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Period: Late 19th Century
Fine French Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Directoire Marble Top Mirrored Vanity Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superbly crafted antique French Directoire style brass inlaid and bronze mounted secretaire desk or ladies vanity. The piece is perfect for paying bills or using as a makeup vanity...
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French Directoire Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
19th Century Louis XV French Desk with Cabriolet Legs, 1890s
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Louis XV style French walnut writing desk with three drawers and cabriolet legs. Created in France during the 19th century, th...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fine Sheraton Revival Satinwood Inlaid Carlton House Desk. with Letter Boxes, Ci
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine Sheraton Revival Satinwood inlaid Carlton House desk. with Letter boxes. circa 1880s
Profusely inlaid with : swags, shells, urns, bell flowers & foliage decoration,
Satinwood, with Rosewood banding, boxwood line inlay,
Curved back,
Black leather inset top, with gold tooling, 4 drawers & 5 pigeon holes
Pair letter slots...
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English Sheraton Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Antique Roll-Top Desk, English, Bureau, Aesthetic Period, Victorian, Circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
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...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Rococo Style Ladies' Desk from Royal Collection
Located in London, GB
19th Century Rococo style ladies' desk inlaid with light wood in the form of flowers and foliage, cabriole legs with attached brass fittings, frame with drawer. At the bottom with fi...
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Danish Rococo Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
French writing desk with ormolu and marquetry
Located in Houston, TX
The combination of woods used makes this piece very special.
It has rosewood, tulipwood and satinwood combined with intricate
Floral designs on all sides. Bronze mounts embellish th...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tulipwood
19th Century Console Table
Located in New York, NY
19th century Chinese console table. Three drawer thin console table elegant refined lines with ring pull handles. Detailed arch apron top of legs ta...
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Chinese Qing Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
Antique Gillows Style Birdseye Maple Writing Table Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a very attractive Antique Victorian Gillows Style Birdseye Maple writing table, circa 1880 in date.
The rectangular top features a moulded edge with the original inset black...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
Biedermeier Writing Desk/ Side Table, Austria
Located in Antwerp, BE
This small Lady desk was crafted in Austria. The top is wonderfully smooth and displays the woodgrain beautifully in walnut veneer. The apron houses three drawers, all with quality brass banding inset into the paneling. The two side drawers and middle drawer have drop ring pulls...
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Austrian Biedermeier Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Fine Quality Coromandel and Marquetry Inlaid Victorian Period Kidney Lady Desk
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality Coromandel Victorian style kidney shaped writing table. The kidney shaped top having a fine quality velum green leather writing surface with gilt and blind tooled deta...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Desk Swedish Gustavian Style
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique 3 drawer Swedish Gustavian style desk. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
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Swedish Gustavian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century French Renaissance Hand Carved Desk or Writing Table with Carved St
Located in Miami, FL
We are delighted with this four-sided carved desk with five dark oak drawers.
This is a collectible desk.
It has five front drawers and another five false drawers at the back, maki...
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Spanish Baroque Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Spanish 1880s Walnut Side Table or Lady Desk, Carved Legs and Iron Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
A Spanish walnut side table with single drawer, scalloped apron, carved legs and iron side stretcher from the late 19th century.
The front it´s the same that the back, you can see ...
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Spanish Baroque Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Small European Renaissance Style Dining Table or Writing Desk in Oak
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome table in oak with beautifully-carved trestle base and stretcher.
Note: You should always request a shipping quote.
Quoted amounts are an estimate of what it might cost to ...
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French Renaissance Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Rare 19th century carved mahogany Swedish pedestal desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare 19th century carved mahogany Swedish pedestal desk circa 1880.
Beautiful desk and rare to be made from mahogany for a Swedish piece, believed to be from skottorp castle in the ...
