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Period: 18th Century
Antique George III Quality Walnut Kneehole Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality walnut kneehole desk having a quality figured walnut crossbanded top above one long and six walnut inlaid oak lined drawers with engraved brass handles, cu...
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English George III Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Antique Georgian 18th Century Satin Walnut Bureau Desk Writing Table Elegant
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Georgian 18th Century Satin Walnut Bureau Desk Writing Table – a rare and exquisite piece featuring veneer on oak and elm construction. This charming bureau is full of age, ...
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Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

19th Spanish Sturdy Side Table with Carved Turned Legs and Double Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
19th Spanish side table with turned legs and double stretcher match in the button top. The top has a beautiful grain and patina
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

Antique George III Quality Mahogany Knee Hole Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality mahogany knee hole desk having a quality mahogany rectangular shaped crossbanded top with a moulded edge above one long and six small cockbeeded oak lined drawers with original brass handles, secret drawer to the knee hole and a single panelled door...
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English George III Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Other

English Chippendale Mahogany Hinged Games Table with Constantine Action, C. 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale mahogany hinged games table with constantine action, interior leather writing / card playing surface, flanking carved corner fret work, and resting on the origina...
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English Chippendale Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Unusual Antique George lII Mahogany and Oak Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual Antique George lII mahogany and oak desk having a quality mahogany writing fall opening to reveal a fitted interior with pigeon holes and six working drawers above a kneehole...
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European George III Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Italy Late 18th Century Regency Walnut Desk or Side Table
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an elegant gaming table, hand made in the Late 18th Century by master craftmenships. The spectacular top of this charming table, is handmade in walnut with fine briar root a...
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Italian Regency Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

18th c. English Gadrooned Reading Desk
Located in Greenwich, CT
An 18th century English mahogany pedestal desk with gilt tooled leather inset three-section top over central drawer with two banks of four drawers to either side, featuring fine deta...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

18th century Queen Anne and later walnut knee hole desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
18th century Queen Anne walnut kneehole desk circa 1710. Good quality knee hole desk of small proportions, richly veneered in burr walnut. Rectangular top, strung and cross banded, ...
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English Queen Anne Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

18th-C. French Louis XV Style Carved Oak Tooled Leather Bronze Writing Desk
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a special piece! It is a late 18th century carved oak and gilt bronze writing desk. It has two drawers and two identical faux drawers. Each foot is capped in bronze. The felt...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Baroque Wood and Iron Spanish Folding Traveling Table
Located in Leesburg, VA
Baroque Wood and Iron Spanish Folding Traveling Table Anonymous Spain; 18th century Wood, iron Approximate size: 27 (h) x 38 (w) x 19.5 (d) in. An 18th-century Spanish folding tab...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

Venetian Rococo Gilt Painted Faux Stone Console Entry Table Office Desk Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Venetian Rococo gilt painted faux stone console entry table office desk antique. An exceptional large 18th century serpentine front and sides molded...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Very Fine circa 1780 Georgian Mahogany Reading Table with Candle Slips Slope
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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English Georgian Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Ancient Italian Writing Desk with Upper Cabinet, Milan, Circa 1730
Located in Milano, IT
Writing desk with upper cabinet Milan, first half of the 18th century Carved walnut partially veneered in olive wood and walnut burl; traces of eboniz...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Olive, Walnut

French Louis XV Late 18th Century Cherry Table with Drawer from the Rhône Valley
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV cherry table from the Rhône Valley, with long drawer and cabriole legs. Born in France in the later years of the 18th century, this cherry table features a rectangular top with serpentine front, sitting above a long drawer. Raised on four elegant cabriole legs connected to one another through an apron scalloped on all sides, this late 18th century Louis XV cherry table will bring an undeniable touch of French elegance...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Cherry

Italian, Sicily, Louis XV Period Rosewood Brass Writing Table, mid 18th cen.
Located in Atlanta, GA
this versatile and layered writing table is epertly crafted of rosewood veneers with brass detailing, the sliding top with bookmatched veneers opens to reveal a leather writing surfa...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Louis XVI Walnut Architects Table a La Tronchin
Located in Essex, MA
A fine and unusual piece with gilt bronze mounts, when in table position rectangular with a ratcheted adjustable slant lid , a winding key raised and lowers the reading, working sect...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Antique Walnut 18th Century Queen Ann 3 Drawers Low Boy Good Condition
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Antique Walnut 18th century Queen Ann 3 drawers low boy good condition.
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American Queen Anne Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Spanish, late Baroque, 18th Century Desk or Writing Table or console table
Located in Troy, NY
Rustic, Spanish late Baroque Writing Table, made of Chestnut, with a wonderful deep warm patina and restrained decoration to the front drawer panels. The table, with a one-plank top,...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Wrought Iron

