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French Walnut Dressing Table or Desk, 18th Century
Located in Houston, TX
Country French walnut dressing table with one long drawer- perfect for a small desk. Notice the
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Provincial French Carved Walnut Cylinder Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Provincial French carved walnut cylinder desk, the cylinder with carved ribbon and flowers opening
Category
Antique 18th Century French Country Desks
Materials
Wood
Sophisticated 18th Century French Louis XV Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A sophisticated 18th century French Louis XV kingwood and ormolu bureau plat desk, with one long
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century French Regency Table
Located in Harbor Springs, MI
Carved from stunning dark walnut this writing desk originates from the 18th century Regence period
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Régence Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Small 18th Century French Oak Kneehole Desk
Located in Richmond, VA
Small 18th Century French Oak Kneehole Desk
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
18th French Satinwood and Marquetry Inlaid Desk
Located in London, GB
A French satinwood and marquetry inlaid Bonheure du Jour, late 18th century. The upper portion
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is a lovely 1780's writing desk with a single drawer and replaced leather top.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Leather
$2,800
18th Century Louis XIV Walnut Wood French Desk, 1790s
Located in Wyboston Lakes, GB
This desk has a drawer. It is made of walnut wood. It is French, 18 century. It has to be restored.
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Antique 1780s French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Bureau-Plat, Paris 1785, Lebesque, 18th Century Writing Desk, French, Signed
Located in Bamberg, DE
renewed, gold-stamped leather writing surface. The desk with strikingly beautifully grained veneer has
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Mid 18th Century French Provincial Small Slant Top Desk
Located in Richmond, VA
Mid 18th Century French Provincial Small Slant Top Desk
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
18th Century Louis XV Desk
Located in London, GB
The Aquitaine desk is shown in Cherry wood with a Prune finish and top in Leblon. It has rounded
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone
Fine Louis XVI Mahogany and Bronze Mounted Desk, France, 18th Century
Located in Hollywood, FL
The inset embossed leather top surrounded by mahogany and bronze frame with 5 drawers over fluted round tapering legs with fine bronze mounts. The back finished with faux drawer fronts.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
7 Louis XVI Period Cylinder Desk, 18th Century
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
period, last quarter of the 18th century.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Louis XVI Walnut Desk
Located in Carmel, CA
This lovely Mid-18th Century Louis XVI Walnut Desk came from a convent in the region of Auvergne
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Walnut
French 18th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Desk
Located in CANTELEU, FR
magnificent flamed mahogany roll-top desk, a piece that evokes the opulence of French royal palaces.
This
Category
Antique 1780s Desks
Materials
Marble
Antique 18th Century Louis XVI Cylinder Bureau Writing Desk from France
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elegant freestanding antique French cylinder writing desk veneered with polished Acajou
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Late 18th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 18th century to early 19th century writing table.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Louis XIV Style Table
Located in Montecito, CA
18th century Louis XIV style cherrywood writing table, stenciled leather inset with a centre
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Antique 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Cherry
18th Century French Walnut Table with Turned Legs
Located in Carmel, CA
This beautiful 18th Century French walnut table has finely turned legs and a beautiful deep
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
An 18th C French Louis Xlll Walnut Knee-Hole Desk from Uzes
Located in New York, NY
An 18th Century French Louis XIII Walnut Knee-Hole desk from Uzes. C.1700-1720
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Walnut
Writing Cabinet with Marquetry, Alsace, France, 18th Century
Located in Bordeaux, FR
marquetry is perhaps referring to an oriental tale and offers so a rare motif on this kind of desk as the
Category
Antique 18th Century French Desks
Materials
Bronze
French Regency Desk
Located in Paris, FR
French Regency desk opening by three drawers inlaid with kingwood and decorated with ormolu
Category
Antique 18th Century Regency Desks and Writing Tables
$51,479
Important Louis XVI Bureau a Cylindre, French, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
as two drawers containing a "Coffre Fort" (safe), each side with a writing slide. Louis XVI, French
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century Louis XVI Bureau Plat
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular shape bureau, mahogany and mahogany veneer.
It comprises three drawers on the front and simulates three on the back. It stands on octogonal legs à facettes, which en...
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Early 18th Century Writing Desk with Original Leather Top
Located in Stockholm, SE
A early 18th century writing desk with original 300 year old leather top
Provenance brandalsunds
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Antique Early 18th Century French Baroque Desks
Materials
Bronze
18th c southern french bureau plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
old french desk waxed wood with antique french hardware .
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French French Provincial Desks and Writ...
18th Century Writing Desk with Leather Top and Golden Fused Bronzes
Located in Arezzo, IT
suitable for being placed in the room center and is to be restored. 18th century, Louis XV France (1750
Category
Antique 1750s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Late 18th Century French fruitwood (cherry) entrance, serving, hall table C.1790
Located in Malvern, Victoria
Late 18th Century French fruitwood centre/serving/sofa/hall/entrance table.
Of good deep
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Antique Late 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Fruitwood
18th Louis XVI Fruit Wood Desk
Located in Lannebert, FR
18th Louis XVI fruitwood desk.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
Louis XIV Desk
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Louis XIV oak desk hand crafted with four turned legs, cross stretcher at the bottom
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$10,000
French Gilded Desk Clock, Directoire Period
Located in Madrid, ES
French gilded desk clock. Directoire period.
