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Auction House:
Philips Auctions Australia
Number of lots recorded:65
Lots with images:65
Prices available:65
Category:
Desks - zOther
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A fine Victorian mahogany table desk, circa 1860s, with maker's mark for J Ridge, Croydon England, with a leather tooled top and lobed ends, a panelled and moulded apron with two frieze drawers above well carved and shaped and fluted baluster legs… ***
*** An antique French oak pedestal desk, latter half 19th century, the rectangular top with pull-out slides to each side, all lined with gilt-tooled green leather, the frieze with three drawers above a pair of pedestals, each with three further drawers, on a… ***
*** A mahogany pedestal desk, early 20th century, with a tooled leather writing surface, frieze drawer and pedestals with four, drawers of graduated depth and brass swan neck swings handles raised on, plinth bases, height 79 cm, width 183 cm, depth 121 cm ***
*** A cedar Victorian desk, circa 1880. Rectangular, green leather inlaid top with bull nose moulded edge over three horizontal full width drawers with secondary drawers to each side supported on turned baluster legs. Height 76 cm. Width 150 cm. Depth 90 cm ***
*** A good Georgian revival figured mahogany Carlton house-type desk, early 20th century, the squared U-shaped superstructure of small drawers mounted with a spindle gallery above the pull-out leather-lined writing surface and three frieze drawers, raised on… ***
*** A Louis XV style tulipwood desk, circa 1930s, with a serpentine top and a deep brown leather surface above a keyhole front with three drawers, raised on hipped curvaceous legs, with cast gilt bronze foliate handles, trims and sabots. Height 78 cm, width… ***
*** A fine Thuya and rosewood desk in the French manner, third quarter 19th century, possibly English, with a gallery of three short drawers above the fall-front, opening and extending with a mechanical action to a leather-lined writing surface and a… ***
*** A fine French walnut writing desk, 19th century, the inset leather top above five drawers one with internal locking compartment standing on fluted and tapering legs. Height 79 cm. Length 130 cm. Depth 70 cm ***
*** An Art Deco palisander twin pedestal desk, circa 1930. Rectangular top over four drawers to the right each with architecturally inspired chrome handles, a central horizontal drawer and open shelves to the left, opening to the side on a recessed plinth… ***
*** A fine Victorian walnut twin pedestal desk, 19th century, with a brown leather tooled writing surface with decoration in the neo-gothic manner with three frieze drawers with looped strapping and quatrefoil motifs in low relief, the side drawers with… ***
*** A French oak writing desk, circa 1900. Rectangular, leather inlaid top with carved edges over two drawers each with carved fronts supported on four barley sugar legs with a knopped stretcher. Height 77 cm. Width 130 cm. Depth 74 cm ***
*** A fine Victorian mahogany pedestal writing desk, 19th century, with a rouge brown leather topped writing plane above three frieze drawers and pedestals each with three drawers all with brass swing handles and cockbeading, raised on plinth base and bun… ***
*** A Louis XVI style mahogany desk, 20th century, the desk having a tan leather tooled top above a central drawer and pairs of side drawers, faux to the reverse, with extended canted corners and raised on tapering cylindrical legs, height 80 cm, width 138 cm… ***
*** A tooled leather top late Victorian walnut twin pedestal desk, the rectangular top with brown gilt tooled leather inlay on twin three drawer pedestals with swan neck brass handles on plinth base with concealed castors ***
*** A William IV rosewood lady's trestle end desk, circa 1830, the desk with rounded corners, a tooled pale olive leather writing surface enclosed by crossbanding, two relined shallow drawers with gadrooned knob handles, faux drawers to the reverse, and… ***
*** An elegant Louis XVI style walnut desk, circa 1900, with a tooled black brown leather writing surface surrounded by a vigorously, figured walnut book end veneer border, the skirt also in bold walnut veneers, with a narrow tile border, with a single drawer… ***
*** A Directoire style flame mahogany desk, late 19th century, an elegant desk with a brown leather key fret tooled top, having slightly extended corners embellished with veneer borders, a central drawer and two deeper side drawers, with tapering and veneer… ***
*** A Louis XV style ebonised desk, early 20th century, the desk with a renewed red leather tooled top above a curvaceous apron with two drawers with cast mascaron escutcheons, raised on hipped tapering curvaceous legs with extravagant foliate mounts and… ***
*** A French Empire style mahogany desk, circa 1930s, the desk with four short and one long locking drawer, turned legs, stretcher base, tooled leather top with pull extensions at each end and Empire style gilt metal mounts and fittings, height 76 cm, width… ***
*** An antique oak pedestal desk in the Gothic/Jacobean manner, 19th century, having a tooled and extendable green leather top above a central drawer flanked by pedestals each with two drawers with gothic strap brass pull handles above two tiers of open… ***
*** A Louis XVI style brass inlaid mahogany bonheur-du-jour, late 19th century, the wreath inlaid shaped back with a display shelf supported by brass columns above two drawers, the fold-out green velvet-lined writing surface above a frieze drawer, on reeded… ***
*** A Victorian Mahogany Twin Pedestal Desk, circa 1880, the embossed leather