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Period: 19th Century
Regency period brass inlaid Library table, circa 1820
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality Regency period Rosewood Library table, having brass inlaid stringing, an inset leather top, a single frieze drawer, end supports, raised on elegant out swept feet...
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French Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Italian or Spanish Walnut Trestle Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Unique and structurally sound table.
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European Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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
$3,223
French Napoleon II mahogany and gilt bronze center desk circa 1855
Located in Milano, IT
French center desk with solid mahogany veneer frame decorated with mercury-gilt bronzes such as sphinx heads, lion paws and friezes.
Top covered in leather. Two drawers.
Napoleon III era, Second Empire, ca. 1851/55.
Dimensions: H. 77 cm. L. 135 cm. D. 70 cm.
Notes
Under the influence of Marie Antoinette, French artists began to draw inspiration from the 18th-century archaeological discoveries made in the Mediterranean during the time of Louis XVI. After the Revolution of 1789, under the Consulate of Napoleon Bonaparte (1799-1804), the Egyptian campaign drew even more attention to one of the cradles of civilizations.
The "retour d'Egypte" style culturally and artistically had great success in France and Europe and reached as far as Russia; but much of this "Egyptomania" was politically driven to divert attention from the military failure of this campaign (defeat at Abukir, destruction of the French fleet by Admiral Nelson). The peak of this style's success was reached when the book "voyages dans le Basse et la Haute Egypte pendants les campagnes du general Bonaparte" by Dominique Vivant Denon...
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French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rare Antique English Mahogany Brass Bound Travel Box, circa 1800
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare antique english mahogany brass bound travel box, circa 1800.
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Regency Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Ebonized and Parcel-Gilt with black leather top and gilded greek key design trim. 2 drawers on front and 2 false drawers on backside. With original castors and hardware.
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
$21,500 / item
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
Spanish 19th C. Desk or Console Table with Beautiful Lyre-Carved Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish walnut wood table with lyre legs from the 19th century. This antique table from Spain features a rectangular-shaped top which is raised upon a pair of sinuously carved tres...
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Spanish Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
English Rosewood Early Victorian Library Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This table completely made from the solid is of exceptional quality. The woods selected for the top are well figured and done not in veneer but from the solid timber. The top is supp...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Georgian Oak Side Table or Writing Table A Georgian Country Oak Lowboy
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Georgian Oak Side Table or Writing Table
A Georgian Country Oak Lowboy, this is a charming piece with a decorative kneehole to the centre front
The Low Boy stands on square slightl...
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Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
A Super Example Oa A Chinese Export Amboyna And Ebony Desk
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
An early 19th century Chinese export campaign desk with fine fitted brass handles and reeded ebony around the well figured amboyna drawer fronts and top. The long slim top drawer wit...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ivory, Ebony, Amboyna
Louis XV Style Reading Table Attributed to H. Dasson, France, Circa 1885
By Henry Dasson
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming Louis XV style reading table attributed to H. Dasson. It opens on one side by a compartmental drawer and by a sliding shelf, forming a writing board and being able to switch...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$18,519 Sale Price
30% Off
Restored Victorian Carved Walnut Whatnot Console Table
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Restored Walnut Console Table with Burr Walnut Wood.
A walnut console table with inlaid burr walnut wood and a whatnot design is a beautifu...
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British Victorian 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
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
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
Italian Rococo Style Table, Desk With Faux-Marble Top, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Mid 19th Century Italian Table / Desk with Original Paint and Faux Marble Top, Wonderfully Carved Apron and Cabriole Legs on Scroll Feet.
...
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Italian Rococo Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular red tooled leather top with cross banded edge over three drawers and three on the reverse, all working so can function as a partners desk with brass ring handles. raised ...
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Pine Desk Table with Painted Base
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Pine Desk Table. Unpainted two board top with thin breadboard ends. Base in old green and yellow paint over original red paint. Two drawers, side-by-side, and turned ...
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North American Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
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.
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$6,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Cupboard Writing Desk, 1840
Located in Milano, IT
Center unit finished on all four sides. Made of oak, it is completely veneered in mahogany feather and decorated with carved mahogany moldings and pilasters. Consisting of two doors superimposed by a drawer under the top with an internal lectern. On the sliding surface there is a riser with a retractable...
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Italian Other Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
$7,792 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Spanish Oak Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous hand-carved table made of oak. Imported from Spain. This table features one drawer in the center and can be used as a desk.
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Spanish Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
1850s European Empire Mahogany Pair Armchairs with Griffin God Face and Feet
Located in BILBAO, ES
1850s European Empire Mahogany pair armchairs with Griffin God face and feet..
Upholstery with Osborne & Little with heraldic pattern in cross stich fabric.
Dimensions Chair
H...
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Portuguese Baroque Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Small Wooden Table w/Drawer Presented on Flute-Carved Legs, 19th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian carved-wood table with drawer from the 19th century. This antique table from Italy has a rectangular-shaped top, which overhangs an apron which houses a single drawer at o...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Writing Table, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat. Having an inset leather top, gilded ormolu mouldings and scrolling foliate mounts to the frieze, two fri...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style French Marquetry Roll Top Bureau De Damme
Located in London, by appointment only
A fine 19th century roll top bureau de damme in the Louis XVI style, with fine veneers and panels of floral and musical inspired marquetry, the superst...
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French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany Lady’s Cylinder Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, brass, ormolu, and Sarrancolin marble cylinder desk. The desk is raised by slender circular tapered fluted legs with beauti...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
Regence Style Ebonised Bureau Plat by Sormani, circa 1880
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Regence style ebonised and gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat by Sormani.
Paris, circa 1880.
The central drawer bearing a label for ‘VVE P. SORMANI & FILS 10, r. Charlot Pa...
