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Vintage 1940s Traditional John Scalia for Schmieg & Kotzian Mahogany Desk Table
Located in Secaucus, NJ
Fabulous traditional John Scalia for Schmieg & Kotzian mahogany library writing desk table.
Schmieg and Kotzian was a well-known furniture manufacturing company in New York City for ...
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1940s American Georgian Vintage Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Leather, Wood, Mahogany
French 18th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An imposing Louis XV ebonized writing table with finely chased gilt bronze mounts. The stepped moulded rectangular top inset with the original gilt-tooled leather above three frieze drawers with elaborate ormolu handles and escutcheons, the reverse conformingly organized with three simulated drawers, allowing this bureau plat to be freestanding, the cabriole legs with sabot feet headed by female masks.
The iconic Coco chancel lived with a Rococo writing desk...
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Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
John Vesey V-60 Stainless Steel Bronze and Red Leather Desk, 1960s
By John Vesey
Located in Miami, FL
V-60 desk by John Vesey. A rare example of this very elusive desk. Solid stainless steel body with bronze doré mounts, hardware by P.E. Guerin and original go...
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1960s American Vintage Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze, Stainless Steel
18th Century French Marquetry Louis XV Dressing Table or So-Called Coiffeuse
Located in Berlin, DE
18th century French Louis XV marquetry dressing table or so-called Coiffeuse
18th century Louis XV vanity dressing table or coiffeuse...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
19th Century, French Louis XV Style Wood Centre Desk with Gilt Bronze
Located in IT
19th century, French Louis XV style wood centre desk with gilt bronze
This elegant centre desk, therefore finished on all four sides, was made in the 19th century in France, in the Louis XV style. The slightly wavy and curved top has a green leather insert, stamped along the gold border. On the front the cabinet has three drawers: a central and two deeper side. The four legs are arched and give gracefulness to the overall composition. The feet have bronze gilded and chiselled tips with volutes and vegetable...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau-François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Very Special and Palatial Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Bois Satine Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre By François Linke
François Linke – Index Numbe...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Louis XV Period Tric Trac or Backgammon Table Stamped P. Roussel
Located in Pembroke, MA
French Louis XV period (18th century) "Tric Trac" or Backgammon table stamped by the maker, "P. Roussel," and the guild "JME" (Jurande des Menuisiers et Ebenistes --translated as the...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Exceptional Louis XV 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Secretaire By Befort Jeune
By Befort Jeune
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions: Height: 42 3/4 in Width: 29 3/4 in Depth: 16 1/2 in
This exceptional Befort Jeune Louis XV style 19th century marble top mahogany sceretaire desk with bronze mounts is ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Impressive antique writing desk, ebonized/black around 1870, Napoleon III
Located in Berlin, DE
Impressive antique desk, ebonized around 1870, Napoleon III
Elegant bureau plat/desk Extremely fine, floral, bronze fittings. slightly curved, three-edged frame base with wide knee...
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19th Century French Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Early 20th Century King Louis Style Leather Top Desk
By Soft Baroque
Located in New Milford, CT
This exquisite Antique King Louis Desk, featuring a stunning green leather top, is a remarkable piece that combines both elegance and functionality. Cr...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
1800's Antique Fine French Henri II Style, Carved Oak Bookcase, Secretary!
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous 1800's Antique Fine French Henri II Style, Carved Oak Bookcase, Secretary!
Antique Secretary, Bookcase, Fine French Henri II Style, Carved Oak, 1800's, 19th Century!
This...
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19th Century French Other Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak
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 Louis XVI Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood Parquetry Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood and Tulipwood Parquetry and Figural Ormolu Mounted Ladies Writing Desk with Figures of Ram-Heads. The lockplate by Thomas Elsley Lt...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze, Ormolu
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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Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Rare and Very Special Late 19th Century Bureau by François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Rare and Very Special Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Two Tier Kidney Shaped Bureau By François Linke
François Linke
The upper case with shaped top, surmount...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Writing Table by Beurdeley After a Model by Adam Weisweiler
Located in London, GB
Antique writing table by Beurdeley after a model by Adam Weisweiler
French, c. 1880
Height 74cm, width 83cm, depth 46cm
Crafted by the prestigious 19th century furniture makers Beu...
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1980s French Louis XVI Vintage Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Ormolu
Impressive Louis XV Desk/Reception Table, After F. Linke, Paris
Located in Berlin, DE
Impressive Louis XV desk/reception table, after F. Linke, Paris
Solid beech wood and veneered. Multiple curved and cambered body with fine inlay wo...
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20th Century French Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
French Art Nouveau Desk
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau mahogany desk by l'Ecole de Nancy, featuring a hand-tooled leather top, letter rack and bronze drawer pulls with a floral motif...