Country House Library Partners Desk
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine 18th century Chippendale period country house library fitted partners desk. The paneled cupbards opening to one end with fitted folio shel...
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European Chippendale Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Mahogany

Louis XVI Desk, Germany 1780, cherry veneer
Located in Leimen, DE
Louis XVI Desk, Germany circa 1780 – Cherry Veneer with Geometric Intarsia An exquisite Louis XVI desk from Germany, circa 1780, featuring cherry veneer adorned with geometric intars...
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German Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Cherry

18th Century Neoclassical Desk, Austria
Located in New York, NY
An elegant Neoclassical desk featuring one drawer and a sliding tabletop. The piece is beautifully veneered and hand-polished. It stands on tall tapered square legs, accented with br...
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Austrian Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

English Regency Mahogany Leather Reading Table with Flanking Candle Slides 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency mahogany satinwood and ebony inlaid one drawer reading table with a ratcheted leather top, cross banded tulip wood, flanking candle slides...
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English Regency Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

English Lady s Writing Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
English lady's writing desk table, table desk, or telephone table. Has quatrefoil backsplash. In inland quartersawn oak diamond pattern surrounded by a 2" oak freeze. Single drawer ...
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British George III Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

English Antique 18th Century Georgian Bureau Desk on Stand With Fitted Interior.
Located in Reading, Berkshire
18th Century Georgian Bureau Desk on Stand. Fold Front Top Reveals A Fitted Interior with Drawers & Pigeonhole Sections Fitted out With Original B...
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British Georgian Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

18th Century Louis XVI Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine late 18th century Louis XVI period bureau à cylindre, or roll top desk, made of solid walnut with marquetry veneers of walnut, mahogany and cherry. In two parts, the cabinet a...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble, Brass

18th Century Country French Child s Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 18th century Country French child size desk, made of solid cherry. Beautifully crafted with turned legs and carved stretcher with center finial. Candle stand on the right, att...
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French French Provincial Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Cherry

18th Century Rustic Desk Table, Country Table, Original Pinewood Laquered Waxed
Located in Vigonza, Padua
18th century rustic desk table or country table, original pine wood laquered, restored the top and finished to wax. Drawer with functional lock, burnish...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Pine

18thC George II Irish Mahogany Card Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1750 18thC George II Irish Mahogany card table Having a folding fold over inverted breakfront top raised on shaped legs. The back leg extending out to support the table to...
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Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

French 18th Century Table With Fluted Apron And Legs
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
French 18th Century table with fluted apron and legs This 18th Century table has a fluted apron and legs. One leg is slightly crooked but very charming. ...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Italian 18th Century Writing Desk
Located in Round Top, TX
An outstanding 18th century Louis XIV Auctioneer’s Desk from Lombardy, Italy. Beautifully constructed from walnut and olive wood veneer with three drawers in an altar-like form. Ex...
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Italian Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Olive, Walnut

Huge Gilded Ebonized Period French Louis XV Marble Top Butlers Desk Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This monumental French Louis XV period butler’s desk commode is a masterpiece of 18th-century-inspired design, blending elegance, opulence, and utility in one commanding piece. Craft...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Mid-18th Century Chippendale Period Mahogany Architects Table
Located in London, GB
A mid-18th century well figured mahogany architects table having lift up ratchet top with sprung book-rest, above fitted drawer supported on square chamfered legs.
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English Chippendale Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Italy Late 18th Century Regency Walnut Console or Wall Desk Hand Carved
Located in Brescia, IT
This an elegant piece with an untimeless beauty. The dimensions, the proportions, the wavy edge and the slender legs are elements of value. It can be useful as console or desk; in...
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Italian Regency Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

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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English George II Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

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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English Sheraton Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Mahogany

18th Century George II Writing Bureau
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century George II mahogany ladies writing bureau topped by brass pierced gallery. The sloped fall front enclosing six drawers above a shape...
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Irish George II Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

18th Century French Louis XV Period Walnut Chateau Bonheur Du Jour or Secretary
Located in Birmingham, AL
A rare 18th century French Louis XV period chateau bonheur du jour or secrétaire handcrafted of walnut by very talented artisans in Lyon for a wealthy chateau owner near Villeurbanne, circa 1750s. This impressive antique French secretary features a chapeau de gendarme crown above a pair of carved serpentine doors with brass mesh grilles and beautiful green and gold damask fabric backings that open to reveal a painted interior with two display shelves. Three carved drawers are below. The lower section features a flat serpentine shaped writing surface that lifts opens to reveal plenty of storage above a carved, scalloped apron with C-scrolls and a center carved shell motif. Raised on four elegant cabriole legs ending in scrolled French toes. This grand Lyonnaise French library desk...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

George III Mahogany Rent Desk by Gillows of Lancaster
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular top with inset red leather and banded edge, over a long drawer opening to A-Z lidded compartments. The pedestals below each with three drawers. All with classic Gill...
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George III Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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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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English George III Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Mahogany

