Desks, Writing Tables and Bureaux

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Antique Mahogany Bonheur Du Jour Writing Desk

£675.00 + VAT

This antique Sheraton style flame mahogany writing table is in excellent condition & dates to around the 1950’s period. It has a serpentine shaped front with two drawers & a high superstructure with cupboards & small drawers. The flame mahogany patterns are beautiful especially on the front of the top section. There’s some fine satinwood inlays on the cupboards & drawers. This desk sits on tapered legs with spade end feet. The leather writing surface has some lovely gold tooling.

Width – 36 inches, 92 cm
Depth – 20 inches, 51 cm
Height – 39 inches, 98 cm
Knee height – 25 inches, 63 cm
Antique Victorian Style Mahogany & Leather Captains Desk Chair

£525.00 + VAT

Antique Victorian style leather & mahogany swivel desk chair in good original condition from the 1950’s period. This chair has a scrolled over curved deep buttoned leather back, leather arms & seat, which are also deep buttoned. All the leather is the original colour, with no tears or holes & it’s hand tacked onto the frame. The feet have brass claw capped casters. There is a rise & fall mechanism, plus a tilt mechanism.

Width – 26 inches, 66 cm
Depth – 27 inches, 69 cm
Height – 33 inches, 84 cm
Seat height – 19 inches, 48 cm
Antique Flame Mahogany Cylinder Top Bureau

£2,750.00 + VAT

This antique mahogany cylinder top bureau is a spectacular piece of furniture & is in excellent condition. I believe it’s French & dates from around the 1840’s period. Please enlarge all the images to see all the many fine details & see how the flame mahogany patterns run all the way down the front, plus inside the bureau too. This bureau has been fully restored & French polished to a very high standard. Check out the writing compartment, which has two banks of three small drawers, a middle cupboard & a pull out sliding tooled leather writing surface. The outside drawers have brass escutcheons, locks, fine dovetails & a working key. This bureau is of very high quality & not only is it a great looker, but it’s also a very practicable piece of furniture.

Width – 43 inches, 109 cm
Depth – 25 inches, 64 cm
Height – 51 inches, 130 cm
Knee height – 31 inches, 80 cm
Antique Victorian Mahogany & Leather Pedestal Desk

£1,350.00 + VAT

Medium sized antique Victorian pedestal desk from the 1860-80’s period, in mahogany with a tooled leather writing surface. It’s in good condition, having just been fully restored & French polished. The drawers which are graduated in depth, have brass ring handles, fine dovetails & all have locks. This is a free standing desk with a polished back, rounded front corners & plinth bases with casters underneath. It comes apart into three sections for easy transportation. The most important feature is the kneehole space is wide & high enough to use comfortably.

Width – 54 inches, 138 cm
Depth – 29 inches, 73 cm
Height – 30 inches, 76 cm
Knee height – 24 inches, 61 cm
Antique Victorian Solid Elm Captains Chair

£295.00 + VAT

Antique Victorian elm captains armchair in good condition & stable. It’s stable because of the excellent construction & the turned ‘H’ stretchers between the legs. It’s also comfortable because of the curved back & shaped out seat. This chair has swept out arms with beautifully turned rails below & turned legs. I would date it to around the 1860-80’s period. These chairs also work well as desk chairs & can also take a loose seat cushion if needed.

Width – 27 inches, 69 cm
Depth – 22 inches, 56 cm
Height – 33 inches, 83 cm
Seat height – 18 inches, 46 cm
Antique William IV Mahogany Writing Table / Desk

£1,250.00 + VAT

This is a fine quality antique mahogany writing table in lovely condition & with a beautifully aged & coloured tooled leather writing surface. I would date it to the William IV 1830-40’s period, because of those distinct octagonal turned legs. This desk is deeper than the usual ones of this length, which gives one much more working space. It has rounded corners, finely dovetails drawers with brass handles & brass cupped casters on the legs. It is also free standing, because of the polished back.

Width – 43 inches, 108 cm
Depth – 29 inches, 74 cm
Height – 29 inches, 74 cm
Knee height – 23 inches, 59 cm
Antique Inlaid Marquetry Writing Bureau

£675.00 + VAT

This antique bureau is absolutely smothered with very detailed floral themed marquetry. It’s on the top, inside the writing surface, on the sides & all down the front. The marquetry work is wonderful & makes this bureau quite a statement piece. It’s also functional, with the writing section inside, plus three drawers. The main woods are kingwood & walnut. However, there are many other exotic woods involved within the marquetry. This bureau could be French, Italian or Dutch & it’s in very good condition. I would date it to around the 1950’s period.

