ANTIQUE DESKS AND WRITING UNITS

England, Late XIX Century

Victorian writing desk modeled on Carlton House. Centerpiece with curved back, supported by four tall truncated pyramid legs with two drawers in the band and a pull-out top covered in Moroccan leather. On the top rests a curved chest of drawers with opening doors, drawers and cut-outs for "note" compartments. Satinwood veneer with exotic wood borders and finely engraved burin inlays in various woods.

England Late 19th Century

Devenport walnut writing desk, double-folding inclined top concealing open compartments, side drawers, turned columns, onion-shaped feet. England, late 19th century.

England, Early XX Century

Early 1900s roller desk finished in open, made of oak with a sliding shutter lid that gives access to the writing surface, internal cabinet with drawers and open compartment. Front with nine drawers, one of which is central. England, 20th Century.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Empire writing desk in walnut, secret side drawers with release under the top, one of which is damaged. Lyre legs resting on a shaped base. Italy, second quarter of the 19th century.

Italy, XX Century

Neoclassical desk in walnut-stained poplar, front with five drawers, one central and two superimposed on the two sides. Pyramidal truncated legs, green leather top. Italy, 20th century.

England, XIX Century

Mahogany hinged writing desk. Pair of drawers in the band below the top, legs with scroll carvings resting on sabre feet, bronze feet with missing castors. England, 19th century.

Italy, Late XX Century

Walnut desk, Louis XIV style carved uprights, top with tripartite green Moroccan pattern, three drawers in the band.

England, Mid XIX Century

Mahogany writing desk, top with drop-leaf section that can be transformed into a lectern, drawer in the band under the top, right door concealing three internal drawers, truncated pyramid legs culminating with cups and casters. England, mid-19th century.

France, Early XIX Century

Mahogany drop-leaf desk, front with two paneled doors with drawers and open compartments inside, central drawer with curved shape. Drop-leaf concealing open compartment, missing top fabric. Three-drawer top with secret opening (drop-leaf open). Oak interior. France, early 19th century.

Late XIX Century

English writing desk from the end of the 19th century, made of mahogany with two pedestal uprights, with two drawers in the band below the top ending with lateral shelves, the top is covered in Moroccan leather with a gilded Greek fret border. Interior in oak.

England, Late XVIII Century

Chippendale writing desk in walnut and fir veneered in walnut and walnut crotch, oak interiors. Front with three drawers, wavy apron and legs. England, late 18th century.

Italy

Walnut writing desk, drawer in the under-top band, turned legs. Reconstructed feet. Italy, late 19th century.

Neoclassical walnut desk

Desk supported by four truncated pyramid legs with connecting shelves under the band, on the front five drawers and a drawer under the top with a Moroccan top; top and legs in walnut and the rest in poplar veneered in walnut.

France, Late XVIII Century

Napoleon III writing desk in oak veneered in mahogany and mahogany feather. Front with five drawers, the right one with secret, side under-top drawers, green leather top, brass moldings and feet. Locks to be fixed, one missing. Glass protecting the top. France, late 18th century.

XX Century

Early 1900s desk finished in oak with sliding shutter lid that gives access to the extractable writing surface, missing internal cabinet. Front with nine drawers, one of which is central. England, 20th Century.

Neoclassical table

Neoclassical Emilian table, supported by four turned and fluted legs, band under the top containing a large drawer decorated with simple folders on the front, poplar interior.

England, Late XVIII Century

Directoire desk in mahogany, front with five drawers of which three in the band under the top, truncated pyramid legs, feet with casters. Top in morocco, metal handles, missing keys. England, late 18th century.

China, XX Century

Oriental style writing desk, exotic wood, five drawer front with bronze pulls. China, 20th century.

Genua, Late XIX Century

Louis Philippe walnut desk, eight-drawer front, including a drop-down drawer under the top, sliding top, carved uprights. Genoa, second quarter of the 19th century.

England, Third Quarter XIX Century

Open desk of English production, supported by carved uprights connected by a turned crosspiece and resting on a pair of feet with bronze shoes; in the undercounter band, on each of the two long sides, there are two small drawers; in exotic wood, the top has a morocco insert and metal railing. Locks marked ";J. Branah 134 Piccadilly"

Italy, Early XX Century

Antique writing desk, made of poplar and walnut, drawer in the under-counter band, curved crosspiece and legs. Italy, early 20th century.

Emilia Romagna, XIX Century

Louis Philippe desk of Emilian production, supported by turned legs, on the front it has a drawer surmounted by an under-counter band with a characteristic groove, in which there is another drawer. Veneered and inlaid in maple and cherry, poplar interior.