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Georgian Mahogany Serpentine Butler’s Desk or Library Cabinet
Located in Milford, NH
A fine hand carved Georgian mahogany butler’s desk with conforming molded edge top surmounting a
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Brass
Antique Mahogany Chippendale Serpentine Oxbow Secretary Library Writing Desk 40"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Chippendale secretary or writing desk. Made of mahogany featuring serpentine form with drop
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Late 19th Century Chippendale Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Chippendale Serpentine Oxbow Mahogany Secretary Library Writing Desk 40"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique early 20th century Chippendale style secretary or writing desk. Made of mahogany featuring
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Early 20th Century Chippendale Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Mahogany
North Italian Serpentine Front Banded Walnut Rococo Style Secretary Desk
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This fine North Italian Austrian inspired fall front banded walnut secretary desk features a fall
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Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Bronze
Continental Serpentine Marble Top Fruitwood Commode with Fitted Writing Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
-out writing desk. Interior with fitted drawers including two secret ones. Original shaped marble top.
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1860s French Louis XV Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique French Louis XV Serpentine Rococo Walnut Dining Table Library Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French Louis XV dining table or library desk. Made of walnut featuring burl matchbook top
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Early 20th Century Louis XV Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Walnut
Antique George III Flame Mahogany Serpentine Buffet Sideboard Chest Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
A beautiful antique George III sideboard. Features a mahogany frame with serpentine front over
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19th Century George III Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Brass
Antique Italian Venetian Olive Burl Serpentine Secretary Slant Desk Bureau Chest
Located in Dayton, OH
An impressive antique Italian Venetian drop front secretary desk. Made from olive burl with a
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Olive, Burl
Edwardian Serpentine Console Table of Mahogany with Tapered Legs
Located in Austin, TX
A Edwardian-era serpentine console or writing table (desk) of mahogany featuring a moulded-edge top
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Serpentine Desk
Antique South German Marquetry Fruitwood
Walnut Secretary Dresser Desk, 1850
Located in Portland, OR
desk of serpentine shape & having a fold out desk writing surface which encloses drawers and a
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1850s German Baroque Revival Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
19th Century English Mahogany Serpentine Writing Desk with Single Drawer
Located in Doylestown, PA
English petite mahogany and cherry wood writing desk, England, 1890's.
Exquisite serpentine desk
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1890s English Victorian Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Cherry, Mahogany
Antique Mahogany Chippendale Serpentine Oxbow Secretary Library Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Chippendale secretary, bureau or writing desk. Made from mahogany featuring a flip top that
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Late 19th Century Chippendale Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Regency Serpentine Walnut Burl Leather Carlton House Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
"An exquisite English Regency "Carlton House" style writing desk, circa early 19th century. A
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Mahogany Serpentine Writing-Dressing Table with Pullout Drawer George III, 1765
Located in San Francisco, CA
Shapely Georgian mahogany writing - dressing table with satinwood inlay, single pullout drawer fitted with multiple cubbies, adjustable red biaze writing surface and reversible flip ...
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1790s English George III Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Louis XV Style Lady Desk
Located in PARIS, FR
An elegant Louis XV style lady’s writing desk of serpentine shape, made in veneered wood and
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Bronze
$5,718
Antique Grand Tour Micro-Mosaic Marble Desk Weight Doves Pliny, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb decorative antique Italian Grand Tour Micro-Mosaic inset serpentine black marble
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1870s Italian Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Marble
French 1840s Miniature Walnut Slant-Front Secretary with Serpentine Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French miniature walnut slant-front desk with two serpentine drawers and bun feet from the mid
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Wonderfully Inlaid Serpentine Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A charming inlaid serpentine desk made in Northern Italy or Southern Germany in the 19th century
Category
19th Century Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Wood, Leather
A Chippendale Mahogany Reverse Serpentine Desk
Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
A Chippendale Mahogany Reverse Desk & Bookcase
Category
18th Century and Earlier American Antique Serpentine Desk
English Mahogany Serpentine Knee-Hole Desk with Slide
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful serpentine desk, on six curved legs, with one large drawer and three smaller drawers on
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19th Century English Antique Serpentine Desk
Serpentine slant front desk
Located in Boston, MA
A wonderful stripped serpentine slant front desk. 36" Deep with top open.
