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Antique Louis XIV Kingwood, Ormolu Burl Ladies Desk with Rear Tower C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Kingwood, Ormolu & Burl Ladies Desk with Rear Tower & Writing Slide-Out C1890 Measures - 50 1/4 h x 22 3
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

French Ladies Desk Bureau Walnut Inlay Bonheur de Jour 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
maiden busts circa 1880 A Bonheur de Jour is a small, elegant 18th- to 19th-century lady’s writing desk
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Antique 1880s Desks

Materials

Walnut

Antique French Louis XIV Vernis Martin Mahogany Kingwood Ladies Desk, c 1890
By Vernis Martin
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Louis XIV ladies desk offers mahogany and kingwood construction with tower
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks

Materials

Metal

FRENCH INLAID TAMBOUR PULL OUT DESK
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
writing surface; when pulled out it raises tambour to reveal two small drawers. Late 19th Century.
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Antique 19th Century French Desks

English Edwardian Mahogany Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mahogany ladies' writing table (desk) or dressing table. The top flips open to create a larger
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Antique 19th Century English Desks

Materials

Mahogany, Oak

Antique Georgian Mahogany Victorian Brass Bound Traveling Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
century, complete with original fitted interior and later gilt tooled black leather writing surface. Side
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Antique 19th Century English Georgian Inkwells

Materials

Brass

Antique Coromandel Mahogany Brass Inlaid English Writing Box Slope Mother Pearl
Located in Dublin, Ireland
pearl and abalone with intricate swirls of flowers and foliage, early to mid-19th century, complete with
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Antique 19th Century English Inkwells

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian Traveling Wooden Burl Walnut Writing Slope Stationary Box 19c
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality early English Well Figured Solid grained Burr Burl Walnut Ladies or
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Inkwells

Materials

Brass

Antique French Louis XIV Style Rosewood and Ormolu Bonheur de Jour, 19th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Louis XIV Style Bonheur de Jour (ladies' desk) features bookmatched rosewood with
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks

Materials

Bronze

Victorian Papier-Mache Lap Desk Grand Tour View
Located in Montreal, QC
This writing box is of a rather unusual design. Instead of flipping open to reveal a sloped writing
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Desk Sets

Materials

Wood

French Louis XVI Style Antique Cylinder Desk c. 1880-1910
Located in Shippensburg, PA
exceedingly attractive early 20th Century French Louis XVI Style ladies writing desk - the type is known as a
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Style Inlaid Carved Cherry Bonheur du Jour
Located in New Orleans, LA
light and graceful, and would be a beautiful, feminine ladies writing desk or vanity.
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Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

Early 19th Century Mahogany Sidetable, Ladies Desk, France, circa 1810
Located in Greven, DE
Empire Lyra writing and work table Paris Mahogany Empire around 1810 Dimensions: H x W x D: 80 x
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Ladies Desk, Secretaire En Pente, Bureau De Dames, France, 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Antique ladies' desk - Bureau des Dames - Secretaire en Pente. France second half of 19th
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Antique 19th Century French Secretaires

Materials

Wood

Silver-Plated Writing Set, 19th-20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Writing desk set on rectangular tray with railing openwork and raised on small legs consisting of
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Antique Late 19th Century European Neoclassical Sheffield and Silverplate

Materials

Silver Plate

Solid Brass Chiavari Chair
By Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi
Located in Hanover, MA
Ligurian town. Designed by Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi in the early 19th century. Perfect for a ladies
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Vintage 1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian Walnut Inlaid Bonheur Du Jour circa 1860
Located in London, GB
Jour, or Ladies writing desk, circa 1860 in date. This is an example of superb quality and design
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Antique 19th Century French Desks

Antique Victorian, Burr Walnut Bonheur Du Jour
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous Victorian burr walnut and marquetry Bonheur Du Jour, or Ladies writing desk
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Antique 19th Century English Desks

Antique Louis XV Bonheur Du Jour Sevres Plaques
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous Louis XV style, kingwood Bonheur Du Jour, or Ladies writing desk, with Sevres
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Antique 19th Century French Desks

