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English Lap Desk
Located in Charlottesville, VA
English mahogany lap desk on custom stand with brass detail
Category
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
$2,400
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
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Pine
William IV Period Mahogany Lap-Desk
Located in Cambridge, GB
William IV period mahogany lap-desk; the hinged lid and writing-slope inlaid with cut-brass borders
Category
1830s English Antique Lap Desk
English campaign lap desk
Located in Hudson, NY
Burl wood campaign lap desk with original writing surface. English 19th Century
Category
19th Century British Antique Lap Desk
Lap Desk Writing Slope Box Rosewood, circa 1840
Located in Brussels, BE
Lap desk writing slope box rosewood, circa 1840.
Category
1840s Louis Philippe Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Palisander
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
19th Century British Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Burl
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
Early 19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Mahogany
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
Early 19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Rosewood
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
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Brass, Pewter
$1,200
Anglo-Indian Lap Desk
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A lovely late 19th century Anglo-Indian bone and inlaid stone lap desk. The top lid lifts to reveal
Category
1890s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Bone
$1,300
American Grain Painted Lap Desk
Located in Southampton, NY
Faux grain painted lap desk with lock key,
American, circa 1800.
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Wood
Lap Desk on later stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 19th Century lap desk on custom stand, England circa 1860
Category
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
$3,500
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
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Walnut
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
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
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
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
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
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
Victorian Brass Bound Rosewood Lap-Desk
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
Victorian brass bound rosewood lap-desk
Here we have to offer you this Victorian brass bound lap
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
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
19th Century French Antique Lap Desk
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
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Walnut, Leather
Antique Writing Slope, Victorian Lap Desk, Rosewood Mother-of-Pearl, 1870
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique writing slope, Victorian lap desk, rosewood mother-of-pearl, 1870, B1041
Scotland 1870
Category
1870s Scottish Victorian Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
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
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
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
19th Century British Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Burl
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
19th Century French Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Ebony
English Lap Desk, Rosewood-Brass Banded
Located in New York, NY
Rosewood brass banded English lap desk with fitted leather interior.
(Measurements represent
Category
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
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
Category
19th Century American Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
Writing Slope, Antique Victorian Lap Desk, Marine Walnut Brass, Scotland, B1096
Located in Vancouver, BC
Writing slope, antique Victorian lap desk, marine walnut brass, Scotland, 1870, B1096
Scotland
Category
1890s Scottish Victorian Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
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
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Walnut, Leather
Unique Lap Desk with Secret Compartments
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique Lap Desk with Secret Compartments
Disclaimer: Please contact us in advance if you would
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19th Century Antique Lap Desk
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
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
Antique English burl walnut lap desk on stand.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English burl walnut lap desk on later stand.
Category
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Burl, Walnut
English Bird
s Eye Maple Lap Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
English bird's eye maple lap desk , the entire desk with beautiful color and patina, the top has a
Category
1860s English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Metal
19th Century Anglo Indian Regnecy Ebonized Reeded Lap Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century Anglo Indian Regnecy ebonized reeded lap desk.
Category
19th Century Regency Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Wood
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
19th Century Antique Lap Desk
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
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
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
Mid-19th Century American American Colonial Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Paint
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
Late 19th Century French Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Tulipwood
Victorian Burl Walnut Campaign Writing Slope, Lap Desk, Scotland, 1860
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Victorian burl walnut campaign writing slope, lap desk, Scotland, 1860
Scotland 1860
Category
1860s Scottish Victorian Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Walnut
Antique Writing Slope, Large Victorian Walnut Lap Desk, Scotland 1860s, B1428
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique writing slope, large Victorian brass bound walnut lap desk with fitter interior, Scotland
Category
1860s Scottish Victorian Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Walnut
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
19th Century Antique Lap Desk
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
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
$1,500
Antique Writing Slope, Writing Box, Antique Lap Desk, Walnut Campaign Box, B1441
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Writing Slope, Writing Box, Antique Lap Desk, Walnut, Scotland 1870, Antique Furniture
Category
1870s Scottish Victorian Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Walnut
Antique Writing Slope, Writing Box, Antique Lap Desk, Walnut, Scotland 1880 B1082
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Writing Slope, Writing Box, Antique Lap Desk, Walnut, Scotland 1880, Antique Furniture
Category
1880s Scottish Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Walnut
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
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Mahogany, Velvet
Victorian Walnut Writing Slope / Lap Desk
Located in Vancouver, BC
Pristine Victorian burled walnut writing slope with original tooled leather.
Category
19th Century Scottish Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Walnut, Leather
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
19th Century British Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
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
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
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
Category
19th Century English Louis XVI Antique Lap Desk
Burr Walnut and Brass Traveling Lap Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very well dark grained burr walnut and detail engraved gilt mounts. Rounded top lifts up and back, slant front drops down. Covered in deep purple velvet. Back section of writing slan...
Category
1870s English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
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 eye-catching piece.
The piece has been measured in closed position.
.
Category
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Brass
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
19th Century Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Wood
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
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Bronze
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
19th Century British Victorian Antique Lap Desk
NAPOLEON 3RD ROSEWOOD LAP DESK
Located in Hudson, NY
A NAPOLEON 3RD ROSEWOOD LAMP DESK WITH BRASS INLAY.
Category
19th Century French Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Wood
Large Lap Desk on Stand
Located in Alexandria, VA
This oversized traveling desk is typical of the type used by military attaches, circuit court
Category
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
$2,400
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
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Mahogany
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
19th Century English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Wood, Shell, Leather
Regency Satinwood Inlaid Walnut Lap Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
The rectangular hinged top within a satinwood banded edge and centering a circular patera, opening to a black Morrocan leather lined interior fitted with document dividers, pen tray,...
Category
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Lap Desk
Materials
Wood, Leather
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Antique Lap Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique lap desk for your home. Frequently made of wood, metal and brass, every antique lap desk was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the antique lap desk you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique lap desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian, Regency and Georgian styles are sought with frequency. J.A. Simpson
Co, Parkins
Gotto and Tiffany
Co. each produced at least one beautiful antique lap desk that is worth considering.
How Much is a Antique Lap Desk?
Prices for an antique lap desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $150 and can go as high as $18,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,850.
Questions About Antique Lap Desk
- What is an antique Davenport desk?2 Answers1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022An 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, 2022A 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.
- What are antique desks called?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023What 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 ExpertMarch 22, 2022To 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, 2021An 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, 2022A 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.
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