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Period: 19th Century
Restored Antique Russian Hardwood & Gilt Metal Partner Desk & Leather Armchair
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Wer are delighted to offer this beautiful fully restored very large Russian Mahogany & Gilt metal extending desk with matching hand dyed brown leather throne...
Category
Russian Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$22,421 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Fine English 19th Century Adam Style Polychrome Painted Satinwood Vanity Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine English 19th century Adam style Polychrome painted satinwood vanity table. The ornately decorated cabinet surmounted with an easel mirror flanked by a pair of storage compartments centered with oval paintings, all above five top drawers, the front serpentine apron with a large drawer and raised on four tapering legs conjoined with an "X" stretcher centered with an oval storage...
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English Adam Style Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mirror, Satinwood
$12,450 Sale Price
49% Off
19th Century English Satinwood and Leather Table
Located in Richmond, VA
19th century English Edwardian period satinwood and leather top table. Very pretty color and the smaller scale makes it a much more versatile option as a side table or console.
Category
English Edwardian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Satinwood
Regency Mahogany And Inlaid Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Removed from the one time residence of William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies Beverly Hills home. With rectangular top with 3/4 brass gallery and blac...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Antique Drawer Set in a Contemporary Iron Base with Glass Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This table, originally a typeface tray in late 19th-century France, has been ingeniously repurposed into a functional piece of furniture. Mounted on sleek rectangular iron legs and t...
Category
French Industrial Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Louis XVI Style Kingwood Parquetry & Ormolu Mounted Ladies Writing Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th-20th century louis XVI style kingwood parquetry and ormolu-mounted ladies writing table, the body surrounded by bronze moldings. The apron repeats the parquet...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century, French Wood Travel Desk
Located in IT
19th Century, French Wood Travel Desk
Measures: cm H 103 x W 52 x closed D 9. Open D 59 cm
This particular travel desk was made in France, in the earl...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Kneehole Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Small 19th century English kneehole desk with exquisite patina and charming carved knob handles. This desk features a rich chestnut hue, perfect for an office or private study, demon...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
$4,875
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 lea...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$24,051 Sale Price
20% Off
English Sheraton Mahogany Horseshoe Conference Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Sheraton-style (19th Century) large mahogany 4 section horseshoe shaped hunt/conference table with black leather top.
Category
English Sheraton Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
A George IV Chinese Amboyna Desk
Located in Conwy, GB
The shaped cornice above a fitted bureau-bookcase enclosed behind solid doors, the central desk drawer has a ratcheted writing slope and is flanked by thr...
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Chinese Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Amboyna
Louis XV Desk with Bronze D’Ore Mounts
Located in New Orleans, LA
This French Louis XV marquetry bureau plat dates back to the 19th century and is attributed to the artist "Sormani". Born in Venice and working in Paris, Paul Sormani was one of the ...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Gold Plate
19th Century Italian Ebonised Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Early 19th century Italian ebonized desk with exceptional marquetry work and bone inlay.
Dimensions:
W: 39″
D: 26.5″
H: 28.5″
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bone, Wood
English Renaissance Walnut Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style (19th Century) walnut carved console table with drawer and stretcher on turned legs.
Category
English Renaissance Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Tuscany Walnut Dining or Writing Table
Located in Rome, IT
A Tuscany walnut table with rectangular top and sophisticated lyre legs, joined by wrought iron stretcher.
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$5,772 Sale Price
20% Off
19th C China Trade Roll Top Lap Desk on Stand
Located in Charleston, SC
A early-19th century Asian hardwood lap desk on stand. A similar one is pictured in "The Decorative Arts of The China Trade," page 248. The stand is a replacement made from pearwood.
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
A Fine Quality Louis XVI style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat by Alexandre
Located in New York, NY
Contains gilt ornaments and a frieze of putti in heaven on either side. Topped with blind-tooled leather, an inset writing surface. Contains one large drawer that runs the width of ...
Category
Rococo Revival Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
19th Century English Regency Walnut Writing Table in the Manner of Holland &Sons
Located in Dublin, IE
A George IV walnut rectangular writing table, the top with inset leather scriver above a shaped frieze drawer, raised on pairs of turned side supports with lotus collars and stretche...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Very Fine 19th Century Marquetry Inlaid Desk or Library Centre Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine 19th century marquetry inlaid bird’s-eye maple desk or library centre table, finely carved, ormolu mounted, line inlaid and cross banded throughout and of gorgeous quality with beautifully rich patination and fine grain. The moulded, crossbanded top of serpentine form is embellished with stunning marquetry detail of scroll, foliate and flower head motifs with a cartouche to the central reserve and trimmed to the outer border with ormolu flowerhead detail. Raised over shaped single drawer frieze with centred finely cast...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th century French bureau plat featuring beautifully veneered wood surface and black leather top.
Framed by a gilt brass border. The desk has three drawers across the front with ela...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Writing Desk Made of Walnut
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
A 19th century Italian writing desk in renaissance revival style made of solid walnut.
The table can be used as a writing desk or as a dining table. Both sides look the same.
...
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Italian Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Elegant Wooden Bureau
Located in Milano, IT
Rare solid wood desk dating from the early 1700s, fine French manufacture.
