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18th C. Carved Walnut Lyre-Leg Table, Italy
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian carved walnut wood table with lyre legs from the 18th century. This antique table from
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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Walnut

18th Century Italian Walnut Baroque Trestle Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
Italian, 18th century. Baroque walnut dining or tavern table having a thick walnut top above turned
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Italian Desks

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Walnut

Louis XVI Style Center Table or Desk in Lacquered and Gilded Wood, 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
Italian Louis XVI Style Center Table or Desk in Lacquered and Gilded Wood, 19th Century This
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1860s French Louis XVI Antique Italian Desks

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Glass, Giltwood

Italian Ormolu-Mounted Obelisk in Various Marbles, italy, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Ormolu-Mounted Obelisk in Various Marbles including porphyr and rosso levanto, with gilded
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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Marble, Bronze

Very Rare 18th Century Maggiolini Desk
By Giuseppe Maggiolini
Located in Montreal, QC
Very rare 18th century Italian neoclassical desk attributed to the workshop of Giuseppe Maggiolini
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1780s Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Walnut

French Regency Marble Chest of Drawers, Italy, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
A beautiful chest of drawers realized in France in 19th Century, in Régence Style. Royale marble top and gilded metal leaves decorations in the edges of the two side and in the fron...
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19th Century Italian Regency Antique Italian Desks

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Marble, Metal

Italian, Emiliana, Late Neoclassic Turned Walnut 1-Drawer Table, ca. 1840
Located in Atlanta, GA
fairly straight forward rectangular 1-drawer walnut writing table until you notice the turning on the legs, there's a first time for everything and these are exceptional
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1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Desks

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Walnut

18th century Louis XV ITALIAN Writing Table with Drawers
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant desk perfect for the center of the room, with drawers in solid walnut and walnut feather
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Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Italian Desks

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Walnut

Small Work Table wit Mirror Inside, Italy, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Realized by an italian manufacture in the early 20th century, in style 19th century. Height with
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Early 20th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Metal

Italian antique wooden writing table with shutter and brass key, 1700s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian antique wooden writing table with shutter and brass key, 1700s Wooden desk or writing desk
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Early 1700s Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Metal

Cathedra Desk with Beautiful Original Lacquering
Located in Cesena, FC
Original lacquered cathedra desk, of rare beauty. Period: mid 1700s Originally from the marche
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Wood

Table with Scagliola Top, Italy, 2nd Half 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Rectangular table made of black lacquered metal and framed top in scagliola technique. The top shows a landscape scene in an oval medallion on a blue background.
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Metal

Opening Side Table, France Napoleon III, Italy, Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Opening Side Table, France Napoleon III. Brass decorations. Opened dimensions: H77xL113xP56 cm. Signs of age, otherwise good condition.
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Metal

MID-19th CENTURY NAPOLEON III VENEERED WRITING DESK
Located in Firenze, FI
A beautiful and elegant centerpiece writing desk, featuring high-quality venereed walnut and brown
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Mid-19th Century Italian Napoleon III Antique Italian Desks

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Bronze

Italian Rectangular Neoclassical Table in Walnut Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Beautiful rectangular table in neoclassical style , in solid blond walnut and walnut folder the top. Four turned and carved legs with acanthus leaves, molded bases with central conne...
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Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Italian Desks

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Walnut

Italian Baroque Walnut Writing Table with Hinged Top, c1700
Located in valatie, NY
An Italian Baroque walnut writing table with unique hinged top, the rectangular top with bread
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Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Italian Desks

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Walnut

Early 19th C. Italian Fratino Walnut Table w/Forged Iron Stretcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian fratino walnut table with lyre legs and iron stretcher from the early 19th century. This
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Iron

4 Chair, Italian, 1950
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
4 Chairs Country: Italian If you are looking for a desk chair to match your desk, we have what you
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1920s Italian Space Age Antique Italian Desks

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Wood

Italian Occasional Table with Floral Medallion Inlay Adorning Top, Early 19th C
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian occasional table or small writing desk from the early 19th century. This antique table
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Wood

Tuscan 18th century Walnut and Rosewood desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and high quality Tuscan 18th century Walnut and Rosewood desk. This wonderful desk is
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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Rosewood, Walnut

Italian Empire Silver Inkstand
Located in New York, NY
Italian Empire Silver Inkstand. Roman sterling silver inkstand of sober neoclassical form
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Desks

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Sterling Silver

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 detailing, the sliding top with bookmatched veneers opens to reveal a leather writing surfa...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Italian Desks

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Brass

A Very Fine 19th Century Gilt Brass Silver Mounted Desk Seal, Circa 1850
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The figure of a warrior in classical Roman attire, poised contrapposto with one hand resting upon a shield, the opposing hand clutching a club slung over behind his shoulder. M...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Italian Desks

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Rock Crystal, Silver, Brass

Italian or Spanish Walnut Trestle Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Unique and structurally sound table.
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Early 19th Century European Antique Italian Desks

