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Auction House:
Philips Auctions Australia
Number of lots recorded:69
Lots with images:69
Prices available:69
Category:
Desks - Small
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Napoleon III Boulle desk with a tortoise shell central medallion, an opulent serpentine shaped top, a continuous band of moulded ormolu to the sides, a recessed body, a deep apron of serpentine shape, an ormolu crested centre drawer, ormolu lions-head… ***
*** A fine Victorian marquetry and Vernis Martin rosewood bonheur de jour in the French manner by James Shoolbred, 19th century, with plaque of James Shoolbred Tottenham house London, the diamond pattern desk with three drawers above a Vernis Martin roll top… ***
*** A Louis XIV style boulle Mazarin desk, 19th century, of typical Baroque form with a recessed frieze drawer and a kneehole cupboard, flanked by a trio of shaped drawers, curvaceous side supports and eight, conforming legs united by stretcher bases,… ***
*** An Empire style mahogany desk, late 19th century, with maker's stamp for a. Britz, Paris, with a deep brown tooled leather top and matching extension slides, a central, drawer with a cast winged maiden escutcheon flanked by smaller drawers, faux, to the… ***
*** A Napoleon III gilt-bronze mounted and inlaid ebonised lady's writing desk, circa 1860 in the manner of Alphonse Giroux (Paris), the brass and mother-of-pearl inlaid writing desk with a bombe curved body, the top with a three quarter pierced bronze… ***
*** A fine British Art Nouveau oak desk, circa 1900, of hybrid Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts form, with asymmetric decorative elements, a central sun ray patterned cupboard flanked by cupboards with lead light mounted bullseye glass, with fretwork and splats,… ***
*** A finely inlaid kingwood transitional style Bonheur De jour, circa 1900, a pierced gilt bronze gallery to the shaped top above a pair of cupboards with internal shelving, a frieze drawer with a shaped apron flowing to elegant cabriole legs, inlaid with… ***
*** A William IV ladies mahogany desk, circa 1830, the rectangular hinged folding top opens to reveal a leather writing slope and adjustable mirror over a series of six small lockable drawers and all supported on a twin pedestal base, with faux drawers to… ***
*** A Napoleon III ebonised bonheur-de-jour, third quarter 19th century, with a brass gallery above two cupboards and twin drawers, the extended base with a long drawer and raised on fluted tapering legs united by stretchers, delicately inlaid and engraved… ***
*** A French mahogany pedestal desk, early 20th century, the rectangular top lined with brown leather above a central frieze drawer and a pair of pedestals, each with a slide above four drawers flanked by fluted quarter-columns, on a plinth base, the drawers… ***
*** A French Louis XVI-style brass-inlaid mahogany Bonheur-du-jour, late 19th/early 20th century, rectangular, the top with a high super-structure with a stepped marble tray top above drawers and a glazed cabinet, the fold-out leather-lined writing surface… ***
*** A Directoire style desk in mixed timbers, circa 1900, with keys, with a tooled black leather top above an inlaid frieze drawer with tassels, flanked by side drawers with burr veneer fronts, blonde stringing throughout, and embellished with gilt bronze… ***
*** Louis XVI style cherrywood desk with a shaped rectangular top, geometric parquetry inlay, three drawers with ormolu handles and escutcheons, a shaped skirt and shaped and carved cabriole legs ***
*** A Louis XVI style rosewood and marquetry bonheur du jour, later 19th century, with label of Ecole Blanc, Rue Paradis Marseilles, of elegant proportions, the writing desk with a central glazed velvet lined cupboard flanked by open compartments, the hinged… ***
*** An Art Deco palisander desk, circa 1935, the rectangular top with square edge over four drawers with brass circular handles and single drawer over kneehole and solid side. Height 76 cm. Width 109 cm Depth 64 cm. ***
*** A fine Louis XV style marquetry writing desk, early 20th century, Superbly inlaid to the top with floral arrangements in mixed timbers within, scrolling cartouches and multi-toned veneer panels, a conforming shaped skirt, with an oak lined drawer and… ***
*** A striking Biedermeier revival Art Deco Inspired birch desk, circa 1930s, the