Antique French Louis XV Style Kingwood and Marquetry Bureau de Dame
Located in Glasgow, GB
A very attractive late 19th century French Louis XV Rococo style kingwood and marquetry bureau de
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian Brass Inlaid Mahogany Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
writing slope of outstanding quality and generous proportions. Third quarter of the Nineteenth Century
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian Brass Burl Walnut Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality French or English well figured solid burr walnut and ebony ladies or
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Burr Walnut Lady s Vanity Travelling Case
Located in London, GB
commercial man. In writing-desks there is an endless, bewildering choice, from the simplest to the most
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Antique 1860s British Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate

Materials

Silver Plate, Ormolu

Antique 12ft Imperial Style Extending Dining Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
ice buckets, appeared around 1800, as did bonheurs du jour (ladies’ writing tables). Another version
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Antique 1810s English George III Dining Room Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique Regency Flame Mahogany Dining Table Manner of Gillows, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
-shaped with japanned ice buckets, appeared circa 1800, as did bonheurs du jour (ladies’ writing tables
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Antique 1820s English Regency Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Antique 12ft Imperial Style Dining Table 19th &12 Chairs 20th Century
Located in London, GB
(ladies’ writing tables). Another version of the social table was semi-circular, with a firescreen along
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Antique 1810s English George III Dining Room Sets

Materials

Brass

Antique Regency Dining Table Manner of Gillows 19th Century and 10 Chairs
Located in London, GB
, appeared around 1800, as did bonheurs du jour (ladies’ writing tables). Another version of the social table
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Antique 1820s English Regency Dining Room Sets

Materials

Mahogany

Antique 12ft Imperial Style Extending Dining Table 19th 12 Chairs 20th Century
Located in London, GB
around 1800, as did bonheurs du jour (ladies’ writing tables). Another version of the social table was
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Antique 1810s English George III Dining Room Sets

Materials

Brass

Antique 11ft Gillows Style William IV Extending Dining Table C1835 19th Century
Located in London, GB
known for its luxury furniture and furnishings. During the final years of the 19th century the company
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Antique 1830s English William IV Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

French Design, Louis XVI, Small Desk, Vanity, Brown Parquetry, Marquetry, 1900s
By François Linke
Located in Manhasset, NY
French 19th or early 20th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted parquetry & marquetry
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Vanities

Materials

Bronze

Antique Early Victorian Extending Dining Table by Gillows 19th C
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in London, GB
around 1800, as did bonheurs du jour (ladies’ writing tables). Another version of the social table was
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Antique 1840s English Victorian Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Metamorphic Victorian Mahogany Dining Table 12 Chairs 19th C
Located in London, GB
(ladies’ writing tables). Another version of the social table was semi-circular, with a firescreen along
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Antique 1830s English Regency Dining Room Sets

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Early Victorian Extending Dining Table by Gillows 19th C 8 Chairs
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in London, GB
(ladies’ writing tables). Another version of the social table was semi-circular, with a firescreen along
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Antique 1840s English Victorian Dining Room Sets

Materials

Damask, Mahogany

Antique Victorian Walnut Bonheur Du Jour circa 1860
Located in London, GB
Ladies writing desk, circa 1860 in date. The superstructure comprises a large galleried central bay
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Antique 19th Century English Tables

Gillows of Lancaster Bonheur Du Jour.
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in Batley, GB
An early 19th century Gillows Ladies writing desk or Bonheur de Jour. Raised on 4 reeded legs and
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Antique Early 19th Century British Georgian Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Edwardian Rosewood Inlaid Davenport circa 1890
Located in London, GB
highly carved, somewhat exaggerated, thick cabriole legs, but these are not essential. 19th century
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Antique 19th Century English Cabinets

Materials

Rosewood

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Bonheur du Jour circa 1860
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous Victorian burr walnut, marquetry Bonheur Du Jour, or Ladies writing desk, circa
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Antique 19th Century English Dressers