top over one central and two side drawers on two matching cockbeaded three drawer chamfered edge pedestals on angular bracket feet, height: 75 cm. Width: 125 cm. Depth: 70 cm ***
*** An elegant Louis XVI style mahogany desk, circa 1930, the desk with a tan tooled leather top and two similar slides, a central drawer and pairs of side drawers, ear form edges, fluted supports and tapering legs, height 78 cm, width 130 cm, depth 70 cm ***
*** A French Art Deco rosewood desk, circa 1935. Utilising the rich figuration of the rosewood, the pedestal desk having a plain top with rounded corners above a central drawer with a cupboard to one side, and four drawers of identical depth to the other, all… ***
*** A Louis XVI style mahogany desk, early 20th century, with a tan leather tooled top above a central drawer, flanked by pairs of shallow side drawers all beaded with simple brass trims, raised on fluted tapering legs with brass toupie feet. Height 75 cm.… ***
*** A Louis XV style marble topped writing desk, of tapering bombe shape, the variegated cream and brown marble top above a fall front opening to a green leather writing desk, an arrangement of three serpentine drawers and a proscenium arch style cabinet, all… ***
*** An Art Deco satin birch pedestal desk, circa 1930, Biedermeier inspired with three drawers, two slides and quarter veneer panelled pedestals with drawers to one and shelves to the other, raised on low square ebonised feet, height 77 cm, width 130 cm,… ***
*** A Victorian mahogany pedestal desk, retailed by James Shoolbred & Co., London (stamped and labelled), 1880s, the rectangular top with original gilt-tooled leather writing surface above three frieze drawers and a pair of pedestals, each with three drawers,… ***
*** A walnut veneer desk in the Louis XV manner. Later 20th century, having a shaped rectangular top with a tooled leather top above three shaped frieze drawers with stringing and upon cabriole legs, with decorative cast gilt bronze edging, mounts and sabots.… ***
*** A French Directoire-style mahogany desk, first half 20th century, the rectangular top lined with gilt-tooled cloth above a central frieze drawer and a pair of pedestals, each with three drawers, the opposing side with conforming false drawer fronts,… ***
*** An elegant Louis XV style marquetry and tulipwood desk, circa 1870s, the brass edged desk of serpentine profile, floral inlaid to the quarter veneer panelled top with contrasting ornamented and borders, the long frieze drawer similar, raised on slender… ***
*** A Regence style oak desk, circa 1930, in honey tones with vigorous medullary rays, having a central drawer and twin side drawers all with brass swing handles and raised on cabriole legs, height 77 cm, width 150 cm, depth 80 cm ***
*** A Louis Philippe style flame mahogany desk, late 19th century, the rectangular top with canted edges, six small drawers on top, with pull-out tooled leather writing surface and two side extenders, above central drawer flanked by two small drawers and a… ***
*** A French oak Louis XIII style desk, circa 1880s, with a mitred top edged in low relief with a continuous foliate band above a single drawer with an iron rope twist ring handle, supported on barley twist legs with turned rosette carved bases and with… ***
*** A French Art Deco maple desk, circa 1930s, the solid maple rectangular top with slightly canted corners, above central frieze long drawer flanked by deeper side drawers, raised on brass capped tapering splayed legs, with brass ring pull handles and key.… ***
*** A small marquetry and tulipwood lady's desk, early 20th century, the elegant desk with extended canted corners, profusely decorated to quarter veneer panels with flora, with similar decoration to the strung borders, spandrels and apron, a frieze drawer… ***
*** A Victorian cedar desk, mid 19th century, the desk with a green leather writing plane, a central drawer flanked by pairs of small drawers with turned timber pull handles, raised on turned tapering legs with porcelain casters. Height 77 cm. Width 136 cm.… ***
*** A French oak Louis XIII style desk, late 19th century, a plank top with carved edges above two frieze drawers with carved foliate and fantastic creatures serving as pull handles, upon barley twist legs with a conforming H-form stretcher. Height 74 cm.… ***
*** A mahogany Victorian style twin pedestal desk, 20th century, the blue gold embossed leather top above a single long drawer flanked by two pedestals fitted with four drawers and brass drop handles. Height 77 cm. Length 150 cm. Depth 93 cm ***
*** A Victorian mahogany twin pedestal desk, later 19th century, the desk with a brown tooled leather writing plane above a central drawer flanked by pillars with four graduated drawers, each with turned knob handles, raised on slightly extended plinth base… ***
*** An Henri II style stretcher-based walnut desk, 19th century, with a black tooled leather top within a mitred frame above a central drawer and pairs of side drawers, all richly relief carved with guilloche decoration, fluted and carved legs above carved… ***
*** A hardwood partner's desk, mid 20th century, the desk with a brown leather gilt tooled surface, the pedestals each with four drawers with brass swing handles and raised on plinth bases, cupboards to the reverse. Height 78 cm, width 152 cm, depth 90 cm ***
*** A Victorian cedar leather topped desk, 19th century with a bullnose edge top inset with a green tooled and gilded leather writing plane above a deep skirt and three frieze drawers with turned timber handles, supported on slender baluster and turned legs.