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18th Century Country French Child
s Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 18th century Country French child size desk, made of solid cherry. Beautifully crafted with
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Antique Late 18th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
18th Century Italian Single Drawer Desk, Italy
Located in New York, NY
18th century Italian single drawer desk.
Turned legs.
Walnut.
Beautiful patina.
Also makes a great
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Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XV Period Walnut 1- Drawer Writing Table, mid 18th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
having a rectangular top with rounded and molded corners atop a conforming case housing one drawer, the case with a shaped apron, the drawer retaining antique brass pulls, raised on ...
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Spanish Walnut Library Table Desk with Two Drawers, 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
fluidly carved legs and support braces.
In remarkable antique condition.
Spanish, 18th century.
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Antique Early 18th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
MID-18th CENTURY LOUIS XV VENEERED DESK
Located in Firenze, FI
the mid-18th century.
Dimensions: H x W x D 75 x 112.5 x 63cm
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th century Louis XV ITALIAN Writing Table with Drawers
Located in Firenze, FI
the mid-18th century.
In good condition, very comfortable to work.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Kingwood And Tulipwood Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and elegant French 18th century Louis XV period kingwood and tulipwood inlaid desk
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th-C. French Louis XV Style Carved Oak Tooled Leather
Bronze Writing Desk
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a special piece! It is a late 18th century carved oak and gilt bronze writing desk. It has
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fine 18th Century ‘French Hepplewhite’ Mahogany Ladies Writing Table
Located in London, GB
A late 18th century ‘French Hepplewhite’ figured mahogany ladies writing table of serpentine form
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Antique Late 18th Century English Hepplewhite Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Boxwood, Ebony, Mahogany, Tulipwood
18th Century Small George III Mahogany and Leather Writing Table
Located in Solebury, PA
A charming and compact 18th Century George III mahogany and leather writing table, both
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th Century George III Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th century George III mahogany pedestal desk. With green-leather top and large centred drawer
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
Italian Neoclassical Inlaid Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Viterbo, VT
Neoclassical writing desk handmade in Italy in the late 1700s using walnut and peg construction
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Spanish Work Table/Desk
Located in Nashville, TN
This is a lovely example of an 18th Century Spanish walnut table with unique lyre leg base. This
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Antique Early 1800s Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French 18th Century Louis XV Style Painted Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This archetypal 18th century Louis XV-style desk was given a distinguishing update in the 20th
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Antique 18th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
Antique Queen Anne Early 18th Century Inlaid Burr Walnut Escritoire Desk / Chest
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Queen Anne Early 18th Century Inlaid Burr Walnut Escritoire Desk / Chest – Fine Quality
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Antique Early 18th Century British Queen Anne Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$4,793 Sale Price
30% Off
18th Century George III Period Mahogany Writing Table Stamped W.Priest
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A Very Fine 18th Century George III Period Mahogany Writing Table Stamped W. Priest / 1&2 Tudor
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Antique 18th Century British George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
18th Century Italian Walnut Desk and Three Chairs
Located in Hixson, TN
A marvelous 18th century Italian writing table with the three chairs from Florence, Italy. This
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables
$14,500 / set
18th C. French Carved-Wood Table with Leather Writing Pad Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French carved-wood desk with leather writing pad top from the 18th century. This antique table
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Antique 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Desk English Leather Brown Mahogany 18th Century England
Located in New York, NY
18th Century. Made in mahogany with brass hardware and leather covered writing desks.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$5,000 Sale Price
58% Off
17th Century Spanish Writing Desk with Drawer and Original Iron Lock
Located in Marbella, ES
17th Century Spanish writing desk with drawer and original iron lock.
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Antique 18th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
SECOND HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY LOUIS XVI VENEER WRITING TABLE
Located in Firenze, FI
elegance. Tuscan manufacture from the Louis XVI period, around the second half of the 18th century
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Nutwood
Desk Swedish Baroque Period 18th Century Veneer Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Desk Swedish Baroque Period 18th Century Veneer Sweden. A stunning desk made during the Baroque
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Antique 18th Century European Baroque 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
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century George III Mahogany Leather-topped Partner’s Desk
Located in Solebury, PA
A distinguished 18th-century George III mahogany partner’s desk, characterized by its rectangular
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
18th century Spanish Table
Located in MILL, NL
Spanish table. Dating from the 18th century. Solid walnut. Tabletop made from a single plank
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Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Wonderful 18th Century French Roll Top Desk (Cylinder Bureau)
Located in Poole, GB
Wonderful 18th Century French Roll Top Desk ( cylinder bureau )
A very elegant and with great
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Antique Late 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mixed Woods Marquetry Inlaid Writing Table, Northern Italian, Late 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
parquetry work on all surfaces areas including the legs, Northern Italy, late 18th century.
