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Quality Victorian French Kingwood and Walnut Ormolu-mounted Display Cabinet/desk.
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for sale €3,218     $3,493
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Quality Victorian French Kingwood and Walnut Ormolu-mounted Display Cabinet/desk.

19th century
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Circa 1850. Quality Victorian French kingwood and walnut ormolu-mounted display cabinet/desk. The polished top in quartered walnut with a three-quarter open brass gallery above a frieze with extensive foliate gilded brass decorations. The bookcase with twin shelves and shaped glass fronts above two small drawers with a green tooled writing surface, and a long drawer flanked by two drawers on each side, all with radial inlaid walnut and kingwood crossbanding, ormolu mounts and rococo escutcheons. Supported on cabriole legs with foliate mounts and sabots, lovely colour and patina.

Physical Dimensions
Height
150cm (59.06")
Width
88cm (34.65")
Depth
50cm (19.69")
Declaration

Georgian Antiques has dated this Kingwood Ormolu Writing Desk to the 1850s.

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SA1241223
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Circa 1850. Quality Victorian French kingwood and walnut ormolu-mounted display cabinet/desk.
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The polished top in quartered walnut with a three-quarter open brass gallery above a frieze with extensive foliate gilded brass decorations.
Georgian Antiques

The bookcase with twin shelves and shaped glass fronts above two small drawers with a green tooled writing surface, and a long drawer flanked by two drawers on each side, all with radial inlaid walnut and kingwood crossbanding, ormolu mounts and rococo escutcheons. Supported on cabriole legs with foliate mounts and sabots, lovely colour and patina.

Height
150cm (59.06")
Width
88cm (34.65")
Depth
50cm (19.69")
Date of Manufacture

Georgian Antiques has dated this Kingwood Ormolu Writing Desk to the 1850s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1241223
Dealers Internal Ref
0165
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A nineteenth-century French style kingwood and walnut writing desk featuring an upper glazed display cabinet, brass top gallery, cabriole legs, and gilded metal mounts.
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Archive I A nineteenth-century French style kingwood and walnut writing desk featuring an upper glazed display cabinet, brass top gallery, cabriole legs, and gilded metal mounts.

Quality Victorian French Kingwood and Walnut Ormolu-mounted Display Cabinet/desk.

Archive II A nineteenth-century French style kingwood and walnut writing desk featuring an upper glazed display cabinet, brass top gallery, cabriole legs, and gilded metal mounts. View II
Archive III A nineteenth-century French style kingwood and walnut writing desk featuring an upper glazed display cabinet, brass top gallery, cabriole legs, and gilded metal mounts. View III
Archive IV A nineteenth-century French style kingwood and walnut writing desk featuring an upper glazed display cabinet, brass top gallery, cabriole legs, and gilded metal mounts. View IV
Archive V A nineteenth-century French style kingwood and walnut writing desk featuring an upper glazed display cabinet, brass top gallery, cabriole legs, and gilded metal mounts. View V
Archive VI A nineteenth-century French style kingwood and walnut writing desk featuring an upper glazed display cabinet, brass top gallery, cabriole legs, and gilded metal mounts. View VI
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Archive XII A nineteenth-century French style kingwood and walnut writing desk featuring an upper glazed display cabinet, brass top gallery, cabriole legs, and gilded metal mounts. View XII
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A nineteenth-century French style kingwood and walnut writing desk featuring an upper glazed display cabinet, brass top gallery, cabriole legs, and gilded metal mounts.
Quality Victorian French kingwood and walnut ormolu-mounted display cabinet/desk.
Ref: SA1241223
A nineteenth-century French style kingwood and walnut writing desk featuring an upper glazed display cabinet, brass top gallery, cabriole legs, and gilded metal mounts.
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  • ObjectDesks & Bureaux
  • Period19th century
  • StyleLouis XV Revival
  • MaterialKingwood, Walnut, Glass, Ormolu, Brass
  • ColourWarm Brown
  • MotifsCabriole legs, Ormolu mounts, Glazed doors, Brass pierced gallery
  • SizeH 150 cm (59 in) x W 88 cm (35 in) x D 50 cm (20 in)

This Victorian French display cabinet and writing desk dates from 1850 in the Louis XV Revival style. It combines warm brown kingwood and walnut timbers with glazed doors, a green tooled leather writing surface, and extensive foliate gilded brass ormolu mounts, rococo escutcheons, sabots, and a pierced top brass gallery. The upper bookcase section contains twin shelves behind shaped glass fronts, positioned above a desk base fitted with a long central drawer flanked by four smaller drawers, all finished with radial inlaid walnut and kingwood crossbanding and supported on cabriole legs. Practical dimensions are 150 cm high, 88 cm wide, and 50 cm deep. This piece serves as a combined writing desk and display cabinet in a home study, library, or drawing room, providing a dedicated writing surface alongside upper shelving for books or decorative objects.

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A bonheur du jour is a type of ladies writing desk that originated in France during the eighteenth century. It typically features a flat writing surface surmounted by a raised cabinet section containing drawers or glazed doors.

French revival furniture of this period incorporates hardwoods such as kingwood and walnut arranged in veneer patterns. These pieces are trimmed with cast gilt-bronze (ormolu) mounts, brass galleries, and glass panels.

Authentic nineteenth-century French revival pieces feature hand-cut dovetail joints, cast metal mounts secured with slotted screws, and matching wood veneers. Age-appropriate patination appears on metal fittings alongside natural wear along drawer runners.

Position the desk against a neutral backdrop to highlight the timber veneers and metalwork. Pair it with minimalist seating or plain upholstery to balance traditional detailing with modern surroundings.

Dust wood veneers regularly with a dry microfibre cloth and apply natural beeswax sparingly along the grain. Avoid abrasive chemical cleaners on ormolu mounts, dusting them gently to preserve the surface patination.
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