Desks & Writing Tables

United Kingdom. Circa 1800.

English, George III Mahogany dressing table on club legs with lappet carved knee and terminating in pad feet. The interior of this table is fully outfitted with an adjustable mirror and a multitude of small compartments -- some hidden, some not -- as well as an adjustable tilting, writing board with tooled leather surface.

United Kingdom. Circa 1815.

This antique mahogany dressing table has acquired a rich patina over the years as the mahogany has warmed to a rich honey brown. The top edge is inlaid with satinwood and ebony stringing elements of woods that are repeated throughout the case and drawer fronts.

Well proportioned and tightly constructed, this table was designed to stand the test of time. Its clean lines and straight-forward appearance make it just as desirable today as when it was created at the end of George III's reign.

United Kingdom. Circa 1815.

Regency rosewood library table with turned finials.  Barley twist supports with platform and brass castors, connected by barley twist and turned stretchers.  

United States. Circa 1810.

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This walnut slant front desk of generous proportions is most likely American. It has an attractive interior with block front and serpentine drawers beneath pigeon holes, flanking two columnar slides and a central cupboard space beneath two small drawers. Four graduated drawers with classic Chippendale style pulls with shaped backplates lead the eye down to curved ogee bracket feet.

England. Circa 1830.

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An excellent example of its form, this English mahogany kneehole desk is proportioned nicely for use in a bedroom or small study. Designed as a work space and to hold pens and ink as well as various personal effects and documents (in the large central cupboard).

Hungary. Circa 1840.

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The bold lines of this desk augment its outsized proportions with drawers flanking the center drop down writing tablet. Deeper than the two below, the top drawer is supported by finely turned columns that terminate in square plinths. Brass ring pulls with rosette back plates are a striking complement to the architectural lines displayed throughout.

United Kingdom. Circa 1820.

Proportioned in a smaller scale than most, this slant front bureau / desk in walnut has parallel strings of satinwood surrounding the herringbone crossbanding that is used throughout the top, slope and drawer fronts. The interior is exquisitely appointed with pigeon holes, and small drawers flanking a small central cupboard--all above a document compartment accessed via a sliding panel.

France. Circa 1890.

French walnut writing table.  Within the frieze are two drawers with moulded decoration and slivered handles.  The turned tapering reeded legs are all joined by a carved stretcher with a central turned finial.

United Kingdom. Circa 1750.

Georgian burl walnut bureau on stand with fall front and fitted interior with serpentine drawers and prospect door with working lock & key.  Incorporated below is a single, shallow drawer.  Stand features three additional drawers and Queen Anne legs with carved shell knees.

England. Circa 1840.

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Antique, Chippendale style mahogany drop front bureau with deep relief work and appliques. Finely figured mahogany on the case and doors of this piece sets it apart from the crowd. The desk interior is veneered in a particularly rich satinwood and the writing surface is an attractive, aged green, tooled leather.

England. 1840.

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This desk features a gallery surround that walls off the ink and pen wells at the back area above the sloped and leathered writing surface. Inside, two generously sized drawers offer additional storage for writing implements and erasers.

The working area is supported by turned legs which lead to an arched base on brass casters--a lighter alternative to the heavy bank of drawers commonly found supporting a desk of this sort.

Hungary. Circa 1870.

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Wearing a layer of Austrian walnut root veneer, this secrétaire has a unique grain that one does not often see; it swirls and undulates across the surface, drawing the eye along the plane.  A geometric inlay frames the door and each drawer.  Inside is equally as impressive with its arrangement drawers and cupboards, and its use of contrasting veneer and inlays.  Seldom have we seen such impressive use of burled grain.