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Rare, Original E. A. Burbank Sketch, Navajo, 1899
By Elbridge Ayer Burbank
Located in San Francisco, CA
much time at the Hubbell Trading Post, writing in a letter: "Whenever I am away from Ganado, I always
Category
Antique 1890s American Drawings
Beautiful Diminutive Burlwood Inlaid Slant Front Desk
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Hopewell, NJ
18.75 of space for a laptop, tablet or old-fashioned letter writing.
When open, 21.75 D
Gorgeous
Category
1990s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
Gorgeous 19th Century English Rosewood and Brass Writing Slope Box
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ENGLISH ROSEWOOD WRITING SLOPE
Circa early-to-mid 19th century
Item # 801EZX27
A lovely letter
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Letter Stand with Mahogny and Brass Rounded Jalousie Cover
Located in Knivsta, SE
Letter Stand in Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni) and Brass details.
Closable by a rollable jalousie
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
A Victorian Walnut Davenport Desk By Wilkinson
Son, London
By Thomas Wilkinson
Sons
Located in London, GB
veneers, these ingenious desks, once overlooked with the decline of letter writing, are once again gaining
Category
Antique 1830s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Dunbar Drop Front Secretary
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
or bill/letter writing. Plinth base is wrapped in original perfect condition leather.
Category
20th Century American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
19th Century French Brown Patinated Leather Letter Holder with Brass Handle
Located in Dallas, TX
removable ten-section walnut divider for organizing all of your letter-writing materials. The desk essential
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French More Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Drexel Heritage Love Letter Desk 311-910 French Country Cherry Library Leather
By Drexel
Located in Dayton, OH
Drexel Heritage Home Office Aimer La Lettre Desk - Love Letter Desk 311-910. A beautiful writing
Category
Late 20th Century French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Cherry
19 Century Italian Secretary Cabinet Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
and two shelves. Plenty of room for letter writing, and holding all of the elements of cutting
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Regency Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Vintage Campaign Style Secretary or Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
separates at the middle for easy travel. The top drawer front drops down as a leather writing surface
Category
Vintage 1920s English Campaign Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Asian Solid Rosewood Double Pedestal Desk Vintage
Located in Topeka, KS
for your home office or letter writing in your living room or bedroom. It breaks down into three
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Desks
Materials
Rosewood
1820s Swedish Wooden Secretary Desk
Located in High Point, NC
pursuits such as letter writing. The hinged and sloped panel in the middle conceals a series of small
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Desks
Materials
Brass
Campaign Chest Desk Secretary Camphor Wood Antique
Located in Potters Bar, GB
writing surface
Around this are mini drawers and inkwells, perfect for letter writing and correspondence
Category
Vintage 1910s Campaign Desks
Materials
Wood
Campaign Chest Desk Secretary Camphor Wood Antique
Located in Potters Bar, GB
writing surface
Around this are mini drawers and inkwells, perfect for letter writing and correspondence
Category
Vintage 1910s Desks
Materials
Wood
Portrait of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal after Claude Lefèbvre (France, 1633–1675)
By Claude Lefebvre
Located in Dallas, TX
Sévigné, was a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing. Most of her letters, celebrated for
Category
Antique 19th Century French Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Portrait of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal after Claude Lefèbvre (France, 1633–1675)
By Claude Lefebvre
Located in Dallas, TX
Sévigné, was a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing. Most of her letters, celebrated for
Category
Antique 19th Century French Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Regency Writing Box Amboyna Leather Campaign Letter Slope
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Fantastic Amboyna Travelling Writing Box.
