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Period: Late 19th Century
Regence Style Bureau Plat
Located in Cheshire, GB
A Fine Regence Style Bureau Plat in the Manner of André-Charles Boulle, inlaid all over with intricate brass embellishments on a red tortoiseshell ground and having ornate gilt metal...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Roll-Up Secretary, 1890s
Located in Miami, FL
Unique French roll-up secretary/desk in the transition style from around 1890
Wood and bronze. Writing surface and compartments can be pulled out under closure. Cut-out frame drawer...
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French French Provincial Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Victorian Sycamore Partners Desk
Located in Altrincham, GB
A fabulous Victorian partners desk in beautiful mellow sycamore - double pedestal with front drawers and cupboard rear with tooled leather insert top c1860 - 66"ww x 36"d x 32"h (25...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Sycamore
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with inset deep burgundy leather with bronze outer border over three drawers and opposing false drawers raised on cabriole legs and sabot feet. With key.
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Lovely Victorian circa 1880 English Panelled Hardwood Twin Pedestal Partner Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely English paneled Mahogany Victorian Circa 1880 twin pedestal partner desk with original fittings and brass castors
A good looking an...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
19th Century Country French Louis XVI Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Country French Louis XVI Secretary represents the essence of efficiency with a flair for style! Hand-crafted from solid oak, i...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique European Hardwood Desk / 71" Long
Located in thousand oaks, CA
This large antique hand-crafted solid wood desk from Belgium is a stunning piece of furniture that will add a touch of old-world charm to any office or study. Carved and built from s...
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Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
19th century French oak desk with three drawers
Located in London, GB
C19th French country house oak desk with three deep drawers.
This is a solid and understated bureau Plat in an earlier C18th style.
The central drawer being shallow with later hardwa...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Spanish 1880s Walnut Side Table or Lady Desk, Lyre 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.
This elegant Spanish table features a simple, rectan...
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Spanish Baroque Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
William IV Style Writing Table or Desk of Mahogany with Leather Top from England
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English writing table or desk of mahogany from the late 19th century, in the William IV style, featuring an inset embossed green leather top over a frieze of two drawers - eac...
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English William IV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Late 19th Century French Carved Oak Writing Desk with Leather Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
This is an authentic French antique carved desk with a leather top made of oak, having intricate carving on all sides and the barley twist legs. Th...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
19th C Chippendale Style Mahogany Block Front Shell Carved Secretary Desk Lowboy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th century Chippendale style mahogany blockfront secretary desk. Item features solid mahogany wood construction, dramatic shapely legs terminating with ball and claw feet on the fr...
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American Chippendale Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Walnut Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful walnut bookcase piece that can be used as a desk or work table. Made of robust walnut wood. All its legs and stretcher are Solomonic and it has a drawer with its iron handl...
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French Baroque Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XVI Style Writing Desk Bureauplatt, Bronze Gilt Mounts Leather Top
Located in Miami, FL
Crafted in Paris, France, circa 1870 in the style of Francois Linke and built of walnut , the large antique desk stands on elegant cabriole legs dec...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI-Style Bureau Plat of Plum Pudding Mahogany
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XVI-style bureau plat of plum pudding mahogany, having a rectangular top with an inset leather writing surface, gilt enbossed trim, over three drawers with gilt metal banding...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
With Certificate Antique Shannon File Co Victorian Walnut Tambour Desk Must See
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, very rare, original Antique Victorian Shannon File Co LTD, tambour fronted desk in Waln...
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English High Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Early Paint Antique French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk & Stool
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning early painted circa 1880-1900 French Louis XV style Bureau plat writing table with later stool
This is a wonderful find, the burea...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
VR Stamped Victoria Regina Hardwood Twin Pedestal Partner Desk Victorian, 1860
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely English Victorian Circa 1880 twin pedestal partner desk with original castors and VR stamped locks for Victoria Regina...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Gorgeous French Louis XV Carved Walnut Side Table or Desk with Gold Gilt
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very rare French Louis XV table with original gold gilt paint. Multi functional versatlle stunning accent table, side table or focal point that ...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Giltwood
Italian Rectangular Neoclassical Table in Walnut Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Beautiful rectangular table in neoclassical style , in solid blond walnut and walnut folder the top. Four turned and carved legs with acanthus leaves, molded bases with central conne...
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Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Table Ouija, Used for Séances, United States, 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A small table for séances, also called mediumistic.
The ouija board, made of wood, with a wavy edge, has a surface
Flat black, resting on a central base ...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Georgian Style Burl Walnut and Leather Top Desk
Located in Richmond, VA
Gorgeous wear and patina on this burl walnut and leather top Georgian style desk from late 19th century. Early Georgian style with burl walnut and leather top raised on pad feet with...
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English George I Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Antique Ladies Morning Room Desk, English, Writing Table, Aesthetic Period, 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique ladies morning room desk. An English, walnut and satinwood pedestal writing table with Aesthetic Period taste, dating to the Victorian ...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Louis XVI style bureau plat.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French parquetry inlaid Louis XVI style bureau plat. Having an inset leather tooled top, gilded ormolu mouldings and classical monopodia mounts ...
