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Period: 19th Century
Antique Burr Walnut Writing Desk by Howard & Sons
Located in London, GB
A magnificent and very rare antique burr walnut desk by Howard & Sons. This desk is of the highest quality. It was made in England by Howard and Sons, it dates from the 1860-1880 per...
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique French Ormolu Mounted Kingwood & Inlay Slant-Front Writing Desk Ca. 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Kingwood with Inlay Slant-Front Writing Desk, Circa 1880.
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

English Chippendale Rosewood Table Desk
Located in Queens, NY
19th century English Chippendale style rosewood double pedestal table desk with 2 drawers and brown leather top.
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English Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Rustic Continental Antler and Oak Kneehole Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Rustic style Continental German (late 19th Century) antler and oak kneehole desk with antler gallery & trim with carved rabbit heads on doors with br...
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German Rustic Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak, Leather, Antler

French Charles X Maple Cross Leg Table Desk
Located in Queens, NY
French Charles X maple and inlaid cross leg table desk with 3 drawers.
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French Charles X Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Maple

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

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...
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French Empire Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Russian Neoclassic Mahogany Lyre Writing Table
Located in Queens, NY
Russian Neoclassic (18/19th Century) brass mounted mahogany writing table with oval top above a frieze drawer on lyre trestle supports joined by a stretcher.
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Russian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

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...
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British Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

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...
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French Industrial Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Southeast Asian Red Lacquered Decorated Desk
Located in Queens, NY
"Southeast Asian style (19th Century) red lacquer decorated desk with figural bird legs. Has some wear and former repairs"
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Southeast Asian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Lacquer

English Georgian Style Walnut End Table or Desk
Located in Queens, NY
English Georgian style '19th century' walnut end table (desk) with drop sides (10" wide) and having a front and side drawer with adjustable leather inset lift top on brass castors.    
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English Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Center roller flap France 1850
Located in Cesena, FC
Antique roller flap France Antique French roller flap, from the mid-1800s French roller flap, center-mounted. Mahogany feather veneer with leather-covered opening top. Solid cherry ...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cherry, Mahogany

19th Century Anglo-Indian Carved Rosewood Desk or Sofa Table
Located in New York, NY
A late 19th century Anglo-Indian rosewood desk or sofa table, the flat top bordered with three pull brass knob drawers bordered by a gadrooned edg...
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Indian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Table Pine Dining Desk Classical Leg Vernacular Folk
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Pine farmhouse table with a single plank top Rare to find a piece of vernacular or folk furniture with sophisticated features like the leg turnings on this table Length 206cm 81...
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French Folk Art Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Pine

Neoclassical Marquetry Bureau De Dame in the Style of Giuseppe Maggiolini, Italy
Located in Dallas, TX
Italian Neoclassical style freestanding slant front desk, in the manner of Giuseppe Maggiolini, late 19th c. Exquisite marquetry veneer in rosewood, satinwood and other decorative woods. The rectangular top with inlaid marquetry foliate sits above a sloping fall front centered by a foliate cartouche and corner cartouches, the kneehole. Open to reveal a nicely fitted interior with an arrangement of open compartments flanked by two short drawers and an inlaid hinged writing surface. Below this there are two large graduated drawers. Side panels inlaid with conforming scrollwork all rising on four elegant squared tapering legs finished with the original brass castor cups. The shape and the inlaid designs are similar to those on pieces of furniture produced by Giuseppe Maggiolini (1738-1814), the foremost cabinet-maker in late 18th-century Milan. Maggiolini and his workshop specialized in marquetry scenes inspired by antiquity, based on drawings by late 18th-century artists and designers such as Andrea...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique English Victorian Marquetry Writing Desk by Donald Ross
Located in London, GB
Antique English Victorian marquetry writing desk by Donald Ross English, c. 1890 Measures: Height 75cm, width 108cm, depth 64cm This superb mahogany writing desk by Donald Ross ...
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English Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Austrian Biedermeier Walnut Davenport Table
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Biedermeier (Circa 1825) walnut and inlaid trimmed davenport table desk with single drawer and stretcher with double pedestal base supports.
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Austrian Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Chippendale Style Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A very fine 19th century Chippendale style mahogany pedestal desk. The rectangular top with inset green tooled leather writing surface and carved moulded edge, above three frieze dra...
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British Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather

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.
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English Renaissance Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

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.
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

French Empire Style '19th Century' Mahogany and Bronze Trimmed Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style (19th century) mahogany and bronze trimmed table with single drawer and green (repaired) marble-top.   
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French Empire Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Marble, Bronze

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.
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British William IV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

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.
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Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Swedish Biedermeier Style Birch Kneehole Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Swedish Biedermeier style (19/20th Century) birch kneehole desk with three drawer above two cabinet doors enclosed 4 drawers with a gold embossed black leather top.
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Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Birch, Leather

Florentine Walnut Trestle Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rectangular top with molded edge above a fluted frieze and raised on shaped trestle supports with under scrolled feet joined by inswept stretchers.
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Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

French Gilt Bronze and Marquetry Writing Desk After Cressent
By Charles Cressent
Located in London, GB
French gilt bronze and marquetry writing desk after Cressent. French, late 19th century Measures: height 79cm, width 134cm, depth 76cm This very fine desk was retailed by the celebrated English retailers Edwards & Roberts and was designed and crafted in France in the manner of Charles Cressent, who worked during the early eighteenth century in the Régence style. The desk is crafted from rich dark wood finished with chequerboard marquetry and fixed with gilt bronze mounts. The desk features a flat tabletop bordered in gilt bronze, which is raised above an apron and four cabriole legs. The apron features three drawers to the front, each affixed with gilt bronze mounts in a foliate style and modelled as theatrical masks, while the sides of the apron are affixed with gilt bronze grotesques...
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French Régence Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Fabulous 19th Century Side Table or Desk
Located in Dublin, IE
A fabulous 19th century burr walnut side table or desk of gorgeous quality, finely hand carved, ormolu mounted and line inlaid throughout with beautifully rich patination and fine gr...
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English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Satin Birch Table
Located in New York, NY
UK mid-19th century satin table.
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British Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Birch

Mid-19th Century Georgian Style Mahogany Knee Hole Desk
Located in Manhasset, NY
Mid-19th century Georgian style mahogany knee hole desk in very nice original condition. The case having a single top drawer with a knee hole center flanked by three by three drawers...
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Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Cartonnier / Secretaire by Antoine Krieger
Located in Long Island City, NY
A rare late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted cartonnier or secretaire By Antoine Krieger The upper section containing seven deep tooled leather veneer drawers, abov...
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French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Austrian Biedermeier Ebonized Oval Table Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Biedermeier (circa 1825) ebonized oval top table desk with maple trim and pearwood inlaid banding and supported on 2 columns with a center drawer.
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Austrian Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Pearwood, Maple

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...
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British Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

19th Century Figured Walnut Ladies Writing Desk.
Located in Nantwich, GB
Attractive rare Victorian ladies writing desk with two short drawers below two tambour roll tops, having a highly decorative panel between, supported by a beautiful figured walnut top. The kneehole has two drawers on either side, flanked by a gallery and two shelves raised by tapered legs on solid brass...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

French Louis XV Style Kingwood Veneer End Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) kingwood veneer end table with 2 drawer (top drawer for writing) with an inlaid top and gilt bronze trim.
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

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.
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Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Antique French circa 1870 Bonheur Du Jour Hardwood Marble Desk Bureau Faux Books
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
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

Antique China Trade Desk
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Antique China Trade desk A fine China Trade desk in padouk with well-carved ebony hairy paw feet and ebony and bone inlay; recessed military handles ...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Padouk

Late 19th/Early 20th Century Edwardian Desk with Lion Paw Feet
Located in Manzano, IT
Late 19th/Early 20th Century Edwardian Desk with Lion Paw Feet Introduce timeless elegance into your workspace with this late 19th- to early 20th-century Edwardian desk. Crafted fro...
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Italian 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...
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Birdseye Maple

