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Period: Late 19th Century
Antique English Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Writing Desk with Original Brasses
Located in Charleston, SC
Fabulous quality antique English inlaid mahogany Hepplewhite style writing desk or Carlton House style desk with original oval brasses, and h...
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English Hepplewhite Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XV Style Walnut Writing Table with Red Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
A Louis XV style French writing table in walnut with bronze hardware and an antique red leather tooled top.
This beautiful table is probably from ...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Victorian Davenport Desk Burl Inlaid over Four-Side Drawers
Located in Plainview, NY
Victorian Davenport desk burl inlaid over four-side drawers. The desk features dummy drawers to one side and real working drawers to the other.
The leather top is in good condition ...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather
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...
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French Regency Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by Maison Forest, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Empire style gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat by Maison Forest.
Paris, circa 1900.
Bearing two labels to the underside: 'FOREST/TAPISSERIE/EBENISTERIE/31 RUE CAMBACERES.PARIS...
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French Empire Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk, Rosewood and Ormulu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Antique Louis XV style bureau plat writing desk, rosewood and Ormulu mounts, raised on cabriole legs. Tooled leather top.
Dimensions: 43” W x 31.5” H x 25.5” D
Side drawers (2): ...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
English Arts and Crafts Oak Roll Top Desk
Located in New York, NY
English Arts and Crafts oak roll top desk with side drawers and leather top.
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English Arts and Crafts Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
French Kingwood Bonheur du Jour, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French Kingwood Bonheur Du Jour, having a wonderful faded patina, white marble to the top, with three quarter...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Porcelain, Kingwood, Mahogany
Fine Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Tulipwood Bureau Plat
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted tulipwood bureau plat.
Late 19th century. The replaced gilt-stamped green leather writing surface with...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Classical American Philadelphia Desk in Mahogany with Double Pedestal
Located in Miami, FL
A very handsome and functional classical American bureau desk in dark Cuban mahogany, likely from Philadelphia. Offers three drawers along the apron, o...
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American American Classical Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
English 1870s Faux Bamboo Walnut Desk with Oval Top, Drawers and Root Style Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English faux bamboo walnut desk from the late 19th century, with oval shaped top, two drawers and bamboo root style feet. Created in England during the third quarter of the 19th c...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Walnut
American Painted Table with Two Drawers, Late 19th Century
Located in Southampton, NY
American painted table with two drawers, late 19th century
Measures: 40.5" wide x 20" deep x 31" high
Provenance: Private Collection, South...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century English Victorian Rosewood and Marquetry Writing Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
A good quality Victorian rosewood and marquetry writing, having a green leather writing surface, decorated with blind and gold tooling above an arrangement of 9 drawers, each with or...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Classic 19th Century, Chinese Wine Table
Located in New York, NY
A simple, Ming stye 19th century, Chinese wine table with fabulous patina and beautiful details. The size of this wonderful table makes it ideal for use as a vanity or small work desk...
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Chinese Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
Personal Writing Desk from Empress Elisabeth I of Austria, circa 1870
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
With pride we present to you an absolute unique opportunity, not just an antique piece of furniture, much more, a truly amazing piece of history with incredible provenance! The personal Travel Writing Desk from Empress Elisabeth...
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Austrian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
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Mahogany, Beech
Adjustable Citronnier Wood Reading Table, England, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Adjustable citronnier wood reading table, England, late 19th century.
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine Louis XV Style Marquetry Bureau Plat Attributed to François Linke
Located in Montreal, QC
A fine and Important Louis XV style Bureau plat attributed to François Linke (1855-1946) after a model by Jean François Oeben. Typical of the work by François Linke, this desk featur...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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 ...
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French Empire Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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
Walnut Center Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th century walnut writing table the shaped top with inset leather enclosed by a walnut banding. To the frieze fitted with gilt metal decoration...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Nice Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
A nice late 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted bureau plat
The rectangular top with gilt-tooled leather writing-surface within a molded border, above a quarter-veneered serpentine frieze, three drawers to the front and three simulated drawers to the reverse, each drawer with acanthus scroll handles, the sides centered with a floral motif, the cabriole legs mounted with sea shell bronze...
