Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
LOUIS XVI STYLE
Reflecting the final era of royal opulence before the upheaval of the French Revolution, antique Louis XVI furniture features more angular shapes than the Rococo curves of the Louis XV style, harkening back to the imposing grandeur of Louis XIV.
Dating between 1750 and 1800, an era that overlapped with the last king of France whose reign was cut short by the guillotine, Louis XVI furniture, known as the goût grec, is emblematic of the neoclassical revision that French furniture underwent during the second half of the 18th century.
Authentic Louis XVI furniture characteristics include clean lines and carved details such as scrolls and acanthus flourishes that were inspired by ancient Greece and Rome. This was informed by a burgeoning interest in antiquity in the 18th century, owing to new archaeological excavations at sites including Pompeii and Herculaneum. It largely eclipsed the more East Asian–influenced ornamentation of Louis XV for something more geometric and symmetrical.
The Louis XVI style was defined by what was being created for the palatial rooms at Versailles and Fontainebleau, particularly for the queen, with cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener being a favorite of Marie-Antoinette’s for his luxurious pieces accented with gilded bronze and marquetry. Furniture maker Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené was also a major designer of the period, with his pieces for the royal residences adorned with giltwood and neoclassical touches like tapered columns for chair legs and laurel leaf carvings. Cabinetmaker Adam Weisweiler occasionally incorporated into his furniture porcelain panels produced by Sèvres, a popular manufacturer of European ceramics that served the crown with serveware, vases and other decorative objects.
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Style: Louis XVI
20th French Louis XV Style Walnut Desk or Library table with Drawer
Located in Miami, FL
This elegant fruitwood desk was created in France, circa 1920. Made of blond walnut timber, the large writing table sits on four legs The front has a wide opening with plenty of kne...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
Antique French Side Table Writing Desk Oak Beveled Top Carved Decorated Legs
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful French side table or console table or writing desk, characterized by the handcrafted carved beveled edge table-top and raised on two stunning carved legs and central cross-...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Louis XVI Style Satinwood and Inlaid Kidney Desk
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (19th Century) satinwood and inlaid 6 legged kidney shaped desk with side slides.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Satinwood
French Louis XVI Style Desk
Located in Austin, TX
French Louis XVI style desk of mahogany, finished with a Museum quality French polish. The contours of the writing table are covered with gilt brass trims while Pearl trims adorn the...
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1930s Vintage Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Leather, Mahogany
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Escritoire Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French writing table, also known as an escritoire. This dates from around the 1930’s.
It is has a very beautiful and useful design, with a very elegant form. Ther...
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1930s French Vintage Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Ormolu
Antique French Kidney Shaped Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French kidney shaped leather top desk, dating from around the 1930’s period.
It is of fabulous quality, with a solid birch construction and contrasting veneers of...
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1930s French Vintage Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
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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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Mahogany
French Louis XVI Style Antique Ebonized Desk
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
French Louis XVI Style Antique Ebonized Desk
France, 1900
Mahogany, ebonized
Antique French Louis XVI style ebonized desk made of mahogany with five dovetailed drawers, each with wo...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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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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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Maison Jansen Inspired French Louis XVI Ebonized Desk Available in Any Dimension
Located in Chicago, IL
Maison Jansen inspired French Louis XVI style ebonized mahogany desk, with gold or brass accents, made here at Old Plank in our very own worksho...
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2010s American Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Brass, Bronze
Louis XVI Leather Top Mahogany Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A mahogany and brass mounted bureau plat desk, with a leather inset writing surface and three frieze drawers, on turned legs French. The original Lou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (19th Century) mahogany and bronze trimmed fluted leg kneehole desk with gallery.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Brass
Louis XVI Cylinder Secretary, Writing Desk, Walnut, circa 1800
Located in Greven, DE
Louis XVI cylinder secretary in walnut, writing desk
West Germany
Walnut and others
Louis XVI around 1800
Dimensions: H x W x D: 112 x 96 x ...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
Antique C1870s French Louis XVI Style Inlaid King Wood Ladies Writing Desk
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...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis Seize Dressing Table, France, early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
A cleverly designed Louis XVI vanity or dressing table. The piece, which can also be used as a desk, is made of mahogany and stands on conical fluted legs with brass castors. The tab...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality small late 19th century French Boulle inlaid bureau plat, having an inset leather top, brass inlay and tortoiseshell to the top, frieze and legs, gilded ormolu mounts, a single frieze drawer with a Bramah lock...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Brass
Antique French Louis XVI Style Knee Hole Desk
Located in London, GB
An absolutely stunning antique French knee hole desk. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1930’s.
It is a lovely petite size, and...
