19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

A fine quality, elegant late 19th century French Louis XV style Kingwood serpentine shaped bureau plat, having an inset suede covered writing surface, a single frieze drawer, wonderful gilded ormolu mounts with entwined leaf decoration, the central mount representing a military helmet and flag. Raised on elegant cabriole legs terminating in scrolling ormolu feet. Attributed to Joseph- Emmanuel Zweiner. Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener (b. 1849) was a preeminent cabinetmaker (ébéniste) of German descent, who became one of the most famous furniture...

19th Century The solid rectangular top with carved gadrooned edge; over two frieze drawers with drop handles flanking an arched kneehole ,rope detail and further linear, raised on b...

Found in the South of France, this 19th century hand carved French walnut table or desk can be placed in the middle of a room as it is beautifully carved on all sides. It features a ...

19th Century English Regency Mahogany Leather Top Writing Desk. Gold embossed floral around the leather. Satinwood trim surrounds the solid mahogany desk. A beautiful turned double ...

Circa 1815 The rectangular overhanging top with broad calamander banding, over one frieze drawer fitted with chased brass knobs, set between recessed retangular panels above an ebon...

Post-modern; Dining table; travertine; Marble; Writing desk; Postmodern dining table in travertine marble that can also be used as a writing desk. Fits up to eight people comfor...

Handsome 19th century English William IV writing table or desk crafted from mixed fruitwood and oak. The table has storage drawers on each end with patinated brass pulls. The top has...

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 ...

We delight to offer for sale this antique victorian oak library table, moulded top with gilt tooled leather, two drawers below with...

Empire Style Desk, Wood and Bronze, Jansen

Louis XVI style Beautiful table desk, France 19th Century Napoleon III period. With 2 hidden sliding extensions. Full walnut veneer. Important ornamentation of gilded bronzes with ...

This desk is a refined piece of furniture made entirely of solid and feather walnut. The table top is embellished with a gold and leather finish that adds a touch of luxury. The surf...

Elegant Louis XVI style desk table from the Napoleon III period, made in brass Boulle marquetry style on a solid black dark wood veneer background. Beautiful marquetry with foliage ...

Table desk with drawbars decorated with bronzes from the Napoleon III period and Boulle style. Beautiful desk with 2 opening side parts. Full walnut veneer. Important ornamentation o...

Fine Bench Made Carved Mahogany Serpentine Front Dovetail Drawers Vanity Desk Dressing Table. The discoloration spot is under the finish, finish ...

A charming later 19th century Writing Table - Desk from the Catalan region of Spain. Soundly constructed from natural and painted pine with a single drawer, "X" stretchers and sligh...

Antique bed and reading table England Mahogany Victorian around 1870 Dimensions: height: 76-117 cm, width: 91 cm, depth: 45 cm Description: Four-sided recessed plinth standing on ...

A 19th century French Provincial Louis XV style bureau plat or writing desk handcrafted of solid cherry wood in Dinan, a beautiful medieval-walled town in the Brittany region, circa ...

Sn5493 Superb quality and very attractive, late Victorian flamed cylinder bureau by Maples & Co, having fine carved gallery to top above three mahogany lined and satinwood crossbande...

ST039 Attractive Victorian satin birch dressing table or writing table, having oversailing top with ebonised edge and three frieze drawers with ebonised turned knobs, all standing on...

Victorian Mahogany Spinet Desk, mid-19th Century. Dealer: S138XX

Solid wood, mahogany stained. Baluster-shaped table legs with roller feet. Profiled 2-drawer frame box, slightly protruding tabletop. Green writing surface decorated with extraordinary gold embossing. Decorative brass fittings. Victoria style. According to our agreement with Tammy Connor Interior Designs...

An elegant 19th century freestanding mahogany roll top writing desk. Tambour top rolls back to reveal a fitted interior with drawers, pigeon holes and a slant lid leather writing su...

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...

Antique English carved mahogany library table, or since it has built in steel-lopers that pull-out from each end, one could use this antique English library table...

With inset tooled brown leather top with cross banded edge over a frieze containing three drawers and on the reverse three working drawers. False drawers on ends. All with brass knobs. Raised on turned tapered legs headed by reeding. Ending on cup casters. Sold Florian Papp...