Dial signed: "Griebel à Paris,"
late 18th
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Antique Late 18th Century French Directoire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
Desk in Flower Marquetry, Louis XVI Period, Stamped C. Topino, 18th Century
By Charles Topino
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Desk with flaps in Louis XVI period flower marquetry stamped C. Topino and JME (on the rear right
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Louis XV Walnut Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Louis XV Walnut Desk. France. Fourth Quarter of the 18th Century. With Carving, Two Drawers at
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$12,500
Late 18th/Early 19th C. Louis XV Style Desk in Rosewood
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 18th/Early 19th C. Louis XV Style Desk in Rosewood in Rosewood
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
French 18th Century Table Rack Clock, circa 1780
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
French rare 18th century table rack clock, circa 1780. The clock has a white circular marble base
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
18th Century Régence Walnut Bureau de Pente
Located in Paris, FR
18th century Régence walnut flap-down desk, with two drawers in the front and four interior ones
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Louis XV Walnut Writing Table
Located in Lannebert, FR
18th century Louis XV walnut writing table.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Clock France Published, Burnished Gilded Bronze, 1700s
By Ferdinand Berthoud
Located in Torino, Torino
Precious 18th century clock with a marble base enriched with bronzes gilded with mercury, the putto
Category
Antique 18th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Walnut Cabriole Leg Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
A Charming and delicate French Cabriole leg desk with carved hoof feet, leather writing surface and
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$2,650
18th Century Louis XVI Mahogany Metamorphic Table
Located in Louisville, KY
This rare form features a removable top with a leather inset writing surface on one side and a cloth surface for cards on the reverse; revealing a stone inset panel for mixing drinks...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone
18th Century a Louis XIV Mazarin Desk with Boulle Marquetry, Paris, circa 1700
Located in Paris, FR
Bureau Mazarin inlaid antique Louis XIV Boulle, Paris, 1700 entirely decorated with a lush Boulle marquetry first type based on brass part and dyed red shell in blackened pear frame....
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks
Materials
Brass
Fine French 18th Century Inkstand in Bronze Doré and Chinoiserie Lacquered Tray
Located in Charleston, SC
desk.
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Office Armchair, 18th Century
Located in Rapperswil-Jona, CH
Louis XVI office armchair from the end of the 18th century of French origin. Beech molded and
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Beech
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Parquet Fruitwood Bureau
Located in New Orleans, LA
A Louis XVI parquet fruitwood bureau from the late 18th century.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
18th century Louis XIII walnut center table with crosspiece Lyon
Located in Lyon, RH-Alps
original louis XIII walnut center table
can also be used as a desk
very typical flat crosspiece
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Fruitwood and Marquetry Writing Table,
Mid-18th Century
Located in London, GB
2013)
Letter writing was a much-practiced activity in eighteenth-century Europe. Horace Walpole, a
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century French Rochedragon Gold Carnet de Bal
By Julien Alaterre
Located in Wendover, GB
Fabulous high carat gold Carnet de Bal with the warden mark of Paris 1771-1772 and charge mark of Julien Alaterre goldsmith to Louis XVI and Marie Antionette.
Beautifully painted min...
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Antique 1770s European Louis XVI More Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold
French Provincial Walnut Drop Front Desk circa 1750
Located in Carson City, NV
dowels and pegs in the manner of 18th century French furniture building.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Walnut
Secretary of Louis XV, Stamped by Jean Baptiste Saunier, 18th Century
By J. B. Saunier
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Upholstered secretary with curved front and decorated sides inlaid with geometric butterfly wing patterns in rosewood and violet wood, opening with two drawers, a flap revealing six ...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Louis XV Small Desk
Located in Geneva, CH
Rare small desk, wooden shape of finely decorated with mouldings and sculptured beech.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Rococo Petite Desk with Gold Bronze Mounts by Edward Holmes Baldock, Paris, 1780
Located in Chicago, IL
specialized in repairing, remodeling, and adapting 18th century French furniture. This desk is heavily branded
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Continental rococo walnut cylinder desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Continental rococo walnut bureau de cylindre desk.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XV Cherry / Walnut Desk (reference # PAR6)
Located in San Francisco, CA
2 drawer Louis XV desk with cabriole legs. Base Cherrywood with top mixed walnut/cherry parquet
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Walnut, Cherry
Mazarin Desk, Louis XIV Period
Located in Biarritz, FR
Rare Mazarin desk , Louis XIV period with turbulent shape, curved sides and 7 drawers in front
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Directoire Roll Down Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Elmwood with rouge leather top and small storage drawers.
Category
Antique 18th Century French Desks
Materials
Wood
$12,500
Bureau de Pente 18th century Louis XV
Located in Rapperswil-Jona, CH
Rare antique Louis XV desk slope of the mid-18th century, Parisian origin eventful shape on all
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
A Very Rare Turning Louis XVI Mahogany Desk Chair
By Joseph Gegenbach
Located in New York, NY
. Figure F, Reference Page 28.
A very rare turning Louis XVI mahogany desk chair
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
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