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1930s French Vintage Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Brass, Ormolu
Sevres Plaques Inset Bronze Mounted Parquetry Walnut French Secretary Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a breathtaking desk! Featuring parquetry and Sevres porcelain plaques inset into the secretary desk with beautiful crisp bronze and done in the manner of Francois Linke or an...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI Style Pair of Console, Brass Details & Leather Top
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique Pair of Louis XVI style console, with cognac leather top and gold brass and bronze details.
The feet are fluted and finished with golden bronze clogs.
To be placed against...
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1910s French Vintage Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Leather, Wood
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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Late 19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Ormolu
Louis XVI Style 19th-20th Century Bronze Mounted Desk Manner Linke
Located in Manhasset, NY
Louis XVI style 19th-20th century bronze mounted desk manner Linke. This spectacular French desk can sit center room as it is finished on all sides with its stunning parquetry inlays...
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Early 20th Century Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Louis XVI Inlaid Burled Walnut Desk with Embossed Leather Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Just in from Avignon - this lovely French Louis XVI burled walnut desk has an inlaid molding on all five drawers and a beautiful red embossed leathe...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Leather, Walnut
Neoclassical Louis XVI Style Bronze Mounted Marble Top Console Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent French lacquered console table or petite writing desk crafted from mahogany with a chic light sky blue lacquered finish. The desk features a marble top with a thick patinated...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Marble, Brass, Bronze
French Louis XVI Carved Walnut Writing-Side Table with Drawer
Located in Dallas, TX
A French carved walnut small writing table, perfect end table or bedside table, late 18th century.
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood and Purpleheart Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood and Purpleheart bureau plat. An original furnishing from the Waldorf Towers in New York City. Newly replaced tooled brown leather set...
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1770s French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marquetry Table, Beurdeley Attributed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted Kingwood and Bois Citronnier Marquetry center table or writing table, attributed to Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley (Fr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Walnut Architects Table a La Tronchin
Located in Essex, MA
A fine and unusual piece with gilt bronze mounts, when in table position rectangular with a ratcheted adjustable slant lid , a winding key raised and lowers the reading, working sect...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
Theodore Alexander Louis XVI Style Mirrored Églomisé Leather Top Desk Distressed
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 30 1/4 in W: 60 in D: 32 in
Elevate your workspace or interior with this exquisite Louis XVI style desk by Theodore Alexander, a striking example of sophisticated c...
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Late 20th Century Philippine Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Leather, Mirror, Wood
Louis XVI Tulipwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
A signed piece with rectangular top with inset green leather, possibly original , over a frieze with one central drawer flanked by drawers each with round original wreath rings...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
Neoclassical Desk, Louis XVI Period 1780
Located in Belmont, MA
This original Louis XVI Desk stands out for its beautiful walnut veneer which is additionally embellished with intarsia. The desk stands on four tapering square legs. It has three dr...
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1780s German Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
Eye Catching Black Laquer & Reddish Faux Tortoise Brass Inlaid Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Glamorous and unusual writing desk having an eye pleasing mix of black laquer with reddish faux tortoise decoration and beautiful brass inlay.
Apron 26”
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1960s Italian Vintage Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italy Mid-18th Century Olive Root Wood Desk with Drawings in Regency Style
Located in Brescia, IT
This Italian desk, was manufactured circa 1750 in Tuscany Italy by master cabinet makers in a pregiate wood, the olive root; the fine proportion and the ele...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Olive
19th Century French Louis XVI Kidney-Shaped Mahogany Leather Top Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Kidney-Shaped Mahogany Leather Top Desk is a stunning example of the refinement of Parisienne craftsmanship during the end of the 1800s. Using a combination of exotic imported mahogany, satinwood for inlaid French bordering, and olive wood for contrasting panels and enhancements, even stained walnut to simulate rosewood bordering! Enhancing the design even further are brass bale pulls with brass rosette guards, and brass tips on the eight legs with solid brass casters. Even the original green leather top still shows a gold embossed bordering around the edge, all combining to speak of the extraordinary attention to detail and craftsmanship that went in to this single piece of keepsake...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Fine Bronze Mounted Lion Head Mahogany French Louis XVI Style Desk Manner Linke
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a spectacular desk and features superb quality bronze and lion head pulls and ormolu. The desk has two sides and one side is faux and doesn't have drawers. Look for the keyho...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
French Modern Neoclassical Louis XVI Game Table or Writing Desk by Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
A distinguished French Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical table in the Style of Louis XVI by Maison Jansen from the Midcentury featuring a parquetry top made for chess and flip top mad...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Brass
Writing Desk in the Louis XVI Style, Early 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Writing desk in the Louis XVI style, early 20th century.
A Louis XVI style writing case in precious wood marquetry with writing motifs, early 20th century.
