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Period: 19th Century
19th Century Boulle Ormolu and Ebony Bureau Plat/Desk by Mathieu Béfort, France
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 19th century Regency Boulle-style ormolu and ebony wood bureau plat/desk by Mathieu Béfort (AKA: Béfort Jeune), France By: Mathieu Béfort, Béfort Jeune, André-Charles Boulle (i...
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French Regency Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Metal, Silver, Bronze, Copper, Ormolu

English Georgian Mahogany Partner s Desk with Red Leather Top
Located in Queens, NY
English Georgian style (19/20th Century) mahogany partner's desk with a red leather top, 3 sections. Vintage condition.
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British Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Early 19th Century Regency Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Period early 19th century Regency Mahogany Partners desk. Drawers on both sides. Great proportion. Excellent quality...
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Federal Butlers Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
Very attractive Mahogany southern Federal Butlers Desk probably mid Atlantic states around 1820-30. Large bottle drawers on either side of a nicely fi...
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American Federal Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Mid 19th century Swedish burr birch writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Stunning birch root escritoire circa 1855. We are pleased to offer this piece for sale.  Profusely using birch root veneers on every surface. Matched birch veneers used which span ...
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Swedish Gustavian Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Birch

Louis XVI Style French Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century French desk with the original tooled leather top now aged to perfection over a two drawer case decorated with bronze ormolu and inlaid marquetry on elegant ta...
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French Louis XIV Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Italian Cherrywood Drop-Front Desk Secretaire with Inlay
Located in San Francisco, CA
A cherrywood drop front desk with four small drawers fitted in the upper interior and three drawers below. Handsomely detailed inlay work, lovely patina and Fine quality workmanship...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Cherry

Louis XVI Style Brass Mounted Marble Top Cylinder Desk
Located in Milford, NH
A splendid Louis XVI style brass mahogany cylinder desk with brass mounted marble top gallery over three fitted drawers surmounting a cylinder case with compartmentalized interior, i...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Marble, Brass

Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th Cenury
Located in Spencertown, NY
The rectangular desk with Greek key tooled black leather top, with 3 drawers below and tapering legs and gilt bronze sabots and casters.
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Antique English Walnut Military Campaign Chest or Lap Desk with Brass Mounts
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique campaign box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1820 and done in the period Victoria...
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English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Brass

French 19th century Louis XV/XVI st. Mahogany, Ormolu, and marble desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most elegant French 19th century Louis XV/XVI st. Mahogany, Ormolu, and Fleur de Pêcher marble desk. This impressive rectangular desk is raised on four cabriole Mahoga...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Antique Gentlemans Satinwood Rosewood Crossbanded Speciman Cabinet Early 19th Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A superb example of an early Irish Mahogany Georgian Demi-Lune fold-over games table of outstanding museum quality. Made in Ireland during the last quart...
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut, Satin

Late 19th Century French Louis XIII Style Oak Writing Table
Located in Astoria, NY
A late 19th-century French Louis XIII style writing table, sourced in Provence. Crafted in solid oak with well-defined grain, the table features a molded top with carved egg-and-dart...
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French Louis XIII Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Oak

Beautiful Early-Victorian Walnut Davenport
Located in Crawley, GB
A Beautiful early-Victorian walnut Davenport fitted with four side drawers and raised on carved scroll supports.With a lift lid desk with 2 internal d...
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British Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Small School Desk in Oak, 1900
Located in Marseille, FR
Small school desk in oak 1900 with vintage porcelain inkwell. Dimension height 73 cm for a width of 50 cm and a depth of 44 cm. Additional informa...
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Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Oak

Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport Desk Item Code: 1265 A fine quality Victorian Davenport desk, crafted from beautifully figured burr walnut with decorative inlay. The sloped writing s...
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English Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Walnut

Period Regency Mahogany Mechanical Gentleman s Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
This very fine desk made during the Regency period in England is of great design and exceptional quality. Constructed of Mahogany solids and veneers with fine figure and color. The d...
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British Regency Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Mahogany

