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Sheraton Desk Ladies Writing Table Revival Mahogany
Located in Potters Bar, GB
tapered legs
Having 2 drop flaps, a leather writing surface and a stationary box to the top
Circa 1920
Category
1920s Sheraton Antique Writing Box
Materials
Wood
$1,992 / item
Antique Regency Amboyna
Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Writing Slope, c.1830
Located in Worcester, GB
Antique Regency Amboyna & Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Writing Slope, c.1830
A fine early 19th-century
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Writing Box
Materials
Amboyna
Tunbridge Ware - An Early Writing Slope with Geometric Designs, c1835
By Edmund Nye Tunbridge Wells
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Tunbridge Ware - An Early Writing Slope with Geometric Designs, c1835
Additional Information
Category
19th Century English William IV Antique Writing Box
Materials
Rosewood
Victorian Desktop Writing Cabinet in Dark Oak Automatic Tambour, 19th Century
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Antique Victorian desktop writing cabinet made in 19th-century England, crafted in dark oak wood
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Metal
Mahogany Marine Or Campaign Writing Slope With A Hidden Compartment, 19th Centur
Located in Brussels, Brussels
An elegant mahogany writing slope from the English Navy, featuring brass decorations typical of
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Mahogany
French Original Black Painted Portable 18th Century Writing Desk
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An original black painted portable desk from the end of the 18th century. With owner initials, the desk has a French hand-written address on the inside. Desk is with the original pai...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Box
Materials
Wood
Antique Coromandel Writing/ Stationary Cabinet by Houghton and Gunn 19th Century
By William Houghton and Charles Gunn
Located in London, GB
A very fine antique Victorian Coromandel writing or stationary cabinet made by the world famous
Category
1870s Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Wood
19th Century Oak Military Chest with Writing Interior
Located in Dublin 8, IE
reveal a writing scribe and writing box terminating on bun feet.
Category
Late 19th Century Irish Campaign Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
A Rare 18th Century Parquetry Baroque Writing Slope, South German Circa 1760
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
small hinged compartment for writing implements, raised overall upon four original conical-shaped
Category
Mid-18th Century German Baroque Antique Writing Box
Materials
Iron
Late 18th Century George III English Box
Located in Middleburg, VA
, suggesting its use as a writing, document, or personal valuables box. A fine example of English cabinetry
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Writing Box
Materials
Metal
19th Century Burr Walnut Double Hinged Writing Slope with Brass Edges and Inlay
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
horizontal position creating the writing slope with tooled leather. the two sections of the slope lift
Category
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Regency Leather Jewelry, Work and Writing Casket
Located in London, by appointment only
A Regency leather jewelry, work and writing casket,
the hinged lid enclosing a partitioned
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Writing Box
Materials
Leather
Antique English Coromandel Wooden Double Tea Caddy by Thomas Lund 19th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
cutlery, writing boxes and other fancy items, taking additional premises at 56 Cornhill. By 1832, Thomas
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Antique Document Sleeve, English, Stationery Box, Desk, Office, Georgian, C.1800
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique document sleeve. An English stationery box in mahogany and satinwood marquetry
Category
Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Fisher-Crome Polished Brass and Aluminum Lidded Box, Circa 1940
s
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Art Deco Polished Brass and Aluminum Two Piece Box. Writing. Jewelry. Watches. Keys. Catchall
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Writing Box
Materials
Bronze, Aluminum, Brass
Antique Anglo Indian Box Form Quill Lap Top or Travel Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
. The surprising interior has multiple components featuring a felt writing surface, nooks, boxes and
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Bone, Felt, Wood, Ebony
Late 19th Century Stationery Box - France - Leather Bound Trompe-l’œil Book Form
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
compartmented interior for letters, papers, or writing materials.
Such disguised boxes were popular in refined
Category
1890s French Antique Writing Box
Materials
Leather
Antique Paul Sormani Signed Parisian Napoleon III Period Glove Box
By Paul Sormani
Located in Forney, TX
of art that came in many forms, from jewel caskets, table boxes, writing desks, and commodes to
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
19thC Campaign Style Rosewood with Brass Inlay Stationary Letter Box
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and large rosewood and teak fitted letter writing box with brass inlay. Numerous cubbies
Category
1850s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
1920 Persian Brass Jewelry Box in Mamluk Revival Damascene Moorish Islamic Style
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
, handcrafted and chased with calligraphy Islamic Arabic design writing.
