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Period: Early 20th Century
L. & J. G. Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Desk, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By L. & J.G. Stickley
USA, Circa 1900
Solid quarter sawn oak, with hammered copper hardware.
Measure...
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American Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Early 20th Century French Walnut Venner Desk, 1940s
Located in Miami, FL
20th Century French walnut veneer and marquetry dressing table with wooden drawers crest and bronze handles.
Category
French French Provincial Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Rare Antique Asprey & Co. London Oak & Tooled Green Leather Writing Desk 1920s
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Rare Luxurious, Asprey & Co. London (Royal Warrant) Oak & Tooled Racing Green Leather Pop-Up Writing Table Made in England in the 1920s.
Item is sold complete with a Burgundy tooled red leather desk set also from Aspreys. It's a very attractive item befit with an aluminium desk calendar, letter opener and two vertical pen rests.
The rectangular and hinged two panel top encloses a green leather writing surface which reveals itself when opened from the top, item is raised on square tapering legs...
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English Edwardian Vintage Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Oak
Leather Topped Louis XVI Writing Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Writing table desk in the Louis XVI style made of mahogany. The desk has been ebonized and finished in a lustrous museum quality French polish and boasts a tan leather top. Featuring...
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French Louis XVI Antique Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Art Nouveau Beech Writing Table, Desk or Side Table, circa 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
French writing table, little desk or side table, circa 1900.
Made in the art Nouveau period : the carving of the drawer and its handle is typical of the lines of this artistic movem...
Category
French Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Stickley Brothers Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Drop Front Secretary Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts slant front writing desk
By Stickley Brothers
USA, Early 20th Century
Quarter sawn oak, with hammered copper hardware. Desk locks, and ...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
19th Century Adjustable Drafting Table in Cast Iron
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this 19th century adjustable drafting table in cast iron. The top of the table are original and made in solid oak, supported by a finely cast iron base with a pair of wheels...
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American Industrial Vintage Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Antique L. & J.G. Stickley Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Desk, Newly Restored
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts quarter sawn oak writing desk, library table, or center table.
By L. & J.G. Stickley
USA, Circa 1900
Measures: 40" W x 26" D ...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Modernist Desk or Writing Table by Hendrik Wouda for Pander, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and ultra rare Art Deco Modernist desk or writing table.
Design by Hendrik Wouda for H. Pander & Zonen Den Haag.
Striking Dutch design from the 1920s.
Solid oak base with...
Category
Dutch Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$11,937 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Boho Rattan Lift Top Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Infuse your home with the quaint charm and practical elegance of this Vintage Boho Rattan Lift Top Desk. Its delicate bamboo frame, accented with a distinctive gallery rail featuring...
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Philippine Victorian Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Limbert Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Desk or Library Table, Circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period library table or writing desk
By Charles P. Limbert Co.
USA, Circa 1910
Measures: 44"W x 30"D x 29.5"H.
Recently refinished...
Category
American Mission Vintage Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Gustav Stickley Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Writing Desk or Library Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By Gustav Stickley
USA, Circa 1900
Solid quarter sawn oak, with original hammered copper hard...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Antique RJ Horner Mahogany Serpentine Bombay Style Desk with Claw & Ball Feet
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Antique RJ Horner Mahogany Serpentine Bombay Style 4 Drawer Desk With Claw & Ball Feet, C1920.
Meas...
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Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
French Louis XV Black Lacquer Bronze Figural Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Black Lacquer Bronze Figural Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk. Item features a faux 3 drawer finished back (image 10), ornate figural bronze ormolu, 3 pa...
Category
Unknown Louis XV Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Spanish Baroque Style Cabinet on Stand, Bargueno or Varqueno
Located in Miami, FL
This Bargueno is embellished with a carving of Don Quixote de la Mancha bordered with branches of leaves. The desk is supported by a pedestal joined by a bridge of turned columns. The front legs contain a carving of two wind god...
