Late 18th Century Desks

This English slant-front secretary, dating from around 1760–1780, is a fine example of Georgian craftsmanship. The case is constructed with quarter-sawn European summer oak, giving t...

A handsome and beautifully patinated 18th century French Provincial walnut library table or desk crafted in the Louis XIII Baroque taste. The piece features a long rectangular plank ...

With a rectangular tooled brown leather top with cross-banded edge over a frieze containing three drawers with brass bail handles. The reverse with same working drawers. In three par...

Dutch Rococo (Late 18th Century) drop front desk / secretary with elaborate foliate marquetry inlay, with the slant front folds down to create a desk surface with a green leather inS...

This is a Classic George III mahogany slant top desk. The slant front drops to reveal a series of small drawers and document compartments over ...

A fine example of a Chippendale mahogany oxbow slant front desk attributed to Salem cabinetmaker Nehemiah Adams (1769-1840). The desk features a compartmentalized interior with six f...

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, ...

Beautiful carved French roll top desk with carved ribbons and flowers

Desk – or secretary – with cylinder, in mahogany. The body opens with two small handles decorated with gadroons to a convex quarter-cylinder flap revealing a paper holder with in the...

French marquetry ladies slant top three-drawer writing desk with floral motif inlay, flanking step back interior drawers, leather writing surface, carved scalloped skirt, original or...

A dramatic Charles X fall front secretary in astounding burled mahogany veneer. The original fossilized marble top is supported by an elliptical molding. The main body contains one u...

Great period Virginia inlaid walnut slant front desk with a family history of being made in Rockingham County. Nice proportions, incredible color and beautifully executed interior.

This charming late 18th-century George III period Mahogany bureau showcases exquisite craftsmanship and timeless appeal. The fall front opens to reveal a well-organized interior, fea...

A dramatic Charles X fall front secretary in astounding burled mahogany veneer. The original fossilized marble top is supported by an elliptical molding. The main body contains one u...

A fine example of a Federal mahogany two part secretary desk, with a dentil molded cornice surmounting an upper bookcase with two 16 pane glazed glass doors with satinwood line inlay, opening to three interior shelves, over a lower case with a cylinder tambour, opening to a compartmentalized interior with central open valanced cubbies flanked by eight fitted drawers over a felted writing surface and three long drawers with flame mahogany bookmatched veneers, line inlay, and punched oval brasses, and dovetailed construction, all supported by four splayed feet. This splendid secretary desk most likely is of MA origin and dates to circa 1790-1810 and is in very good condition, with some surface & shelf restorations, minor escutcheon and surface losses, as well as light wear commensurate with age and use. Includes a 2001 bill of...

We present this Italian walnut desk dating back to the late 18th century, during the Louis XVI period. Featuring simple lines and a lack of excessive ornamentation, the legs are lin...

Elegant writing desk entirely veneered in walnut, embellished with walnut burl and inlays made with fruitwood. The writing desk features period-typical truncated pyramid legs and a s...

A Rare And Very Good Quality 18th Century Georgian Mahogany Pedestal Partners Desk, Having Attractive Gilt Tooled Old Leather Inset To Crossbanded Top, Over Three Drawers With Old Re...

This Baroque secretary desk works well in many interior. ornate 18th-century polychrome hand painted fall top desk. Has multiple secrets compartments within.

Baroque secretary from the 18th century, in very good condition.

Very handsome, 18th century bachelors chest with pull out writing surface. Made with dense hard mahogany and oak. It may be small but it is heavy and substantial. We'll make peace wi...

Netherlands, 1790 Marquetry bureau constructed in burl wood, mahogany and oak, with bombé form, shaped fall-front with a writing surface and interior compartments, three long drawers...

English mahogany two-drawer leather top writing desk with carved molded edge, original brasses and terminating on chamfered tapered legs, Late 18th century. Desk is finished on all ...

An 18th century French Louis XVI Bureau in Walnut with drop front, inner writing surface and cubby holes.

English Chippendale mahogany slant front architects secretary / bookcase with a carved dentil molded edge cornice, upper flanking glass doors with...

Late 18th century georgian walnut bureau circa 1790. Fine quality George III period walnut bureau, fitted with a fall and 2 over 3 drawers. Fall drops down onto pull out slides to ...

An unusual trapezoid-shaped Swedish Gustavian slant front desk. Front opens to reveal an ample work surface with six cascading drawers sitti...

This is a slant front secretary or bureau made in England circa 1780. It is made of Kashmir walnut (the finest cut of burr walnut) and walnut. The top, ...