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18th Century and Earlier Swedish Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Baroque Serpentine Bureau Desk
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
inset panelled desk lid concealing a beautiful interior with curved drawers and secret compartments, a
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Wood
English 19th Century Burr Walnut Davenport Writing Desk with Serpentine Front
Located in Uppingham, Rutland
A fantastic quality Victorian burr walnut Davenport writing desk with a very unusual serpentine
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
English 19th Century Burr Walnut Davenport Writing Desk with Serpentine Front
Located in Uppingham, Rutland
A fantastic quality Victorian burr walnut Davenport writing desk with a very unusual serpentine
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
Serpentine Fronted Mahogany Pedestal Desk by Waring and Gillow
By Waring
Gillow
Located in Poling, West Sussex
A splendid mahogany serpentine fronted pedestal desk by the renowned firm of cabinet makers Waring
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Early 1900s English Georgian Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Mahogany
Large Late 18th Century Hepplewhite Figured Mahogany Serpentine Kneehole Desk
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Northwich, GB
A large late 18th century Hepplewhite figured Mahogany serpentine kneehole desk with shaped square
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1760s British Hepplewhite Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Mahogany
Leather Top Desk, Writing Table, Serpentine, Burr Walnut, Scotland 1920, B1685
Located in Vancouver, BC
Leather top desk, writing table, serpentine, burr walnut, Scotland 1920, B1685
Scotland, 1920
burr
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1920s Scottish Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Walnut
19th century German Serpentine Shallow Bowl
Located in New York, NY
A late 19th century German mottled green serpentine shallow bowl with bronze paw feet
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19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Serpentine Desk
Serpentine Secretaire
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautifully painted secretaire
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19th Century Swedish Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Wood
$7,497
Late 19th Century Figured Walnut George I Style Serpentine Shaped Kneehole Desk
Located in London, west Sussex
This gorgeous late 19th century figured walnut George I style kneehole desk is fitted with four
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Late 19th Century English Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Brass
18th Century Continental Serpentine Bureau in Walnut
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fine quality and of elegant proportions, 18th century continental serpentine bureau in walnut
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18th Century European Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Walnut
George III Mahogany Serpentine Kneehole Dressing Chest
Located in Knutsford, GB
A fine and extremely rare George III mahogany serpentine dressing kneehole chest of very well
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Mahogany
George III Satinwood Serpentine Shaped Painted Writing Table
Located in Bantam, CT
surmounted by carved gilt gesso inverted bellflower design. The front of serpentine shape with gilding to the
Category
1790s English Neoclassical Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Satinwood
Fine 19th Century French Kingwood Serpentine Shaped Writing Table
Located in London, west Sussex
and a serpentine design, with tulip-wood cross banded decoration. The table is supported on lovely
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Ormolu
Large 19th Century Serpentine Burr Ash Kneehole Desk by Taylor and Sons of 97 Ne
Located in Dallington, East Sussex
A fine quality 19th century London made burr ash desk circa 1870 made by R Taylor and Sons, who
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1870s British Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Ash
18th Century Kingwood and Tulipwood Parquetry Serpentine Bureau-Plat
Located in London, GB
The shaped, moulded rectangular top inset with a green tooled leather writing surface above a long frieze drawer, flanked by two short shaped drawers and with slides to each end inse...
