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Louis XV Beechwood Fauteuil de Bureau (Desk Chair)
Located in New York, NY
The shaped arched crestail above a caned back and seat, the seat with loose cushion cover in beige cotton over a serpentine foliate and shell-carved seatrail, on foliate-headed cabri...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Brass Inlay Rosewood Writing Desk with Cylinder Roll Top
Located in South Newfane, VT
Exquisitely detailed late 18th century French rosewood Campaign style writing desk, inlaid with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desks
Materials
Bronze
Exquisite Louis XVI Desk and Game/Card Table
Located in Chicago, IL
, for use as a writing desk, the other with green felt for card playing. Removing the tabletop reveals a
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louie xv table a
ecrire, writing table 18th c.
Located in Hudson, NY
leather inset top. 18th c.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fine Directoire Mahogany and Brass Inlaid Desk
Located in Hollywood, FL
The top with pierced gallery and leather insert above a frieze drawer flanked by two drawers on square tapering legs terminating with sabots.
(Side extensions measure maximum 17" W ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Brass
17th century French Oak Escritoire
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Simple decoration of paneling and rare 'rat tail' hinges, single paneled door opens to shelf
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Iron
Regence Period Bureau, "The Dionysian Procession", 18th Century, circa 1725
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Desk from the Regency period "Desk of the Dionysiac Procession" attributed to Noël Gérard, (1685
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Antique Early 18th Century French Régence Desks
Materials
Bronze
French Louis Period, Flat Violetwood Desk with Gilt-Bronze Decoration circa 1750
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
French Louis Period, flat violetwood desk with gilt bronze decoration, circa 1740-1750.
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
Early 18th c. Mahogany Centre Writing Table / Bureau Plat .
Located in Milan, IT
Very elegant ,early 18th France centre bureau plat, with leather top, also in the two pull out
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Mid-18th Century Provencal Notarial Office Furniture in Solid Walnut, circa 1750
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
cabriole legs.
From Provence mid-18th century, circa 1750-1760.
Dimensions: 50.39 in. H, 38.97 in. W
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Mahagony Cylinder Desk signed Ancellet
By Denis-Louis Ancellet
Located in New York, NY
A fine Louis XVI period gilt-bronze mounted mahogany bureau a cylinder signed D.L. Ancellet , the rectangular marble top fitted with a pierced gilt metal gallery above two glass door...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Commode/Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Exceptional walnut Louis XVI desk with drawers and marble top. Original lock and drawer pulls. Pull
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Marble
$17,600
Paris Cylinder Inlaid, 1790 Desk
Located in Moncalvo, IT
Beautiful cylinder desk with five drawers and all original bronzes.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Rosewood
French Walnut Writing Table, circa 1700
Located in San Francisco, CA
French walnut writing table with incredible turned legs and stretcher, single drawer, circa 1700.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Mahogany Desk
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
It opens with a cylinder topped with three drawers, and a pierced gallery.
The lower part opens with four drawers on four fluted legs.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Marble
$11,242
French provencial bureau a cylindre
Located in San Francisco, CA
French provincial grained walnut and ebonized bureau a cylindre (desk), the cylinder simulated as a
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Louis XV Provincial Slant Front Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A most distinctive walnut slant front desk in the Louis XV provincial taste. The fall front
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Walnut
A French Gilt Metal Globe Form Inkwell or Standish
Located in Woodbury, CT
, Last quarter 18th century.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Directoire Desk Accessories
A Fine French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Inkstand
Located in Sharon, MA
This elaborate Baroque style inkstand has a fire gilt frame and a pair of raised urns for the inkwell and sander. These urns rest above a chinoiserie decorated center wood panel dep...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Inkwells
Small Louis XV Period Desk From Command
Located in charmes, FR
pretty little flat desk from the Louis XV period, with two large drawers on the front (for
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Wood
French Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Amarante Bureau Plat
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
Rectangular top with tooled light brown leather writing surface within a gilt-surround, above three drawers raised on cabriole legs, terminating by scrolling acanthus-cast sabots.
A...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Petite Kidney-Shaped Writing Table, Paris, 1780
Located in Chicago, IL
French transitional period kidney-shaped desk. 18th century French transitional design between
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Antique Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Impressive Louis XVI Mahogany Cylinder Desk
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
: It opens with a cylinder topped with three drawers, and a pierced gallery.
The lower part opens with four drawers on four fluted legs. Green marble top
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Signed Walnut Leather-Top Louis XV Escritoire, France circa 1740
Located in Lake Forest, IL
Walnut Louis XV Leather Top Writing Table, Signed J.P. Latz
Single Drawer with Simple Ebony Stringing. Gilt Bronze Mounts with Original Lock and Key.
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
A Louis XV Period Cherry Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Louis XV Cherry Table. Third Quarter, 18th Century.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Small Liseuse Side Table Louis XVI French Mahogany and Fruitwood, 1780s
Located in Mönchengladbach, NW
fittings.
France, Louis XVI, approx. 1780.
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Desk in Boulle Marquetry All Sides, circa 1800
Located in Manduel, FR
Desk all sides in Boulle marquetry
brown and blue,
circa 1800.
Perfect condition.
A true
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Antique Late 18th Century French Napoleon III Desks
Materials
Brass
French Régence Bronze Sphinx, circa 1720
Located in New York, NY
A French Régence bronze sphinx
on a rectangular marble base
circa 1720.