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Swedish Gothic Revival Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
19th century French Louis XV style ormolu mounted writing desk
French, Late 19th Century
Height 100cm, width 121cm, depth 66cm
Crafted in the late 19th century, this writing desk i...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Writing Table ~ Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Writing Table ~ Desk makes an attractive addition to any room, and can double as a center table as it is beautifully embellished from all angles!...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Empire Revival Ormolu Mounted Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exquisite French Empire Revival pedestal desk, circa 1880 in date.
This desk has been beautifully crafted from flame mahogany. The top has a striking gold tooled black leather inset writing surface which has a decorative geometric inlaid satinwood and ebony border around it.
It features beautifully cast gilded Ormolu mounts including angels, pharaonic herms above paw feet and swan escutcheons. It is further enhanced with male masks wearing nemes headress's on the sides, making it an incredibly imposing and impressive item of furniture.
The desk features seven drawers for maximum storage, it is freestanding with a beautifully panelled back and comes complete with the original working locks and keys.
This desk will soon become the centrepiece of your furniture collection, there is no mistaking the sophisticated quality and design and it is certain to enhance the style and elegance of any living area, bedroom, or reception.
THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION.
Condition:
In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, French polished, waxed and releathered in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 76 x width 150 x depth 80
Dimensions in inches:
Height 29.9 x width 59.1 x depth 31.5
Empire style,
is an early 19th century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts followed in Europe and America until circa 1830.
The style originated in and takes its name from the rule of Napoleon I in the First French Empire, where it was intended to idealize Napoleon's leadership and the French state. The style corresponds to the Biedermeier style in the German-speaking lands, Federal style in the United States and to the Regency style in Britain. The previous style was called Louis XVI style, in France.
The Empire style was based on aspects of the Roman Empire. It is the second phase of neoclassicism which is also called "Directoire", after a government system.
Furniture typically had symbols and ornaments borrowed from the glorious ancient Greek and Roman empires.
The furniture was made from heavy woods such as mahogany and ebony, imported from the colonies, with dark finishes often with decorative bronze mounts. Marble tops were popular as were Egyptian motifs like sphinxes, griffins, urns and eagles and the Napoleonic symbols, the eagle, the bee, the initials "I" and a large "N."
Gilded bronze (ormolu) details displayed a high level of craftsmanship.
Flame mahogany
Thomas Sheraton - 18th century furniture designer, once characterized mahogany as "best suited to furniture where strength is demanded as well as a wood that works...
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French Empire Revival Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Aesthetic Period Davenport, English, Walnut, Writing Desk, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Aesthetic Period Davenport. An English, walnut and bird's eye maple writing desk, dating to the Victorian era, circa 1880.
A delightful example, with exquisite cr...
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British Aesthetic Movement Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
Antique Victorian Walnut & Burl Cylinder Secretary Desk & Bookcase, circa 1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique secretary offers walnut and burl paneled construction with upper bookcase having broken arch crest over double glass door case seated on desk with cylinder opening to writ...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Glass
Maison Forest Signed French Louis XVI Style Writing Table - Late 19th Century
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and very fine quality 19th century French bureau plat by renowned Parisian ébéniste Maison Forest.
Maison Forest is one of the most famous french cabinetmakers of the 19th a...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Desk
Located in Austin, TX
French antique Louis XV style bureau plat desk made of solid wood construction that has been ebonized and finished with a lustrous French polish finish of museum-quality. The desk ha...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Spanish Walnut Desk with Two Drawers and Solomonic Turning Legs
Located in Miami, FL
19th Spanish walnut desk with two drawers and solomonic turning legs and solomonic stretcher
it is carved in four sides
It has a central lock for...
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French Baroque Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
A well designed superior quality Anglo-Japanese oak desk
Located in London, GB
A well designed superior quality Anglo-Japanese oak desk (attributed) to E W Godwin. The construction of this desk is pure architectural, the corners of the aprons below the work sur...
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Anglo-Japanese Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Biedermeier-Style Black Lacquer Table
Located in Hudson, NY
With 2 drawers.