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French Louis XIV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique desk Wilhelminian style Walnut
Located in Würzburg, DE
✓ Dainty & elegant
✓ Unique craftsmanship
✓ Practical and beautiful
Dimensions: W: 120cm H: 122cm D: 70cm
Item: Antique desk secretary
Item no.: 914
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German Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Nutwood
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Dickens Pedestal Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a truly superb antique Victorian Period burr walnut Dickens pedestal desk, circa 1880 in date.
The sunken central superstructure is flanked on either side by columns of five...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Handcrafted Colonial Teak Campaign Table with Folding Legs
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Circa 1890's
Solid teak hand crafted Campaign folding table from the days of the British Raj. Has flaps that pivot outwards and tuck away ben...
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British Indian Ocean Territory Campaign Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Neo-Classical R.J. Horner Style Desk / Table Green Leather Top & Dolphin Base
Located in Kennesaw, GA
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...
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American Neoclassical Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
Antique 19th C Spanish Renaissance Carved Oak Wood 2 Drawer Library Table Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique 19th C. Spanish Renaissance Carved Oak Wood 2 Drawer Library Table Writing Desk. Item features a scrolling cast iron stretcher base, 2 drawers (locks removed), carved paw fee...
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Unknown Renaissance Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Oak
Fine Quality Francois Linke Style Bronze Mounted Petite Ladies Desk, 1870s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
Category
French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Stripped 19th Century French Oak Renaissance Style Table with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
As is the case with most French Renaissance style furniture, this beautiful stripped oak table with marble top features elaborate sculptural ornamen...
Category
French Renaissance Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
19th Century English Walnut Desk
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A charming walnut desk. Made in England in the late 19th century. Lovely patine throughout. Panneled back, leather inset, castor wheels.
Chairspace is 62.5 H x 52 W cms.
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British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Late 19th Bureau Antique Cartonnier Sliding Top for Hidden Storage
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian smaller-sized writing desk with storage hidden beneath top from the 19th century. This super cute desk, or occasional table from I...
Category
French Regency Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Large Victorian Partner Desk, England, 19th Century, Mahogany with Leather
Located in Berlin, DE
Large Victorian Partner Desk, England, 19th Century, Mahogany with Leather
England, 19th century. Mahogany. Rectangular writing tablet with rounded corners and embossed leather cove...
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Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Notary office table
Located in TOURCOING, FR
Superb solid wood notary desk dating from the 19th century, perfect for an elegant and refined interior. This high-quality desk is crafted from wood with a green leather top embossed...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Late 19th Century Louis XIV Style Library Table by Francois Linke
Located in Chicago, IL
Francois Linke is among the most important furniture makers of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He is most noted for his commission of the Ras al-Tin Palace in Alexandria...
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French Louis XIV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Kidney Shaped Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
A fine quality 19th Century inlaid mahogany kidney shaped desk with tulipwood, satinwood and boxwood stringing, the shaped and moulded edge top having a tan brown leather writing sur...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Empire Revival Cylinder Bureau 19th Century
Located in London, GB
An Empire Revival mahogany and parcel gilt cylinder bureau, Circa 1880 in date.
The panelled roll top enclosing a green inset leather writing surface and an arrangement of drawers a...
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French Empire Revival Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Empire Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Mahogany construction with rectangular leather writing surface with gilt brass medallion pulls. Back has gilt metal chariot and horse plaque. Top sits on ...
Category
French Empire Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Oak Writing Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a Victorian oak desk, the top inset with a green leather writing surface decorated with blind and gold tooling. Below this there is an arrangement of 9 drawers, with 9 du...
Category
English Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Arts & Crafts mahogany desk writing table Philip Webb for Morris & Co
By Philip Webb
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Arts & Cafts mahogany writing table or desk the design attributed to Philip Webb for Morris & Co. The top is inset with a dark green rexine. It is an unusual design with its sweeping...
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British Arts and Crafts Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XV Style French Kingwood Parquetry and Gilt Bronze Bureau Plat 'Desk'
By Jean-Pierre Latz
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 19th century French Bureau Plat in kingwood and amaranth parquetry with three drawers to one side with gilt bronze decoration all round; notable are the drawer handles modelled with Chinese heads; the two ends decorated with Apollo heads...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
19th Century French Louis XV Style Marquetry Lady's Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and well-proportioned 19th century French lady's desk, the case veneered with marquetry decoration and embellished with finely cast and finished gilt bronze mounts. The d...
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European Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French Antique Writing Desk / Writing Table in Mahogany
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5624 Fine quality late XIXth century French mahogany writing desk of generous proportions, having original tooled green leather to the top which has a brass edge flanked by two sli...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Signed Escalier De Cristal of Paris Metamorphic French Louis XVI Desk Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is an incredible signed L Escalier De Cristal of Paris metamorphic desk or ladies vanity. The desk is beautifully inlaid and features inlaid brass inside the fluted legs and a g...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Rare Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Attributed to Zwiener
Located in Long Island City, NY
An exceptional and rare late 19th century gilt bronze mounted Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Attributed to Zwiener
Attributed to Joseph Zwiener
The serpentine case with a rectangular top with gilt-tooled leather writing-surface within a molded border above a quarter-veneered frieze, three drawers to the front and three simulated drawers to the reverse each flanked by a large putto, the sides centered with a fine bronze Apollo mask, the cabriole legs mounted with sea shell bronze designs with foliate-cast sabots.
