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18th C. Walnut Library Table Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Elegant 18th C. Louis XV walnut “table de bibliothèque". The table features a gilt-tooled red
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Architect
s Table or Table Tronchin
Located in Berlin, DE
A late 18th century Louis XVI walnut architect's or mechanical table with a double-hinged ratcheted
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Side Table or Desk
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
French 18th century painted side table or desk, 1790
Dimensions:
39 inches (99 cms) wide
22
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Antique 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century French Louis XV Period Bureau Plat
Located in Charleston, SC
A elegant, slender leg Louis XV period writing table with two drawers dressed with elaborate bronze handles. The reverse side has two simulated drawers, allowing this bureau plat to ...
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
18th Century Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition Period Desk with Tooled Leather Top
Located in Birmingham, AL
Provincial 18th century Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition period bureau plat or writing desk
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Oak, Pine
Louis XV Bureau Plat, 18th Century
Located in Westwood, NJ
Louis XV ebonized leather top Bureau Plat with serpentine sides and bronze mounts.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
18th C. Antique French Fruitwood Writing Table with Drawer
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Eighteenth century French fruitwood writing table with full-width single hand-dovetailed drawer
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Antique Late 18th Century French Romantic Desks and Writing Tables
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Fruitwood
Antique French Farm Table Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Loaded with character and old world charm, French Provincial elm table, could be used for dining or
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Authentic 18th C. French Walnut Writing Table w/Drawer
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
This absolutely amazing petite writing table has a two piece figured walnut top, and a hand-cut dove-tailed drawer which are both good indicators of it's age. Completely un-restored ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
18th-C. French Library Table
Located in High Point, NC
18th-C. French Walnut library table with fantastic hand-carved legs with vine twist decoration
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
Signed 18th Century bureau plat by "P. Bernard"
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed 18th Century Louis XVI Bureau plat.Signed P. Bernard, made from Acajou with a brown leather
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Louis XVI Leather Top Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Late 18th century French Louis XVI leather top mahogany and gilt bronze bureau plat.
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Antique Late 18th Century Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century French Work Table with Cloven Hoof
Located in Hudson, NY
Graceful and beautiful French Rococo work table. With graceful Cabrio legs terminating in petitly
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Antique Mid-18th Century European Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
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Fruitwood, Oak
c.1780 French Louis XIII Desk
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Marvelous handmade French Louis XIII two drawer desk using authentic 18th century furniture parts
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Antique Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk Hopilliart Paris 18th Century
Located in London, GB
moulu', signifying ground or pounded gold) is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground
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Antique 1790s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Period Flat Desk with 3 Drawers
Bronze Fittings - France 18th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
and the top have been restored.
Very beautiful piece of French manufacture from the 18th century, from
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks
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Bronze
Late 19th Century French Bronze-Mounted Writing Desk w/single Drawer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very Fine late 19th Century French writing desk with single drawer. Bronze-mounted.
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Highadjustable Architects Table - Table A Tronchin, France, Late 18th Century
Located in Greven, DE
facts:
In the 18th century, there was an enthusiasm for furniture that concealed mechanisms and gear
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Antique Late 18th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
A Fine Louis XVI Mahogany Writing Table, 18th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine Louis XVI Mahogany Writing Table
18th Century
The rectangular slightly dished top above
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
French 18th Century Louis XIII Style Side Table or Writing Table
Located in Round Top, TX
A very handsome French Louis XIII style side table or writing table. Beautifully constructed from
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Antique 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
Original 18th C.Petite Antique French Louis XV Walnut Table/Desk
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Breathtaking antique French walnut desk or side table with a single drawer, delicate hand-carved
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Walnut
Bureau Plat Desk, Ebony Desk with Bronze Applications
Located in Roma, IT
bureau plat is a typical 'representation' desk very popular in 18th century, France.
Born under the
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Antique 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Cartonnier Desk
Located in Paris, FR
Late 18th century piece of furniture called a “cartonnier” in wood veneer and used for storing
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Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Louis XV Marquetry Mechanical Table, "Secrétaire à Culbute"
Located in Berlin, DE
literally translated into "somersault desk": standing on four slender cabriole legs with rectangular and
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Late 18th c. French Writing Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 18th c. French writing table. Rich walnut and satinwood with ebony inlays. Cross banded top
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Walnut Bureau Plat with Leather Top and Slides, 18th Century, France
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th century French Louis XV period Bureau plat or writing desk in walnut with leather top and
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Walnut Money Changer
s Table
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Found in the region of Languedoc in southern France, this late eighteenth century French Louis XVI
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Sycamore, Walnut
A French Mid 18th Century Louis XV Period 1-Drawer Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
the rectangular top in several sections above a conforming case housing one drawer with space for an inkwell and papers having an elegantly shaped apron and raised on tapering cabri...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Oak
French Louis XV Period Oak Three-Drawer Writing Table, 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular galleried top open on one side, the conforming case housing three drawers with brass pulls and raised on tapering cabriole legs.