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Austrian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Vintage Pedestal Partners Desk
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Aesthetic Movement Partners Desk.
A large late 19th century walnut pedestal partner's desk. The Victorian rectangular desk with a tooled green leather writing surface, each pedestal ...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Barley Twist Mahogany Desk Console or Library Table by Imperial
Located in Southampton, NJ
A stunning 19th Century single drawer desk or library console table having turned mahogany legs and frame with outstanding grain throughout having hand carved aprons with gold detail...
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American Louis XIII Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Abattant Desk Fall Front Secretary Chest Drawers Renaissance Oak
Located in Tyler, TX
Exquisite 19th Century Antique French Oak Renaissance Revival Abattant Chest of Drawers and Desk with Fall Front Secretary Top~~Leather Writi...
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French Renaissance Revival Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Collinson & Lock. Aesthetic Movement Two Drawer Writing Table.
Located in London, GB
Collinson & Lock. A superior quality Aesthetic Movement two drawer writing table entirely made from solid rosewood including the drawer linings. The writing area with a blue baize re...
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British Aesthetic Movement Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Antique Continental Louis XV Style Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique continental Louis XV style walnut and beech wood desk, late 19th century. Nice color. Hand dove tailed drawer construction. Height of center of knee hole to floor 24". Width ...
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European Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Writing Desk Table Renaissance Revival Dolphin Style Carved Oak
Located in Tyler, TX
Beautiful versatile size antique French oak renaissance revival writing desk or table with drawer and double pedestal.
~~c. 1890
W...
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French Renaissance Revival Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Very Fine 19th Century Louis XVI Roll Top Desk by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century French Louis XVI kingwood and tulipwood marquetry rolltop desk. Fine gilt bronze mounts with a beautiful marble top. Signed Paul Sormani.
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fine Carved Italian Walnut Mythical Dolphin Base Library Table Writing Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a stunningly realistic carved library table with mythcial carved "dolphin" figures of fish. The fish are extremely well-defined and carved. The table is in its original patin...
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Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Stunning Victorian Hobbs&Co London Partners Desk
By Hobbs & Co.
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sale this amazing Victorian partners desk made by Hobbs&Co London around 1880 . It is double side desk which two people can sit facing each other , with nine ...
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British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
Antique Thomas Turner Manchester English Mahogany Writing Desk Library Table
Located in Dayton, OH
An antique Thomas Turner English Victorian era writing desk. Made from solid mahogany with a tooled red leather inset top. Features 2 hand dovetailed drawers within the frieze, squar...
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Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Bonheur Du Jour Writing Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pretty French Louis XV style writing desk or ‘bonheur du jour’, the serpentine case veneered in book-matched Kingwood and raised on elegant cabriole legs and accented with gilt tri...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Alfred Waterhouse A Gothic Revival Oak Partners Desk With Two Drawers Each Side
Located in London, GB
Alfred Water House in the style of. A Gothic Revival oak Partners desk with a large open writing area and a pair of drawers to each side and a turned gallery to each end and below the drawers with a central opening for more leg room. The graduating turned legs united by conforming turned gallery to each end on original brass and ceramic castors. A well-designed architectural desk for two...
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English Gothic Revival Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
19th century Swedish elm and birch escritoire writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century Swedish elm and birch escritoire writing desk circa 1870.
Superb quality Scandinavian birch and elm writing desk with drawers.
This piece features birch sides and top ...
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Swedish Biedermeier Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch, Elm
SALE 19th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany Inlaid Ladies Desk Brass Ornaments
Located in Sofia, BG
This is a beautiful antique French mahogany inlaid Ladies writing desk made circa 1890. The fall front opens to reveal an interior of leather writing surface, and bank of three drawe...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian late 19th century carved oak pedestal desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Victorian late 19th century carved oak pedestal desk circa 1890.