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Rococo 18th Century Writing Table with Drawer, Origin: Sweden, Circa 1760
Located in New York, NY
Fantastic Rococo 18th century writing table with single drawer with accentuated cabriole legs
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Antique 18th Century Swedish Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
18th Century Spanish Door Made Custom Desk or Table with Iron Trestle Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A custom table with an 18th century Spanish hand-carved door top. This rectangular-shaped table has
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Antique 18th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Rare 18th Century Georgian Period Mahogany Architect Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
storage compartment.
During this period, leathered writing surfaces were common on desks since steel
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Antique 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$8,400 Sale Price
67% Off
18th Century Louis XV Walnut Table or Ladies Desk
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This antique French Louis XV side table, or ladies desk, is a real 18th century gem. Crafted from
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Spanish Trestle Style Writing Table, Turned Legs, Wrought Iron
Located in Madrid, ES
The tabletop of this 18th century Spanish table is one single wide plank, which over the years has
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Antique 18th Century Spanish Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
18th Century English Mahogany Serpentine Kneehole Desk Circa 1760
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
18th Century English Mahogany Serpentine Kneehole Desk, c. 1760. This desk is of the finest quality
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Antique Mid-18th Century British George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Spanish Colonial Writing Table/Console, circa 18th-19th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
-drawer writing desk. The mesquite (perhaps sabino) wood structure is solid, with no apparent restorations
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Antique 19th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
English Hard Wood Portable Writing Desk, circa 1850
By OTHR
Located in Guadalajra, Jal
English country portable writing desk with lifting writing surface, it has its original bronze
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Antique Late 18th Century Mexican Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
18th Century French Provincial Black Painted “Mazarin” Pedestal Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
18th century
Item # 403ZLJ18Q
An absolutely stunning eight-legged "Mazarin" pedestal desk in early
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Antique 18th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th C. Walnut Table / Desk with Twisted Legs
Located in East Hampton, NY
Wonderful walnut table with turned legs and a single drawer.... a great night stand for a King bed.
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Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
English Hepplewhite Mahogany Tambour Writing Desk. Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English five drawer Hepplewhite tambour writing desk with fitted interior, satinwood string inlay
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Hepplewhite Desks and Writing T...
18th Century oak desk on later stand
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th Century oak desk on later stand, the sloped desk having a hinged lift up lid opening to reveal
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Antique 1780s British Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Late 18th Century English Mahogany Desk with Carved Paw Feet
Located in Worcester, GB
Exceptional Late 18th Century English Mahogany Work Table with Carved Paw Feet
United Kingdom
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Antique Late 18th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XV Leather Top Cocobola Wood Writing Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable Louis XV style ladies writing desk handcrafted in exotic cocobola wood with a
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cocobolo
Italian, Sicily, Louis XV Period Rosewood
Brass Writing Table, mid 18th cen.
Located in Atlanta, GA
this versatile and layered writing table is epertly crafted of rosewood veneers with brass
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Elegant Little Mid-18th Century George II
Lady Desk
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant little 'Lady Desk', George II, in walnut with original brass fittings.
Top with leather
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Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Walnut Writing Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Walnut single drawer writing table.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Walnut Writing Table with Leather Top
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This small scale late eighteenth century French Louis XVI period walnut lady's writing desk
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Small Walnut Veneered Desk Inlaid With Different Woods, Tuscany, Late 18th Centu
Located in Atlanta, GA
This late 18th-century Tuscan writing desk is constructed with a walnut veneer and detailed with
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Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th c. English Gadrooned Reading Desk
Located in Greenwich, CT
An 18th century English mahogany pedestal desk with gilt tooled leather inset three-section top
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century French Primitive Pine Dining Table / Desk with a Drawer
Located in Odense, DK
A very fine 18th century primitive pine table from the, crafted by a Danish cabinetmaker. The
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Primitive Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
18th century Queen Anne and later walnut knee hole desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
18th century Queen Anne walnut kneehole desk circa 1710.
Good quality knee hole desk of small
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Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Empire Writing Desk With Roll Top, Nutwood, Austria ca. 1800
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
future.