This Wonderful Writing Box would have been made as a
Category
Vintage 1980s Regency Furniture
Materials
Leather
Antique French Side Table Petite Renaissance Carved Oak Gothic Console c1880
Located in Shreveport, LA
lifts open to reveal a ‘fitted’ interior compartment, probably originally designed for letter writing or
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Side Tables
Materials
Oak
Letter Box of Buhl and Tortoisse Shell w/ Hidden Writing Surface
Located in Westwood, NJ
Brass Inlaid Tortoisse Shell Hinged Letter Box w/ hidden Writing Surface. Brass stamped with Crest
Category
Antique 19th Century English Tableware
Art Nouveau Brass Writing Desk Letter Portfolio Blotter Holder, circa 1900
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Art Nouveau brass writing desk letter blotter holder, C.1900. The holder with front brass depicting
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
Antique Japanese Kiri 6 Drawer Kodansu c1910
s Taisho 18x23x12
Located in Portland, OR
was used to store everything from letter writing accessories as well as money, documents and other
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Copper
Antique Japanese Kiri 6 Drawer Kodansu c1910
s Taisho 18x23x12
Located in Portland, OR
was used to store everything from letter writing accessories as well as money, documents and other
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Copper
Edwardian Mahogany Fall-Front Secretary Desk with Built in Safe, circa 1900
Located in Shippensburg, PA
is a fine and highly practical piece that conveniently allows for letter writing, bill organization
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Cabinets
Materials
Onyx, Sterling Silver, Enamel
18th Century Mahogany Writing Slope
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine quality 18th century English mahogany brass bound writing slope and letter box having a
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Desk Accessories
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
Caroline Van Deurs (1860-1932) Else
s Letter
Located in Gent, VOV
of a woman, presumably named Else, engrossed in writing a letter. This early 20th-century oil
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tuscan like me - Autograph Letter by Curzio Malaparte - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
search of truth and the exercise of writing, this autograph letter anticipates what malaparte will write
Category
1930s Modern More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Winston Churchill Signed Letter to British Publisher Thornton Butterworth, 1937
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
"Adolf Hitler, Hitler and his Choice" (1935), which was presumably on his mind when writing this letter
Category
Vintage 1930s British Mid-Century Modern Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Leather, Paper
Drawing watercolor and ink Henri SOMM caricature cartoon Letter to Elise 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
)
Signed lower right "H. Somm"
Caricature of Beethoven writing his famous letter to Elise!
Very good
Category
1860s French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Winston Churchill Signed Typed Letter, to the English-Speaking Union, Feb. 1957
By Winston Churchill
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
. Just a month before writing this letter, the former prime minister gave a speech in which he emphasized
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
19th Century Campaign Chest
Located in Palm Beach, FL
, tooled leather writing surface, and letter
compartments. The chest is crafted in well grained mahogany
Category
Antique 19th Century English British Colonial Secretaires
Rare 13 Piece Leather Desk Set by Le Tanneur
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic 13 piece French leather desk set by Le Tanneur. Desk features a writing pad, letter
Category
Vintage 1950s French Desk Sets
Materials
Leather, Glass
Complete Desk Set by Le Tanneur
By Le Tanneur
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic French desk set with brass hardware by Le Tanneur. Complete set includes: Writing pad
Category
Vintage 1970s French Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Japanese Style Desk and Dresser by Meredew with Solid Teak Legs
By Meredew
Located in Los Angeles, CA
reveal a writing bureau with letter compartments and a leather writing pad. It also includes a built-in
Category
Vintage 1960s British Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Metal
Portrait Of A Man Oil On Canvas 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
, intent on writing a letter: on the sheet, the text in French bears the date 1814.
Restored, the painting
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moschino Black and Gold Vintage Belt
By Moschino
Located in Milano, IT
writing.
The belt shows on its entire length the Moschino writing. Each letter is made of shiny gold metal
Category
1990s Italian Belts
English 19th Century Mahogany, Satinwood and Ebony Carlton Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
letter and ink and writing implement holder. The apron front with three drawers, the back with
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Brass
Delicate and Diminutive English Edwardian Satinwood Secretary Desk
Located in Milford, NH
center single door storage compartment over three fitted drawers, flanked with hinged top letter
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desks
Materials
Brass
"Ahimsa Black" Embossed Gold Foil Stamping, Limited Edition
By Cryptik
Located in Palm Desert, CA
hypnotically merge with the black letter bombing of cholo writing. The ancient and the sacred marry in a modern
Category
2010s Street Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Color, Other Medium
Gentleman portrait - Oil on Canvas by Scuola Marchigiana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
the writing of a letter on a grey background, this superb artwork is in excellent condition and is the