This is a secretary / bureau/ desk made in England, circa 1780. The top and the fall have a rosewood banding with a string inlay of satinwood and Satin Mahogany in the interior of th...

A small French Directoire mahogany cylinder desk, with brass detailing throughout. The roll top hiding a witing slope with a tooled leather top and two drawers. Above, a marble galle...

An 18th century Dutch satinwood abbatant or drop front desk, with gilded beading and inlaid brass stringing. The case also has various exotic woods inlaid into the satinwood. There i...

Charming and rare 18th C. Italian painted small ladies desk having deep yellow, maroon and and gold/ochre scrolling foliate in chinoiserie motifs wit...

English Chippendale mahogany desk / bookcase on stand with flanking book matched doors, gadrooned molded edge, fitted interior pigeon holes o...

Charleston Chippendale mahogany slant top writing desk with four graduated drawers, fitted interior, original brasses, and resting on the origin...

An original black painted portable desk from the end of the 18th century. With owner initials, the desk has a French hand-written address on the inside. ...

A George III mahogany freestanding library desk in the Chippendale style. Designed to be used in the centre of a room and with storage to front and back similar to a partners’ desk,...

Bureau à cylindre en acajou et placage d'acajou moucheté toutes faces, filets d'ébène et ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré et de laiton, le dessus de marbre blanc associé en par...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and exceptionally rare 1794 George III Gillows Lancaster twin pedestal double sided postmasters desk i...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare circa 1790 George III Library writing desk secrataire by Gillows of Lancaster and London A rare find, looking through Gillows of ...

Very rare 18th century Italian neoclassical desk attributed to the workshop of Giuseppe Maggiolini. The piece is composed of extensive inlay ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning very rare original George III circa 1780 walnut twin pedestal double sided partner desk with period handles and green leather surface...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning very rare original George III circa 1780 walnut twin pedestal double sided partner desk with Lion head handles and brown leather surf...

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...

George III mahogany slant top desk, 18th century. With a painted tiger striped mahogany slant top, a cock beaded drawer flanked by glides to support slant top when opened, desk inter...

Antique French Louis XV transitional ormolu-mounted tulipwood & marquetry Bonheur Du Jour, Roger Vandercruse (dit Lacroix) , circa 1770. The desk is finely inlaid on all sides, ther...

A good example of a Chippendale slant front desk with bookmatched figured mahogany veneers, a slant front which opens to a compartmentalized interior with fitted drawers and cubbies,...

Federal Mahogany and Birch inlaid secretary/desk with contrasting veneers and bone pulls.

English mahogany campaign hinged slant front bureau / bedstead with removable faux drawer front panel with the original brasses and escutcheons, fitted interior with a folding bedste...

The exceptional cabinet work plus the extraordinary marquetry Art work that is exhibited throughout this piece is very rare to Find. The cylinder door rolls back to reveal an interior gallery with Stepped drawers, a double interior door...

A good quality George III period mahogany kneehole desk with moulded edge top above a long drawer and arrangement of three graduated small drawe...

With rectangular cornice over a pair of gothic mullioned doors enclosing a fitted interior, the base with drawer enclosing a fitted desk interior all over three drawers ending on spl...

Nice old piece very nicely polished and tuned up in good working order. Rectangular top with tambour roll top opening to expose a pull out writing surface with adjustable ratcheted c...

George III Crossbanded Walnut Kneehole Desk, England, 18th Century An elegant George III kneehole desk crafted in richly figured walnut with contrasting crossbanded decoration throu...

18th century Spanish walnut marquetry bureau. This is an exquisite antique Spanish bureau, circa 1780 in date this elegant bureau will soon become th...

Of classic form and generous proportions, this Georgian mahogany pedestal desk is raised on bracket feet and constructed as a single piece, offering both solidity and presence Circa ...

18th century mahogany kneehole desk, the rectangular moulded edge top having a brown leather writing surface decorated with blind and gold tooling, a selection of eight graduated oak...

18th century Swedish neoclassical painted secretary desk will make the perfect addition to your home whether your decor is modern, traditional,...

pretty scriban bookcase with two bodies in solid and inlaid fillets, opening with three drawers in the lower part and two mesh doors in the upper part from the Louis XVI period, 18th...

A Swedish Gustavian writing desk in original paint. Tapered legs and a reeded drawer. Interior of 3 reeded drawers.

Exquisite secretaire de dame, France 18th century, beautiful kingwood veneer on front, sides, top, back and the inside. The writing surface is covered with leather. With original bro...