… ***
*** A Victorian mahogany pedestal desk, 19th century, the desk with a tooled green leather writing surface, mitred edges and a stepped edge, three frieze drawers and pedestals each with three cockbeaded graduated drawers with turned handles above plinth bases… ***
*** A carved Chippendale style oak pedestal desk, circa 1920s, the English made desk with a felted top and relief carved edging above a frieze drawer and pedestals each with fleur de lys embellishments and cast brass swing handles and shaped plates, a gadroon… ***
*** A Victorian mahogany twin pedestal desk, circa 1880s, the rectangular top with a tooled tan leather writing plane, the frieze with three drawers above a pair of pedestals each with three further drawers with brass ring pulls on circular plates (one loss),… ***
*** A small George III mahogany desk, early 19th century, the desk in light honey tones, with a stepped rib edged top above a pair of cockbeaded frieze drawers with turned timber handles, faux drawers to the reverse, and raised on slender tapering ring turned… ***
*** A Victorian cedar desk, 19th century, the maroon leather topped table desk with two half width frieze drawers and raised on slender baluster and turned legs terminating in brass casters; as found. Height 81 cm. Width 152 cm. Depth 92 cm ***
*** A cherry wood Louis XV style fall front desk, mid 20th century, with a shaped fall front with decorative panels opening to an arrangement of small drawers and a central open compartment, a shallow drawer above a shaped apron and raised on sweeping… ***
*** A Victorian oak desk, last quarter 19th century, the rectangular top with a gallery of small drawers and shelves above the leather-lined writing surface, the central hinged slope enclosing a well fitted with pigeon holes, the frieze with real and false… ***
*** A Victorian mahogany twin pedestal desk, circa 1880s, the rectangular top with a tooled tan leather writing plane, the frieze with three drawers above a pair of pedestals each with three further drawers with brass ring pulls on circular plates (one loss),… ***
*** An English mahogany William IV desk, early 19th century, with a green leather tooled plane on a bull-nosed top above two frieze drawers with cockbeading and brass pull ring handles, upon ball and facetted baluster legs terminating in brass feet and… ***
*** A small Victorian cedar leather topped desk. second half 19th century, the desk with an olive green tooled leather top above two drawers each with a pair of turned timber handles, raised upon slender baluster and turned legs. Height 78 cm. Width 105 cm.… ***
*** A Georgian oak fall front desk with commemorative brass Trafalfgar and Admiral Nelson drawer handles and plates, early 19th century, having a fall front with lopers, a fitted interior with six small drawers, pigeon holes and a petite cupboard, with three… ***
*** A small Victorian leather topped desk. 19th century, having a tooled green leather top, a bullnose edge and two pine lined frieze drawers with simple timber handles, supported on turned and baluster legs. Height 76 cm. Width 103 cm. Depth 61 cm ***
*** A French oak desk in the Louis XIII manner, circa 1880, the tapestry covered top with an extended relief carved edge with a frieze drawer and sides relief carved with vines above barley twist and carved legs united by a turned and barley twist 'H' form… ***
*** An American mahogany twin pedestal desk, circa 1920, with a tooled green leather writing plane above two pedestals, one with a set of four drawers and the other with a drawer above a cupboard, all with various compartments and partitions, another cupboard… ***
*** A kauri pedestal library desk, early 20th century, the rectangular leatherette-lined top above three frieze drawers and a pair of pedestals, each with four drawers, the opposing side with a long frieze drawer above a pair of folio cabinets, on a plinth… ***
*** A small English mahogany desk, circa 1940, the keyhole desk with a bottle green tooled leather writing plane with a central drawer flanked by pairs of side drawers, all with drop brass handles, raised on extended cabriole legs with pad feet. Height 72 cm.… ***
*** An English mahogany Queen Anne style desk, with a low shaped back and a plain top above three deep drawers all with brass drop pulls on decorative plates, the central drawer with a shaped apron; upon plain cabriole legs with pad feet. Height 86 cm. Width… ***
*** A Victorian mahogany desk, 19th century, with a tooled leather writing plane above a central frieze drawer flanked by two pedestals each with four drawers of graduating depth having small turned timber handles, upon a plinth base with casters. Height 73… ***
*** A French oak country style desk. Mid 20th century, in the distinctive folk or Vendeen style with a shaped open compartment and a fall front above a lower pair of cupboards boldly carved with shaped circle designs and geometric patterns, flanked by pattern… ***
*** An antique Gothic styled oak two person library desk, 19th century, the library or student desk of sloping form with fleur-de-lys finials, the top with provision for writing implements, four small drawers with brass plates and swing handles and raised on… ***
*** An Edwardian twin pedestal mahogany desk, early 20th century, with an ox blood tooled leather top above a central drawer with a shaped apron flanked by two panelled cupboards with internal shelving and raised on a plinth base, with swing handle and… ***
*** A small twin pedestal mahogany desk, early to mid 20th century. The desk with a frieze drawer and two pedestals each with four drawers of equal depth and turned timber pull handles, raised on ball feet. Height 80 cm. Width 117 cm. Depth 53 cm ***