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Early 20th Century French Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
English Regency 1820s Table with Red Lacquered, Gold and Black Chinoiserie Decor
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency period writing table from the early 19th century, with red lacquered, black and gilt chinoiserie decor and cabriole leg...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Louis XV Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century French Louis XV Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Desk Bureau Plat
An 18th century gilt-bronze mounted double-face desk or bureau plat with herring-bone marquetry. The k...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
A fine 19th French Louis XVI kingwood writing desk by P. Sormani. gilt bronze
By Paul Sormani
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century French Louis XVI kingwood parquetry and gilt bronze writing desk . Fine quality signed Paul Sormani
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Brown Leather Carved Cherry Writing Table Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a study, home office or library with this antique writing table. Crafted in the Poitou region of France circa 1850 and built of cherry wood, the desk stands on elegant cabri...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Leather, Cherry
19th Century French Louis XV Leather Top Walnut Partner Desk with Bronze Mounts
Located in Dallas, TX
Add sophistication and grandeur to your office or study with this exquisite 19th-century French partner desk. Crafted in France circa 1880, this Louis XV-style writing table is cons...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
Rare Charles X Office Partners Desk Center Table Console Wood Onyx Stone Bronze
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Rare Charles X Office partners desk center table console wood onyx stone bronze. Amboyna is among the most expensive and sought-after of all burls and is frequently sold as veneer or as small turning. Amboyna burl was and still is among the world's rarest and most expensive & Exquisite holding the distinction of being the original wood used on Rolls Royce dashboards.
An important and rare 19th century Period King Charles X Large desk with a Pull out Single wide drawer Mirrored in the manner of partners Desk , Enclosing fitted Eight Columns with incredible Bronze dore work magnificent ormolu capitol of scrolls, foliate. Outstanding light in color and fine in texture Carved Wood. All original hardware and plaques. Mounted on Geometric lower base arched on both sides that allows this magnificent piece to be used as a center table and as a console at the same time, elevating the entirety of this art work of this rare Desk to a category of its own finely chased laurel leaf wreath.
As seen in the closeup pictures the signs of the centuries are apparent but minor considering such a large piece of furniture, such as cracks chips losses etc. But overall outstanding condition. You are welcome to send your expert to examine it in person.
we have seen our fair share of incredible furniture of the 15th to 19th Century periods. this table Desk is incredibly well preserved for its age and use . the fitting work and the design i have rarely encountered any at that level of sophistication and craftsmanship. The result that could only be achieved by big Masters comparable to what was done for the Grande Commande. This type of furniture at that level are mostly kept with the old families, rarely to see them on the market. I have some other high end chateau inventory and rare pieces of the periods as well. Antique Dealer Los Angeles West Hollywood Melrose Ave La Cienega Blvd. Amboyna wood The name derived from Ambon Island in Indonesia that was a Dutch Colony, where much of the figured wood is believed to have been initially exported and it used to take many years before the special material gets to Europe in order to make the very high end and refined furniture. As seen in the closeup pictures the signs of the centuries are apparent but minor considering such a large piece of furniture, such as cracks chips losses corner large stone top etc. But overall outstanding condition. You are welcome to send your expert to examine in person.
The unique period of early 1800’s of King Charles X is easily recognized by its fine marquetry of light lemon wood The decoration forms motifs of very fine foliage, windings, nets of fretwork frames, rosettes and stylized palmettes. Goddesses putties and multiple tableaux all around this desk table. Topped with an even more beautiful Carved Stone ONYX Translucent light honey Gold and Green hue.
During King Charles X Light colored woods, yellow or bleached, such as lemon tree, maple, sycamore, orange tree, plane wood...
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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Bronze
Fine Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Louis XV Style Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fine Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XV Style Table
The shaped oval leather top with a molded border, above a foliated frieze centered to the front and back by satyrs ...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
19th Century William IV Rosewood Library Table
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century William IV rosewood library table. The rectangular top with rounded corners features a red tooled inset leather writing ...
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1830s Irish William IV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Leather, Rosewood
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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Late 19th Century French Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
Large Louis XV Style 19th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French kingwood parquetry inlaid Louis XV style freestanding bureau plate. Having an inset leather top, five oak lined drawers to one side, dummy dra...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French 19th century Louis XV style ormolu-mounted mahogany and kingwood three-drawer bureau plat attributed to Paul Sormani (French-Italian 1817-1877). The shaped rectangular top enclosing a gilt tooled brown leather writing surface within a molded border above a long central drawer enclosing a fine modeled mask of Hercules wearing the Nemean lion pelt centered by flat cast encadrements and rosewood veneered a quatre faces flanked by two short drawers with reticulated escutcheons of scantly clad frolicking putti and doves over gadrooned "C" scrolls, trellis patterned panels on a stylized shell within similarly framed encadrements raised on elegant cabriole legs surmounted by bearded satyr masks ending in acanthus case hairy paw feet beneath sides centering bacchic masks. Lock mechanism stamped W S M, 6068, a key (lacking skeleton key), and 148. Veuve Paul Sormani Et Fils was the widow of the highly esteemed furniture maker Paul Sormani (French-Italian 1817-1877). After his death around 1877 she and her son took over the management of the company continuing the tradition of producing fine French furniture of the highest calibre. An escutcheon and several mounts were examined on the reverse, and each was found to have the bronze master model initials "SJ:. Blue chalk inscription on underside Glle 117, Paris, circa 1880.