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French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
VR Stamped Victoria Regina Hardwood Twin Pedestal Partner Desk Victorian, 1860
Located in GB
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
Antique Victorian Mahogany Twin Pedestal Desk Edwards & Roberts
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique fine quality Victorian mahogany twin pedestal desk Edwards & Roberts (famous London maker), circa 1895.
This is a lovely quality piece, that is full of age, charm and char...
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Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Louis XIV Style Mahogany & Brass Inlay Secretary Boulle Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and rare French 19th century Louis XIV style mahogany and brass inlaid drop-front freestanding secretary desk in the manner of André-Charles Boulle. The slender mahogany body ...
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French Louis XIV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Rare Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Pedestal Desk by François Linke, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare gilt bronze mounted marquetry pedestal desk by François Linke.
French, circa 1900.
Linke Index Number 711.
Linke title ‘Bureau LXV à 8 pieds’.
Stamped to the insi...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rare circa 1880 Antique Howard & Son's Pollard Oak Patner Desk Oxblood Leather
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely sublime exceptionally rare circa 1880 Pollard oak partner desk with oxblood leather top made by and fully stamped Howard & Son’s Berners Street
What can I say, a 140 year old desk, in one of the best timbers around and made by one of the greatest furniture makers England has ever produced. Howard & Son’s history is extensive, I’ll include a short bio below
The desk has the normal partner desk drawer configuration, there are divider slots and some dividers in most drawers, most likely this was a watch makers desk...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
Regence Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Bureau Plat by Zwiener, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Regence style gilt bronze-mounted bureau plat by Zwiener.
French, circa 1890.
Stamped to the reverse of the bronze mounts 'JZ'.
This fine bureau plat has a shaped leathe...
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French Régence 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
Antique French circa 1870 Bonheur Du Jour Hardwood Marble Desk Bureau Faux Books
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare fully restored circa 1870 hardwood and Parquetry Bonheur Du Jour with marble top surmounted by brass gallery rail, leather top and f...
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French High Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
A fine Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany bureau plat.
Origin: French
Date: late 19th century
Dimension: H 29 1/4 x W 44 x D 22 3/4.
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French Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
Boulle Desk .
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Boulle Desk from 1880
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French French Provincial Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
French 19th Century Rustic Pinewood Table
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Charming pinewood table with single drawer and original green-painted top, raised on tapering legs.
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French Country Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique Inlaid Satinwood Writing Table Desk by Edwards & Roberts, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a sublime satinwood and marquetry desk by Edwards & Roberts, Circa 1880 in date.
This gorgeous desk is freestanding and has been crafted from beautiful satinwood which has been masterfully inlaid with a marquetry of ribbons, swags and garlands.
The rectangular top is beautifully framed with walnut cross-banding and features an inset gold tooled green leather writing surface above seven capacious drawers. The desk is raised on squared tapered legs that terminate in the original brass castors.
It bears the stamp of the renowned cabinet makers Edward and Roberts in the centre drawer.
Complete with the original handles and working loks and key.
This elegant desk will make a wonderful addition to your home or office.
Condition:
In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned polished waxed and releathered in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 75 x width 122 x depth 61
Height 60 x width 48 - Kneehole dimensions
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 foot, 5 inches x width 4 foot x depth 2 foot
Height 2 feet x width 1 foot, 7 inches - Kneehole dimensions
Edwards & Roberts
The firm Edwards & Roberts was one of the best English antique furniture cabinet makers of the second half of the eighteenth century. The company was founded in 1845 and by 1854 was trading as ‘Edwards & Roberts’, 21 Wardour Street, Antique and Modern Cabinet...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
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 Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite quality French Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted tulipwood and kingwood bureau plat attributed to Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Attributed to Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener (1848...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Tulipwood
Rare Louis XV Style Bureau Plat, After a Model by J. Dubois, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
A rare double-side Louis XV style flat desk, made of veneered wood, opening with three drawers decorated with a beautiful flower motif end-cut wood marquetry. With fine chased and gi...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
A François Linke Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Bureau à Cylindre
Located in New York, NY
A fine quality Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted plum pudding mahogany bureau à cylindre after the model by Jean-Henri Riesener.