squared desk with a kidney shaped front, with a key fret tooled black leather writing plane above a central drawer and pedestal cupboards and single drawers with curved profiles… ***
*** A transitional style kingwood parquetry desk, circa 1900, with a finely inlaid lattice weave top enclosing a deep cross banded border, the three frieze drawers and sides of similar decoration, delicate bell flower inlay to the canted corners above gently… ***
*** A Louis XV style mahogany bureau plat, circa 1930, the top of serpentine profile having a tooled green leather writing surface with three drawers to the shaped apron, hipped cabriole legs and decorated with cast border trims, vegetal pull handles, lavish… ***
*** An Art Deco palisander desk, circa 1930s, of masculine appearance and utilising the bold figuration of the wood, with a black ostrich type skin to the surface above plank sides, a central drawer flanked by pairs of side drawers with simple flat black iron… ***
*** A Victorian mahogany kidney shaped desk, circa 1850, the unusual kidney shaped top with raised compartment centrally with fold down leather inlaid writing slope which opens to reveal a fitted interior of miniature drawers and below a pair of curved… ***
*** An Art Nouveau mahogany desk, circa 1900, the rectangular shaped top with bull nose edge and tooled tan leather inset, above central drawer with key and deeper drawers to each side with original gilt metal handles, on cabriole legs, height 76 cm, length… ***
*** A French Louis XV style inlaid rosewood Bonheur de jour, 19th century, with a pierced brass gallery above two glazed doors with gilt bronze trims, a serpentine shaped fall front below opening to a fitted compartment with small drawers, a writing plane and… ***
*** A mahogany Louis XVI style twin pedestal desk, 20th century, the top with a deep green tooled leather writing surface and an extended stepped edge above a central drawer and pedestals each with four drawers with recessed panels framed with bead decoration… ***
*** A walnut XVI style desk, late 19th century, the desk with a deep brown tooled leather top above a central drawer and pairs of side drawers, with faux drawers to the front, slides to the short ends, having applied floral decorations to the central drawers… ***
*** A Regency revival roll topped desk, circa 1900, the mahogany desk with domed roll opening to reveal multiple pigeon holes and drawers with leather embossed writing slope over central frieze drawer with timber stringing flanked by two four drawer pedestals… ***
*** A Louis XV style tulipwood desk, 20th century, having a tooled leather writing surface, three drawers, and raised on hipped cabriole legs, with gilt bronze mounts and sabots, height 77 cm, length 115 cm, width 63 cm ***
*** A Louis XV style piano top Bonheur-de-jour in mahogany and burr walnut, with three petite drawers above a piano lid section opening when activated to reveal a fitted interior and a walnut fold back writing plane, supported on elegant slender legs, and… ***
*** A small Louis XV style kingwood marquetry lady's desk, mid 19th century, with a serpentine top decorated with a floral bouquet to quarter veneer panels, with stringing and decorative spandrels, a frieze drawer and sides of conforming decoration, raised on… ***
*** A mahogany Louis Philippe desk, circa 1840 France, the gilt tooled leather top over a central drawer flanked by two sets of two drawers on fluted turned legs, height 77 cm, width 141 cm depth 72 cm ***
*** A French Louis XV-style Bonheur-du-jour in fine timbers, first half 20th century, of slightly bombe form with a fall front enclosing a finely crafted arrangement of three small drawers and a sliding compartment, superb parquetry and decorative veneering… ***
*** A mahogany campaign style desk, the rectangular table with brass capped rounded corners above three drawers with recessed brass pull handles and upon trestle bases with further metal trims. Height 77.5 cm. Width 71 cm. Length 135.5 cm ***
*** A Louis XVI style cherry wood desk, early 20th century, the top with three quarter circle extended corners, a brown tooled leather writing surface and matching slides to the short ends, a central drawer and pairs of side drawers, faux drawers to the… ***
*** A small oak three drawer lady's desk, early 20th century, of pleasing design, the shallow desk with a simple top, relief carved with foliate motifs to