Paul Sormani (1817-1877): Born in Venice, Paul Sormani set up in Paris in the middle of the 19th century. He specialized in creating furniture and works of art and was known for his high quality reproductions of Louis XV and XVI furniture...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century English Regency Painted Gesso Gilded Distressed Small Writing Table
Located in Norwich, GB
19th Century English Regency painted & gilt gesso distressed small writing table. Circa 1820.
The table is in untouched condition, with the original blue-green painted finish and gi...
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Leather, Gesso, Pine, Paint
19th Century French Louis XV Carved Cherry Desk with Tan Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique fruitwood desk was created in the Poitou region of France, circa 1890. Made of wild cherry timber, the large writing table ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Leather, Cherry
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu Mounted Desk by Grimard
By G. Grimard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu-mounted writing table by G. Grimard "Meubles d'Art" 5 rue de Charonne, Paris. After a model by Adam Weisweiler (Fr...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Ormolu
Fine Italian 19th Century Floral Marquetry Gilt Bronze-Mounted Center Table Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine Italian 19th century mahogany, satinwood and tulipwood floral marquetry and gilt-bronze mounted center table or writing desk. The serpentine inlaid shaped top centered with a marquetry floral arrangement medallion, surrounded by sections of diamond-shaped acanthus parquetry designs flanked by further medallions of flower bouquets, all within a gilt-bronze rim, above a similarly decorated frieze fronted by four drawers, on scroll legs raised on lion paw feet on rolling casters, joined by an 'X'-shaped marquetry stretcher...
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Regence Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 18th century French Regence Bureau Plat. Four drawers, with pieced leather top with carved design in the center and around the edges.
Wa...
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18th Century French Regency Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Antique Country French Desk, Leather Top with Gilded Embossed Border. Restored
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Country French Desk or Writing Table with a most unusual curved side. The bottom of the Antique French Desk is for the most part al...
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1910s French Country Vintage Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV Style gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat by François Linke.
The rectangular top inset with a green leather writing surface with gilt-tooled border, within a gilt-bronze su...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
A fine 19th c French red lacquered Chinoiserie inspired writing desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century English Louis XV inspired red lacquered writing desk . Original leather top with Chinoiserie inspired designs and gilt bronze mounts. Original key
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Mid-19th Century English Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
Large Italian Modern Neoclassical Carved Wood & Glass Console, Attr to G. Ulrich
Located in New York, NY
A Rare and Exquisite Italian Midcentury console or writing table attributed to Guglielmo Ulrich, circa 1940-1950 uniting Modern, Neoclassical and Art Deco sensibilities. The console ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Brass
Rococo Style Writing Desk Mounted with Gilt Bronze
Located in London, GB
Rococo style writing desk mounted with gilt bronze
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 78cm, width 134cm, depth 64cm
This superb ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Ormolu, Bronze
Semi-circular delicate antique mahogany ladies' desk Louis XVI, Paris 1880
Located in Berlin, DE
Delicate antique mahogany ladies' desk Louis XVI, Paris 1880
Semi-circular solid mahogany wood body. Extremely rare form. With 5 lockable drawers. Cover plate framed with brass gall...
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19th Century French Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Brass, Bronze
Swedish Painted Writing Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Early 19th C Swedish painted one drawer writing table. 1820.
Clearance is 24.5".
Ref: C.
Reference: 8362
Dimensions
40 inches (102 cms) Wide
21 inches (53 cms) Deep
29.5 inches (...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Pine
Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in New Orleans, LA
Form and function converge in this exceptional Louis XV-style bureau plat graced with eight elegant Sèvres Porcelain plaques. Framing these delightful, hand painted floral and fowl-themed plaques is a network of exquisite gilt bronze. Supporting the leather-topped table are graceful cabriole legs, a hallmark of fine Louis XV taste, that are crowned by gilt bronze caryatids and terminate in gilt bronze mounts. What makes this desk even more stunning is the inclusion of three concealed drawers that are opened only by the spring-loaded secret release mechanisms located underneath.
