Regency Desks and Writing Tables
REGENCY STYLE
Like France’s Empire style, Regency-style furniture was rooted in neoclassicism; the characteristics of its bedroom furniture, armchairs, dining room tables and other items include clean lines, angular shapes and elegant details.
Dating roughly from the 1790s to 1830s, antique Regency-style furniture gets its name from Prince George of Wales — formally King George IV — who became Prince Regent in 1811 after his father, George III, was declared unfit to rule. England’s Regency style is one of the styles represented in Georgian furniture.
George IV’s arts patronage significantly influenced the development of the Regency style, such as the architectural projects under John Nash, which included the renovation of Buckingham House into the formidable Buckingham Palace with a grand neoclassical facade. Celebrated designers of the period include Thomas Sheraton, Henry Holland and Thomas Hope. Like Nash, Hope instilled his work with classical influences, such as saber-legged chairs based on the ancient Greek klismos. He is credited with introducing the term “interior decoration” to English with the 1807 publishing of Household Furniture and Interior Decoration.
Although more subdued than previous styles like Rococo and Baroque, Regency interiors incorporated copious use of chintz fabrics and wallpaper adorned in chinoiserie-style art. Its furniture featured fine materials and luxurious embellishments. Furniture maker George Bullock, for instance, regularly used detailed wood marquetry and metal ornaments on his pieces.
Archaeological discoveries in Egypt and Greece informed Regency-era details, such as carved scrollwork, sphinxes and palmettes, as well as the shape of furniture. A Roman marble cinerary chest, for example, would be reinterpreted into a wooden cabinet. The Napoleonic Wars also inspired furniture, with martial designs like tented beds and camp-style chairs becoming popular. While the reddish-brown mahogany was prominent in this range of pieces, imported woods like zebrawood and ebony were increasingly in demand.
Find a collection of antique Regency tables, seating, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Regency
English Regency Style Tolled Leather And Walnut Writing Desk Table
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a late 20th century English regency style writing desk or table. It is walnut and has three faux drawers giving the illusion of a partners desk. The leather is a sage green....
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Late 20th Century American Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
English Late Regency Double-Sided Mahogany Library Writing Table, circa 1830
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A fine and rare English, George IV / William IV, late regency period solid mahogany double-sided rectangular form library writing table attributed to female cabinetmaker Mary Willson...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Writing Table, English, Kneehole Desk, Home Office, Study, Regency, 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique writing table. An English, mahogany scribe’s desk, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820. A superbly proportioned example, ideally suited for modern use while r...
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1820s British Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Regency brass inlaid writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century regency brass inlaid writing desk circa 1925.
Beautifully made regency period writing table, profusely inlaid with brass stringing and decoration.
Rectangular flame ma...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Regency Gonçalo Alves Library Writing Table Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique Regency Period Gonçalo Alves library table, circa 1820 in date.
The desk is crafted from beautiful Gonçalo Alves and features a striking inset gold toole...
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Early 19th Century Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique English Regency Style Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique English regency mahogany writing table, 19th century. With a single board rectangular top with back and side gallery, two frieze drawers with wood knobs, turned and tapered l...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Period Writing Table or Desk of Mahogany with Leather Top
Located in Austin, TX
A fine period English writing table or desk of mahogany from the Regency Era, circa 1825, featuring an inset rectangular embossed leather top with a reeded edge around the circumfere...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Lexington
s Palmer Home Collection Mahogany Tooled Leather Drafting Desk W/ Tray
Located in Germantown, MD
A very rare, limited edition Lexington Furniture's Palmer Home Collection Mahogany and Tooled Leather Slant Top Drafting Desk, drafting table with brass ...
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Late 20th Century American Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Duke of Wellington Desk
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
The Duke of Wellington desk with tooled leather-lined top above three frieze drawers, the pedestals each with four graduated drawers both to each side....
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21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$29,853
Regency Style Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Height to underside 24.75. Rectangular top with new inset tooled olive green leather and banded edge. Three frieze drawers and three false drawers on the opposite side, with brass kn...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Baker Writing Desk
Located in North York, ON
This vintage Baker writing desk, America circa 1960’s, has been meticulously restored in a rich dark walnut finish that highlights its refined craft...
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1960s American Vintage Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Handsome English Vintage Fruitwood Writing Desk with Leather Blotter
Located in Hopewell, NJ
English style beautiful fruitwood writing desk having black leather blotter on top. Distressed marks intentional to add character to the piece. Tapered reeded legs terminating in b...
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1980s British Vintage Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Fruitwood
English Writing Table or Desk of Mahogany with Inset Leather Top
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English writing table or console desk of mahogany from England, from the late 19th century, featuring a rectangular inset embossed leather top over a frieze of two drawers - e...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
English Regency Mahogany Writing Desk with Pierced Sides and Casters
Located in Atlanta, GA
This early 19th-century English Regency writing desk exemplifies the refined elegance of the period through its restrained silhouette, balanced proportions, and decorative details. T...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with inset red leather over two drawers with wood knobs. and raised on turned tapered reeded legs.