Category
Spanish Baroque Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Restored Bauhaus Writing Desk, by Marcel Breuer for Thonet, Czech, 1930s
By Thonet, Marcel Breuer
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This iconic writing desk from the 1930s is a remarkable example of Bauhaus design. Designed by Marcel Breuer and manufactured by Thonet, it perfectly combines functionality with aest...
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Czech Bauhaus Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Swedish early 20th century carved birch pedestal desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish early 20th century carved birch pedestal desk circa 1900.
Elegant Scandinavian pedestal desk comprising of 3 sections. Slightly over-sailing writing surface with 3 drawers b...
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Swedish Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch
Jacques Adnet President Oak Desk, France 1940's
Located in New York, NY
“President” Oak Desk on drawer pedestals and brass plinth, copper handles with original British green leather top, details abound in this piece such as the guest facing end with its ...
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French Art Deco Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Art Deco Writing Table in Burr Yew
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
Art Deco Writing Table
A pretty little French Art Deco ladies writing table produced in the 1920’s in burr yew having two drawers and inset leather top and standing on a curved base...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Yew
Japanese Antique Table, Desk, Double-sleeved desk, Wabi-Sabi, Early 20th Century
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This antique Japanese table was produced in the Taisho period (1912-1926).
This is a double-sleeved desk whose lacquer has gained a deep flavo...
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Taisho Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
L. & J. G. Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Trestle Dining Table
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Mission or Arts & Crafts solid quarter sawn oak trestle dining table, library table, or writing desk
By L. & J.G. Stickley
USA, Circa 1900
Measures: 71.75"W x 44.5"...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Louis XVI Style Desk, circa 1900
Located in Greding, DE
Louis XVI style desk, crafted around 1900. The tabletop features burgundy leather with a surrounding brass trim. Three shallow drawers with refined brass fittings offer practical sto...
Category
Louis XVI Antique Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Round Black Pedestal Dining Table, Sweden 1920
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early Swedish 20th Century Pedestal Dining Table in Black Paint.
This round table has beautiful Gustavian ribbed details with a border going around the table edge.
Category
Swedish Gustavian Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
$2,900 Sale Price
25% Off
Early 20th C. Chippendale Style Mahogany Oxbow Slant Front Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
An early 20th century Chippendale Style Mahogany Oxbow Slant Front Secretary Desk. 4 dovetailed Serpentine drawers. Slant front door opens to reveal addition storage space with 5 sma...
Category
American Chippendale Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Antique American Renaissance Extension Library Table, Signed
By Seng
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique American Renaissance Revival style carved walnut extension table by Seng, Chicago, Illinois. circa 1920/1930
Born in the United States in the early 20th century, featuring a rare and unusual form and extension mechanism. Slightly lift the rectangular top and the slide the mechanical horizontal draw-leaf style extensions to expand the the width of the top, morphing the library table / sofa console into a kitchen table / dining table.
Having a bookmatched burl wood, oak and walnut banded, parquetry inlay top, molded apron with dovetailed frieze drawer, rising on turned urn baluster-form standards, over shaped stretcher joined trestle base with twist ornamentation, resting on bun feet, signed, stamp to frame under top.
Dimensions: (approx)
31" High, 54" Wide, 23.5" Deep
Extended: 37.5" Deep
Provenance / Acquisition:
John Phifer Marrs collection.
Important auction house J. Garrett Auctioneers, Dallas, Texas, May 2021 catalog, presented a special curated collection from John Phifer Marrs, premier Southern interior designer known for an elegant, fresh and inviting design method, often called The New Southern Style...
Category
American Renaissance Revival Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut, Burl
Antique Hand Carved Oak Jacobean Dining Table, Circa 1910s
Located in Germantown, MD
Gorgeous Hand carved oak Jacobean style dining table. Use as a library/office table or desk. Beautiful oak top with substantial hand carved...
Category
American Jacobean Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Desk or Library Table, Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By L. & J.G. Stickley
USA, Circa 1900
Gorgeous quarter sawn oak, with original hammered copper hardwa...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Antique Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
French Art Deco Cerused Desk
Located in Houston, TX
French Art Deco Cerused Desk.