Exquisite Antique Hardwood Military Campaign Writing Slope Desk & Later Stand
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning original Antique Victorian Mahogany & Brass Military Campaign writing slope. I actually have a pair of these, the other has slightly different dimensions and is listed under my other items. What a find, if you are in the market for this type of luxury antique militaria...
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English Campaign Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th Century Fine Quality Burr Walnut desk
Located in Seaford, GB
19th Century Burr Walnut Desk –  Elegance and Victorian Craftsmanship Discover the unmatched charm and sophistication of our 19th-century figured burr walnut twin pedestal desk, a f...
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Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Walnut

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

French Carved Fruitwood Table
Located in London, Charterhouse Square
A French carved side table or desk in rich coloured fruitwood; with two drawer frieze, angled legs joined by decorative stretchers, carved wo...
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Spanish Other Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Fruitwood

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Belle Époque Period Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period mahogany, ormolu and leather desk, signed Henry Dasson 1877. The desk is raised by elegant...
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French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Elegant bureau, late 19th century.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Mahogany bureau with writing surface. Spacious opening drawer, lockable with a key. Drawers for small items in the upper part. Very good condition, after professional renovation. D...
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Unknown Empire Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Fine Victorian Jas Shoolbred Green Marble Topped Watchmakers Desk Writing Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning original Victorian circa 1880 James Jas Shoolbred Watchmakers table / desk with green ...
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European High Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass

Antique English Gilt Bronze and Marquetry Desk by Donald Ross
Located in London, GB
Antique English gilt bronze and marquetry desk by Donald Ross English, c. 1890 Measures: Height 75cm, width 108cm, depth 63cm This elegant mahogany writing desk by Donald Ross f...
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English Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Important Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Attributed to G. Durand, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Large veneered wood flat desk attributed to G. Durand, opening with three frieze drawers. Mounted with Rocaille style chiseled ormolu representing shells, foliage and flower garlands. Raised on four cabriole legs ornamented with chiseled ormolu. This flat desk is inspired by the one executed by the cabinet-maker Joseph Baumhauer, which was offered by King Louis XV to Empress Elisabeth...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

19th Century English Victorian Rosewood and Marquetry Writing Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
A good quality Victorian rosewood and marquetry writing, having a green leather writing surface, decorated with blind and gold tooling above an arrangement of 9 drawers, each with or...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Fine marquetry bureau plat, after Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th Century English Victorian marquetry inlaid bureau plat in the French style. Having wonderful scenes of garlands of flowers and ribbons to the top and frieze. Thre...
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English Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century William IV Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality William IV rosewood writing table, possibly Scottish, with velvet inset surface to the central ratchet action flap, the underside with remains a paper label which reads "of Callendar / Callendar House, / Falkirk". The table is in very good condition for its age, with a lovely patina. The velvet inset is original and usable but would benefit from being replaced. Callendar House is a mansion set within the grounds of Callendar Park in Falkirk, Scotland. During the 19th century, it was extensively redesigned and extended in the manner of a French Renaissance château but with hybrid elements of Scottish baronial...
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English William IV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Sheraton Period Partridgewood Tambour Desk
Located in Basildon, GB
Sheraton period partridigewood desk, completely enclosed by reeded tambour shutter, a short draw to each side, on square tapering legs, the whole inlaid with floral marquetry panels ...
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British Sheraton Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

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...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Fruitwood

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...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Red Cedar Wood Table, with Printed Grass and Silver Handle
Located in Ciudad de Mexico, MX
19th century table made of turned cedar wood, covered with a sheet metal plate with printed grass and silver handle.
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Mexican Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cedar

Old 19th Century School Bench with Cast Iron Frame and Desk
Located in Udenhout, NL
Beautiful school bench and table with cast iron frame from the 19th Century. Recuperated out of France.
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

Spectacular 19th Century French Marble Table
Located in Newmanstown, PA
This incredible French table is a combination of finely carved wood and beautiful metalwork with painted ceramic and a marble top. It displays very sharp craftsmanship all throughout...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Marble

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