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English Burl Wood Lap Desk Box on Stand with Mother of Pearl Accents, circa 1850
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English burl wood lap desk box from the mid-19th century with custom mahogany stand and mother
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Burl, Mother-of-Pearl
Antique Mahogany Dovetailed Officer
s Writing or Desk Box
Located in Doylestown, PA
Antique mahogany writing/correspondence box with dovetail construction, circa late 19th century.
A
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Primitive Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Brass
English Rosewood Box with Intricate Brass Motifs and Black Leather Writing Area
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English rosewood and brass slope desk box from the 19th century, with two locking keys, black
Category
Antique 19th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Lap Desk on Stand
Located in Somerville, MA
Late 19th century macassar ebony lap desk with mother of pearl inlay, fitted interior, gold tooled
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Antique 19th Century American End Tables
Materials
Brass
Lap Desk on later stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 19th Century lap desk on custom stand, England circa 1860
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Antique 19th Century English End Tables
Materials
Brass
$3,500
Amboyna Writing Slope
Located in Folkestone, Kent
A good early 19th century lap desk or writing slope, unusually constructed in richly figured
Category
Antique 1810s English Desks
Materials
Amboyna
19th Century English Lap Desk on Stand
Located in New York, NY
Interior compartment, possibly for holding letters
Sliding drawer on the side (stuck)
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
19TH Century English Letterbox / Lap Desk / Inkstand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine 19th Century example fashioned with burl walnut.
Superb attention to detail. A versatile and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Inkwells
Materials
Brass
English Lap Desk
Located in Sarasota, FL
An English rosewood lap desk with Turnbridge inlay, original red leather, two secret compartments
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
$2,300
English Lap Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
This perfect lap desk was purchased in England just before the Great Grandfather immigrated to
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks
Walnut Lap Desk on Stand
Located in St. Louis, MO
Victorian brass bound walnut writing slope on modern base, the top with an inscribed plaque; the sides with flush mount carrying handles and a drawer; the interior fitted with inkwel...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desk Accessories
$1,500
Victorian Brass Bound Lap Desk with Stand
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian rosewood lap desk with brass banding and details including campaign side handles
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Victorian Walnut Writing Slope / Lap Desk
Located in Vancouver, BC
Pristine Victorian burled walnut writing slope with original tooled leather.
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Antique 19th Century Scottish Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut, Leather
Antique Pine Lap Desk on Stand
Located in Port Chester, NY
Large standing antique lap desk on stand from England. The pine is a rich, honey color. Top folds
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Pine
19th Century Anglo Indian Regnecy Ebonized Reeded Lap Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century Anglo Indian Regnecy ebonized reeded lap desk.
Category
Antique 19th Century Regency Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th C. Mahogany Lap Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Regency Mahogany with Brass Inlay Lap Desk or Writing Box on a Later Mahogany Stand
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Lap Desk
Located in Charlottesville, VA
English mahogany lap desk on custom stand with brass detail
Category
Antique 19th Century English Side Tables
Materials
Brass
$2,400
Fine Mahogany Double Fold Lap Desk, 19th Century, on Stand
Located in New York, NY
Fine Mahogany Double Fold Lap Desk with Brass Trim, England, Circa 1850, Mounted on a Modern Custom
Category
Antique 19th Century English Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Velvet
English campaign lap desk
Located in Hudson, NY
Burl wood campaign lap desk with original writing surface. English 19th Century
Category
Antique 19th Century British Boxes
English Campaign lap desk
Located in Hudson, NY
Burl wood campaign lap desk with original fabric writing surface and pen holder. Ink wells are
Category
Antique 19th Century British Boxes
Materials
Burl
Lap Desk 19th Century English Papier Mache Decorated in Mother-of-Pearl
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century English Papier Mache lap desk decorated in mother-of-pearl
opens to desk interior with
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Antique 19th Century English Louis XVI Decorative Boxes
Mahogany Lap Desk on Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome 19th century English brass bound mahogany lap desk on a later custom matching stand.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Traveling Lap Desk
Located in New York, NY
A traveling desk presented to Mr. William Sangster by the employees of Messrs. Durno and Cameron
Category
Antique 19th Century British Side Tables
Materials
Brass
English Black Lacquered Lap Desk
Located in Corona Del Mar, CA
Elaborately detailed English Lap Desk with gilt and painted accents. Details include mother of
Category
Antique 19th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
American Victorian Figured Burl Oak Lap Desk 19th C
Located in Louisville, KY
Opening to a fitted interior and raised on a custom stand connected with stretchers.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Neoclassical Tables
19th Century English Regency Rosewood Lap Desk with Inkwell, Custom Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century circa 1820 English Regency rosewood lap desk with inkwell on custom stand
Measures
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Regency Rosewood Lap Desk
Located in Windsor, Berkshire
Regency rosewood lap desk.
The striking rosewood lap desk is a stunning piece, foil-let and brass
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
English Victorian Lap Desk
Located in Pasadena, CA
This walnut bombe lap desk is inlaid with burl mahogany, burl walnut and ebony. There is mother of
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Lap Desk on Stand
Located in Alexandria, VA
but is not attached. On stand the lap desk makes a great small side table. The stand extends 1/4
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Materials
Brass, Pewter
$1,200
English campaign burl wood lap desk
Located in Hudson, NY
Burl wood lap desk with original writing surface and pen holder. Ink wells are missing.