Category
18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
After P. Rotari
Portrait of a Girl Reading
19 C.
Located in Astoria, NY
Writing A Letter" at the Norton Simon Museum (Acc. M.1979.18.P). While the documentation to the back
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Original Vintage Great Northern Railway Poster "G.N.R. for the Business Man"
Located in London, GB
to an open briefcase and the other smoking a cigar and writing a letter, more men visible in each
Category
Vintage 1920s British Posters
Materials
Paper
Large 17th Century Oil on Canvas Painting of Saint Augustine
Located in Dallas, TX
, viewed from his left side, writing a letter or manuscript with a richly decorated mitre. The background
Category
Antique 17th Century European Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
19th Century Biedermeier Secretaire, Mahogany with Marquetry, Denmark ca 1820
Located in Greven, DE
secretary compartment with a sloping leather-covered writing surface, with a drawer to the left and right of
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Danish Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Minimalist Abstract Bronze Sculpture
By Ruth Vollmer
Located in Surfside, FL
The Solomon R. Guggenheim exhibition by writing a letter to the director, Thomas Messer, in 1971. In
Category
20th Century Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Watercolour - Letter Writing
Located in Corsham, GB
hand she holds a quill to the letter she is writing but stares into the distance, lost in thought. This
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Antique Victorian Quartersawn Oak Stationary Box Letter Writing Chest Cabinet
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique quartersawn oak library desk top stationary cabinet with envelope slots, two small drawers, several pen rests/slots and glass ink well.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Oak
English Antique Regency Rosewood Leather-Top Writing Accent Table, circa 1835
Located in Shippensburg, PA
beautifully as a letter-writing table. It is crafted using solid turned and carved rosewood structural
Category
Antique 19th Century English William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Florence Knoll Architectural Molded Walnut Plywood Desk Letter Tray
By Florence Knoll
Located in Utrecht, NL
Two-tier molded walnut architectural plywood letter tray by Florence Knoll. An iconic, beautiful
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Plywood
Mid-Century Teak Writing Desk with White Top
Located in Astoria, NY
Mid-Century teak writing desk with letter slots and two drawers. The writing surface of the desk is
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Folding knife or letter opener, model number: 3962, Carl Auböck, Vienna 1960
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
This Folding knife or letter opener made from brass with horn handle; marked on the blade: Auböck
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Directoire Solid Walnut Secretaire
Located in Austin, TX
leaf frieze, storage compartments, and four drawers. The perfect letter writing station with a
Category
Vintage 1920s French Directoire Secretaires
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Gold Leaf
An Antique Sea Captain’s Writing Compendium by JC Vickery of Regent Street
Located in London, GB
on a base containing cupboards with mahogany lined interior drawers. The writing section is multi
Category
Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Mid-Century Modern Brass and Glass Serving Tray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
bamboo sides. Sleek design offers ability to detach middle glass tray for convenience or letter writing
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands
Materials
Brass
Colorful Ash Desk by Thomas Dariel
Located in Geneve, CH
)
Sitting at a desk while hand writing a letter to a trusted friend, a confidant to whom you bare your soul
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Colorful Ash Desk by Thomas Dariel
Located in Geneve, CH
)
Sitting at a desk while hand writing a letter to a trusted friend, a confidant to whom you bare your soul
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Colorful Ash Desk by Thomas Dariel
Located in Geneve, CH
)
Sitting at a desk while hand writing a letter to a trusted friend, a confidant to whom you bare your soul
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Louis XVI Style Antique Painted Desk over Chest of Drawers circa 1940s
Located in Shippensburg, PA
the occasional letter writing, while the lower drawers are perfectly functional and slide in and out
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
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Prices for a letter writing start at $437 and top out at $96,000 with the average selling for $1,636.
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