Width – 38 inches, 97 cm
Depth – 19 inches, 49 cm
Height – 42 inches, 108 cm
Knee height – 30 inches, 76 cm
Antique Victorian Golden Oak Pedestal Desk

£1,500.00 + VAT

This antique Victorian pedestal desk is solid oak & is designed a bit different from the usual model. It has a lovely golden oak colour & is in excellent condition having just been polished. The leather writing surface is hand coloured with a tooled edge & has loads of character. There are three drawers on the top with fine dovetails, original locks & handles. The pedestals have panelled cupboards on the fronts & also on the sides. The back too is panelled & polished. This desk is a good size with a generous kneehole space & it lifts apart into three sections for easy transportation. Please enlarge all the images to appreciate the details & quality. I would date this desk to around the 1880’s period.

Width – 56 inches, 142 cm
Depth – 30 inches, 76 cm
Height – 30 inches, 76 cm
Knee height – 24 inches, 62 cm
Knee width – 24 inches, 62 cm
Antique French Inlaid King Wood Bonheur Du Jour

£1,450.00 + VAT

Very attactive French antique Kingwood Bonheur Du Jour in excellent condition & polished on the back too. The gilt bronze mounts are really nice with classical figures & faces on some of them. The use of the kingwood pattern is quite striking. There are painted porcelain plaques on the doors & there is a pull out writing surface in the middle. Please enlarge all the images to appreciate all the fine features. I would date this piece to around the 1930’s period. The top cabinet section just lifts off for easy transportation.

Width – 29 inches, 73 cm
Depth – 19 inches, 48 cm
Height – 52 inches, 132 cm
Knee height – 23.5 inches, 59 cm
Antique Georgian Style Mahogany Cupboard Bureau

£495.00 + VAT

Very practicable mahogany cupboard with a pull over writing surface & a useful superstructure above. It’s antique Georgian style, in excellent condition & dates to around the 1950’s period. The top section has two cupboards & a single shelf. The writing surface has two manual loafers to support it & there are two drawers below. There’s a storage cupboard below that with a single shelf. Most of the finish is flame mahogany & it sits on bracket feet.

Width – 31 inches, 79 cm
Depth – 16 inches, 40 cm
Height – 39 inches, 100 cm
Knee height – 28 inches, 72 cm
Large Antique French Gilt Bronze Mounted Kingwood Desk

£7,500.00 + VAT

Large antique French desk with an original tooled leather writing surface & fabulous gilt bronze mounts. I would date it to around the 1860-80’s period & it’s in good original condition. It’s excellent quality with oak lined drawers & fine dovetails. The leather surface has loads of character with fine gold tooling in the middle & around the edge. This is surrounded with a gilt bronze rim & decorative corner mouldings. There are some amazing gilt bronze classical faces & other features all around this writing table right down to the feet & on all four sides. The wood is predominately kingwood with what looks like amboyna panels on the drawer fronts, which are also inlaid & cross banded. The drawers also have gilt bronze handles & escutcheons, plus locks & keys. Please enlarge all the images to see all the fine features & also to see the condition of the polish. Also – This desk is large, although it’s hard to get an idea of the scale on images. It does have natural ageing to the polished surface, which goes with the natural ageing of the gilt bronze mounts. I like it as is, because it has character. It’s also meant to be viewed from both sides & wouldn’t look out of place in a palace.

Width – 66 inches, 168 cm
Depth – 34 inches, 87 cm
Height – 30 inches, 76 cm
Knee height – 23 inches, 59 cm
Antique Military Campaign Mahogany Secretaire Chest of Drawers

£975.00 + VAT

Right now there are a matching pair of bedside chests on the site to go with this piece & they would all go well together in the same room. This mahogany secretaire chest of drawers is antique military style & dates from around the 1950’s period. The condition is great & it’s just been polished. There’s a tooled leather insert on the top which has lovely character & a matching colour leather writing surface inside the secretaire compartment, which also has three small drawers & compartments. This chest has brass corner fittings, brass carrying handles & brass miltary style handles on the drawers. All the brass work is naturally aged & the drawer fronts are cross banded on the edges.

Width – 31 inches, 79 cm
Depth – 16 inches, 40 cm
Height – 39 inches, 100 cm
Knee height – 28 inches, 72 cm