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Period: Late 19th Century
Stunning Late 19th Century Desk in the Thomas Chippendale Manner
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning late 19th century mahogany desk in the Thomas Chippendale manner. The moulded top of rectangular form fitted with green gilt embossed tooled leather writing skiver surface...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Mahogany console desk, English, 19th century
Located in Nice, FR
This desk is solid mahogany, it dates from the 19th century, English origin. It is in good condition. Two drawers on the front with original entry. It can be used as a console or ser...
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English British Colonial Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bentwood
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 Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat After Cressent
By Charles Cressent
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fantastic Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Parquetry Bureau Plat
The rectangular top with gilt-tooled leather writing-surface within a molded border and...
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French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A Very Fine C19th Ormolu Mounted Bureau de Dame by Maison Mottheau
Located in London, GB
A French Ormolu Mounted Kingwood , Tulipwood and Parquertry Bureau De Dame dated C1880s
The mount are by Maison Mottheau
Lovely Bombe Shaped
Decorated with Sunburst Parquetry and Angel Candelabras...
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French Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Writing Table
Located in Dallas, TX
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...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Lovely Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted German K.P.M. Porcelain Desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Lovely Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted German K.P.M. Porcelain Desk
Decorated allover with porcelain plaques painted with scenes of courting couples, the upper section with a central cupboard door mounted with a square plaque and nine surrounding drawers, the lower section with shaped top inset with three frieze drawers, each of the corners with a male figure emerging from a scrolled volute, above four tapering fluted and floral-painted porcelain legs with four putti...
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German Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th century mahogany carlton house desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century mahogany carlton house desk circa 1890.
Good quality late Victorian example of this popular desk design. Freestanding with shaped back, brass gallery to the top, below...
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English Sheraton Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Beautiful Victorian Oak Pedestal Desk Made By Howard&Sons
Located in Crawley, GB
Beautiful small oak pedestal desk made be Howard&Sons between 1860-1890 , with brown leather and gilt tooled inset top above an arrangement of ...
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British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
Antique French Inlaid Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
An absolutely exquisite antique French inlaid bureau plat desk. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1880-1890 period.
It is one of ...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Little Box for SESC Pompeia by Lina Bo Bardi , 2022, Marcenaria Baraúna
Located in Edogawa-ku Tokyo, JP
Design：Lina Bo Bardi, Marcelo Ferraz, André Vainer
Material：Solid Pine, Melamine laminate, with casters
Designed by Lina Bo Baldi in 1986, this children's desk was created for insta...
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Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Swedish Country 3 Drawer Desk
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish country 3 drawer desk. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
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Swedish Country Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Ladies Desk, after Francoise Linke, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style ladies writing desk, having an inset leather top, wonderful Fine gilded ormolu mounts, a single frieze drawer opening to revea...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Giltwood Carved Figural Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style giltwood carved figural center or hall table fitted with a Brêche violette marble top. The rectangular frame with four scrolled cabriol...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
19th Century Satinwood Ladies Writing Table
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century satinwood ladies writing table in the Sheraton style, having a shaped leather writing surface decorated with blind tooling, decorativ...
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British Sheraton Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
19th Century Satinwood Ladies Writing Table in the Sheraton Style
Located in Martlesham, GB
A super quality 19th century satinwood ladies writing table in the Sheraton style, having a shaped superstructure with two short over one long oak lined drawers with original turned ...
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British Sheraton Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Antique Edwardian Inlaid Writing Table / Desk
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and quite unusual antique Edwardian leather top writing table. This was made in England, it dates from around 1890-1900.
This is very well made and is a useful size, the...
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British Edwardian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Black Lacquered Desk
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV style black lacquer Bureau plat
French 19th century Louis XV style black lacquer Bureau plat, raised on bronze mounted cabriole legs, the sca...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique desk from the late 19th century, Western Europe.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique desk from around 1890, Western Europe.
Dimensions: H 78 cm / W 162 cm / D 85 cm
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French Renaissance Revival Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Desk ~ Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Desk ~ Bureau Plat is a beautifully preserved historical piece the design for which has inspired furniture makers since the middle of the 18th cen...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Pedestal Desk, English, Oak, Leather, Merryweather & Son, Late Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique single-piece show desk. An English, oak and leather pedestal desk for central room placement by Merryweather & Son, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 190...
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British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut & Inlaid Davenport Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique Davenport desk which is crafted from beautiful burr walnut, circa 1870 in date.
The desk has a rear stationery compartment which encloses a divided interi...
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Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Swedish 3 Drawer Country Desk
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Country Desk. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
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Swedish Country Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
A fine 19th c French Louis XV signed Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
A very Fine 19th century French Louis XV mahogany and gilt bronze mounted bureau blat signed Jemont Paris.
Finest gilt bronze mounts with two side pull outs . Original leather top . French polished . Jemont exhibited alongside the likes of Francois Linke at the 1900 Paris Exposition .