The first porcelain mounted furnishings appeared sometime in the mid-18th century in the shops of the foremost Parisian art dealers. These furnishings successfully, and quite beautifully, married renowned Sèvres Porcelain with fine furniture to create a new segment of the decorative arts that appealed greatly to the aristocracy, especially women. The Duchesse de Mazarin, Comtesse du Barry, Marie-Antoinette and the Grand Duchess Maria...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
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 Louis XVI Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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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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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
19th Century Cylinder Bureau by François Linke in the Louis XV Style
Located in London, GB
A Petit Bureau à Cylindre in the Transitional Manner
After the design by Jean-François Oeben
By François Linke
Index no. 1626
A rare small cylinder bureau, after the celebrated exa...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Ormolu
French Empire Mahogany Gilt Bronze Gentleman's Desk
Located in New York, NY
Procured from an esteemed estate in Greenwich, Connecticut, this desk showcases the timeless craftsmanship of the French Empire period.
Crafted from rich mahogany, this desk features...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
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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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
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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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Tulipwood, Kingwood
18th Century Louis XV Marquetry Ladies' Desk Manner of J.C. Ellaume
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century Louis XV Marquetry Ladies' Desk Manner of J.C. Ellaume
A mid-18th century ladies' desk or so-called "bureau de pente", its shaped fall-front opening to reveal a red lea...
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1750s French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt Metal and Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Gilt Metal Mounted Kingwood Bureau Plat, 20th century, the rectangular inset leather top above a frieze drawer on masque head mounted cabriole legs and hairy paw feet....
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20th Century French Louis XV Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Early 19th Century Empire Greek Vanity or Ladies' Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
An early 19th century gilt bronze and walnut veneer ladies desk or dressing table or vanity, with a rectangular grey fossil marble top above two mirror paneled doors and two drawers, flanked by Greek Revival female caryatids, above a folded leather lined writing surface and a frieze drawer, raised on square legs, joined by an incurved stretcher. The whole mounted with finely chased ormolu casts depicting winged figures, ribbons and foliage.
Beautiful early 19th century French Empire small desk...
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1810s French Empire Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Impressive Louis XV Style Bureau Plat/Writing Desk, after Riesener & J.Oeben
Located in Berlin, DE
AN IMPRESSIVE LOUIS XV STYLE BUREAU PLAT /DESCRIPTION - AFTER THE BUREAU DU ROI AT VERSAILLES BY J.-F. OEBEN AND J.-H. RIESENER
The rectangular top, with the outline of an arc-en-arbalète, is fitted with an embossed leather writing surface and is fitted with four short drawers on the moulded apron with opposing false drawers. It stands on cabriole legs fitted with oval biscuit panels on the sides representing the Three Graces and inlaid with marquetry panels depicting bouquets of ribbons, foliage and floral tendrils, shells, coral and draped pearls, all with berry and foliage tendrils of ribbons, the cabriole legs fitted with lion skin loops hanging down to form spiral patterned clogs.
Footnotes
The Bureau du Roi at Versailles is perhaps the most famous piece of furniture in the world and certainly one of the most luxurious furniture creations of the 18th century. Louis XV ordered this cylinder-topped desk from Jean-François Oeben (1721-1763), who had already completed the design and much of the production by the time of his early death in 1763. Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806), who married Oeben's widow and took over his business, completed the desk in 1769. The final price was 62,000 livres, one of the highest prices ever paid for a piece of furniture up to that time (for comparison, the average annual salary of a worker in the 18th century was almost 300 livres).
The office kept Riesener busy for the rest of his career, as evidenced by his numerous invoices for polishing and cleaning the bronzes and maintaining the extremely complicated mechanisms (the cylinder apparently opened and the writing slide moved forward, all with a simple turn of a key - modified in the 19th century, no one has since been able to reconstruct the original mechanism). At the height of the revolutionary excitement, Riesener even covered the royal double-L monogram...
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20th Century French Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
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 Louis XVI Vintage Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Parquetry Desk
Located in Pembroke, MA
A high-quality French Louis XVI style desk with geometric parquetry in mahogany with gilt-bronze mounts, including swags at the corners. The desk has three drawers with working locks...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
Antique Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu Bonheur du Jour by Winckelsen
Located in London, GB
Antique Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu bonheur du jour by Winckelsen
French, 1864
Height 105cm, width 73cm, depth 42cm
Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen (French, 1812-1871) is the c...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Marble, Ormolu
18th Century Veneered and Inlaid Wood Italian Louis XV Writing Desk
Located in IT
The elegant antique north Italian (Genoa) Louis XV period writing desk, called also bureau plat, is made of veneered and inlaid woods. It have a beautiful wavy line with slender but ...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
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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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Agate, Bronze
Pair of Gilt and Leather Pedestal Desks in the Regency Manner
Located in London, GB
Fine Pair of Antique Pedestal Desks in the Regency Manner
Constructed in goncalo alves, with gilt bronze mounts and giltwood highlights, of freestanding form, with very gentle inver...
Category
20th Century British Regency Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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