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Place of Origin: English
English Mahogany Ebony Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This is an English pedestal desk with two faux drawers just under the ebonized top. All sit on a curved pedestal atop a plinth base with bun feet on top of metal casters. The base is...
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19th Century Other Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Bruce Talbert for Gillow and Co. A Gothic Revival Oak and Leather Writing Table
By Bruce James Talbert
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert (1838-1881) for Gillow and Co., an oak two-drawer writing table, with a later red leather top, stamped mark, no. L9534.
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Late 19th Century Gothic Revival Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Small Mahogany Pedestal Desk 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
elegant mahogany pedestal desk from the 19th century from England Very beautiful pedestal desk which has been worked on both sides which allows it to be placed in the middle of a ro...
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19th Century Victorian Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

George Walton. Arts Crafts Walnut Desk with Secret Drawers Heart Escutcheons
By George Walton
Located in London, GB
George Walton. A rare Arts and Crafts walnut desk almost identical to the desk Walton designed in 1898 for Sidney Leetham for the morning room in Elm Bank, a major interior commission in York, England. This desk is a complex hybrid design. The overhanging top with central arched cupboard...
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Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Unusual Antique George III Quality Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual Antique George III quality mahogany writing desk having a quality mahogany lift up writing/reading surface opening to reveal pigeons holes and a storage space, military brass...
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19th Century George III Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Other

Long Study Desk / Large Console Table in Beige Linoleum and Steel
By &New
Located in Leicester, GB
This large Study desk / Console Table is made with a butternut beige powder-coated steel frame and a pearl linoleum top made from all-natural ingredients, such as flax, wood flour, a...
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2010s Modern English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

Antique Victorian Amboyna Inlaid Bonheur Du Jour 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Believed by our experts to date from around 1860, this antique Victorian Bonheur Du Jour is an imposing and functional item of furniture that is so typical of the Victorian era. We ...
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1860s Victorian Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu, Brass

Travel Lap Desk Walnut 19th C. on Stand as Side Table Decorative Gift Antique LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Travel Lap Desk Walnut 19th C. on Stand as Side Table Decorative Gift Antique LA . Exquisite English lap traveling desk portable. Countryside writing bureau in good condition conside...
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19th Century Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

English 19th Century Pine Auctioneer’s Cash Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This is a simple English 19th century pine shop counter from an auctioneer in Alsace! Complete with a hole for accepting cash payments inside the drawer. The desk is flanked with tal...
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19th Century Other Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Pine

19th Century English Rolltop Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Wonderful antique English mahogany petite roll top desk having all the bells and whistles including working curved roll top that reveals cubbies and little drawers with a pull out dr...
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19th Century Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Mahogany

19th Century English Rolltop Desk
19th Century English Rolltop Desk
$1,575 Sale Price
81% Off
Victorian Carved Oak Draw Leaf Library Table, England, c. 1890
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Victorian oak draw-leaf library table features a parquet top and bold carved griffin supports. The apron is detailed with hand carved trim, adding texture and depth. Its sculptu...
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Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Late 19thC George II Style Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late 19thC George II Style Mahogany and Cross Banded Kneehole Desk with Quarter Veneered Sides - Drop Down Cubby Hole, Camphor Lined Drawers and missing Writing Slope * 22.5"w x 17"d...
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Late 19th Century George II Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Butternut Study Desk with Natural Linoleum Table Top, Customizable
By &New
Located in Leicester, GB
The study desk is made with a butternut powder-coated steel frame and a pearl coloured natural linoleum tabletop. The linoleum for our desks is selected for...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

Burr Walnut Lowboy
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A very nice burr walnut lowboy, dressing table or desk, Queen Anne style, three drawers with brass handles, green leather writing surface with walnut feather bandingwide, standing on...
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Early 20th Century Queen Anne English Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Inlaid Mahogany Freestanding Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique Victorian inlaid mahogany freestanding desk the superstructure having the original brass gallery to the breakfront top above an arched mirror backed reces...
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1880s Victorian Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Other

William IV Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A handsome and well proportioned William IV mahogany partners desk with unusual patent locking mechanism. Circa 1830.
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19th Century William IV Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

A Stunning Edwardian Desk in the Carlton House Style by Maple of London
By Maple Co.
Located in Dublin, IE
A Stunning Edwardian, richly patinated mahogany desk in the Carlton house style by Maple of London. Finely carved and of fabulous quality, line inlaid and cross banded with exquisite...
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Early 20th Century Edwardian English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

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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Early 19th Century Gothic Revival Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Oak