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rare English "Adam" Influenced Hepplewhite Style Carved Mahogany Cylinder Desk
By Robert Adam
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Exceptional quality antique English "Adam" influenced Hepplewhite style carved and pierced mahogany cylinder desk with pull out baize covered slide and fitted interior.
Please note ...
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English Hepplewhite Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Baize
Anglo Indian Colonial Teak Desk, 1890s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Large and sturdy desk from the late 1800s. Generously thick teak material. Below the full carved profile typical of the style and period. numerous restorati...
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British Colonial Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
19th Century Salon Empire Writing Desk, 1890
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid wood, mahogany veneer. Rectangular cover plate over an inconspicuous frame. The base is arched. Fine chiselled bronze applications, gilded. Removable worktop / writing table un...
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French Empire Revival Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century, French Louis XV Style, Lacquered Wood Desk
Located in IT
19th century, French Louis XV style, lacquered wood desk
This elegant lacquered wooden desk was made in France between the end of the 19th centu...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Desk in Mahogany Louis XVI Style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Minister desk in mohagany gilded brass and green leather on the top
The desk have two extensions on the sides allowing you to put a lamp or accessory, the desk is composed of 3 par...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Late Victorian Oak Writing Table This is a good solid quality piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Late Victorian Oak Writing Table
This is a good solid quality piece made about 1900, with low stretchers and standing on turned legs, the table has 5 drawers the centre one having ...
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Arts and Crafts Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Mahogany Two Drawer Writing Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany writing table the large rectangular top with inset black tooled leather with gilt-tooled border. Above the frieze fitted with two drawers, all raised up on cylindrical suppo...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Writing Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality, impressive 18th century style Kingwood Bureau plat, in the manner of Zweiner. Having an inset green leather writing surface with gilt tooling. gilded ormolu moul...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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 Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
1870s French Ebonized Desk
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1870s Ebonized leather top French desk with brass accents. Leather top has worn spots as shown in picture.
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Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Louis XVI style writing table, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Mahogany bureau plat in the style of Louis XVI.
Having an inset leather top, a frieze drawer, gilded ormolu mounts and raised on elegant ...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Mahogany, Satinwood, Ebony and Ormolu Writing Desk by D. Ross
By Donald Ross
Located in London, GB
Louis XVI style mahogany, satinwood, ebony and ormolu writing desk by Donald Ross
English, Late 19th Century
Height 73cm, width 108cm, depth 64cm
This excellent piece, a table à écrire, or writing desk, was made by Donald Ross, an important English maker active in the late nineteenth century, in the manner of Jean-Henri Riesener, the renowned, highly acclaimed and towering ébéniste of the Louis XVI period in France. It features a rectangular top surface mounted with a gilt-bronze edge, in which is set a finely tooled gilt leather surface.
This, like the frieze drawers around the sides, is set within a lattice veneer parquetry border. The table is divided by a central ormolu appliqué...
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English Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Sheraton Revival Desk Mahogany Writing Table 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Sheraton Revival Mahogany 2 drawer Writing Table.<
Circa 1880
This Writing Table is Raised Upon Tapered Legs.
Featuring 2 Mahogany Lined Drawers.
The Whole of the Writing Table Havin...
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Revival Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Italian Renaissance Revival Walnut Figural Library Table Writing Desk 52
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Neo-Renaissance Revival parlor / library table or writing desk, circa 1870s Made of walnut featuring Neoclassical styling with high relief figural carvings of cherubs / putti...
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Renaissance Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Table Dining Breakfast Table Writing Desk Carved Oak SUPERB
Located in Tyler, TX
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...
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French Renaissance Revival Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
A fine and rare 19th c English mahogany Chinese Chippendale architects desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and rare 19th century English Chinese Chippendale mahogany architects desk . Leather top insert with brass pull out candle holders. Beautiful carved raised galley and fretwork .
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English Chinese Chippendale Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Center Table Att. Alfred Beurdeley
Located in New York, NY
A Very Important "Table De Salon" or "Table des Muses", after the design by Alfred Beurdeley
An amarante, satine, burr, stained and fruitwood marquetry on sycamore veneers with one...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Parquetry Inlaid Writing-Table by François Linke, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV Style gilt bronze-mounted parquetry inlaid writing-table, by François Linke.
French, circa 1890.
Stamped 'FL' to the reverse of the centre bronze mounts to the front...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Wood and Gold Bronze French Napoleon III Era Writing Desk, 1880
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French writing desk from the late 19th century. Napoleon III furniture, wavy and rounded, carved and veneered in mahogany wood. Finished for the center desk enriched with gilded and ...
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French Napoleon III Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century Ebonised Wood, Gilt Bronze and Pietra Dura Desk
Located in London, GB
Antique Mid-19th century ebonised wood, gilt bronze and Pietra Dura desk,
French, c. 1860s
Dimensions: Height 77cm, width 134cm, depth 78cm
This ...