The Box decorated with etched Arabic
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Islamic Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Mid 19th century burr campaign lap writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th century burr campaign lap desk circa 1860.
Good quality burr writing box.
Beautifully
Category
Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Antique English Regency Rosewood Travelling Lap Desk Box, Circa 1830
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Regency rosewood travelling lap desk box, circa 1830.
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Writing Box
Materials
Rosewood
Rare Antique English Mahogany Brass Bound Travel Box, circa 1800
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare antique english mahogany brass bound travel box, circa 1800.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Antique Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Papier-Mâché Jewelry or Pencil Box, c.1900
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
use as a jewelry box, trinket box, or writing accessory/pencil case.
Despite age-related wear, small
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Writing Box
Materials
Lacquer, Paper
Fine Sheraton Revival Satinwood Inlaid Carlton House Desk. with Letter Boxes, Ci
By Thomas Sheraton
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine Sheraton Revival Satinwood inlaid Carlton House desk. with Letter boxes. circa 1880s
Category
1880s English Sheraton Antique Writing Box
Materials
Satinwood
$5,497 Sale Price
20% Off
Little Box for SESC Pompeia by Lina Bo Bardi , 2022, Marcenaria Baraúna
By Lina Bo Bardi
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Design：Lina Bo Bardi, Marcelo Ferraz, André Vainer
Material：Solid Pine, Melamine laminate, with casters
Designed by Lina Bo Baldi in 1986, this children's desk was created for insta...
Category
1880s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Antique Writing Box
Materials
Wood
Antique Gentlemen English Travel Writing Desk in Wood, Restored
Located in Milano, IT
Antique English man's portable desk early 800. RESTAURED. Precious travel writing box in walnut
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
$2,379 Sale Price
20% Off
Nelialee Art Deco Red Traveling Cosmetic Toilet Vanity Case with Accessories
Located in Miami Beach, FL
. The case has a cardboard box with some writing on it that it fits into perfectly.
Although the
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Writing Box
Materials
Metal, Brass
English Mahogany Campaign Desk. Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
,original ink well, quill box, writing surface, and terminating on supported x framed legs. Late 18th
Category
18th Century and Earlier British Antique Writing Box
Louis XV Style Reading Table Attributed to H. Dasson, France, Circa 1885
By Henry Dasson
Located in PARIS, FR
B.V.R.B. This talented cabinetmaker had a preference for small coffee tables, jewelry boxes and writing
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Writing Box
Materials
Bronze
$18,324 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Harrods Jewellery Display Case
By Harrods
Located in Braintree, GB
, ranging from intricately decorated jewelry cases and snuff boxes to writing slopes and vanity cases
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Writing Box
Materials
Leather
Suzuribak or writting box decorated with a moonrise landscape
Located in PARIS, FR
An old suzuribako, or writing box, in black lacquer with a faceted lid and featuring, as its sole
Category
Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Writing Box
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Japanese Rinpa Style Lacquer Ink Stone Box Suzuribako
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese writing box with ink stone (known as Suzuribako) with exquisite maki-e decoration circa
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Writing Box
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Rare English Regency Writing Slope With Decorative Brass Trim by Wells
Lambe
By John Lambe
Located in Reading, Berkshire
writing desks (writing boxes, as we know them today) and dressing cases.
Antique lap desks had hinged
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
$4,048 Sale Price / set
40% Off
19th C. English Victorian Brass-Inlaid Burlwood Writing Desk with Inkwells
By James Allen
Located in Morristown, NJ
., leading London makers of fine writing boxes in the mid-19th century. Features such as the original
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Rare English Regency Writing Desk With Decorative Brass Trim by Wells
Lambe
By John Lambe
Located in Reading, Berkshire
writing desks (writing boxes, as we know them today) and dressing cases.