PLEASE NOTE: this fantastic 18th century Empire writing desk comes in great old restored, ready
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Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th Century Louis XV Baroque Walnut Fall Front Desk / Secretaire
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This elegant fall-front desk dates to around 1730 and is veneered with a beautiful marquetry of
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Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine, Walnut
$15,202 Sale Price
26% Off
Italy Late 18th Century Regency Walnut Desk or Side Table
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an elegant gaming table, hand made in the Late 18th Century by master craftmenships. The
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Small 18th Century Mahogany Brown Wood Kneehole Desk with Brass Handles
Located in London, GB
A rare and charming early 18th century mahogany kneehole desk of small proportions, with carved
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Antique Early 18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$5,209 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Rustic Desk Table, Country Table, Original Pinewood Laquered Waxed
Located in Vigonza, Padua
18th century rustic desk table or country table, original pine wood laquered, restored the top and
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Kingwood, Tulipwood and Ormolu Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and extremely high quality French 18th century Louis XV period Kingwood, Tulipwood
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Rococo Desk/ Table with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
18th century Swedish Antique Rustic provincial rococo table/ desk from Boden Norrbotten, Northern
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Antique Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
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
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Antique 1750s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the 18th century writing desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A 18th century writing desk — often made from wood, walnut and mahogany — can elevate any home. Find 788 options for an antique or vintage 18th century writing desk now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer 18th century writing desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Each 18th century writing desk bearing Georgian, Louis XVI or Louis XV hallmarks is very popular. Gillows of Lancaster
London, Caspar Frederik Harsdorff and Thomas Chippendale each produced at least one beautiful 18th century writing desk that is worth considering.
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The average selling price for a 18th century writing desk at 1stDibs is $6,796, while they’re typically $797 on the low end and $212,272 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Desks-writing-tables for You
Choosing the perfect writing desk or writing table is a profoundly personal journey, one that people have been embarking upon for centuries.
Queen Atossa of Persia, from her writing table circa 500 B.C., is said to have been the originator of the art of handwritten letters. Hers was reportedly the first in a long and colorful history of penned correspondence that grew in popularity alongside literacy. The demand for suitable writing desks, which would serve the composer of the letters as well as ensure the comfort of the recipient naturally followed, and the design of these necessary furnishings has evolved throughout history.
Once people began to seek freedom from the outwardly ornate styles of the walnut and rosewood writing desks and drafting tables introduced in the name of Queen Victoria and King Louis XV, radical shifts occurred, such as those that materialized during the Art Nouveau period, when designers longed to produce furniture inspired by the natural world’s beauty. A prime example is the work of the famous late-19th-century Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí — his rolltop desk featured deep side drawers and was adorned with carved motifs that paid tribute to nature. Gaudí regularly combined structural precision with decorative elements, creating beautiful pieces of furniture in wood and metal.
Soon afterward, preferences for sleek, geometric, stylized forms in furniture that saw an emphasis on natural wood grains and traditional craftsmanship took hold. Today, Art Deco desks are still favored by designers who seek to infuse interiors with an air of luxury. One of the most prominent figures of the Art Deco movement was French decorator and furniture designer Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann. With his use of neoclassical motifs as well as expensive and exotic materials such as imported dark woods and inlays of precious metals for his writing desks, Ruhlmann came to symbolize good taste and modernity.
The rise in appreciation for Scandinavian modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary writing desks. It employs the “no fuss” or “less is more” approach to creating a tasteful, sophisticated space. Sweden’s master cabinetmaker Bruno Mathsson created gallery-worthy designs that are as functional as they are beautiful. Finnish architect Alvar Aalto never viewed himself as an artist, but, like Mathsson, his furniture designs reflected a fondness for organic materials and a humanistic approach. Danish designers such as Hans Wegner introduced elegant shapes and lines to mid-century desks and writing tables, often working in oak and solid teak.
From vintage desks to contemporary styles, 1stDibs offers a broad spectrum of choices for conducting all personal and business writing and reading activities.
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- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024To identify 18th-century furniture, you can research your piece in the context of the prevailing styles of the period or consult a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer. To identify your item on your own, look over it for maker's marks, such as carvings, stamps, brands and labels. Researching the marking can help you determine the maker of your piece, and from there, you can search further to learn more about your particular item. Without a maker's mark, the best approach is to consider the characteristics of the dominant furniture styles during the 18th century. In England, these included William and Mary, Queen Anne, Georgian, Chippendale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton. Some French furniture styles of the 1700s include Louis XV, Louis XVI and Régence. Find a diverse assortment of 18th-century furniture on 1stDibs.
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