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Antique Early 18th Century French Régence Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
French Rosewood Cylinder Bureau with Gilded Bronze, Louis XVI Period
By Dubois Fils
Located in Madrid, ES
French rosewood cylinder bureau. Louis XVI period.
With gilded bronze. The back also veneered
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Period Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A Louis XV period walnut bereau plat with cabriole legs terminating in "pied de biche" feet.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Writing Table
Located in Geneva, CH
A Louis XVI rectangular-shaped amaranth and citronwood writing table, with a three-quarter pierced gallery top above an inkwell drawer, above four fluted legs joined together by a sh...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XIV beechwood writing table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis XIV beechwood writing table with inlaid leather top.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech, Leather
Louis XV provincial fruitwood bureau plat
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis XV provincial fruitwood bureau plat, the rectangular leather-inset top with molded edge above two frieze drawers, and two false drawers on the opposite side, over a shaped apro...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Regence Kingwood Bureau Plat With Ormolu Mounts
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Franch regence ormolu-mounted kingwood bureau plat with leather writing surface
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique German Louis XVI French Painted Table with Drawer, circa 1790
Located in Houston, TX
bedside table or writing table desk.
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Antique Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th C. French Work Table/Desk
Located in US
Unique Table With Carved Cabriole Legs (Original Distressed Paint). Sun Bleached DeepThree Board Top And Single Drawer With Original Escutheon.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
French Louis XV Period Bureau Plat
Located in Charleston, SC
An important and rare French Louis XV period bureau plat made of solid mahogany, mahogany veneer
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Marquetry Inlaid Kingwood Desk, 18th Century
Located in London, GB
A fine French marquetry inlaid kingwood table with well-figured top and lock and key drawer
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Tables
Materials
Wood
Black Forest Inkwell
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautiful hand carved wood and horn inkwell with inlaid ivory.
French circa 1880. Very
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Inkwells
$3,500
LOUIS XV WALNUT PROVENCAL BUREAU PLAT
Located in Natchez, MS
Louis XV Walnut Provencal Bureau Plat with leather top and original ormolu mounts. Great size.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Leather
A french Louis XV bureau en pente
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
A Louis XV ormoulu mounted bureau en pente, the fall front opening to a writing interior containing drawers and secret, on cabriole legs.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Wood, Kingwood
Important French Empire Table Clock "Lady with Harp" Sign
Located in Madrid , ES
, France
19th century
Signed in the "Meyer and Levy" dial.
With seal on the machinery "L. Marti et Cie
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Antique Late 18th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Brass-mounted Inlaid Mahogany Cylinder Bureau
Located in Brooklyn, NY
FRENCH LOUIS XVI BRASS-MOUNTED & CHECKER-INLAID MAHOGANY AND PLUM-PUDDING CYLINDER BUREAU
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Nice French Louis XVI Small Wooden Lion Pendule, circa 1770
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A nice French Louis XVI small wooden lion Pendule, circa 1770. Above the movement some goats of
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Wood
Attractive French Miniature Brass Table Lantern Alarm Timepiece, circa 1780
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
6 cm enamel dial with Roman numerals and five minute marking, iron hands and engraved alarm disc, 30-hour anchor movement with silk suspended pendulum and pull-wind alarm on a bell s...
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Cartonnier with Clock
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A highly unusual Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted marquetry cartonnier. France, 18th century. This
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Bureau plat
Located in New York, NY
cartonnier, Continental, late 18th century
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Bronze
$28,000
Louis XVI Table Clock
Located in Genova, IT
, France last quarter of the 18th century.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$22,485
Bonheur du jour, "à la Grecque"
By Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix
Located in Geneva, CH
Rare Bonheur su jour "à la grecque" in marquetry of precious wood with motives for vases and utensils on the background of wood of violet in frames of rosewood.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XVI Period Bureau-plat
Located in Banbury, GB
A FINE & RARE LATE 18TH.CENTURY LOUIS XVI PERIOD BRASS & EBONY BANDED MAHOGANY BUREAU-PLAT, WRITING
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$17,062
Louis XVI Clock in Gilded Bronze
Located in Genova, IT
, France, second half of the 18th century.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Bonheur Du Jour" with Frames
By Adam Weisweiler
Located in Geneva, CH
Rare "Bonheur du jour" in frames, of rectangular shape, in mahogany massif and veneer of mahogany in one nets of ebony and clear wood.
It presents a rich bronze ornamentation very...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat and Cartonnier
By Mathieu-Guillaume Cramer
Located in London, Middlesex
Veneered in rosewood and stained wood of hearts and diamonds intertwined, ornamentation ormolu; the bureau plat, having a rectangular top with a black Moroccan leather, the frieze ha...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Table á Ecrire
By Jean-Adelbert Vovis
Located in Vienna, AT
writing slide, below two drawers sans traverse.
France, Epoch Louis XVI ca. 1770 - 1780
Furniture by
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Tulipwood, Boxwood
$37,000
Louis XV Period Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis XV period table in cherry, C. 1760 Provincial. Center drawer, felt top, carving at knees of legs.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Felt
$3,400 / set
Regency Style Bureau
Located in New York, NY
Very finely crafted. This Louis XV Style Bureau Plat is custom made and hand crafted with a classic chevron design.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
$15,800
Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau Plat with Ormolu Mounted
Located in Madrid, ES
.
Also removable trays on either side.
Desk and trays with old leather.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ormolu
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