The bureau is very imposing and majestic and that is what makes its elegance.
The shape is rectangular, t...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$8,658 Sale Price
20% Off
Lacquered Chinese Calligrapher's Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This calligraphy table, like all the highest quality pieces of Chinese furniture, follows the timeless principles of Chinese architectural design and construction techniques. It has ...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
19th Century English Metamorphic Writing Desk by William Richardson
Located in Essex, MA
A Signed 19th Century Metamorphic Writing Desk by William Richardson of Leeds and Bradford. Original leather top. Beautiful mellow patina, carved neoclassical legs with "lamb tongu...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
French 19th Century Louis XV Bombe Marquetry Writing Table with Bronze Mounts
Located in New Orleans, LA
This beautiful marquetry writing table features a bombe shape reflecting the Louis XV style well. The piece sports heavily detailed and balanced marquetry work, bronze mounts, and on...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Qing Dynasty 19th Century Two-Drawer Desk with Bronze Butterfly Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period wooden desk from the 19th century with two drawers, horse hoof legs, carved spandrels and butterfly bronze hardware. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty period in the 19th century, this wooden desk features a rectangular top with central board, sitting above two drawers fitted with bronze butterfly hardware. The desk is raised on four straight legs adorned with horse hoof extremities and linear carved spandrels present on all sides. We review all of our pieces and address issues we may find before they leave for your home; however, this is an antique piece, and as such it will keep its character and some imperfections, which is the quintessence of antique and vintage furniture...
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Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Gothic Style Mahogany Dining Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A striking, French, gothic revival dining table, constructed from dark mahogany, featuring a rectangular top with gently rounded corners and an hand polished surface. Supporting the ...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Writing Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th-century writing table, the raised three-quarter pierced gallery with SFJ monogram, to the inset leather top enclosed by a tooled brass border. Above an arrangement go five drawe...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Regency Style Bureau Plat Desk with Bronze Figures
Located in Dallas, TX
Fine Bureau Plat with Parquety top and bronze figures all in excellent conditions.
Category
French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Gothic Revival oak writing or library table A. W. N. Pugin
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Fine 19th Century Gothic Revival oak library table, the design attributed to A. W. N. Pugin and although not stamped was probably made by Gillow or Holland & Sons two of the leading...
Category
British Gothic Revival Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Adjustable writing table with Adam and Eve inlay
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Adjustable writing table with Adam and Eve inlay. Professionally stained and repolished.
Category
Austrian Baroque Revival Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Charles X Birdseye Davenport Table Desk
Located in Queens, 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...
Category
French Charles X Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
English Georgian Period Mahogany Desk with Ten Graduating Drawers and Shelf
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Georgian period mahogany desk from the 19th century, with 10 graduating drawers and brass hardware. Created in England during the Georgian period, this mahogany desk features a rectangular top sitting above 10 graduating drawers surrounding a scalloped opening concealing a small shelf. Fitted with brass hardware, this 19th century English Georgian mahogany desk...
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Style Walnut Table Desk
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (19/20th Century) walnut table desk with gilt trim and stretcher.
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Carved desk from Spain with hand carving and iron stretcher
Located in Houston, TX
The exceptional wood used in this piece reflects great
Quality. The craftsmanship executed is also
Very good. It has a gadrooned edge and the top has
No marks or problems. It has a ...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
French Empire Style Mahogany and Bronze Griffins Table Desk
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style (19th Century) mahogany and bronze trimmed 2 drawer table desk with stretcher, griffins, and green marble top.
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Large Spanish Dining or Desk Table with Carved Legs and Wood Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
19th Spanish refectory desk table with solid legs and wood stretcher
Original perfect condition
Top table in perfect condition
Very heavy piece
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (19th Century) mahogany and bronze trimmed fluted leg kneehole desk with gallery.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century English Writing Table In The Manner Of George Bullock
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine Early 19th century English REgency bird's maple writing table in the manner of George Bullock, of rectangular outline the shaped top with leather inset writing surface ab...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
French 19th Century Louis XVI Mahogany Knee-Hole Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
French 19th century Louis XVI mahogany marquetry 5 drawer kneehole desk with bronze mounts and leather top
Category
French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Cherrywood Tric Trac Table
Located in Essex, MA
With removable rectangular top with inset leather and wood border, the reverse in green baize. All opens to a backgammon table with ebony playing surface. Each side with a small draw...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Cherry
$9,500 / item
Mahogany dressing table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany Dressing or Writing Table, the rectangular top with a raised three-quarter gallery, above an arrangement of drawers with turned knob handles...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$4,834
Antique English Queen Anne Walnut Writing Desk, Circa 1895
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Queen Anne walnut writing desk, circa 1895.
Category
English Queen Anne Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
English Georgian Mahogany Architects Table Desk
Located in Queens, NY
English Georgian mahogany architects table desk with a double hinged adjustable top with a fitted interior and a green felt writing surface.
