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Early 19th Century American Mahogany Serpentine Desk
Located in Tarry Town, NY
An early 19th century mahogany wood drop-front writing desk / freestanding wall piece. Beautifully
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Antique Early 1800s North American Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Canadian Drop-Leaf Desk
Located in Nantucket, MA
Canadian (Quebec) maple drop-leaf desk with tiger maple drawer fronts.
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Antique Mid-19th Century Desks

Materials

Wood

Antique Hand-Painted and Carved Jacobean Style Figural Drop Front Desk
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique English Jacobean style figural drop front desk features hand-painted coat of arms on
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Antique Late 19th Century European Desks

Materials

Wood

Antique Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Burl Davenport Drop Front Desk c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
scroll form crest over drop front desk opening to compartmentalized interior and surmounting lower case
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Antique Late 19th Century American Renaissance Revival Desks

Materials

Walnut, Burl

Antique Aesthetic Mahogany Drop Front Lady’s Desk with Jeweled Stained Glass
Located in Big Flats, NY
Aesthetic Mahogany Drop Front Lady’s Desk with Jeweled Stained Glass Cabinet, Mirrored back, and rope twist
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Antique Late 19th Century Aesthetic Movement Desks

Materials

Stained Glass, Mahogany

19th century solid mahogany desk chair
Located in Malton, GB
This is a fabulous shaped 19th century solid mahogany desk chair. The quality is very high with the
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Antique 19th Century Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Birch Pedestal Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
. Pedestal doors with small inlaid design to the front, drop handles open the single doors. A bank of four
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Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Birch

Elegant 19th Century Writing Desk with Neo-Japanese Decoration
Located in Sofia, BG
Rare and very elegant French 19th century drop-front writing desk in natural wood with neo-Japanese
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

19th Century Mahogany Drop Leaf Pembroke Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th Century mahogany drop leaf pembroke table circa 1840. Good quality early victorian drop
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Sheraton Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Hand-Carved Jacobean-Style Drop-Down Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
Hand-carved paneled Jacobean-style abbatant or secretaire with drop-down leaf for a writing surface
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Antique 19th Century Unknown Jacobean Desks

Materials

Iron

Victorian 19th Century Antique Carved Mahogany Desk Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
This is an outstanding Victorian 19th century antique carved mahogany desk chair with an exquisite
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Other

Antique Chippendale Cherry Slant-Front Desk with Four Drawers Circa 1830
Located in Big Flats, NY
with drop front desk opening to interior with pigeon holes over chest having four drawers, raised on
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Antique Early 19th Century Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cherry

19th century French Dolphin Table Writing Desk Carved Oak Renaissance Gothic
Located in Shreveport, LA
19th century French carved oak dolphin library table desk renaissance gothic. Direct from
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Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

19th Century French Carved Oak Dolphin Library Table Desk Renaissance Gothic
Located in Shreveport, LA
19th century French carved oak dolphin library table desk Renaissance Gothic ~Direct from France
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

19th Century French Carved Oak Dolphin Library Desk Table Renaissance Gothic
Located in Shreveport, LA
~Direct from France~ ~A wonderful antique French carved oak library tale or “bureau plat” desk
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Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Antique George III Mahogany Pedestal Partners Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
. The drawers are oak lined and are all fitted with brass drop handles. The desk is raised on plinth
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Antique 1810s English George III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

French 19th Century Empire Drop Front Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This French 19th century solid walnut desk has many interesting features. The slant front folds
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Secretary Desk with Bookcase, 19th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
representations. The carving quality is quite excellent, particularly in the raised relief carving on the drop lid
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Desks

19th Century Carved Burr Walnut Davenport Writing Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century burr walnut davenport writing desk, circa 1890. Fine quality Victorian davenport
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Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Desks

Materials

Walnut

Antique Swedish Gustavian Fall-Front Secretary with Reeded Detail, 19th Century
Located in Wichita, KS
around the top, canted corners, and a reeded drop-down desk featuring a lozenge design. There are a
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Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Desks

French 19th Century Barley Twist Fold Down Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A handsome, impressive carved mahogany desk with gem-cut decorations and fitted bird's-eye maple
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks

Materials

Leather, Birdseye Maple, Mahogany

Antique French Abattant Desk Fall Front Secretary Chest Drawers Renaissance Oak
Located in Tyler, TX
Exquisite 19th Century Antique French Oak Renaissance Revival Abattant Chest of Drawers and Desk
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Antique 1880s French Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Antique Satinwood Carlton House Writing Desk Maple Co., 19th Century
By Maple Co.
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique late Victorian satinwood Carlton House desk, by the renowned retailer
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Antique 1880s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Swedish 19th Century painted pine escritoire writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish 19th century painted pine escritoire writing desk circa 1870. We are pleased to offer this
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Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Rustic Desks

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Pine, Paint

19th Century Italian Figured Walnut Desk of Smaller Size
Located in Essex, MA
Figured Italian walnut drop front desk or slant lid beautiful figuring three-drawer cabriole
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Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Desks

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Antique Davenport, Victorian Walnut Desk, circa 1870
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
turned column supports fronting a four drawer arrangement in the rear section raise the writing desk
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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Desks

Materials

Brass

Early 19th Century English Regency Colonial Carved Padouk Campaign Desk Armchair
Located in Richmond, London
scrolled armrests on turned and reeded supports, above the finely caned drop-in seat, within the solid
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Regency Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Cane, Padouk

Antique English Hepplewhite Style Satinwood Banded Cherry Slant Front Desk
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Hepplewhite style slant front desk offers cherry construction with drop front opening to
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Antique 19th Century English Hepplewhite Desks