Antique lap desks had hinged
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Document Box, Edo Period, early 19th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A spectacular Japanese maki-e lacquer lidded box, possibly a writing box, suzuribako, decorated
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Writing Box
Materials
Coral
Coromandel Gilt Writing Slope Box Brass Mounts Victorian Box 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning Victorian writing slope in coromandel and gilt brass mounts
Circa 1860
Ornately mounted
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
A Victorian Jennens
Bettridge Black Lacquered
Gilt Decorative Hallway Chair
By Aaron Jennens
T.H. Bettridge
Located in Reading, Berkshire
manufacturers of papier mache wares, such as writing boxes, trays, fans and furniture such as chairs and small
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
Japanese Meiji Gilt Lacquer Writing Desk
Poem Box
Located in Chicago, IL
masterpiece of Japanese lacquerware. The matching set includes a writing table (bundai) and poem box (tanzaku
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Writing Box
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Circa 1870s English Gothic Revival Writing Slope Desk Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1870s English Gothic Revival writing slope desk box. A letter box is flanked by the original
Category
1870s English Gothic Revival Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Antique Gentleman
s Writing Slope, English, Walnut Correspondence Box, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique gentleman's writing slope. An English, burr walnut and leather correspondence
Category
Mid-19th Century British Mid-Century Modern Antique Writing Box
Materials
Walnut
Antique Victorian Mahogany Stationary Box w. Perpetual Calendar, Bramah Improved
Located in Lisse, NL
, Bramah lock box, perpetual calendar cabinet, 19th-century office accessory, solid wooden writing box
Category
Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Antique Bachelor
s Writing Slope, English, Correspondence Box, Regency, C.1830
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bachelor’s writing slope. An English, coromandel and satinwood correspondence
Category
1830s British Regency Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Antique Correspondence Box, English, Leather, Writing Case, Victorian, C.1890
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique correspondence box. An English, leather bound writing case, dating to he late
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Leather
Antique 19th Century Victorian Birdseye Maple Traveling Writing Slope Box
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique dark birds eye maple writing slope with brass M monogram plate on top with green felt
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Felt, Birdseye Maple, Ebony
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Regency Brass Inlaid Mahogany Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and unusually large proportions, with lavish brass inlay
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Burgundy Leather Bound Writing and Stationery Box with Fitted Brass Handle
Located in London, GB
A burgundy leather bound writing and stationery box
Of the very highest quality, the carcass
Category
19th Century English Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Tortoiseshell and Silver Stationery Box William Comyns
By William Comyns
Located in Northampton, GB
Raised on Four Sterling Silver Scrollwork Legs
From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Writing Box
Materials
Silver
Antique Victorian Brass Bound Traveling Desk Walnut Wooden Writing Slope Box 19C
Located in Dublin, Ireland
writing area which is beginning to show signs of wear at opening crease area, see image. Box closes firmly
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
$547 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French English Rosewood Brass Inlaid Boulle Writing Slope Box Desk 19thC
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exquisite Example of an Early Rosewood Travelling Writing Slope of fairly large proportions of
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Travel Writing Chest / Box with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish folk art travelling writing chest / box with original marble paint from Lulea
Category
Early 19th Century European Folk Art Antique Writing Box
Materials
Pine
Set of Desk and Writing Instruments in Fitted Leather Box, 19th Century
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This lovely three-piece 19th century writing set consists of a pen with silver tip, letter opener
Category
19th Century French Antique Writing Box
Materials
Agate, Silver
19th Century Victorian Writing Slope/ Travel Desk Box, Brass Bound, UK ca. 1815
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Impressive Victorian writing slope or travel desk - attributed to the famous company of Thompson
Category
Early 19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
19th century Chinese Canton black lacquered desk cabinet
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
.
The middle section is a removable writing box, with handles. Flaps open to reveal a compartmented lift
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Regency Antique Writing Box
Materials
Alabaster
Blue and White Porcelain Ink Writing Jewerly Box - China 1900 Asian art XXth
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful writing case with lid in painted porcelain decorated with stylized flowers and framed
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Writing Box
Materials
Porcelain, Ceramic
$266 Sale Price
20% Off
Suzuribako or writting box circular shape in nashiji and gold lacquer
Located in PARIS, FR
Suzuribako (writing box) in black lacquer, rectangular in shape, with a gold lacquer (maki-e
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Writing Box
Materials
Gold Leaf
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Find many varieties of an authentic antique writing box available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and brass, every antique writing box was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the antique writing box 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 writing box made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Georgian — is very popular. A well-made antique writing box has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by David Edwards, Asprey International Limited and Drew
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