a frieze drawer flanked by a pair of bold sunflower style carved drawers, all with brass ring pull… ***
*** A French transitional style tulipwood parquetry lady's desk, 20th century, the kidney shaped marble topped desk with a central drawer, pairs of smaller side drawers and raised on curvaceous tapering legs, embellished throughout with perspective cube… ***
*** A fine antique French kingwood Bonheur-de-jour, 19th century, of transitional rococo style, the parquetry horseshoe shaped desk with a shaped timber gallery and conforming shelves to a central marble topped pedestal with two small drawers above a leather… ***
*** A small oak desk in the Louis XV manner, circa 1930, with an extended top with pronounced medullary rays above three drawers with, carved details, a shaped apron and raised on cabriole legs with whorl feet, height 75 cm, width 103 cm, depth 73 cm ***
*** A Regence style oak desk, circa 1930, the rectangular top with bullnose moulded edge over a cental drawer flanked by a pair of drawers with brass handles all on four cabriole legs, height 78 cm, width 139 cm depth 68 cm ***
*** A mid-Victorian mahogany writing table, 1850s/'60s, the Rectangular Top with Rounded Front Corners Above a Pair of Frieze Drawers, on Tapering Turned Legs with Brass Caps and Porcelain Castors. Height 70 cm. Width 91 cm. Depth 53 cm. ***
*** A small Louis XVI style kingwood desk, early 20th century, with a diamond parquetry top, crossbanding and ebony stringing, a single, frieze drawer with cast gilt bronze ring handles and centred with a gilt, bronze decorative border, raised on square… ***
*** A Victorian mahogany Dickens desk, circa 1850, a galleried back flanked by two cupboards with fitted compartments, a tooled, leather sloping top with internal bird's eye maple drawers and pigeon holes, a three drawer frieze and twin three drawer pedestals… ***
*** A Victorian cedar ladies desk, circa 1890, the rectangular top with leather set writing plane and set below a central drawer flanked by a pair of twin drawers to each side raised on turned legs. Height 77.5 cm. Width 150 cm. Depth 72 cm ***
*** A mahogany campaign style desk, early 20th century, English made, the desk with a brown tooled leather top above three drawers with faux cockbeading and having swing handles over square backplates with recessed cups, and raised upon square form straight… ***
*** A petite parquetry and tulipwood Louis XV style writing table, early 20th century, with a shaped top with a reserved diamond lattice design dotted with flowers, a similarly decorated undertier, having a red leather slide, small drawer and raised on… ***
*** A Stretcher-Based oak desk in the Louis XIII style, late 19th century, with a rear compartment centred with a vegetal and fruit crest carved in high relief above a central drawer and open compartment flanked by pairs of drawers, the writing desk with a… ***
*** A fine Georgian mahogany breakfront writing table, circa 1825 With the original raised gallery to back and sides, two drawers recessed to the frieze, each with original turned knobs and moulded edges, raised on four reeded tapering legs with turning knops… ***
*** A Victorian walnut writing table, circa 1880, the tooled leather top above a single drawer supported on turned legs terminating on gilt metal talon and glass ball feet. Height 72 cm. Width 88 cm. Depth 53 cm ***
*** A mid-Victorian mahogany kneehole desk, 19th century the small inverted breakfront desk with a crossbanded and strung top over a central drawer flanked by faux-drawer cupboard doors with side locks opening to four internal drawers with brass pendant pulls… ***
*** A Victorian heavily carved Renaissance revival mahogany desk, 19th century, the desk with three pine lined frieze drawers and pedestals with two drawers lavishly carved with vegetal motifs, leaf entwined barley twists and mascarons, adorned with ornate… ***
*** A cherrywood desk in the Louis XV manner, mid 20th century, in mellow honey tones the simple kneehole desk with a shallow frieze drawer, two side drawers and raised on cabriole legs, with brass swing handles and shaped plates. Height 77 cm. Width 134 cm.