The cylinder opening to six filing compartments an...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Side Table or Writing Table, Entretoise Legs
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Louis XVI style side table or writing table, Entretoise legs.
Lovely model decorated with musical instruments, scrolls, ribbons and feathers in the classical Louis XVI vernac...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Museum Quality Inlaid Writing Table with Bronze Trim
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th century French museum quality inlaid writing table with bronze trim. Excellent condition. Such a lovely antique piece!.
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French Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Regence Style Ebonised Bureau Plat by Sormani, circa 1880
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Regence style ebonised and gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat by Sormani.
Paris, circa 1880.
The central drawer bearing a label for ‘VVE P. SORMANI & FILS 10, r. Charlot Pa...
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French Régence Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
19th Century Enlish Victorian Corner Desk with Green Leather Top in Maple.
Located in Dallas, TX
An English Victorian birdseye maple corner desk with an old green leather top with large drawers behind the two front doors with three large and three small drawer. This is a charmin...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood, Birdseye Maple
Superb Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Center Table by Francois Linke
Located in New York, NY
A superb late 19th century gilt bronze mounted Regence style center table by François Linke
The inset shaped marble top above a single drawer centered with a winged cherub head, t...
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French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Mahogany Ladies Writing Desk Table France
Located in Munich, DE
This charming small ladies writing desk – so called 'Écritoire de Dames' was made in France circa 1890-1900 . It is executed in mahogany in k...
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French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Satin Birch Writing Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4565 fine quality Victorian satin writing table or dressing table, having shaped upstand, stunning top with moulded edge and 2 oak lined drawers fitted with original turned knobs, ...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satin
Rare Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Bureau de Dame François Linke, circa 1980
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare and unusual Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted and marquetry inlaid Bureau de Dame by François Linke.
French, circa 1890.
Signed to the gilt-bronze rim ‘Linke’.
Stampe...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
19th Century Kingwood and Ormolu Writing Table
Located in Martlesham, GB
A free standing 19th century French Kingwood and ormolu writing table, having a curved superstructure with divided compartments, the shaped top with a brass moulded edge, green leath...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
19th Century French Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Center Table by E. Khan & Cie.
Located in New York, NY
A Very Important "Table De Salon" with Elaborate Marquetry by E. Khan & Cie.
The amarante, satine, burr, stained and fruitwood marquetry on sycamore ve...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Satin
Superb Sheraton Revival Satinwood Desk
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4637 Fine late Victorian satinwood bureau, having arched tambour top which open to reveal pigeons holes, small inlaid drawers and slide out, green leather writing surface, all abov...
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English Sheraton Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
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Satinwood
Sheraton Revival Inlaid Desk, 19th Century, Edwards and Roberts
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century mahogany inlaid writing desk, stamped Edwards and Roberts. Having a brass gallery to the top, with an inset leather tooled top. Three frieze dra...
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English Sheraton Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Sheraton Revival Inlaid Desk
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century Edwardian period, Sheraton Revival inlaid desk. Having a fire screen that pulls up, secret compartments that pop out from the sides for ink and pens....
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English Sheraton Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louix XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Center Table, Paris, circa 1890
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Louix XVI style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany center table
Paris, circa 1890
surmounted by a Sarrancolin marble top with rounded corners above a long single frieze drawer and rai...
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Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Table, Writing Desk, Hand Carved Walnut, Testolini & Salviati
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Late 19th century table, writing desk, in hand carved walnut, by Testolini & Salviati.
The important desk is all in solid walnut, with a veneered top. Neoclassical legs with 4 lions...
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Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Large Scale Bamboo Desk with Black Leather Top
Located in Sheffield, MA
Wonderfully restored large size bamboo desk with black leather top and two large drawers. The desk looks stunning from all 4 sides. Some flaws on the leather top.
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English Aesthetic Movement Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Leather
Mid-19th Century Georgian Style Mahogany Knee Hole Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-19th century Georgian style mahogany knee hole desk in very nice original condition. The case having a single top drawer with a knee hole center flanked by three by three drawers...
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Georgian Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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
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