Offered is a shapely French Art Deco cerused oak desk or writing table with a door on either side with 4 shelves in each. This handsome desk with a floa...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Rare Jacobean Style Tapestry Covered Desk on Barley Twist Base
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Unusual and magnificent trunk shaped desk covered in gorgeous rich tapestry needlepoint and brass nailheads. The top piece opens to reveal a drop down writing surface with red leath...
Category
English Jacobean Vintage Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tapestry, Oak
Antique Jewelers/Watchmakers Desk
By Rolex
Located in East Freetown, MA
Antique two tone watchmakers/jewelers desk with fifteen drawers, two shelves and canvas surfaced slide out work top. This desk also has a foot rest. The ...
Category
American Late Victorian Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$959 Sale Price
56% Off
Oak Roll Top Secretary Desk with Drawers
Located in Madrid, ES
Oak secretary / writing desk from circa 1900's. Featuring a roll-up flap with underlying writing board, shelf interior and two drawers. Below the writing desk there are two pull-out ...
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British Edwardian Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$3,247 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Industrial Cast Iron Drafting / Drawing Table by Keuffel and Esser Co. 1
Located in Buffalo, NY
1920s American eagle drawing table by Keuffel & Esser Co.
Overall dimensions: 32″ x 51″
Height range when top is flat: 37″ – 48″
Materials: Cast Iron &...
Category
American Industrial Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Iron
Queen Anne, Mahogany, Brass, Writing Desk, England, 1900s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Queen Anne, Mahogany, Brass, Writing Table or Desk, England, 1900s
A Queen Anne style mahogany and brass writing desk designed and produced in late 19th/early 20th century England. ...
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English Queen Anne Antique Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Desk Writing Table Nightstand PETITE w/ Drawer Barley Twist Oak
Located in Tyler, TX
GORGEOUS Antique PETITE French Oak Renaissance Revival Desk or Writing Table or Nightstand with Drawer, Barley Twist Legs, Stretcher and Up Finial
~~c. 1900
With so many people wor...
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French Renaissance Revival Antique Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique French Louis XVI Style Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Refined antique French Louis XVI style writing desk crafted in exotic tulipwood veneer with crossbanding and chevron designs, having a tooled leather top with a brass gallery, the ca...
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French Louis XVI Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Smaller secession writing desk
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Smaller secession writing desk in very nice original condition.
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Hungarian Jugendstil Vintage Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Desk Writing Table Nightstand PETITE Drawer Carved Oak c. 1900
Located in Tyler, TX
GORGEOUS Antique French Oak Renaissance Revival PETITE Desk or Nightstand with Carved Top, Wide Drawer, Turned Post Legs, Stretcher and Up Finial
~~c. 1900
With so many people worki...
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French Renaissance Revival Antique Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Art Deco 7 Drawer Writing Desk with Waterfall Top
Located in Freehold, NJ
This antique art deco vanity features hardwood construction, walnut veneer with original finish, seven dovetailed drawers with unique bentwood ...
Category
American Art Deco Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style 19th-20th Century Bronze Mounted Desk Manner Linke
Located in Manhasset, NY
Louis XVI style 19th-20th century bronze mounted desk manner Linke. This spectacular French desk can sit center room as it is finished on all sides with its stunning parquetry inlays...
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Louis XVI Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Gustav Stickley Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Writing Desk or Library Table
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By Gustav Stickley
USA, Circa 1900
Quarter sawn oak, with original hammered copper hardware.
Measure...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Antique American Empire Tiger Oak Writing Desk or Library Table, Circa 1900
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique American Empire tiger oak writing desk or library table
In the manner of R.J. Horner & Co.
USA, Circa 1900
Measures: 42"W ...
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American American Empire Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Exceptional Desk in Mahogany, Walnut, Ebony and Brass Early 20th Century
Located in Meer, VAN
Exceptional Secretary Desk in Mahogany, Walnut, Ebony and Brass Early 20th Century
This unique desk is one of the most exceptional pieces of furniture we have ever seen. Truly museu...