… ***
*** A small Victorian mahogany keyhole desk, 19th century, with a tooled mid green leather writing surface above a central drawer, flanked by pairs of side drawers with cockbeading and timber knobs and raised, on turned tapering legs with brass castors,… ***
*** An English Elmwood desk, 1930-1940s, kidney shaped with a central frieze drawer and side columns with three drawers all with metal pull handles in a ruched design, the desk top and drawer fronts with burr parquetry, upon curved ogee bracket feet. Height… ***
*** A Regence style oak desk, circa 1930s, having a shaped parquetry top, a central drawer and pairs of side drawers, decorated with restrained incised trims and swing handles, with a shaped, apron, cabriole legs and whorl feet, height 76 cm, width 143 cm,… ***
*** A small mahogany kidney shaped desk, circa 1900, with the original oxblood leather tooled top above a central drawer and pairs of small drawers with boxwood and ebony ribbon trims, with boxwood edging and stringing to the top and tapering square section… ***
*** A Georgian mahogany breakfront kneehole desk, 19th century with a breakfront cross banded top above a central drawer flanked by fluted square columns and three drawers on each side, raised on six turned baluster legs. Height 80 cm, width 124 cm, depth 74… ***
*** A Regence style oak desk, circa 1930s, with a shaped parquetry top above a central drawer flanked by pairs of drawers with carved motifs, and raised on curvaceous legs, height 77 cm width 128 cm depth 75 cm ***
*** A French oak twin pedestal desk, late 19th century, with a solid timber top above two drawers with linen fold carved details, leather covered panels to the pedestal doors with brass stud details and twin, fielded panels to the sides, raised on impressive… ***
*** A Regence style oak fall front desk, mid 20th century with a fielded panel to the fall front opening to a partitioned interior and a small drawer, two panelled drawers below with restrained scroll motifs and swing handles, having a shaped apron and raised… ***
*** A Victorian cedar side or writing table, 1860s/70s, the rectangular top with moulded edge above a pair of frieze drawers, on turned legs. Height 78 cm. Length 106 cm. Width 50 cm. ***
*** A Victorian cedar and leather topped desk, 19th century, with a bullnose edge top and a mahogany leather tooled writing plane above a deep skirt and two frieze drawers with turned timber handles and supported on turned baluster legs terminating in brass… ***
*** An early Victorian mahogany desk, circa 1840s, with an extended top above a frieze with three faux cockbeaded drawers and two side drawers turned pull handles, an arched kneehole and raised on slender reeded legs, height 76 cm, width 114 cm, depth 57 cm ***
*** A mid Victorian mahogany writing table, the rectangular top with moulded edge above three drawers arranged around a kneehole, on turned supports, height 74 cm, width 105 cm, depth 49 cm ***
*** A small Georgian style elm desk, early 20th century, in vigorously figured elm with four drawers, a shaped kneehole and raised on turned legs, height 73 cm, width 81 cm, depth 52 cm ***
*** A Victorian mahogany writing table, 19th century, the top with a brown leather tooled writing surface, bullnose edging and apron, raised on turned baluster legs with toupie feet. Height 76 cm. Width 152 cm. Depth 91 cm ***
*** A Georgian style flame mahogany bow front kneehole desk, 19th century, the bow fronted top above three drawer with key, with central knee hole flanked by three side drawers on each side, raised on bracket feet. Height 87 cm, width 99 cm, depth 50 cm ***
*** An early Victorian mahogany lady's desk, circa 1840s, the desk with a deep green tooled leather top and a low rear timber gallery, two drawers with turned timber handles raised upon knopped and fluted legs terminating in brass capped toupie feet with… ***
*** A mahogany Georgian revival desk, early 20th century, the desk of semi bowed form with a red leather tooled top above a central drawer flanked by tiers of three drawers, all with flame mahogany veneer, cross banding and stringing with garland form brass… ***
*** An Edwardian twin pedestal oak desk, early 20th century, the green leather tooled top above three drawers, drawers and plinth bases with casters to the pillars, the drawers with shaped brass batwing backplates in the Georgian manner and swing handles,… ***
*** A late Victorian kneehole desk by Bulstrode of Cambridge, 19th century inlaid with a tooled dark brown leather top over a central drawer flanked by three drawers to one side and a cupboard to, the other, with flowerhead backplates and teardrop handles,… ***