Study Desk / Large Console Table in Charcoal Linoleum and Steel
By &New
Located in Leicester, GB
This large Study desk / Console Table is made with a charcoal black powder-coated steel frame and a charcoal linoleum top made from all-natural ingredients, such as flax, wood flour, and limestone. The furniture linoleum provides a natural matt surface with a warm fine texture - a look that is very tactile and looks great with the sleek powder-coated steel frame. This modern minimal desk...
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2010s Modern English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

​​Antique Victorian Freestanding Inlaid Burr Walnut Kidney Shaped Writing Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique Victorian freestanding inlaid burr walnut kidney shaped writing table having an exceptional quality inlaid burr walnut and green leather kidney shaped top with a shap...
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19th Century Victorian Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Walnut

English Victorian Mahogany Writing Table Dressing Table
Located in High Peak, GB
J00 Elegant Victorian mahogany dressing table / side table, having shaped upstand to figured mahogany top and 2 mahogany line drawers fitted with original turned knobs, standing on t...
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19th Century Victorian Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Butternut Study Desk with Birch Plywood Table Top, Cream Desk Customizable
By &New
Located in Leicester, GB
The study desk is made with a butternut powder-coated steel frame and a lacquered birch plywood tabletop. The combination of the natural wood table top and powder coated steel frame ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

Antique Quality Mahogany Floral Marquetry Inlaid Bombe Shaped Burea
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique 18th century quality mahogany floral marquetry inlaid bombe shaped bureau having a quality floral marquetry fall opening to reveal a fitted interior consisting of drawers, pigeon holes, door and a well above three bombe shaped floral marquetry oak...
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18th Century Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Other

English Bench Made Reproduction Pedestal Partner s Desk, Burr Elm, Chipp. Style
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
AVAILABLE LATE OCTOBER, 2025 Quite possibly one of the finest British bench-made pedestal partner's desks made today. From our own proprietary cabinetmakers in the south of England...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chippendale English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th Century English Ash Partners Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An unusual early 19th Century ash partners desk.With good quality gilt tooled leather top with moulded edge and having a useful feature of being able to extend its surface with the l...
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Early 19th Century Country Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Fantastic 19th century Regency period mahogany metamorphic dressing desk
Located in Richmond, VA
Fantastic early 19th century Regency period metamorphic dressing desk. The solid mahogany writing surface is actually a lift top that reveals an adjustable mirror. A very elegant pie...
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mirror, Mahogany

Early 20th century English leather top desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century leather top mahogany desk circa 1910. Original red leather writing surface with gold tooling, with obvious signs of use.  Fitted with 3 drawers above the the knee...
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Early 20th Century Georgian English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th Century Laptop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th century laptop is also known as a writing slope, or a lap desk! It became wildly popular in the 19th century because a "laptop" provided an expansive flat writing surface t...
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19th Century Victorian Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

19th Century English Leather Top Mahogany Executive Conference Table
Located in Richmond, VA
A very impressive, monumental (measures: 131" x 59") 19th century English leather top mahogany executive conference table with 12 dovetailed...
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19th Century Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

19th Century English Mahogany Sideboard w/ Serpentine Front
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century English Mahogany Sideboard with Serpentine Front, Crossbanding, & Spade Feet
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19th Century Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

George III Satinwood and Marquetry Harlequin Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a serpentine divided top with oval inlaid panel with hunting scene with hounds and hares with floral medallions at the corners , hinged outer sections fitted with a well and central section lifting and fitting into a recess , leather top of Tiffany blue. A button released the pop up desk...
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1770s George III Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Satinwood

19th Century English Oak Partners Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th century oak partners desk with its original tooled red leather writing surface on top, surrounded by a cross banded border. Three drawers in the frieze on one side, with a bank...
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19th Century Country Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Antique English Campaign Leather Top Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome antique British colonial desk Crafted in mahogany in a campaign form with the original red leather top, nine drawers in front with a unique kneehole cabinet, brass hardware ...
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Early 20th Century Campaign English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Alessandro Albrizzi Trestle Table
By Alessandro Albrizzi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Aleaandro Albrizzi Treestle Table Plated Steel and Glass Provence -Martha's Boutique in Palm Beach
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1960s Vintage English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Glass

19th Century English Satinwood and Leather Table
Located in Richmond, VA
19th century English Edwardian period satinwood and leather top table. Very pretty color and the smaller scale makes it a much more versatile option as a side table or console.
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19th Century Edwardian Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Satinwood