SUPERB Antique French Renaissance Revival Oak Breakfast Dining Table or Writing Desk ~~HIGHLY CARVED~~Cherubs~~ This table is a true "statement piece" mostly likely a commissioned p...

Antique mahogany Georgian writing table. The table has beautiful weathered brown leather. This is a cowhide leather top. Sheep leather is often used. The advantage of cowhide leather...

Small Louis XIV style desk - 19th century Elegant Louis XIV style writing table in solid cherry wood. Its elegantly veined top surrounded by a carved and turned frame. Style Antique ...

Beautiful center desk, in Boulle marquetry and gilded bronze ornamentation: mascarons, chiseled spandrels and ingot molds, sabots to finish the curved legs. A drawer opening by a mec...

Antique Victorian walnut writing table, circa 1850 in date. One of the drawers is stamped by the maker: C.Hindley & Sons, late Miles & Edwards, 134 Oxford Street, London. It bears the inventory number 12451 The rectangular top features a moulded edge with a striking inset red leather writing surface over two cedar lined drawers to the frieze, fitted with Bramah locks. It is raised on four decorative barley twist legs terminating in brass castors. It is finished on all sides so that it can stand freely in the middle of a room. Complete with working Bramah locks and special key. Condition: In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 76 x Width 123 x Depth 69 Dimensions in inches: Height 2 foot, 6 inches x Width 4 foot x Depth 2 foot, 3 inches Hindley, Charles & Sons Berners Street & Oxford Street, London; cabinet makers, upholsterers and retailers (fl.c.1820-1892) Charles Hugh Hindley (b.1792- d.1871) was the son of Christopher, a merchant in Mere, Wiltshire. He moved to London with an elder brother to live with his uncle, who was possibly running the London branch of the Wiltshire business. In 1817 Charles joined the upholstery firm of Benjamin Merriman Nias at 32 Berners Street. Within a few years he bought the Nias business with a £1,000 investment from his family. Despite his business being described as a 'carpet warehouse' in London directories from 1820-1841, by the mid-1830s upholstery and cabinet work had joined his repertoire and he had taken on more showroom space next door at 31 Berners Street. Family records of the 1840s showed that individual custom-order business expanded to also ‘supplying established furnishing houses with goods on wholesale terms’. Jobs ranged from supplying Pentonville Prison with 100 hair mattresses and pillows, to altering spring roller blinds, to fulfilling private commissions with suites of parlour furniture. Hindley was the father of eleven children with three involved in the business: Charles Hugh (b. 1818), Frederick (b. 1820), and Albert Daniel (b.1822). Charles Hugh and Frederick joined the family firm about 1832, thus establishing the family partnership, Charles Hindley & Sons. Albert Daniel learned the carpet manufactory and trade in Kidderminster and eventually established a carpet manufactory in Liversedge, Yorkshire, supplying the family’s London store and others. In 1845 he patented an early tufted carpeting technique. Charles Hindley & Sons acquired the firm, Miles & Edwards in September 1844, including their premises at 134 Oxford Street. Both companies operated from this address until 1845 when Miles & Edwards was closed. The purchase of Miles & Edwards enabled Hindley & Co. to compete with other West End firms by offering everything from cabinet making and upholstery to painted decoration and interior design for the middle and upper class market. In a sample of 737 orders from October 1842-June 1845, six per cent of the clientele were upper and lower aristocracy with approximately seventy per cent gentry or middle class. The aristocratic clientele included the surnames of Hoare, Kirland, Drummond, Montefiore, Ashburton and Rothschild, and the Oriental Club at 18 Hanover Square (1824). Bramah is London's oldest security company. Established at 124 Piccadilly, London in 1784, and today based in Marylebone, London and Romford, Essex. Bramah made their first lock in 1784 and the patent was awarded in 1787. The designer was Joseph Bramah. Joseph Bramah was a leading inventor of the industrial revolution, patenting over 18 new ideas, including a new valve for the water closet (toilet), the hydraulic pump, a fountain pen, and a fire engine. Bramah also introduced a beer hand pump for use at the bar, to prevent fluid loss when barmen went downstairs to pour a new jug! Due to the quality of his manufacturing, his name became a by-word amongst British Engineers for engineering excellence and many of his inventions are on display in the Science Museum in London. You can find one of his original toilets still working in Osborne House, Queen Victoria's home on the Isle of Wight. The Bramah lock was unique and advanced property and valuables protection enormously. Indeed it was 50 years ahead of any Chubb lock...