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1830s English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Italian Regency Style Embossed Leather Top Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 29 1/4 in W: 45 in D: 31 1/2 in
This stunning Custom Italian Regency Style desk offers an exceptional blend of timeless elegance and contemporary sophistication, id...
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Late 20th Century Italian Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th Century Mahogany Regency Writing Table
Located in Solebury, PA
An exquisite writing table featuring a figured mahogany top adorned with charming clover-leaf corners. The table’s delicate proportions and pleasing aesthetics are further enhanced b...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Late Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a tooled olive green leather writing surface with wood border and molded edge over two drawers on front and back. Brass ring handles. Supported on turned tapered legs with casters.
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1820s English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
20th Century Regency Style Black Lacquered Desk
Located in Houston, TX
20th Century Regency style black lacquered desk featuring brass ormolu and hardware with gilt embossed white leather top.
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20th Century Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Regency Style Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine inlaid Regency style writing table with two frieze drawers, turned and fluted legs that have acanthus cast brass capitals and feet, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$6,957 / item
Late Regency Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late Regency Rosewood Writing Table with Mahogany Lined Drawer, Octagonal End Supports, and Blind Castors to the Bun Feet 56"w x 28"d x ...
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1820s English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Baker Furniture English Regency Banded Mahogany Writing Desk or Console Table
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional English Regency or Georgian style drop leaf writing desk, console table, or sofa table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1940s
Mah...
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1940s American Vintage Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Regency Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with new inset brown leather and cross banded edge over a frieze containing one long drawer , raised on circular tapered reeded legs ending on brass casters. P...
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1810s English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Elegant Black Stained French Style Bureau Plat or Desk by Kittinger
By Kittinger
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Black Stained French Style Bureau Plat or Desk by Kittinger, American, circa 1960s. It has recently been refinished in a black stain that still allows you to see the beautifu...
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1960s American Vintage Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Curvaceous Italian Burl Wood Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Curvaceous Italian Burl Wood Desk, Italy, circa 1950s. Elegant curvaceous design with amazing burl wood.
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1950s Italian Vintage Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
English Regency Brass Mounted Exotic Woods Writing Table, Gillows, circa 1820
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An exceptional circa 1820 English regency period rectangular-form writing or occasional table attributed to Gillows having brass bound cusped-corner top with ebony line inlay and satinwood feather-banding surrounding center field of bookmatched amboyna, the double elliptical high arched stretchers joining gilt-brass-mounted end supports having turned calamander spindles and braces issuing turned finials between ebony downswept legs ending in acanthus-leaf-cast brass casters.
Several 'spindle end' writing tables were featured in the 'Gillows Estimate Sketch Book' of 1818, and a table of similar end supports stamped GILLOWS LANCASTER is illustrated in Susan Stuart's 'Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840', Vol. I., Woodbridge: Antique Collectors’ Club, 2008. pl. 329, p. 301, stating "a table frame with spindle ends was supplied in the 1820s by Gillows of London to display marble brought back from the Grand Tour by the Tempests of Broughton Hall...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Fine Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular inset green leather with tooled border and banded edge. The frieze with three drawers on each side with lions head brass pulls. Turned reeded tapered legs ending on ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Regency Style Walnut Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A refined homage to the elegance of early 19th-century English furniture design. Crafted in classic style with an exquisite use of figured walnut, it features a warm finish that brin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$12,867 / item
19th C Regency English Mahogany Adjustable Reading Writing Table
Located in Savannah, GA
This handsome piece consists of two sections on a lifting ratchet, a fine mahogany Regency period reading/writing table featuring an adjustable top over a substantial base support. R...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$3,013 Sale Price
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Regency Style Mahogany Writing Desk with Leather Top, UK Craftsmanship
Located in Woodbury, CT
This Regency style writing desk with a tooled saddle leather top and beaded edge has three functioning drawers on one side and three false ...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Regency Leather Top Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Crafted from exquisite acacia and oak, this grand writing table is inspired by an antique original circa 1800, showcasing the artistry of traditional craftsmanship. The richly graine...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
$9,841 / item
English Regency Lyre Support Table Desk
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency style (1840) rosewood single drawer table desk with lyre shaped side legs and scroll form center stretcher and a single drawer
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19th Century British Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Regency Mahogany Library Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Regency mahogany library table features twin hinged, solid mahogany leaves that can either extend the top as writing surfaces or be used as book supports for reading. Underneath the...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Regency Leather Top Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century English writing desk handcrafted in mixed exotic hardwoods, featuring a tooled leather top on a case with five drawers inlaid with graceful floral designs and b...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century English Regency Writing Table / Library Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine Regency writing table or sofa table, the rectangular top with finely rounded edges and molded edge detailing
above two frieze drawer with opposing simulated drawers, each fit...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century rosewood library table
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 19th Century rosewood library / writing table, the top cross banded in rosewood and having a black leather writing surface decorated with gold and blind tooling, having two fri...
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1830s British Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Regency Mahogany
Brass Partners Writing Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Exceptional Quality Regency Period Mahogany And Brass, Square, Partners Writing Table, Having Attractive Gilt Tooled Leather Top With Crossbanded Edge, Over Four Drawers And Four ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century, English Regency Library Table Desk with Leather Top
Located in Queens, NY
Early 19th century, English Regency brass inlaid mahogany library writing table or desk with a green leather inset top over frieze drawers on x legs joined by a turned stretcher.