French inlaid Kidney-shape Bureau-Plat/Library-Table/Desk
Located in Folkestone, GB
Superb early 19th century French Bureau Plat or Library table veneered in Sycamore inlaid with elaborate geometric marquetry in Kingwood and decorated with fine ormolu mounts. The ...
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French Charles X Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Kingwood, Sycamore

French 19th Century Louis XIII Style Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This French hand carved desk has an angular shaped top over a single drawer in the apron. Four striking and stylized turned legs are connected by a similar stretcher. Cleaned and pol...
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French Louis XIII Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Biedermeier secretaire, circa 1830
Located in London, GB
A Biedermeier secre´taire a` abattant of unusual tapered form, goncalo alves with ebonized, inlaid and pewter decoration, and an enclosed fitted interior, Russian/Baltic, circa 1830.
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Baltic Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Pewter

William French Minneapolis Mahogany Writing Desk, Circa 1890s
Located in Germantown, MD
A late 19th Century William A French Minneapolis Mahogany Writing Desk in great antique condition. Refinished top in near perfect condition
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American Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Twin Pedestal Partner Desk with Brown Leather Top
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely handmade in England circa 1880 burr walnut and brown leather twin pedestal partner desk A good looking and well made desk, the timbe...
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English High Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Antique English Aesthetics Movement Bamboo and Lacquer Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century English desk handcrafted in bamboo in a Japonisme form featuring lacquered panels hand decorated with flowers and birds, the original brass hardware, leather ...
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English Aesthetic Movement Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Bamboo

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Mahogany, Tulipwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and very high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Mahogany, tulipwood and ormolu bureau plat desk. The three drawer desk is raised by elegant cabriole legs with ha...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Antique English Campaign Chest with Pullout Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th Century British Colonial campaign chest handcrafted in mahogany in a two piece construction, bound in brass with brass hardware and turned feet, featuring a pullout des...
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English Campaign Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Brass

Crocodile Mahogany Side Table by Gillows of Lancaster London, circa 1820
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An extremely fine circa 1820 side or writing table by legendary English cabinetmaking firm of Gillows of Lancaster and London of rectangular form having an exquisitely grained solid ...
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Rare 19th Century English Eclipse Patented Telescopic Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING an EXCEPTIONALLY RARE 19C English Eclipse Patented Telescopic Desk. Made of oak in the Rococo Style in Great Britain, circa 1880. Fully marked as “The Eclipse“, Brand’s ...
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English Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Brass

Louis XVI Style Cylinder Bureau, By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Rare Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Cylinder Bureau. By François Linke, Paris. Index Number 100. France, Circa 1890. The top with three quarter pierced gallery. The cylinder front centred by a gilt-bronze foliate framed oval decorated with floral marquetry and a harp and books representing lyric poetry. Flanked by twin-light gilt-bronze candelabra. The roll-top enclosing an arrangement of four small drawers and five small compartments above a gilt-tooled green leather writing surface. The frieze fronted by a central drawer with spring-loaded secret release and faced with a relief-cast plaque of cloudborne putti representing the arts. The flanking drawers with gilt-bronze acanthus cast handles and fruiting cornucopia...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Rolltop Desk after Jean-Henri Riesener Attributed to Maison Beurdeley
Located in Paris, FR
Remarkable Louis XVI style rolltop writing desk with marquetry latticework pattern. The front of the desk features six drawers. The rolling cover is embellished with a beautiful marquetry medallion surrounded by ormolu garlands. It opens to reveal six small drawers and an extendible writing surface covered with brown leather and framed with gold-colored motifs. The central drawer under the cover has a secret opening underneath, that can be opened by pressing a button. The top of the desk is bordered with an openwork frame. The sculpted, gilt bronze ornamentation features a bas-relief frieze of cupids playing and an allegory of Sculpture. The desk is set on four tapered legs. Attributed to Beurdeley, one of the most important dynasties of furniture makers in the 19th century (1818-1895), particularly famous for the quality of their gilded bronze frames and the choice of precious materials for the ornamentation of their furniture and objets d'art. This piece was created in the 19th century after a rolltop desk delivered on December 21, 1784 by Jean Henri Reisener...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Mahogany Chippendale Partners Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
A high quality partners library table By H Samuel of Oxford street The design by Thomas Chippendale Constructed in mahogany, of hour-glass shape, the...
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English Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Brass