18th Century Italian Side Table
Located in Round Top, TX
A stunning 18th century side table - console from the Tuscan region of Italy. Beautifully constructed from beautiful walnut with wonderful turned legs and stretchers. Fabulous patina...
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European Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Scrittoio Barocchetto Lombardo secondo quarto XVIII secolo
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Scrittoio poggiante su gambe mosse con piedi caprini, cassetto nella fascia sottopiano, piano e alzata con cimasa intagliata raffigurante motivi fitomorfi e stella centrale. Sul fon...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Maple, Nutwood

18th Century French Boulle Louis XVI Style Mazarin
Located in Houston, TX
The 18th Century French Boulle Louis XVI Style Mazarin exudes timeless elegance and exquisite craftsmanship. Adorned with intricate detailing characterist...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Paint

Italian Parquetry Inlaid Writing Table Desk, 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exceptional parquetry inlaid writing table with Neoclassical designs, inlay with satinwood, black walnut, and fruitwood. Having a single center drawer, and supported on tapering l...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Fruitwood, Satinwood, Walnut

French Bureau Plat Marquetry Leather Top Desk with Orig. Ormolu Mounts, C. 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
French bureau plat marquetry leather top three drawer desk with hearing bone inlays, three opposite side faux drawers, original floral ormolu mounts, brass escutcheons, brass knobs, ...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu, Brass

18th Century Baroque Venetian Center Table Red Lacquered Painted
Located in Epfach, DE
18th century Venetian center table red lacquered with painted gilt figures with one-drawer a very unusual and rare Venetian table with lovely ...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Table for Spanish Desk, Pine and Beech Tree Wood, Iron, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Bargueñera table with spiral leg. Pine and beech wood, iron. Century XVIII. Rectangular board table made of pine wood and turned beech wood legs in the shape of spiral columns, whi...
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Spanish Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Other, Iron

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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English George III Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Satinwood

18th Century Small George III Mahogany and Leather Writing Table
Located in Solebury, PA
A charming and compact 18th Century George III mahogany and leather writing table, both structurally sound and suitably sized, presents a delightful aesthetic. Four slender drawers a...
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English George III Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Austrian Neoclassic Parquetry Pedestal Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top over a long drawer flanked by small drawers over pedestals each with two drawers. Bracket feet. Finished all around in a design of inlay that gives a striped effect.
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Austrian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Louis XV Style Diminutive Kingwood Writing Table by J. Lapie/ Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Christies label- London, 1994. A finely made French 18th c. writing table with ormolu mounts and beautiful variegated marble top. The three fine drawers with shaped front inlays and ...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble, Bronze

18th Century German Baroque Table
Located in Belmont, MA
Unique baroque table made in Southern Germany around 1750-60. The top, the apron and the foot of the table are decorated with an exquisite walnut and yew tree marquetry. The table is...
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German Baroque Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut, Yew

ANTIQUE 18TH CENTRY ENGLISH GEORGIAN GEORGE II OAK SMALL DESK LOWBOY CABRiOLE
Located in Pulborough, GB
Antiques of London An elegant example of late-Georgian furniture, this fine antique oak lowboy (also known as a small side or lamp table) is dis...
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British Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

French Provincial Fruitwood and Tooled Leather Writing Table, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
French Provincial Fruitwood and Tooled Leather Writing Table, 18th Century
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French French Provincial Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Fruitwood

Rare Antique English Georgian Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
C. 1760-1780. An early and exceptional Antique writing table, English and likely Irish. With a flame mahogany banded top over a shaped apron with a single drawer. With fine openwork...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Small 18th Century Mahogany Brown Wood Kneehole Desk with Brass Handles
Located in London, GB
A rare and charming early 18th century mahogany kneehole desk of small proportions, with carved apron, a long drawer to the frieze, and three short drawers to each side, framing a cu...
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English Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Mixed Woods Marquetry Inlaid Writing Table, Northern Italian, Late 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine Magilini style walnut and intricately inlaid fruitwood, walnut, black walnut, satinwood and rosewood center or writing table with one drawer on elegant tapering legs. Beautiful ...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Tall walnut veneer slab desk, Veneto, second half 18th 18th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Tall walnut veneer slab desk, Veneto, second half 18th century, decorated with herringbone panels, on three sides, in the belt a removable top and on the front a drawer. The tops ar...
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Italian Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

18th Century Louis XV French Oak Writing Table with Scalloped Shaped Top
Located in Dallas, TX
An 18th century French country Louis XV style writing table-end table. This lovely oak table features a scalloped shaped top, one drawer and cabriole legs.
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French French Provincial Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Louis XV Desk With Steps In Carved Walnut – France, Late 18th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Crafted in France at the end of the 18th century, this exquisite « bureau à gradin » embodies the elegance and refinement of the Louis XV style. Its beautifully sculpted walnut showc...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

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