H: 103.5cm, W: 72.5cm, D:...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Marquetry Slant Top Ladies Writing Desk, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
French marquetry ladies slant top three-drawer writing desk with floral motif inlay, flanking step back interior drawers, leather writing surface, carved scalloped skirt, original or...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold, Ormolu
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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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Marble, Bronze
Fine C19th French Thuya wood & Marquetry Bureau Plat
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine C19th French Thuya wood & Marquetry Bureau Plat
Top with Green inset Leather writing surface, with gold tooling decoration,
possibly the original leather , worn & faded,
Cros...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
20th Century French Writing Table Hand Carved and Painted in Louise xvi Style
Located in Sofia, BG
French wooden hand painted table with cognac velvet top. The table is hand carved with typical details for Louise XVI style like the gilt wood ribbons at the front and the fluted leg...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Tulipwood, Charmwood, and ormolu desk. The five drawer desk is raised by slender square tapered legs with fine...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Center, Writing Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century Louis XVI style ebonized gilt bronze-mounted tulipwood, kingwood and fruitwood floral marquetry single-drawer center table, desk or writing table. The ornately decorated marquetry top, centered with a floral bouquet, butterflies, scrolls and acanthus. The raised on four fluted ebonized legs surmounted with gilt-bronze spigots...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
Louis XVI Rolltop Desk, France 1780, Mahogany
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI Rolltop or cylinder desk, France, 1780. This original Louis XVI cylinder desk has an elegant mahogany veneer with satinwood inlays. I...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Mahogany, Satinwood
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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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Kingwood
19th Century French Furnitue Gilt Bronze Bureau a Cylinder by A. Chevrie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Remarkable cylinder desk in mahogany and bronze louis XVI style executed by A.Chevrie, famous cabinetmaker parisian
this bureau a cylindre has 3 belt...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
Jansen French Louis XVI Style Ebonized and Black Leather Desk
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (1940s) ebonized & gilt bronze trim desk / cartonnier with 2 drawers and a black leather & gold tooled top supported on 4 tapered square legs. (stamped: JANSEN)
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1940s French Vintage Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Gold Leaf, Ormolu
Louis XVl Style Marquetry Bonheur du Jour
Located in Montreal, QC
A writing table with a fitted superstructure, this beautifully crafted and elegant piece has all the positive attributes. The upper section is enclosed by a pair of doors each with o...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French Mahogany Bureau plat in the Louis XVI style. Having an inset leather top, writing slides to either side, mercury gilded ormolu mounts and mouldings, three frieze drawers, arrow quiver...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Mahogany
Italian Desk In The Giuseppe Maggiolini Style - 20th Century
Located in RUEIL-MALMAISON, FR
Desk in precious wood and finely executed marquetry, inspired by the work of Giuseppe Maggiolini (1738-1814), a cabinetmaker renowned for his detailed neoclassical marquetry.
Desk i...
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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
20th Century French Louis XVI Style Desk Writing Table
Located in Madrid, ES
An elegant writing table, made in Sweden in the Louis XVI style, decorated with marquetry in a neoclassical Greek design in various fruit and walnut woods. Stipe legs, finished in a ...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Brass, Bronze
Diminutive Leather Top Desk with Pull-Out Sides and Bronze Mounts Stamped Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
An early Louis XVI style leather top desk with pull-out sides and bronze mounts with a single centre drawer stamped Jansen. Pull outs measure 15.5 x 9 inches each.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Wood
Desk in Wood, 1900, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. It is an icon of distinction.
You want to live in the golden yea...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Walnut Writing Table
Located in High Point, NC
18th century walnut writing table with a banded and beveled edge around the top, following down to a simple apron containing a singl...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
French 18th Century Large Louis XVI Marquetry Desk or Bureau à Cylindre
By Jean Kisling
Located in Berlin, DE
French 18th century large Louis XVI marquetry desk or bureau à Cylindre
An exceptional marquetry secrétaire in the form of a bureau with a cylinder front and on a stand with four ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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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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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Louis XVI Desk ~ Library Table ~ Dining Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI Desk ~ Library Table ~ Dining Table is able to fill a multitude of roles, and do so in style! Combining elegantly scroll...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Oak
Louis XVI Mahogany and Brass Mounted Bureau a Cylindre, Late 18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The desk with a 1/4 cylinder top that opens to reveal a leather writing surface with pigeon holes and drawers. The gallery with white Carrara marble top.
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Mahogany
Louis XVI Ladies’ Desk, around 1800
Located in Greding, DE
Small ladies' desk with three drawers and large gilt bronze fittings on the front. The desk stands on high pointed legs with ball feet and is inlaid with fillet strips and framing pa...
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Early 1800s Antique Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Brass, Bronze
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