Antique 19th Century German Jugendstil/ Art Nouveau Writing Desk in Pine
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A lovely and well-crafted Jugendstil desk in pine with upper cabinet resting over a writing table offering open shelving & closed storage. Top has a carved bonnet with stylized flowers and open carvings with turned finials on the corners. Writing table offers one long storage...
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German Jugendstil Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Pine

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Napoleon III Period Boulle Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular French 19th century Louis XV style Napoleon III period brass inlaid, tortoise shell and ormolu Boulle Bureau Plat stamped Befort Jeune...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

French 19th-Century Louis XV Style Figural Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau-Plat Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Palatial French 19th-Century Louis XV style figural gilt bronze mounted tulipwood marquetry three-drawer bureau-plat cartonnier with Dual clock-works by Lenoir, Paris, surmounted wit...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Walnut Wood Writing Desk
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Elegant antique Italian writing desk. Rare and precious solid walnut wood. Comfortable size for a practical use. The desk has elegant turn...
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Italian Louis Philippe Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Walnut

Superb Quality Large Antique George III Mahogany Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality large antique George III mahogany bureau having a superb quality mahogany fall opening to reveal a fitted interior co...
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English George III Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Other

Superb Quality Antique Regency Mahogany Free Standing Writing Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality antique regency mahogany free standing writing desk having a superb quality mahogany top with a reeded edge and a red leather writing surface above two drawers and two...
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Other

Antique Mahogany Davenport Desk by Gillows of Lancaster
Located in King s Lynn, GB
An antique solid mahogany Davenport desk, dating to circa 1820–1835, spanning the late Regency and early William IV periods, by Gillows of Lancaster, stamped “Gillows • Lancaster” to...
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British William IV Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Rare Victorian Burr Oak Walnut Merryweather London 1885 Stamped Desk, Leather
By Merryweather and Sons 1
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Victorian Merryweather Holloway London 1885 stamped burr walnut and oak twin pedestal desk A very fine desk indeed, made ...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Leather, Oak, Walnut

French 19th C. Second Empire Secrétaire À Abattant with Gold Ormolu Mounts
Located in Savannah, GA
This extraordinary French Second Empire period secre´taire a' abattan features flame mahogany, gilt brass-mounts and retains its original dark grey speckled granite top. Decorated th...
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French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Granite, Brass, Ormolu

19th c English Leather Top Brass Bound Campaign Desk
Located in Milford, NH
A fine English mahogany kneehole campaign desk with green leather top with gilt tooled border inside a crossbanded veneer border, surmounting a brass bound case with a central frieze...
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English Campaign Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Brass

Original Georgian / Regency Military Campaign Desk with Large Map Drawer
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning circa 1800-1820 original Georgian / Regency Military campaign desk with large top map drawer ...
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English Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Hardwood

19th Century English Queen Anne Chinoiserie Bureau Flat
Located in Dallas, TX
Discover the elegance of the 19th Century English Queen Anne Chinoiserie Bureau Flat, a stunning addition to any antique collection or as a unique piece for your home office. Its int...
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English Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Wood

French Louis XVI Style Roll Top Desk in Mahogany and Gilt Bronze
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An imposing Louis XVI style roll top desk in beautifully figured mahogany and having finely chased and gilded bronze mounts; the green marble top with a bronze gallery above three lo...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique English Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century English partners desk crafted in mahogany in three-piece construction, featuring the original tooled leather top, African Bubinga wood drawer and door fronts, b...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

19th Century Large French Oak Library Conference Table Partners Desk
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and beautifully carved large oak library table or partners desk with two drawers on each side. Quarter sawn oak with amazing grain, beautifu...
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French Baroque Revival Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Oak

Gothic Revival English Desk of Bleached Oak with Linenfold Motifs, circa 1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English bleached oak Gothic Revival desk with linenfold motifs from the first half of the 19th century. This English desk features a rectangular top over three drawers and two sid...
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English Gothic Revival Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Wood, Oak