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European Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Art Deco Desk in Macassar Ebony
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
An exceptional Art Deco desk in Macassar ebony and mahogany having three lockable drawers to the top and lockable cupboards below four keys supplied with this desk, the inverted brea...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Macassar
French Art Nouveau Desk
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau mahogany desk by l'Ecole de Nancy, featuring a hand-tooled leather top, letter rack and bronze drawer pulls with a floral motif...
Category
French Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$22,000
Antique Chippendale Style Walnut Drop Front Secretary Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Miami, FL
An antique early 20th century ladies' secretary desk. Made from walnut with a maple writing surface. Features a drop front with neoclassical brass hardware over large central drawer ...
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European Chippendale Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Signed Gustav Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Desk, Circa 1900
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk
By Gustav Stickley (original label present)
USA, Early 20th Century
Solid quarter sawn oak, with original copp...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
French Modern, Rectangular Desk / Dining Table in Solid Pine, Handcrafted, 1900s
Located in Odense, DK
Large rectangular modern country style working desk / dining table in solid pine. Handcrafted by a French cabinetmaker in the early 1900s. This table has a strong impression, nice ch...
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French Brutalist Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Superb Chinoiserie Paint Decorated French Louis XV Mirrored Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This gorgeous desk or bureau plat features gorgeous hand-painted raise Chinoiserie scenes of Chinese rickshaws and daily life in a small town. The colors of the paint-decorated scene...
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French Louis XV Vintage Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Exquisite 1920s French Art Deco Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann Style Rosewood Desk
Located in Reading, Berkshire
1920s Art Deco Solid Rosewood Rectangular Desk With Original Fittings.
The Central Drawer is housed between two sets of drawers with Chrome finished feet, and handles.
This exquisite Streamline Moderne desk...
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French Art Deco Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Antique Stickley Brothers American Colonial Maple Writing Desk, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique American Colonial style maple writing desk
By Stickley Brothers
USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 38"W x 21"D x 34.63"H.
Professionally refinished....
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American American Colonial Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Maple
20th Century Spanish Baroque Style Cabinet on Stand, Bargueno or Varqueno
Located in Miami, FL
This Bargueno is a portable desk. The base is typically a Spanish table and dates from 19th Century. The upper part was added in the 20th century in England and dates from the Arts a...
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Spanish Baroque Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Limbert Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Writing Desk or Library Table
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts library table or writing desk
By Charles P. Limbert Co.
USA, Circa 1910
Solid quartersawn oak, with original copper hardware.
Meas...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Limbert Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Desk or Library Table, Circa 1900
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts library table or writing desk
By Charles P. Limbert Co.
USA, Circa 1900
Solid quarter sawn oak, with original copper hardware.
Mea...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Stickley Brothers Style Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Desk or Library Table
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
In the manner of Stickley Brothers
USA, Circa 1900
Solid quarter sawn oak, with original hammered cop...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Antique Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Mahogany writing table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany writing table, the rectangular top with a raised three-quarter gallery. Above an arrangement of drawers with brass handles. All raised on four tapering supports terminating ...
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British Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$2,277
Antique French Louis XVI Neoclassical Double Faced Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI Neoclassical Double Faced desk has captured the essence of the architecture and embellishment of ancient Greece and Rome! Han...
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French Louis XVI Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Gustav Stickley Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Writing Desk or Library Table
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period writing desk or library table
By Gustav Stickley
USA, Circa 1910
Quarter sawn oak, with original hammered copper hardware.
...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
French Mahogany Art Nouveau Writing Desk Signed Louis Majorelle
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An authentic, signed Louis Majorelle (1859–1926) Art Nouveau desk, crafted in France circa 1900–1910. A masterwork of the École de Nancy, this piece reflects Majorelle’s distinctive ...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique British Colonial Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome British Colonial partners desk hand crafted in mahogany with a brown tooled leather top, two drawers on either side and elegant turned legs on brass casters.
Category
English British Colonial Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Stickley Brothers Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Desk or Library Table
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By Stickley Brothers
USA, Circa 1900
Quarter sawn oak, with original hammered copper hardware.
...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
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