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Bronze

Miniature Drop-Front Secretary Desk, Early 19th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
Miniature drop-front secretary, early 19th century, likely English, including a miniature brass
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Antique Early 18th Century Georgian Children s Furniture

Materials

Mahogany

English 19th Century Mahogany Secretary
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
. The geometric paned glass top houses three adjustable shelves. The drop front desk hinges open to
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Antique 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Swedish Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Painted Swedish Drop Front Desk
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Antique 19th Century Swedish Desks

19th Century English Colonial Regency Padouk Reeded Leg Side or Desk Chair
Located in Richmond, London
caned drop-in seat, within the solid seatrails, raised on turned and reeded front legs and outswept back
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Antique Early 18th Century English Regency Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Padouk

19th Century English Regency Style Writing Table Speckled by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical late 19th century English mahogany drop-leaf writing table featuring a speckled lacquer
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Antique 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

French 19th Century Transitional Secrétaire À Abattant
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
drop-ring pulls. The front of the desk folds down when unlocked, revealing a burgundy leather topped
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Antique 19th Century French Other Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Wonderful Late 19th Century Walnut Carlton House
Located in Benington, Herts
A wonderful late 19th century walnut serpentine fronted Carlton house desk. This extremely
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Antique Late 19th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Burr Oak Drop- Front Writing Desk
Located in Firenze, IT
Europe, 19th century Lovely North European Burr Oak drop- front writing desk, interior is
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Antique 19th Century Italian Secretaires

Huge 19th Century Walnut Biedermeier Chest of Drawers Drop Front Desk Secretaire
By Biedermeier
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
chest of drawers with sliding drop front Secretaire desk A very good looking and functional piece of
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Antique 19th Century Swedish Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

A Large Ebonised and Ormolu Mounted Bureauplat, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
Large Ebonised and Ormolu Mounted Bureauplat, 19th Century Provenance: Private
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Victorian Walnut Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
, original brass drop handles and locks. This desk didn’t come with a key, they rarely do, but we could get
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Antique Victorian Walnut Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
, original brass drop handles and locks. This desk didn’t come with a key, they rarely do, but we could get
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Georgian Slant Top Mahogany Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mahogany George III (circa 1800-1820) slant top, drop front desk. Mahogany top with ebony and
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Antique 19th Century English Desks

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Bleached Oak Secretary
Located in Houston, TX
19th century bleached oak drop front secretary. A pair of drawers aligned neatly beneath a drop
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Antique 19th Century French Desks

Materials

Brass

Antique Georgian circa 1730 Burr Walnut Bureau Desk Writing Table, 18th Century
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique early Georgian circa 1730 crossbanded burr walnut bureau desk writing table. This is a
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Antique 1730s Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

A Dutch Bombe Bureau Desk
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Stylish Dutch 19th Century painted bombe bureau desk with wonderful carved lions paw feet and
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Antique 1880s Dutch Country Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Two Part Mahogany Campaign Chest with Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Two part mahogany campaign chest with desk. The upper cabinet with a desk with a long drop front
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Antique 19th Century English Campaign Desks

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century French Louis XV Style Inlaid Marble Top Abattant Secretaire
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous 19th century Louis XV style French marble top inlaid abattant secretaire. The secretaire
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique Italian Hand-Carved Gilded 6 Drawer Desk/Vanity
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Jaw-dropping 19th century Italian carved and gilded 6 drawer desk or vanity, incorporating two 18th
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Antique 19th Century Italian Desks

Antique Twin Pedestal Desk, English, Office, Study, Writing Table, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique twin pedestal desk. An English, mahogany and leather office writing table
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Antique Late 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

French Antique Neoclassical Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A 19th century mahogany-and-marble French drop-front desk with original leather. A clever design
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks

Antique Correspondence Desk, English, Mahogany, Writing Table, Regency, C.1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
tooling, foliate motif and embossed detail Pair of drawers to front, each dressed with circular drop
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Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Small Antique Correspondence Table, Scottish Oak, Writing Desk, Aesthetic Period
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique correspondence table. A Scottish, oak writing desk with skiver, dating to
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Antique Late 19th Century Scottish Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

19th Century Empire Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant, Chest France
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, France circa 1820, Biedermeier period. The outside with fall front and three
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Antique Early 19th Century French Biedermeier Secretaires

Antique Morning Room Desk, English, Walnut, Writing Table, Victorian, Circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique morning room desk. An English, walnut writing table dating to the Victorian
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Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Antique French Library Table Desk Bureau Plat Renaissance Carved Oak Gothic
Located in Shreveport, LA
front. A total of TEN carved gothic drop finials on the corners and between side arches. Giant double
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Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Antique English Burl Wood Biedermeier Abattant, Drop Front Secretary Desk 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
drawer surmounting drop front secretary opening to reveal writing surface and interior storage
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Antique 19th Century English Biedermeier Secretaires

Materials

Satinwood, Burl

American Empire Butlers Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century figured Cherry and Quilted Maple Butlers Desk. Nicely figured Cherry on the case and
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Antique Mid-19th Century Unknown American Empire Desks

Materials

Cherry

Early 19th Century Mahogany Escritoire
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality early 19th century mahogany escritoire, with ormolu beading running underneath the
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Antique 1820s English Desks

Materials

Ormolu

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19th Century Drop Front Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic 19th century drop front desk available at 1stDibs. Each 19th century drop front desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and metal. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect 19th century drop front desk — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right 19th century drop front desk, those designed in Victorian, Empire and Georgian styles are of considerable interest. Biedermeier and Reid and Sons each produced at least one beautiful 19th century drop front desk that is worth considering.

How Much is a 19th Century Drop Front Desk?

Prices for a 19th century drop front desk start at $850 and top out at $14,100 with the average selling for $3,784.

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