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Wood

Italian or Spanish Walnut Trestle Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Unique, structurally sound table.
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Early 19th Century European Antique Italian Desks

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Wood

Late 19th Century Elegant Italian Frattino Table All Solid Walnut Wax-Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Era neoclassicism elegant Italian Frattino table all solid walnut wax-polished Very elegant
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Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Italian Desks

Pair Italian Neoclassical Grand Tour Sienna Marble Souvenirs of Temple Ruins
Located in New York, NY
Temple of Castor and Pollux and the temple of Vespasian, early 1800's Italian. In the 18th and 19th
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1820s Italian Greco Roman Antique Italian Desks

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Siena Marble

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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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Desks

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Walnut

Italian, Bologna, LXIV Period Shaped Walnut Inlaid 2-Drawer Table, ca. 1715
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular top with notched corners and line inlay above a conforming case housing two drawers, raised on turned and block legs with lozenge form carvings near the feet
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1710s Italian Louis XIV Antique Italian Desks

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Walnut

An Italian Specimen Marble Paperweight
Located in Spencertown, NY
The square paperweight with specimen marbles inset in yellow marble ground.
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Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Italian Desks

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Marble

Italian Rococo Early 19th Century Oak Table with Carved Apron and Cabriole Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Rococo style walnut and oak table from the early 19th century, with serpentine top
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Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Italian Desks

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Brass

Highly Ornamental Carlo Bugatti Desk Chair Set, c.1910
By Carlo Bugatti
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
This rare writing desk and matching chair showcase Carlo Bugatti’s imaginative, eccentric
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1910s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Italian Desks

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Copper, Pewter

Vintage Silver Thermometer, Italy, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This vintage silver thermometer is a precious decorative object realized in the 1910s. Silver frame with weather thermometer. Frame with floral decorations. On the back footres...
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Early 20th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Silver

Anient Traditional Fan, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Traditional Italian fan is an original decorative object realized in Italy in the half of the 18th
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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Silk, Wood

Bureau Desk Fall Front Japanning Tortoishell Gilding Chinoiserie
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare, late-17th century / early-18th century, fall front bureau with gilded Chinoiserie Japanning & faux tortoishell ground. “Before Japan was made in England, the imitation of ...
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17th Century Italian Chinoiserie Antique Italian Desks

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Lacquer

19th Century Italian Siena Marble Ink Set
Located in Esbeek, NL
Italian Siena marble ink set, 19th century or earlier.
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Siena Marble

19th Century Italian Neoclassical Inkwell in Siena Marble and Bronze
Located in New York, NY
Antique (late 19th century) Italian inkwell in the Roman neoclassical style, finely carved from
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Bronze

Important and Rare Joseph Bertin - Milan - Ebene Desk 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Joseph Bertin - Milan - Ebene Desk 19th Century Magnificent ebene desk by the cabinetmaker Joseph
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19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Italian Desks

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Wood

Art Deco Black Glass and Brass Desk Pen Holder with Crest
Located in New York, NY
(SOLD) Italian Silver Desk Ruler, ID#: LU1314218507742 (SOLD.)  
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Early 20th Century European Art Deco Antique Italian Desks

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Brass

English Art Deco rectangular walnut desk for Hille of London, 1920s
By Hille
Located in MIlano, IT
Engish Art Deco rectangular walnut desk for Hille of London, 1920s Desk with rectangular top
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1920s Italian Art Deco Antique Italian Desks

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Wood

Italian 1920s wrought iron dragon and snake paperweight
By Carlo Rizzarda
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Italian 1920s wrought iron dragon and snake paperweight.
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1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Italian Desks

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Wrought Iron

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze of “The Dying Gaul”
Located in Kastrup, DK
as reminders of their Grand Tour through Italy. Please note the size. Suitable for use as a
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Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Italian Desks

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Siena Marble, Bronze

A Grand Tour Italian Specimen Marble Paperweight
Located in Spencertown, NY
The white ground inlaid with specimen marbles and porphyry with ridges on 2 sides
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Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Italian Desks

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Marble

Metal Stamp with Wooden Handle, Italy, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Metal stamp with wooden handle exhibited at the congress and systematic exhibition on Italian
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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Metal

Decorative Italian Embroidery, Artisanal Decorative Object, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decorative Italian embroidery is an original artwork realized by Italian artisan in the 18th
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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Fabric

Southern Italian Embroidery, Artisanal Decorative Object, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Southern Italian Embroidery is an original artwork realized by Italian artisan in the 18th Century
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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Fabric

Decorative Italian Embroidery, Artisanal Decorative Object, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decorative Italian Embroidery is an original artwork realized by Italian artisan in the 18th
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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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Fabric

1900s Art Nouveau Italian Scale with Floral Inlays and Bronzes
Located in Catania, Sicilia
An art nouveau bronze and wood scale with floral inlays and bronzes hand-crafted in Italy in the
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Italian Desks