Super Kidney Shaped Mahogany Desk
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A very nice quality solid mahogany Edwardian serpentine desk with satinwood banding and green leather top, gilded swan neck handles, working locks, in overall excellent original cond...
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English Edwardian Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Berkey Gay Walnut Burl Plantation Drop Front Desk c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Berkey & Gay Walnut & Burl Plantation Drop Front Desk C1890 Measures - 68" x 33 7/8" x 18 5/8" This antique drop front desk, attribut...
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Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Walnut

Biedermeier Secretaire, Cherry Veneer, Ebonized, Brass, South Germany circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Fine early Biedermeier Secretaire or Drop-Front Secretary in cherry wood from South Germany around 1820. Straightlined neoclassical desi...
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German Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Brass, Iron

Antique French Parquetry and Bronze Cartonnier Writing Desk with Clock
Located in London, GB
Cartonnier in the Louis XVI Manner after the Original by Simon Oeben Constructed in kingwood and having extensive parquetry inlay, with well cast and extensive fire gilt bronze enhancements. The writing section of oblong form with re-entrant corners, housing three frieze drawers and with a tooled brown leather top; the shouldered tapering legs dressed with imbricated bronze mounts: lions masks at the ends: the frame having a guard bronze rail...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Bronze

Fine Early Victorian Burl Walnut Kidney Shaped Desk
Located in Essex, MA
A rare and hard to find desk of the finest quality. Most likely made by the firm of Gillow of Lancaster and London. With a kidney shaped top with a new tooled green leather top an ex...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Bronze

Worn and Patinated English Antique Pine Tavern Table Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ENGLISH WORN AND PATINATED PINE TAVERN TABLE Circa the mid-19th century, with three drawers in the apron Item # 402VDP08Z A richly worn tavern table with a wonderful all-over surfac...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Pine

Mahogany Chippendale Style Block Front Secretary Desk with Bookcase Top
Located in Milford, NH
A spectacular example of a two part mahogany secretary desk with bookcase top in the Chippendale style, featuring a swan’s neck split pediment with flaming urn finials surmounting two arched glass...
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American Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Brass

French 19th century antique writing desk Black Forest hunt Renaissance revival
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous French antique 19th century Renaissance revival / Hunt style Writing desk in carved oak. Marvelous decorated hunt style desk with fox head drawers & barley twisted columns....
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French Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Oak

19th Century Antique Davenport, Victorian Swivel Top Desk, circa 1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a Victorian antique Davenport dating to the mid-19th century, circa 1850. Riding on the original brass castors beneath the plinth base, this Davenport benefits from the un...
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Leather, Rosewood

British Colonial Military Officer s Campaign Metal Field Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare British colonial officer's campaign field desk on stand. Constructed from metal and brass featuring a royal blue painted finish with gilt high...
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English Campaign Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Brass, Metal

Louis XV Style Bombe Secretary Inlaid Marquetry, Signed, Henry Dasson.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Louis XV style bombe secretary inlaid marquetry, Ormolu Mounted. Signed Henry Dasson. This 19th century bombe tulipwood secretary is built with superior craftsmanship and intricate ...
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French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Bronze

Walnut Slant Front Bureau/Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
This walnut slant front bureau/desk of generous proportions is most likely American. It has an attractive interior with block front and serpentine d...
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American Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Walnut, Pine

Antique North German/Danish Empire Cylinder-Top Secretary with Bookcase, c. 1815
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
From the Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany, once part of Denmark, a very handsome Empire secretary with bookcase in ash with inlays and marquetry silhouettes of neoclassical Roman images. Cylinder top opens to a pull-out desk which offers a felt-lined lectern or writing surface flanked by sliding storage compartments, as well as a series of small drawers and a central cabinet. Above desk, are three cupboards and below, there are three long drawers. Northern Germany or from the Danish Jutland region, circa 1815. Note: Green baize on writing surface can be replaced with leather. Measures: 46" wide x 21" deep x 83" high (With desk top open...
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German Empire Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Ash

19th Century French Kingwood cylinder desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th Century French Kingwood cylinder desk of exceptional quality, the top structure having a pierced brass gallery with a veined marble top and three drawers below with decorative o...
Category

French Antique 19th Century Desks

Materials

Kingwood