English 19th Century Mahogany Writing Desk with Fluted Legs and Leather Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
This English writing desk from the 19th century is a well-proportioned and finely crafted example in mahogany, showcasing the elegance and precision of late Georgian or early Regency...
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19th Century Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Very Fine Edwardian Pedestal Desk
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine Edwardian mahogany and satinwood line inlaid pedestal desk, the moulded top inset with gilt embossed red tooled leather writing skiver surface raised over frieze with two...
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Early 1900s Edwardian Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Voysey Style of Arts Crafts Oak Dining Table with Dove Cut-Outs below the Top
By Charles Voysey
Located in London, GB
C F A Voysey in the style of. An Arts & Crafts oak dining or library table with four stylized floral cut-outs flanked by dove cut-outs to each corner to the angled apron underneath ...
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Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Table Desk with Leather Top
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (English-19th Century) mahogany table desk with 3 drawers and various inlaid woods with bronze trim swags on legs with a leather top (WROTHAM PARK)
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

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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1880s Victorian Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Oak, Walnut

Antique Regency period mahogany writing table
Located in London, GB
An early 19th Century Regency period mahogany Writing Table of attractive small proportions, ebony line inlaid throughout, having green tooled leather top with lift-up writing slide....
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Small Oak Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
A rare 18th century oak bureau of particularly small and diminutive proportions. the fall with a moulded book-rest, opening to reveal a steppe...
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Early 18th Century George II Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

William IV Writing Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine William IV writing or side table of very clean architectural form, the well figured single board mahogany top over drawer and supported by trestle ends joined by turned stretche...
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1840s William IV Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Fine and Unusual Edwardian Inlaid Leather Top Desk
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine and unusual Edwardian mahogany ladies leather top desk, with gorgeously rich patination and grain. Line inlaid, cross banded and with exquisite marquetry detail, depicting scrolling foliate and flowerhead motif detail throughout. The moulded upper section surmounted with curved 3/4 gallery rail with turned finial detail and centred sloping drawer with decorative pierced brass grille detail, opening to reveal a fitted interior. The moulded desk top below with curved canted corners is fitted with a gorgeous green gilt embossed tooled leather writing skiver surface, raised over frieze with single centred long drawer with decorative brass pulls. The sides and rear of the desk are fabulously detailed with a curved, wrap around section of a beautifully carved pierced panel...
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Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Regency Mahogany Writing Table By Gillows Of Lancaster
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with leather writing surface that can adjust. The ends with hinged compartments. The frieze with a drawer. Raised on a trestle base with spindles and turned st...
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1810s Regency Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Exquisite Antique English Marquetry Inlaid Mahog. Adam style Bonheur du Jour
By Robert Adam
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Quite possibly one of the prettiest Antique English Edwardian period Adam style Bonheur du Jours or Ladies Writing Tables with magnificent "Adam" style marquetry inlaid urns and Welk...
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Late 19th Century Adam Style Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany, Satinwood

Bruce Talbert for Gillows Attributed Gothic Revival Two-Tier Library Table
By Gillows of Lancaster London, Bruce James Talbert
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert, Attributed, a Gothic Revival walnut library or serving table with turned gallery below the upper serving area, on turned legs with ebonized details united by a full si...
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Late 19th Century Gothic Revival Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Very Fine circa 1780 Georgian Mahogany Reading Table with Candle Slips Slope
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite hand made in England circa 1780-1800 Georgian reading table with period candelabra slip trays ...
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1780s Georgian Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

English Yew Table, ebony tinted resin, bespoke one of a kind.
By Jonathan Field
Located in London, GB
English yew and ebony tinted resin tabletop made from two pieces of book-matched yew position slightly apart on cross plan curved trapeze legs. Completed in the autumn of 2020, my in...
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2010s Organic Modern English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Yew

Superb Regency Writing Sofa Table
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A excellent quality Regency rosewood writing or sofa table in lovely original condition, original green leather and wooden castors, two locking drawers. 29" high 23.5" knee height 3...
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19th Century Regency Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood

Regency Mahogany And Inlaid Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Removed from the one time residence of William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies Beverly Hills home. With rectangular top with 3/4 brass gallery and blac...
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Antique early 19th century Regency period coromandel writing table.
Located in London, GB
A fine early 19th Century Regency period highly figured Coromandel wood Writing Table, having crossbanded moulded edge top with ‘re-entrant’ corners raised on beaded ‘hockey stick le...
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Palisander

Regency Rosewood Sofa Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with drop leaves, metal beaded edge, two-drawer frieze with opposing sham drawers, raised on trestle base, saber legs, casters.
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1810s Regency Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood

Antique Rare Form English Mahogany Queen Anne Style Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Here is an antique, rare form English mahogany Queen Anne style partners desk or library table with a tooled and worn gold decorated brown leather top. Having one conventional side w...
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19th Century Queen Anne Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

FINE HARDWOOD KENNEDY HARRODS LONDON MILITARY CAMPAiGN DESK OR WRITING TABLE
By Harrods, Kennedy Furniture For Harrods London
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this fine Harrods London, REH Kennedy Military Campaign desk or writing table Please note the delivery fee ...
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20th Century Campaign English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

George III Mahogany Architect’s Desk attr. Gillows of Lancaster circa 1790
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GEORGE III MAHOGANY ARCHITECT'S DESK IN MANNER OF GILLOWS OF LANCASTER England, circa 1790 with alphabetized rent drawers interior unmarked Item # 405KYH28Z This remarkable architect's pedestal desk was almost certainly crafted by Gillows of Lancaster, London circa 1790. It features a rectangular top inlaid with maroon gilt-tooled leather bordered by a molded edge. Below this is situated a full-width frieze drawer which is decorated to appear as two false drawers over pedestals containing three graduated drawers on either side of an open kneehole. The desk stands on a molded plinth base fitted with casters. The top drawer reveals a sliding gilt-tooled leather writing surface with a central panel that can be lifted on ratchet supports to hold and display documents. This surface slides back to uncover a lower compartment with an open storage area, flanked by three lidded compartments labeled alphabetically within oval reserves. The back of the desk is designed for a tidy appearance, making it suitable for placement in the center of a room, featuring two full-width faux drawers above faux cabinet doors in the pedestals. While the present example is not marked by Gillows, it is almost without question a product of their workshops and is firmly attributed to their design books. The alphabet inlaid drawers were inspired by designs popularized by Thomas Shearer’s The Cabinet Maker’s London Book of Prices (1788-1803). These were employed in designs published by Gillows, such as the 'bureau writing-table' with a double-ratcheted top made for the Earl of Shrewsbury in 1789 and a writing-table from 1794 (see Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, L. Boynton, ed., 1995, pl. 24 and 41). A similar design appears in the firm’s 1798 Estimate Sketch Book (p.1481), preserved in the Westminster City Library. The drawer design is further seen on pedestal desks stamped by Gillows, including the library table provided by the firm in 1778 to Denton Hall (see C. Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol.II, p.246, pl.449). Gillows produced many variations of this desk style, including those with ratcheting tops for standing use, enclosed kneehole designs, various types of pulls, and subtle dimensional adjustments. Examples can be seen well into the George IV period and the influence of this form on later desks by Gillows can be seen as the tastes changed into the second half of the nineteenth century. Sir Walter Scott acquired a similar desk from Gillows for his Edinburgh house in Castle Street in 1810, later moving it to his study at Abbotsford in 1826. In a letter to J.B. Morritt of Rokeby Hall, Yorkshire, dated May 1810, Scott wrote: ‘You know I fell in love with your Library table and now the The Lady [The Lady of the Lake] has put crowns into my purse I would willingly treat myself unto the like...’ On 9 August, Scott wrote again to Morritt: 'I must not omit to tell you that Gillows table has arrived and gives great satisfaction. Everyone that sees it likes it so much I dare say I shall have some commissions to send him. His bill did not much exceed yours being about £30 ready money’. The Gillow archives from 1810 record: ‘pack for W.Scott Esq., Castle Street, Edinburgh, case containing mahogany bureau writing table Double Elevating tops cupboard in center complete writing drawers’. (See C. Wainwright, The Romantic Interior, Fig 162 & 163). A few open-market examples of nearly identical desks...
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18th Century George III Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Stunning Late 19th Century Desk in the Thomas Chippendale Manner
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning late 19th century mahogany desk in the Thomas Chippendale manner. The moulded top of rectangular form fitted with green gilt embossed tooled leather writing skiver surface...
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Late 19th Century Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

1980s English Root Wood Writing Desk with Door and Drawers
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s English root wood writing desk with door and drawers.
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Late 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Late George III Mahogany Desk
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late George III mahogany desk with fitted drawers, the top with inset writing surface and strung decoration above four oak lined drawers, one drawer with further adjustable writing...
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1790s Sheraton Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Kidney Shaped Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
A fine quality 19th Century inlaid mahogany kidney shaped desk with tulipwood, satinwood and boxwood stringing, the shaped and moulded edge top having a tan brown leather writing sur...
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1890s Antique English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

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