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1760s Dutch George III Antique Serpentine Desk
Carlton House Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
A BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED CARLTON HOUSE DESK IN SERPENTINE FORM,HAVING A BRASS GALLERIED TOP WITH 2
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Early 20th Century British Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
$3,600
Serpentine Fronted Burr Walnut Writing Table
Located in Poling, West Sussex
A very good Queen Anne style burr walnut serpentine fronted writing table, or desk. Well
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Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Walnut, Burl
George III Kneehole Desk
Located in East Sussex, GB
A George III serpentine kneehole desk of charming proportions in satinwood, kingwood and walnut
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Serpentine Desk
$5,285
Early 20th Century Serpentine Fronted Burr Walnut Writing Table
Located in Poling, West Sussex
A splendid burr walnut writing table, or desk, in the Queen Anne style. Of very good construction
Category
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Walnut
Fine Early 19th Century Irish Carved Rosewood Serpentine Shaped Davenport
Located in London, west Sussex
This outstanding and beautiful early 19th century. Irish carved rosewood serpentine shaped
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Mid-19th Century Irish Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Leather, Maple, Rosewood
French Louis XV Period Small Desk in Fruitwood Lacquered, circa 1740-1750
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
decorative red and black lacquered fruitwood and picked out gold small desk. Our desk raised on serpentine
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Fruitwood
Attractive Late 19th Century Kneehole Desk by Taylor and Sons of Bond Street
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A most attractive serpentine burr-ash kneehole desk by Taylor and Sons of Bond Street London
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Ash
Pennsylvania Chippendale Slant Front Desk
Located in Norwalk, CT
Good walnut slant front desk with a serpentine shaped interior
quarter columns, four
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18th Century and Earlier American Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Walnut, Poplar
Italian Walnut Baroque fall front desk
Located in Bantam, CT
A fine Italian walnut serpentine fall front desk with well fitted interior
Veneto region, in very
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Walnut
George III Chippendale Style Partners Desk
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Bournemouth, GB
An impressive large mahogany serpentine shaped pedestal partners desk in the manner of Thomas
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1890s English Chippendale Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Mahogany
Italian mid 18th Century Fall Front Desk
Located in Bantam, CT
A mid 18th century Italian Venetian walnut fall front desk serpentine fronted and with a fitted
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Walnut
CONTINENTAL ROCOCO STYLE CHINOISERIE SLANT FRONT DESK
Located in San Francisco, CA
LONG DRAWERS. The richly black lacquered desk with subtle serpentine front; with slant front top
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19th Century Antique Serpentine Desk
Gerge III Style Partners Desk with Leather Top
Located in Seattle, WA
English, George III style, late 19th century. Large sage green leather topped mahogany desk with a
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19th Century English Antique Serpentine Desk
Late 18th Century American Mahogany Slant Front Desk
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A late 18th C. American mahogany slant-top serpentine front desk; the four graduated drawers
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1790s American American Classical Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Mahogany
Exremely fine Italian mid 18th century walnut desk
Located in Bantam, CT
An extremely fine Italian mid 18th century walnut and inlaid fall front desk with serpentine shape
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Wood
18th Century Chippendale Carved Mahogany Slant Front Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Chippendale carved mahogany serpentine shape slant front desk with a well fitted interior of
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18th Century American Chippendale Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Mahogany
PORTUGUESE ROCOCO CHINOISERIE DECORATED TWO-DRAWER WRITING DESK
Located in San Francisco, CA
DESK. The serpentine-shaped top decorated with delightful, naively rendered chinoiserie decoration of
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18th Century and Earlier Portuguese Antique Serpentine Desk
18th Century German Desk in the Baroque Style
Located in Santander, ES
Impressive German serpentine fronted walnut parquetry veneered desk, from the late18th century. The
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18th Century German Baroque Antique Serpentine Desk
English Edwardian Hand Decorated Satinwood Carlton House Desk
Located in Salisbury, GB
A most elegant Edwardian satinwood painted Carlton House desk, a piece that is bound to enhance
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Early 1900s British Hepplewhite Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Satinwood
Antique Bureau De Dame
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
A most unusual Louis XV French kingwood and tulipwood veneered desk of serpentine and bombe shape
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Kingwood, Tulipwood
$19,221
Scandinavian Baroque Serpentine Fall Front Bureau Desk
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
drawers and a rare shaped inset panelled desk lid concealing a multitude of smaller serpentine drawers and
Category
Mid-19th Century Scandinavian Baroque Antique Serpentine Desk
Materials
Wood
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Antique Serpentine Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique serpentine desk for your home. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and walnut, every antique serpentine desk was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique serpentine 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 antique serpentine desk, those designed in Georgian, Louis XV and Victorian styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one antique serpentine desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Edwards and Roberts and Waring and Gillows produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Antique Serpentine Desk?
The average selling price for an antique serpentine desk at 1stDibs is $5,058, while they’re typically $600 on the low end and $64,500 for the highest priced.
Questions About Antique Serpentine Desk
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
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