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French Régence Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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 Century, French Louis XV style Natural Wood Center Desk with Gilt Bronzes
Located in IT
19th Century, French Louis XV style Wood Center with gilded bronze applications desk table
This elegant centre desk, therefore finished on all four sides, was made in the first half...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
A Victorian kingwood marquetry writing table in the French taste
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian kingwood marquetry writing table in the French taste, of shaped rectangular form inset with the original leather, with disguised frieze drawers on one side, set on cabrio...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood and Ormolu desk in the style of Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood and Ormolu desk, in the style of François Linke. The exceptional desk is raised by elegant cabriole le...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Napoleon III Desk or Side Table
Located in Leimen, DE
Discover an extraordinary side table or desk that traces its origins to the period between 1860 and 1870, originating from the artistic craftsmanship of Belgium. This unique piece st...
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Belgian Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Walnut and Tulipwood Parquetry Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A 19th Century French Parquetry Bureau Plat or Writing Table in Walnut and Tulipwood.
This finely crafted bureau plat was conceived in the Louis XVI style and is rectilinear in styl...
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tulipwood, Walnut
Louis XV Style Tall Standing Desk / Table by Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdley
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XV style Second Empire (Napoleon III) small writing desk / table (lectern, stand, or podium) of fruitwood and kingwood, with an embossed gilt green leather slant-front writin...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
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 ...
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English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Boxwood, Rosewood
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
Empire Style Desk, Wood and Bronze, Jansen
Located in Brussels, BE
Empire Style Desk, Wood and Bronze, Jansen
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Writing Desk In Gustavian Style Painted In Grey From 1840s
Located in Lejre, DK
Grey painted writing desk in the style Gustavian from the 1840s. The desk is freestanding and stamped with "Nordisk Films Kompagni".
H - 128 cm, W - 62 cm and D - 62 cm.
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Danish Gustavian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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
Period English Regency Desk or Sofa Table in Style of Thomas Hope
By Thomas Hope
Located in Essex, MA
Period English mahogany desk or sofa table in style of Thomas Hope
Mahogany with figured mahogany inlays
Original canopic figures in Egyptian Revival neoclassic
Exquisitely carv...
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English Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Ladies Writing Desk Bureau 1840
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Dainty Victorian ladies writing desk in burr walnut
Top opens out to reveal writing area with leather and surrounded by cubby holes and drawers
Legs are proffusely hand carved
Offere...
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Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Style French Bureau Plat, After Zweiner
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style bureau plat, having wonderful floral marquetry to the top and bombe shaped frieze. Exquisit detail to the gilded ormolu foliat...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Cushion Drawer Brown Leather Partner Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very fine fully, Antique circa 1880, Burr Walnut twin pedestal partner desk with hand dyed brown leather top.
What a desk….. these cushion curved drawer desks almost never come up for sale, they are based on early Regency pieces which screamed English fine...
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English High Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
$3,307 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Regency "Ribbon" Library Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Mahogany with inlaid ebony. Bronze fittings and original castors.
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique French Gilt Bronze-Mounted table / Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine 19th century French Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted wood leather top ladies desk. The writing table stands on four cabriole legs, decorated at the shoulder with gilt bronze...
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Butlers Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautifully detailed item is made of oak with inlay mahogany. Item dates back to the 1850s and contains many drawers inside of fall-front.
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French Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Rococo Style Side Table with Porcelain Plaques
Located in London, GB
This beautiful side table was designed in France in the 19th century in the fashionable Rococo, or Louis XV, style. The piece has been crafted from kingwood and decorated with painte...
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French Rococo Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Chest of Drawers Biedermeier from 1840
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
We present very good condition, elegant and functional Chest of Drawers Vienna (Austria), made of walnut tree from 1840.
(Biedermeier was a style in the art, literature , music a...
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Austrian Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Pair of English Regency Period Rosewood Writing Tables
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of English Regency period rosewood writing tables with gold tooled green leather tops. The pair were most likely formerly used as school desks for privately educated students.
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Sublime Hand Carved from Top to Bottom Antique Victorian 1850 Knee Hole Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
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
$3,923 Sale Price
20% Off
French Leather Top Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
A striking 19th-century walnut French writing table with one drawer and a black leather top. The table has developed a rich, warm patina and its size make it perfect as a small desk...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Early Victorian Porcelain and Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood Bureau-Plat
Located in London, GB
A FINE EARLY VICTORIAN PORCELAIN AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD BUREAU-PLAT ATTRIBUTED TO EDWARD HOLMES BALDOCK, CIRCA 1840.
The top inset with its original maroon leather. The frieze ...
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Porcelain, Kingwood
ANTIQUE VICTORIAN FULLY STAMPED MORRIS & CO CIRCA 1880 SATiNWOOD PEDESTAL DESK
By Morris & Co.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and important original fully stamped Morris & Co Satinwood Victorian pedestal desk with gallery top
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote please send me your postcode and I’ll provide you with the exact price
This is a very rare and fine piece of English craftsmanship, the timber is sublime, it simply glows in any light, the gallery rail edge is a nice feature and reminds me of Navy map...
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English High Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
$15,134 Sale Price
20% Off
Biedermeier Desk with Burl and Inlay
Located in Hudson, NY
Biedermeier desk with burl and inlay. Single drawer with key.
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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
Materials
Fruitwood
Neo Renaissance Walnut Table, 1890s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Walnut table in Neo-Renaissance style dating from the late 19th century.
Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is needed (fumigated crat...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$3,727 Sale Price
31% Off
France Desk Style: Biedermeier, 1847
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French desk style: Biedermeier
Year 1847
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
If you are looking for desk lamp to match your desk, we have what you need.
If you have any q...
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French Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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
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
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