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Antique 1760s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
A Unique French Provincial Walnut Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
18th Century French Provincial Walnut Ladies Writing Desk
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Country Desks
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Walnut
c.1780 French Louis XIII Writing Desk
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
French Louis XIII walnut writing table with barley twist legs and a curved cross stretcher with a
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Directoire Period Writing Desk of Walnut and Mahogany with Leather Top
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French Directoire period writing table or desk of walnut and mahogany from the late 18th
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Antique Late 18th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
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Metal, Brass
French Restoration Style Walnut Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
This classical walnut table has aged patina. Can be free standing, finished on all 4 sides. Perfect as end table, night table or vanity.
Neoclassical, restauration period.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Restauration Desks
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Granite
Neoclassical Round Clock Carrara Marble Bronze Brass, France, 18th Century
Located in Milano, IT
. Manufactured in France, last quarter of the 18th century.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Important Etienne LeNoir Clock 18th Century
By Etienne LeNoir
Located in Madrid, ES
Important ETIENNE LENOIR Clock 18th century
French, 18th century
in chiseled and gilded bronze
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Antique 18th Century French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Louis XIV Walnut Center Writing Table on Barley Twist Legs
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A rich and wonderful writing table from the first half of the 18th-century, this absolute
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Louis XVI Writing Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Walnut writing desk
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$6,500
Louis XVI Brass-Mounted Mahogany Architect
s Table, Late 18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The top lays flat or can be raised as a slant top. There are pull-out inset leather slides on each side the central drawer with compartments for ink.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Mahogany
18th Century Louis XVI Provincial Table
Located in Madrid, ES
French Louis XVI style in the country provinces, manufactured in walnut with one-drawer and ribbed
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century French Neoclassical Manner Bronze Inkwell
Located in Nashville, TN
Bronze inkwell, circa 1790. Rectangular form with gilt bronze footed base with patinated dark bronze handles and mounts. Item has singular pot in the center of the tray. The floral d...
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Antique 1760s French Neoclassical Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Bronze Mounted Inkwell
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful one of a kind inkwell was made in France, circa 1780.
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Antique 1780s European Inkwells
Louis XIV Period Desk
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
the 18th century
Perfect original condition
Measures: H: 72 cm, W: 87 cm, D: 64 cm.
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Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$5,919
French Louis XVI Period Walnut Metamorphic Drafting Table, 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
or candle slides, raised on fluted tapering legs. last quarter 18th century
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Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Outstanding 18th Century Period Louis XVI Table
Located in Round Top, TX
An outstanding 18th century period Louis XVI side table - writing table in painted wood with marble
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Antique 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Escritoire Desk Empire Antique Marquetry Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous French Empire escritoire desk with intricate floral inlay
Classic piece of space saving
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Antique Early 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Walnut Side Table - Period LXV
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th Century Walnut Side Table - Period Louis XV. Please Note This is an Antique and is One of a
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
A very fine and rare 18th desk by Important Parisian ebeniste Pierre Migeon
By Pierre Migeon
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine and rare 18th century Secretaire desk by Pierre Migeon Sr. . A family of Important
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Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Porcelain, Mahogany, Walnut
Louis XV Fauteuil De Bureau, Mid-18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The floral carved walnut desk chair with caned back and seat, upholstered with zebra pattern dyed
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
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Wood, Walnut
Elegant Neoclassical Rolltop Desk Brazilian Rosewood Cherry, France, 1700
Located in Milano, IT
18th century.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Rosewood
18th c. Walnut Refectory Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Walnut Writing Table
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Louis XV Petite Writing Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
and a brown tooled leather writing surface, all on cabrilolle legs, French, circa 1780.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Large 17th Century Walnut Desk with Barley Twist Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large walnut desk with drawer, barely twist legs and iron stretcher.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
French Louis XVI Period Desk
Located in Wichita, KS
A charming French Louis XVI period painted desk with lovely carved details and three drawers. This
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Antique 18th Century French Two-Color Gold Sealing Wax Case, Paris, circa 1780
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Description
Antique 18th century Magnificent French 18-karat two-color gold large sealing wax
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Antique Early 18th Century French More Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold
Pair of French Louis XVI Late 18th Century Bronze and Marble Sphinxes
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
quality and most come from one of the Parisian Masterly workshops of the late 18th century.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Paperweights
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Marble, Bronze
18th-C.French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat / Desk W/ Gilt Bronze, Leather, Lacquer
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This late 18th century French bureau plat received a show stopping make over along the way
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
Exceptional Period Louis XVI Desk and Armchair
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louis XVI carved desk with matching chair and original embossed leather.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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