautiful brown lea...
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English George III Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Charles X Birdseye Davenport Table Desk
Located in New York, NY
French Charles X bird’s-eye maple davenport table desk with amaranth marquetry inlaid top and drop sides supported on 4 tapered fluted legs with a sing...
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French Charles X Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
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 Georgian Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in New York, NY
English Georgian style (19th Century) mahogany kneehole desk with bronze ram heads & trim and leather top with carved edge.
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British Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Portuguese Rosewood Office Desk with Brass Fittings
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century Portuguese rosewood office desk with brass fittings.
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Portuguese Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
Pair of Early 19th Century Mahogany Library Tables
Located in Martlesham, GB
A pair of early 19th century mahogany library / writing tables of exhibition quality, the tops having a black leather writing surface decorated with gilt and blind tooling, with pull...
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English Regency 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...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
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
Very Rare Gillow Breakfront Library Desk Brass Gallery Burr Amboyna Wood
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and exceptionally rare Gillow Library breakfront desk with brass gallery in Burr Amboyna timber, circa...
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English High Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
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.
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Czech Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
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...
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German Baroque Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Feminine Boulle Bureau
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French feminine Boulle bureau (office desk, escritoire).
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th C Chippendale Style Mahogany Block Front Shell Carved Secretary Desk Lowboy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th century Chippendale style mahogany blockfront secretary desk. Item features solid mahogany wood construction, dramatic shapely legs terminating with ball and claw feet on the fr...
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American Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Walnut Center Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th century walnut writing table the shaped top with inset leather enclosed by a walnut banding. To the frieze fitted with gilt metal decoration...
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British Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
A.W.N Pugin and Sir Charles Barry, an Important Gothic Revival Oak Library Table
Located in London, GB
A.W.N Pugin and Sir Charles Barry.
A rare and important Gothic Revival carved oak library table. Probably one of the earliest known pieces to derive fro...
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English Gothic Revival Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
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
George IV Mahogany Writing Table
By John Mclean
Located in Dublin, GB
A fine George IV figured mahogany writing table
The tooled leather top inside a mahogany band, with a double brass rimed edge, above a frieze with two brass rimmed drawers. Features...
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English George IV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Flamed Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent French 19th century Louis XV style flamed mahogany and ormolu Bureau plat desk. The desk is raised by handsome cabriole legs with exquisitely chased ormolu acanthus lea...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Marquetry Table with Drawer Baroque Revival, Austria, circa 1850
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Lovely shaped 19th century Marquetry table with drawer from the Baroque Revival period in Austria, circa 1850. Slender legs made of solid walnut wood, a wonderful marquetry work on t...
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Austrian Baroque Revival Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Maple, Nutwood, Walnut
Sublime Hand Carved from Top to Bottom Antique Victorian 1850 Knee Hole Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and really quite rare original early Victorian hand carved solid mahogany Knee hole desk
A very decorative piece, originally made ...
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English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
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