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French Napoleon III Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone, Ormolu
Rare 19th Century British India Solid Teak Slant Lid Floor Scholar's Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Rare British India slant lid floor desk likely used by a scholar or merchant. Beautifully handcrafted from solid wood with excellent proportions. The flat top can house inkwells and the slant utilized for writing or drawing. The lid opens on hinges to reveal a storage compartment. A wonderful piece to incorporate in your decor if you like to sit and spend time on the floor or it may be raised by easy customization to act as a bed desk...
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Indian Anglo Raj Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
French 1890s Inlaid Louis XV Bronze Mounted French-Polished Writing Table Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a spectacular fully restored and French-polished inlaid marquetry inlaid mixed woods French marquetry Desk or library table. The desk ha...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique office, Northern Europe, ca. 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique desk from the second half of the 19th century, Northern Europe.
Furniture in very good condition, after professional renovation.
Dimensions: height 87 cm / width 124 cm / d...
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Unknown Empire Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Style Pietre Dure Mounted Ebonised Writing Table, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI Style gilt bronze and Pietre Dure mounted ebonised writing table, retailed by Edwards & Roberts.
French, circa 1870.
The drawer edge stamped 'Edwards & Roberts'.
This Fine ebonised writing table has a three-quarter galleried superstructure with cavetto moulding above three cupboards, each with a panel door inset with Fine pietre dure panels of vases issuing flowers. The lower part of the table has a pullout / pull-out writing slide with a dark blue leather writing surface, above a long drawer centred by a tablet mounted with a foliate pietre dure panel. The table is raised on tapering square section legs united by an 'X'-frame stretcher centred by a gilt bronze vase.
The beautiful Florentine pietre dure panels are inlaid in high relief with shaded agates marble, and semi-precious stones. The combination of Fine gilt bronze mounts on an ebonised ground enriched with Fine pietre dure inlay indicates the work of one of the best Parisian ébénistes of the period.
Edwards & Roberts, was one of the principal London companies working in the nineteenth century in the taste of the late Eighteenth Century. They started business in 1845 and by 1854 were trading as 'Edwards & Roberts, 21 Wardour Street, Antique and Modern Cabinet Makers and Importers of Ancient Furniture'.
Wardour Street became an important furniture retailing area in the second half of the 19th century. Contemporary documents note '... a fine and complete library...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Agate, Bronze
Antique English Inlaid Rosewood Writing Desk, Circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English inlaid rosewood writing desk on casters with leather and galleried top, Circa 1890.
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English Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Louis XVI style Bureau plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style bureau plat. Having an inset leather top, gilded ormolu mouldings and mounts. Trellis parquetry to the frieze, with flora...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Writing Desk, In the Regency Manner, Late 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A Late 19th Century Writing Desk, In the Regency Manner
With blind tooled and panelled Moroccan red leather top, over deeply set modified greek key frieze, with flush mount drawers,...
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Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Abalone
19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat by Maison Krieger
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous quality 19th century ormolu-mounted bureau by Maison Krieger.
Serpentine top with brown leather writing surface, the frieze set with three drawers, the reverse with false...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Rare Early American Country Pyrography Desk
Located in Forney, TX
A rare, one-of-a-kind antique American folk decorated desk with beautifully aged distressed patina found in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.
Hand-crafted in the Southern United States in the late 19th century, featuring elaborate hand carving and pyrography wood burning decoration in classical motif, kneehole desk form with raised gallery dated "1899", having a topped with a single door cabinet, supported by two columns of three drawers.
Provenance / Acquisition:
Found in a Mt. Juliet, Tennessee farmhouse
Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Bright Star Antiques, Sulfur Springs, Texas. Specializing in early American antiques...
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American Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Chippendale Revival Desk by Gillows
Located in London, GB
A magnificent antique Chippendale revival desk by Gillows. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1890-1900 period.
The quality is outstanding, the Gillows makers stamp ...
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British Chippendale Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Fine 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Center Table by Joseph Zwiener
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener, Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Exceptionally Fine Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Center Table By Joseph Zwiener
Joseph Zwiener
The rectangular marble top above a frieze drawer,...
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French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Exhibition Bureau a Cylindre by Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Long Island City, NY
An exceptional late 19th century gilt bronze Mounted Louis XV/XVI Style Exhibition Bureau a Cylindre By Henry Dasson
Henry Dasson – Thought to be made especially for Dasson’s stand at the Paris Exhibition of 1889.
The rectangular top with pierced three-quarter gallery, above three frieze drawers, with the center drawer opening to a hidden leather book holder...
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French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century walnut pedestal desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th Century walnut pedestal desk, having a green leather writing surface with blind and gilt tooling, a decorative pierced copper gallery running along the back and sides of the mou...
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British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Walnut bureau, France, ca. 1860.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Walnut bureau, France, ca. 1860.
Very good condition.
Wood: walnut
Dimensions: height 130 cm width 120 cm depth 65 cm
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French Biedermeier Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
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