Category
Antique 19th Century British Boxes
Materials
Burl
English Lap Desk, Rosewood-Brass Banded
Located in New York, NY
Rosewood brass banded English lap desk with fitted leather interior.
(Measurements represent
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Materials
Brass
A Inlay Burl Walnut Lap Desk
Located in Austin, TX
A beautiful polished walnut lap desk with mother pearl, abalone, and horn inlay border along top of
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Materials
Walnut, Leather
Unique Lap Desk with Secret Compartments
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique Lap Desk with Secret Compartments
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Antique 19th Century Jewelry Boxes
Antique English Lap Desk, circa 1850
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unusual lap desk not only served the owner as a writing surface but also as a game board for
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Napoleon III Ebony Lap Desk
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Napoleon III Ebony Lap Desk with brass inlay, interior writing surface above two short drawers
Category
Antique 19th Century French Tables
Materials
Brass
Unusual Regency Mahogany Lap Desk
Located in Windsor, Berkshire
Unusual Regency mahogany lap desk.
A wonderful lap desk in superb condition, it has a brass top
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
American Grain Painted Lap Desk
Located in Southampton, NY
Faux grain painted lap desk with lock key,
American, circa 1800.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th C Regency Style Brass Inlaid Rosewood Lap Desk on Stand
Located in Louisville, KY
Opening to a fitted interior, stand of later date.
Category
Antique 19th Century British Neoclassical Tables
Materials
Brass
NAPOLEON 3RD ROSEWOOD LAP DESK
Located in Hudson, NY
A NAPOLEON 3RD ROSEWOOD LAMP DESK WITH BRASS INLAY.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Near Pair of Late 19th Century Brass Bound Coromandel Wood Lap Desks
By Tiffany
Co., Parkins
Gotto
Located in Glamis, Angus
An extremely fine near pair of coromandel wood lap desks or writing slopes.
The inside of each
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Boxes
Victorian Inlaid Burl Walnut Lap Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
The hinged rectangular top curved at the front and back, opening to a fitted interior with a dark green leather writing surface tooled with a Greek key design further lifting to a sh...
Category
Antique 19th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood, Shell, Leather
Large Lap Desk on Stand
Located in Alexandria, VA
clerks, and other traveling men in the early 19th century. We have a stand for it which makes it the
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
$2,400
19th C Regency Inlaid Mahogany Lap Desk on Stand
Located in Louisville, KY
Brass Bound opening to a fitted interior with a red cloth writing surface; raised on a modern stand connected with stretchers.
Category
Antique 19th Century British Neoclassical Tables
Materials
Brass
Napoleon III lap desk with Key
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Napoleon III, ebony/boule inlay lap desk with key and hand blown pair of inkwells.
Category
Antique 19th Century French More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Ebony
Antique English burl walnut lap desk on stand.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English burl walnut lap desk on later stand.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Materials
Burl, Walnut
English Burled and Silver Mounted Lap Desk on Stand
Located in Louisville, KY
English Burled and Silver Mounted Lap Desk, raised on a later stand.
Category
Antique 19th Century Side Tables
Light mahogany brass banded lap desk
Located in New York, NY
Light mahogany brass banded writing slope with blue velvet writing surface Ca. 1860
on later stand
on later stand
Category
Antique 19th Century English Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Walnut Writing / Slope / Lap Desk
Located in Vancouver, BC
Victorian burled walnut writing slope with leather insert and fitted interior.
Category
Antique 19th Century Scottish Boxes
Materials
Walnut, Leather
Brass Inlaid Walnut Lap Desk on Stand
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Brass Inlaid Walnut Lap Desk, with Leather Tooled Interior on Stand. Stand made later.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Materials
Walnut, Leather
Victorian 1870 Burr Cedar Ladies Lap Desk
Located in Windsor, Berkshire
lap desk, it has a rosewood interior, its original velvet writing surface ,original silver plated ink
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tulipwood
A Meiji Lacquer and Abalone Lap Desk
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
, flowers and rocks. The desk folds open to reveal the original crushed-velvet writing surface with brass
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Abalone
Pietra Dura Inlaid English Classical Walnut Lap Desk on Stand
Located in Louisville, KY
writing desk with a baize lined interior; raised on marlboro style legs. www.TraceMayer.com
Category
Antique 19th Century English End Tables
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Period Brass Inlaid Walnut Lap Desk on stand.
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Period Brass Inlaid Walnut Lap Desk on stand. Stand recently made. Lap Desk has Black
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Materials
Brass
Sienna and Ochre Grain-Painted Lap Desk Four Colors
By Historic New England
Located in Allentown, PA
Sienna and ochre grain-painted lap desk in four colors wonderful graphic paint, circa 1830.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American American Colonial Painted Furniture
Materials
Paint
19thc English Horn
Ivory Lap Desk With Penwork Interior
Located in Atlanta, GA
19thC ENGLISH HORN & IVORY LAP DESK WITH PENWORK INTERIOR
An Atlanta Resource for Fine Antiques
Category
Antique 19th Century Boxes
Regency Inlaid Walnut Lap Desk on Stand, Circa 1850
Located in Louisville, KY
Brass Bound opening to a fitted interior with a leather inset writing surface; raised on a modern stand connected with stretchers.
Category
Antique 19th Century British Neoclassical Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique English Victorian Coromandel and Brass Portable Lap Desk or Slope
By Howell James
Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Antique English Victorian Coromandel and Brass Portable Lap Desk or Slope, circa 1880, of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
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