Materials

Walnut

Antique Victorian Walnut Inlaid Bonheur Du Jour c.1860
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous Victorian Bonheur Du Jour or Ladies Writing Desk, Circa 1860 in date. It is
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Antique 19th Century English Vanities

Antique Regency Dining Table c.1820 8 Vintage Chairs
Located in London, GB
buckets, appeared around 1800, as did bonheurs du jour (ladies’ writing tables). Another version of the
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Antique 19th Century English Dining Room Sets

Materials

Mahogany

A Pair of Aesthetic Movement Ebonised Wood Cabinets by Gillow
Located in Sheffield, MA
japanned ice buckets, appeared around 1800, as did bonheurs du jour (ladies’ writing tables). Another
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Antique 19th Century English Cabinets

Antique French Kingwood Bureau de Dame c.1850
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous French Bureau de Dame / Bonheur du Jour, or Ladies Writing Desk and it is Circa
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Antique 19th Century French Cabinets

Materials

Kingwood

Rare Antique English Silver on Nickel Banded Oak Signed Dome-Top Stationery Box
By Halstaff Hannaford
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
made by one of the finest, Royal Warranted box makers of the 19th century. They specialized in ladies
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate, Nickel

Antique Regency Mahogany Dining Table, circa 1820
Located in London, GB
(ladies’ writing tables). Another version of the social table was semi-circular, with a firescreen along
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Antique Early 19th Century English Dining Room Tables

Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and Glass Table by Maison Alphonse Giroux, Paris
By Maison Giroux
Located in Dublin, IE
. Literature: C. Payne, Paris Furniture: the luxury market of the 19th century, Éditions Monelle Hayot, 2018
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Shelves

Materials

Ormolu

Solid Brass Chiavari Chair
Located in Hanover, MA
Chiavari. Perfect for a ladies writing desk or as a boudoir chair.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Side Chairs

Italian Brass Chiavari Chair
Located in Hanover, MA
town of Chiavari. Perfect for a ladies writing desk or as a boudoir chair.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Side Chairs

Solid Brass High Back Chiavari Chair
By Chiavari, Fratelli Levaggi/Guiseppe Gaetano Descalzi
Located in Hanover, MA
Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi and continuously produced since the early 19th century in the Ligurian town of
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Side Chairs

Materials

Brass

American Classical Revival Mahogany Work Table w/ Turned Legs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
writing desk, lamp table, or accent piece in a living room or entryway. Its multifunctional nature
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Vintage 1920s American American Classical Side Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Regency Mahogany Gillows Style Dining Table, circa 1820
Located in London, GB
-shaped with japanned ice buckets, appeared circa 1800, as did bonheurs du jour (ladies’ writing tables
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Antique 1820s English Dining Room Tables

Antique Regency Mahogany Dining Table Manner of Gillows, circa 1820
Located in London, GB
-shaped with japanned ice buckets, appeared around 1800, as did bonheurs du jour (ladies’ writing tables
Category

Antique 1820s British Dining Room Tables

19th Century Figured Walnut Ladies Writing Desk.
Located in Nantwich, GB
Attractive rare Victorian ladies writing desk with two short drawers below two tambour roll tops
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

19th Century French Walnut Bonheur De Jour Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Good quality french ladies writing table circa 1890. 3 tier top section which is adorned in
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

19th Century William IV Mahogany Ladies Writing Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Small ladies writing table, circa 1830. Later red leather writing surface with gold tooling. Two
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Antique Mid-19th Century British William IV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Swedish Birch Writing Table Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
ladies writing table. Five-drawers one of which is over the knee, beaded edging and applied swags in
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Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Birch

French 19th Century Louis XVI Two Sided Ladies Writing Table or Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A fine French Louis XVI two sided mahogany lady's writing table or desk on reeded tapered legs with
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Vintage 1910s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

French Ladies Desk / Table, 19th Century
Located in Pomona, CA
An attractive French desk table from the early 19th century. Various woods including mahogany
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Antique 1840s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Kidney Shaped Ladies Writing Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality 19th century Victorian burr walnut kidney shaped ladies writing table
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Walnut

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