Category
British Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Felt, Mahogany
Rare Hampton & Son's Pall Mall Hardwood Twin Pedestal Writing Partners Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare Hampton & Son’s Pall Mall Victorian, circa 1870 twin pedestal partner writing desk
A very good looking well-made mahogany desk with a leather top made by the highly coveted Hampton & Son’s
The top left and right drawers are fully stamped Hampton & Son’s Pall Mall, all other drawers have Hobbs & Co locks, the handles are all period correct and original
The top has multiple patina marks and colour variations, the timber on the desk is in a similar order, we have deep cleaned hand condition waxed and hand polished it
Dimensions
Height 71.5 cm
Width 137 cm
Depth 80 cm
Legroom
Height 56 cm
Width 60 cm
Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point
In 1830 William Hampton opened a shop for the sale of general household furniture in Cranbourn Street. He was subsequently joined by his two sons George and William Powell (the sons of George Hampton; Harold, Fred and Clarence also later entered the business). In 1869 the business expanded with new premises on the corner site comprising 8 Pall Mall East and 1-3 Dorset Place (now Whitcomb Street). Throughout its history the firm suffered a number of serious fires, the first of which occurred in 1890. As the firm continued to expand it took over control of a number of other firms, beginning with James Coulson and Co of Lisburn, Northern Ireland in 1898, and in the early 1950's Goodall, Lamb and Highway of King Street, Manchester and Robson and Sons...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
$5,605 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed Late 19thC Cylinder Desk After a Model by J-F Oeben
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
The finest quality Louis XV/XVI transitional style gilt bronze mounted tulipwood and amaranth cylinder desk by L. Cueunieres after models by Jean-Francois Oeben (French 1721-1763). T...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Russian Neoclassic Mahogany Writing Table
By Ptorngren
Located in Queens, NY
Russian Neoclassic (circa 1800) brass mounted mahogany writing table with green leather inset top above 3 frieze drawers, locks stamped "Ptorngren" or "PTGF".
Category
Russian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century William IV Circular Mahogany Drum Table
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century William IV circular mahogany drum table with tooled green leather inset to top and drawers to frieze. With a turned pod supported by three splayed legs terminating in br...
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English William IV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Mahogany Extending Folio or Architect's Table
Located in Richmond, VA
19th century English mahogany extending folio or architect's table. Great color and lines. 29.25" High when closed and extends to 50" high when fully open. In addition to vertically ...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$4,350 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Davenport 19th Century Writing Desk Biedermeier Gold Inlays around 1830
Located in Berlin, DE
Very rare antique Biedermeier Davenport desk around 1830-1835. Very rare and unique
Antique Davenport Writing Desk – Elegant Design with Inlays and Storage
This exquisite antique D...
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German Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$2,483 Sale Price
30% Off
Mahogany Two Drawer Writing Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany writing / side table, the moulded rounded oblong top, two frieze drawers and false draws to opposing side with turned mahogany handles, raised on reeded turned tapering legs...
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English George IV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine Pair of Regency Bonheur-du-Jours
Located in London, GB
A FINE PAIR OF REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD BONHEUR-DU-JOURS ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN MCLEAN, CIRCA 1810.
Each with a galleried super structure fitted with two drawers...
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique circa 1850 Patrick Beakey Dublin Oxblood Leather Demilune Gallery Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning rare and original Mid Victorian circa 1850-1860 Partick Beakey of Dublin Ireland Demi Lune Library writing table or desk with oxblood leather writing top and brass gallery rail
A very rare and luxury desk...
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Irish High Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$5,549 Sale Price
20% Off
Rustic Primitive Working Bench, France, Early 19th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rustic working bench that exudes a raw, handcrafted charm, showcasing the wear and patina from decades, if not centuries, of use. Made from solid, heavy wood, the bench features a st...
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French Rustic Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Victorian Walnut Work Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Walnut work table, the rectangular-shaped burr walnut lifts up top, opening to reveal a green leather writing slope and fitted interior above frieze drawer and storage compartment be...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Chinese Chippendale Carved Pagoda Top Writing Table
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
This stunning and rare 19th-century English Chinese Chippendale pagoda desk or writing table is a remarkable example of craftsmanship. The highly stylized,...
Category
British Chinese Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$8,015 Sale Price
35% Off
Unusual William IV Work and Writing Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn582A Excellent and very unusual William IV sewing table in rosewood, having 3 dummy drawers to frieze and one drawer which opens to reveal writing section with black leather and pe...
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English William IV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
$2,073 Sale Price
20% Off
Regency free standing Gonzalo Alves writing table or library table
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Regency free standing Gonzalo Alves writing table or library table, the rectangular top set above two frieze drawers on one side and dummy drawers to the reverse, raised upon ...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
A Victorian Oak Pedestal Desk by Deighton & Dunthorne, 320 High Holborn, London.
Located in London, GB
Featuring a gilt-tooled dark red leather writing surface. The upper section comprises a central drawer flanked by two smaller drawers.
Below, the twin pedestals each contain three g...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak, Pine
English William IV Rosewood Davenport Table
Located in Queens, NY
English William IV (circa 1835) rosewood davenport table desk with carved apron and supported on 2 pedestals connected with a stretcher and 2 drawers.
Category
British William IV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
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