Born in Herdon, Germany, in 1849, Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener followed the tradition of some of the best ébnistes of the nineteenth century. He moved to Paris establishing a workshop at 12, rue de la Roquette, between 1880 and 1895. He produced a wide array of the very finest furniture, modelling in his own interpretations of the eighteenth century Louis XV Rococo style, veneered with the highest and finest quality marquetry and ‘Vernis Martin’ panels. Exhibiting at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, in 1889, Zwiener was awarded a gold medal for what the jury reported as ‘dè ses dèbuts à une Exposition Universelle, [il] s’est mi au premier rang par la richesse, la hardinesse, et le fini de ses meubles incrustés de bronze et fort habilment marquetés.’
Zwiener was closely associated with François Linke, and the two houses produced work which, at first glance, is remarkably similar and with occasionally identical mounts. The similarities are made more likely by the fact that the brilliant sculptor, Léon Messagé, worked initially for Zwiener and subsequently, upon Zwiener’s departure for Berlin to work on furniture commissioned by Freidrich Wilhelm II , he was employed in the workshop of François Linke. It appears that Zwiener, unlike Linke, did not sign all his work, although some stamped pieces with his name and/or his “Z” initial are documented. There is some uncertainty between the recorded stamp E. Zwiener and the work of a Julius Zwiener...
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French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Rectangular Bouillotte Louis XVI Desk Table with Bronze Mounts
Located in Miami, FL
This important writing table is after Jean-Henri Riesener, perhaps the most important furniture maker working in Paris during the reign of Louis XVI. The desk thus demonstrates a cur...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
American Victorian Gothic Revival "Carlton House" Desk
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian Gothic Revival (mid-19th Century) oak "Carlton House" desk with super structure above drawers on legs joined by stretchers.
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American Gothic Revival Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Century English Flocked Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Stunning 19th Century Damasked flocked desk.
Truly one of a kind and radiating faded glory.The craftsmanship of the work is stunning.
Coved in the 19th Century three draws to each si...
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English Country Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Rare Walnut Desk in the Anglo-Japanese Style Designed by Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
A fine and rare walnut desk in the Anglo-Japanese style designed by Thomas Jeckyll and made by Charles Hindley and Sons.
“Thomas Jeckyll designed some of the earliest surviving furniture inspired in decoration if not in form- by interest in Japan” (Cooper p. 138).
As can be seen on the desk, the style and design details such as the ‘Key’ design, the Japanese style lacquered door panels, the cross hatching and circle design on the brass door brackets, all combine to create a unique example of Jeckyll’s Anglo-Japanese work.
The ‘Key’ design on the desk appears on many of Jeckyll’s designs including the cast iron grates and fenders made by Barnard, Bishop and Barnards and on furniture designed for ‘Alecco’ Ionides for his home at no1 Holland Park, London in circa 1875. The ‘Peacock’ dining...
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Anglo-Japanese Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Black Lacquered Louis XV Style Writing Table
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XV style black lacquered writing table or bureau plat. With three working drawers, including original key and blind drawer...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
A French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood Marquetry Writing Table/Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood Marquetry and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Ladies Writing Table or Desk. The single drawer center table surmounted on each corner with...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Walnut Compact Knee Hole Desk with Warm Aged Patina
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Handsome compact warm wood antique knee hole desk having 2 top drawers over 3 drawers on each side. Wonderful aged patina. Not finished on bac...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Rosewood Ladies' Desk by S.& H. Jewell From the Late 19th Century
Located in Opole, PL
Rosewood Ladies' Desk by S.& H. Jewell From the Late 19th Century
A piece of furniture veneered with rosewood, dating to the late 19th century. The rectangular form includes four sm...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Walnut Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
French walnut writing table. Within the frieze are two drawers with moulded decoration and silvered handles. The turned, tapering reeded legs are joined by a carved stretcher with ...
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French Napoleon III Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Pine Marquetry Writing or Side Table
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Victorian Pine Marquetry Writing or Side Table
This is a very attractive table, it has a smooth rectangular top with slightly rounded corners and sturdy turned legs, there is a us...
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Arts and Crafts Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century walnut writing table
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th Century walnut library table, the large rectangular top with rounded ends having tooled inset leather writing surface. The frieze is fitted with long drawer supported on twin ca...
Category
British Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Burr Walnut Piano Top Pop Up Davenport
Located in Altrincham, GB
Victorian Burr Walnut Piano Top Pop Up Davenport with Scroll End Supports, maple fitted interior with writing slope and ink bottles, scroll end supports flanking drawers on plinth ba...
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English High Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
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