Good quality pedestal oak desk, comprising of 3 sections. Shaped top with original leather insert. Single drawer a...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
French Marquetry inlaid Lady's desk, 1890.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French free standing Ladies bureau de dame. Having wonderful floral marquetry inlaid decoration, drawers above, an inset leather top, drawers beneath...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Mahogany Kidney Shaped 19th Century Writing Table
By Maple & Co.
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A quite exceptional quality late 19th century mahogany kidney shaped writing table, having gilt tooled decoration to leather inset top, over one drawer to frieze, with superb marquet...
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English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Baroque Spanish Desk Table
Located in Miami, FL
19Th Century Baroque Spanish Desk Table with Three Drawers
19th century Spanish desk table in walnut.
This piece has a great scale, lovely legs and beautifu...
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Spanish Baroque Revival Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Louis XV Provincial Style Leather Top Writing Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Louis XV provincial style leather top writing / games table, late 19th century. With an old tooled leather top, carved aprons, with carved c scrolled...
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European Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
Antique French Louis Revival Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted amaranth bureau plat, Circa 1880 in date.
The rectangular top has a decorative...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century mahogany inlaid writing desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality 19th Century mahogany inlaid writing desk, the super structure comprising of three mahogany lined drawers either side with the original turned brass knob handles and...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Bruce Talbert for Gillows Attributed Gothic Revival Two-Tier Library Table
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert, Attributed, a Gothic Revival walnut library or serving table with turned gallery below the upper serving area, on turned legs with ebonized details united by a full si...
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English Gothic Revival Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Museum Grade Sculpted Tall Oak 2-Drawer Writing Windsor Chair / Desk, C.1890s
Located in Germantown, MD
The Comb-Back, spindle and brace back Windsor Writing chair / Desk features a traditional sack-back style Windsor with a comb. It includes a hand...
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American Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Century Oak Partners Desk, Leather Writing Surface, Brass Hardware
Located in Toronto, CA
A wonderful probably, 19th century oak partners desk, with a leather writing surface. Each side has a bank of drawers and a cupboard door for serious storage, or you can put both ban...
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English Georgian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique English Mahogany Carved Library Table with Lopers for Expanding Surface
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Antique Early American Country Farmhouse Slant Top School Student Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique early American schoolhouse / country / farmhouse writing desk. Made of poplar featuring a slanted top and dovetailed joinery.
Dimension...
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American Classical Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Poplar
Victorian Davenport Desk Burr Walnut 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Wonderful period Victorian Davenport desk we date to circa 1880
Crafted from burr walnut with elegant patina
Lovingly restored and refinished red tooled leather writing surface with ...
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Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French mahogany and marble top centre table
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th Century French mahogany and marble top centre / occasional table in the manor of Francois Linke (1855 – 1946) having the original inset rouge marble top, with a single oak lined...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Antique Victorian Flame Mahogany Partners Pedestal Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique late Victorian flame mahogany partners pedestal desk, circa 1880 in date. Measures: 4ft.
The rectanglular top features a stunning inset green and gold t...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
circa 1880 George III Style Carved Solid Oak Chest, Green Man Writing Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this 19th century heavily carved dark oak kneehole desk. An impressive green man desk with flowers and scrolls, the s...
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English George III Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Mahogany Writing Table
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany and Tulipwood Parquetry Writing Table, after the model by Jean-Henri Riesener, late 19th century, the parquetry inlaid top with a three-quarte...
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European Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Howard & Sons London Leather Topped Faux Bamboo Writing Table, circa 1875
Located in Kinderhook, NY
English circa 1875 Aesthetic Movement writing table or desk by London cabinetmakers Howard & Sons having original green leather top; the oval form case with single drawer and origina...
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English Aesthetic Movement Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze Mount Marquetry Inlay 1 Drawer Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted Marquetry Inlay One Drawer Small Writing Desk. Item features fine satinwood and kingwood marquetry inlay throughout, figural bronze mount...
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Unknown Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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