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Bronze

Richard Ginori Art Nouveau Floral Ceramic Letter Holder, Italy 1910
By Richard Ginori
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Richard Ginori Art Nouveau Floral Ceramic Letter Holder, Italy 1910
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Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Italian Desks

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Ceramic

Italian Empire Silver and Silver Gilt Inkstand
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Of oval shape, with a cupid holding a bow and arrow riding aloft a gilt dolphin forming a lid over a compartment, flanked by ink and sand pots on masked plinths cast with Medusa mask...
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Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Italian Desks

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Silver

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Inkwell
By Severo Calzetta da Ravenna
Located in Miami Beach, FL
After a 16th century Venetian design, winged putti with taloned legs support a turned bronze inkwell covered with a lid decorated with masks and garlands, surmounted by a lion holdin...
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19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Italian Desks

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Bronze

Antique Italian Carved Marble Stone Inkwell
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Antique inkwell from Italy, Masterfully carved from marble with lion and lioness , letter opener
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19th Century Antique Italian Desks

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Marble, Metal

Antique Italian Green Marble and Lava Cameo Inkstand
Located in London, GB
Antique Italian green marble and 'lava cameo' inkstand Italian, 19th century Measures: Height 10cm
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19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Italian Desks

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Marble, Metal

Canova Italian inkwell in bronze and marble circa 1850.
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible and big CANOVA inkwell in italian old bronze with marble base circa 1850.
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Late 19th Century Italian International Style Antique Italian Desks

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Marble, Bronze

Chair, 19th century, Italian, Baroque, walnut, upholstered, Missoni
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The tapering back and rectangular seat re-upholstered in a Missoni fabric. Characteristic boldly turned legs and blocks, the back legs straight. Good colour and patina. Back hei...
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Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Italian Desks

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Walnut

Renaissance Inkwell Calamelli workshop, Italy, Faenza, second half of the 16th
By Virgiliotto Calamelli
Located in Milano, IT
style and produced in the city of Faenza and other Italian centres starting from the mid-16th century
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16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Italian Desks

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Maiolica

19th Century Italian Micro Mosaic Grand Tour Paperweight The Doves Of Pliny
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Italian micro mosaic Grand Tour paperweight - The Doves of Pliny. Rome - Circa 1870
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19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Italian Desks

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Slate

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Antique Italian Desks For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique Italian desks available for sale. Each of these unique antique Italian desks was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, walnut and metal. Antique Italian desks have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Neoclassical, Baroque and Louis XVI antique Italian desks are consistently popular styles. Antique Italian desks have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Antonio Pandiani, Osvaldo Borsani and Carlo Bugatti are consistently popular.

How Much are Antique Italian Desks?

Prices for antique Italian desks start at $99 and top out at $180,010 with the average selling for $5,472.
Questions About Antique Italian Desks
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    An antique Davenport desk is a small writing desk, usually with four drawers on one side. The desk would have elaborately decorated supports and a recessed space for adequate legroom. Shop a collection of Davenport desks from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
    1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A Davenport desk is a type of small desk with a distinct inclined desktop. The desktop covers a large storage compartment meant for keeping paper and other writing materials. Popular in the 19th century, Davenport desks are still sought after today. On 1stDibs, you’ll find a collection of antique Davenport desks from some of the world’s top sellers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023
    What antique desks are called depends on their design. A desk with chair cutouts on both sides is a partner desk, while one with a pull-down writing surface is a secretary. On a Davenport desk, the desktop lifts to reveal a storage area. Find a variety of antique, vintage and contemporary desks on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 29, 2024
    To tell an antique Italian pottery apart from other pieces, do some research using trusted online resources. First, identify the maker by looking for marks on the bottom or interior. Once you know who produced your pottery, you can then explore the styles and types of pieces they produced over the years and use this information to estimate your piece's age. For pottery to be antique, it must be at least 100 years old. If you'd like assistance with the dating process, talk to a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer. Shop a collection of antique Italian pottery on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    To tell if a roll-top desk is an antique, look closely at the materials. Real antiques feature hardwoods like cherry, mahogany and black walnut. If you detect the use of engineered woods, the desk is a reproduction. Also, early pieces show off irregular dovetail joints. Joints that appear perfectly uniform indicate that a roll-top desk is a more recent mass-produced piece. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of expertly vetted antique roll-top desks.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021
    An antique secretary desk will range in value depending on its authenticity and condition. The price can range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. On 1stDibs find the antique secretary desk you’re looking for today.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A variety of factors can determine the exact age of an antique roll top desk. Some things to look for is the type of wood and craftsmanship used to create the desk. Typically, older desks will be made from heavier wood. You can also check for a maker’s marks to determine the age. When in doubt, work with a certified appraiser to determine the authenticity of your roll top desk. You’ll find a variety of expertly vetted roll top desks on 1stDibs.