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...

England, early 19th Century Original painted pine side table., in cream / ochre. H 83 x W 93 x D 52 cm

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Ebonized Desk. Outstanding 19th century French Louis XVI style desk, writing table, bureau plat or center table with a single drawer, solid bronze...

An 19th century Spanish baroque desk, or writing table made of solid oak with lyre shaped legs joined by solid wood stretched. Two drawers with original iron drawer pulls. The top is...

19th century campaign Reading desk on later stand. Zebrawood with brass handles and toed leather interior Dedicated black 1892 18 x 10.5 x 20

FRANCOIS LINKE LOUIS XV CARVED WOOD MARBLE TOP CONSOLE TABLE, CIRCA 1890, By Francois Linke. The table is composed of a veined marble top rais...

We delight to offer for sale this stunning Victorian rounded rectangular writing table, tooled and gilt writing surface, drawers to frieze, turned and panelled legs, ceramic caster...

Elegant dual-sided 1880s French Empire style pedestal leg desk featuring the original rectangular gold embossed green leather top in good condition. Top sits on turned trestle legs w...

A superb antique walnut leather top pedestal desk. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1890-1910 period. It is of extremely fine quality, with a gorgeous cushion top ...

Victorian Washstand A Victorian-era mahogany washstand with aesthetically pleasing legs. Featuring a rectangular top with gallery above two drawers with turned handles. Perfect f...

A baroque style walnut writing table with a serpentine rectangular top, rounded frieze, deeply sculpted cabriole legs, pipe legs and wide drawer.Comfort and order. An exemplar of ele...

This is a late 19th century Neo-classical R.J. Horner style ebonized desk with carved dolphin base and tooled green leather top. It has wonderful patina! The desk is very heavy and m...

Antique Empire desk table, hand-carved in walnut wood, has carved details and columns, desk drawers, top lined in red leather with opening side she...

This Empire desk dates back to around 1820-30 and was made in Northern Germany. The spacious desk has a total of five drawers and pull out shelf. The elegant design has the typical c...

Decorate a study, home office or library with this antique writing table. Crafted in the Poitou region of France circa 1850 and built of cherry wood, the desk stands on elegant cabri...

This is an antique roll-top desk. An English, mahogany and leather tambour bureau in Aesthetic Period taste, dating to the late Victorian era, circa 1880. Beautifully appointed desk...

A Swedish off-white, light grey painted writing desk from the 19th century with three-quarter gallery surrounding the rectangular top, single drawer carved with reeded motifs and fou...

A good regency mahogany writing table in the manner of Gillows of Lancaster with a reeded leg and unusual gradooned top mould. Good colour and patina, the leather top look to be orig...

Exquisite English lap traveling desk portable. Countryside writing bureau in good condition considering the usage of the period in quality warm walnut wood. Rising on a later brass s...

19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Writing Table combines classic architecture with modern sensibilities creating a table that can be used for a wide variety of purposes, all while...

A rectangular desk with a 3/4 mahogany gallery on the top. With two frieze drawers with moldings and knob pulls. Raised on ball topped ribbed tapering legs with turned feet on brass ...

An Italian walnut and mahogany desk from circa 1820 with dark brown leather pull-out drawer, five drawers and thin banding around the drawers. This Italian walnut and mahogany desk f...

Rare Swedish Biedermeier table or desk rendered in fruitwood with an oval top and hand turned legs, Sweden.

Italian neoclassical bleached walnut desk circa 1825-1845. 19th century walnut veneered desk with five drawers. Simple lines and squared legs in a...

Sheraton Revival Mahogany Writing Desk. The term "Sheraton Revival" typically refers to a style of furniture that draws inspiration from the designs of the late 18th-century English ...

A Swedish Gustavian style desk from circa 1850 with tan painted finish, single drawer, fluted tapering legs and carved oval medallions on ...

Antique Figured Walnut Inlaid Bureau Desk, Writing Desk, Scotland 1810, H1166 Scotland 1810 Solid Walnut Original finish Rectangular top Cross banded fall front The interior of the...