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19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage French Regency Cherry Wood "Kidney Bean" Desk Console Table w/ Drawer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Regency Style Cherry Wood "Kidney Bean" Desk Console Table with Single Drawer and Brass Gallery. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 29.5" H x 45" W x 26" D x 25.5" ...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Regency Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with rounded ends. Black inset leather with banded edge and brass edge. Conforming frieze with two drawers and opposing false drawers. Cast bronze star form kn...
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1810s English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique Monumental French Regency Inlaid Brass Mounted Barrel Roll Top Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Monumental French Regency Inlaid Brass Mounted Barrel Roll Top Cylinder Barrel Desk
This luxurious antique desk imported from Europe would be a br...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
STUNNING REGENCY STYLE NEOCLASSICAL BRASS
WALNUT WRiTING TABLE DESK CIRCA 1920
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, Regency Neoclassical style Walnut & Satinwood writing table with X framed solid br...
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1920s Vintage Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Early 19th century Regency davenport writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Fine quality Regency davenport, circa 1820.
Spindle gallery to the top leading to the original leather writing surface. Top opens to reveal a richly colored interior with 2 drawers....
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Palisander
Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with inset tooled red leather top and cross banded edge over three drawers front and back. Raised on circular tapered legs. Casters. Sold Bonhams , London, February 1...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with new tooled brown leather and banded and carved edge. Frieze with two drawers on each side with ring handles. False drawers on sides with handles. Elegantl...
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1820s English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Regency Writing Table or Side Table of Mahogany on Pedestal Base from England
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English diminutive writing table or desk of patinated mahogany in the Regency style, featuring a rectangular top over a frieze of one drawer with two knobs, and mounted to a t...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Regency Mahogany Partners Writing Table In The Manner Of George Smith
By George Smith
Located in Benington, Herts
An Important Regency period mahogany, ebonised and parcel gilt partners writing table on monopodia legs of exceptional quality and design, in the manner of George Smith, stamped Chas...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
English Mahogany Writing Table, Early 19th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exquisite writing desk is crafted of rich mahogany and features the straightforward design prevalent in England during the early 19th century. A luxurious leather-covered top pr...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Chinoiserie Butterfly
Bird Custom Painted Tall Secretary Desk
Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinoiserie Butterfly & Bird Custom Painted 2 Piece Tall Secretary Desk & Chair. Item features blue and off-white painted finish with i...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cane, Wood
19th Century Mahogany Regency Writing / Library Table
Located in Solebury, PA
An exceptional mahogany Regency writing or library table, featuring a rectangular green leather inset top tooled with an elegant border of gilt-scrolled acanthus flower heads and a s...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, 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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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
E.G Hudson Fully Restored Twin Pedestal Desk with Green Leather Top
By E.G. Hudson
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning reverse breakfront twin pedestal partner desk handmade in England by the Skilled Craftsman E.G Hudson.
A very well-made and very solid desk...
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20th Century British Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
Fine Regency Mahogany Davenport Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine regency mahogany davenport desk with brass mounts and leather inset top. Circa 1815.
Dimensions: Height 36 x width 14 1/2 x depth 18 5/8 inc...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Regency Rosewood Library Table Attributed To Gillows
Located in Sherborne, GB
English rosewood library table, attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and London. With elaborate holly wood inlay/marquetry cross banding using Thomas Wilkinson’s tracings who was a dra...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Rosewood Regency Kneehole Bureau Cabinet Attributed to Seddon and Morel
By Morel
Seddon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An impressive and monumental rosewood Regency kneehole bureau cabinet with ormolu mounts of exceptional quality, attributed to Seddon and Morel, the central roll-top opening to revea...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Calligrapher
s Extending Table, English, Cantilever, Chairside, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique calligrapher's extending table. An English, mahogany cantilever chairside or wine table, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820.
Fascinating metamorphic table w...
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1820s British Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Free Standing Mahogany English Regency Tambour Roll Top Writing Desk
Located in Kastrup, DK
An elegant 19th century freestanding mahogany roll top writing desk.
Tambour top rolls back to reveal a fitted interior with drawers, pigeon holes and a slant lid leather writing su...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular brown tooled leather top and banded border over three drawers with square bail handles and opposing working drawers so can work as a partners desk. Raised on circu...
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1810s English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
English Late Regency Oak Writing Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Late Regency (mid-19th Century) parcel ebonized & oak writing table with black leather inset top above X-trestle legs joined by a stretcher on casters.
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19th Century British Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Leather
Late 19th Bureau Antique Cartonnier Sliding Top for Hidden Storage
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian smaller-sized writing desk with storage hidden beneath top from the 19th century. This super cute desk, or occasional table from I...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Regency desks and writing tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Regency desks and writing tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage desks and writing tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, case pieces and storage cabinets, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, mahogany and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency desks and writing tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original desks and writing tables, popular names associated with this style include Baker Furniture Company, Gillows of Lancaster
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