What timber are carved desks usually made from?

Oak, walnut and mahogany carry the category between them, and one of the three is named in the title of most listings. Oak leads across the sold archive on Sellingantiques. Burr walnut is the figured surface named most often. Satinwood, padauk and pollard oak appear in smaller numbers, and pitch pine turns up at the plainer end.

How old are most carved desks?

Dealer-entered dates run from 1750 to 1930. Victorian is the single largest label, with a further block given only as 19th century. Much of the rest is placed to a decade, the 1880s, 1900s and 1890s being the fullest. Edwardian pieces appear in modest numbers, and a handful of Georgian and pre-1700 entries sit at the far edge.

Do carved desks always have a leather top?

No. Leather is named in only a small fraction of titles, so the writing surface is more often left unstated than described. Where it is mentioned, it is an inset panel and occasionally tooled.

What is a Green Man desk?

A desk carved with the Green Man, a foliate mask used as decoration. It is the one carved subject that recurs across this category, named in a couple of dozen titles. These are almost always oak, and they appear far more often in the sold archive than among desks currently listed. The evidence names the motif and nothing about who cut it.

Which carved desks are the largest?

The double-sided ones. Partners desks and twin-pedestal forms are consistently the biggest pieces in the category, along with serpentine and kidney-shaped tops. Small single-pedestal desks and three-drawer oak desks sit at the other end. Titles rarely carry measurements, so size is usually read from the form named.

Are unusual or imported carved desks found in this category?

Yes, in a modest minority. Anglo-Indian, Chinese and Japanese carved desks turn up, along with French and Gothic revival work and Chippendale-style pieces. One-offs include a Japanese yosegi cylinder desk, a faux-bamboo partners desk, a folding Chinese hardwood desk and a bible box reading slope on a stand. Two samples pair a Japanese carved hardwood desk with its original chair.

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Writing furniture of the 19th and early 20th centuries with carving worked into the carcase: pedestal and kneehole desks, davenports and flat writing tables, made to be looked at as well as written on.

Antique Mahogany Chippendale Style Pedestal Desk

1900 - 1920

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Antique Mahogany Chippendale Style Pedestal Desk

From Marylebone Antiques

£2,500

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Antiques Victorian Mahogany Desk C1870-80

19th century

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Antiques Victorian Mahogany Desk C1870-80

From Mews Antiques

£725

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French Ladies Desk Mahogany Bureau Du Dame Empire

19th century

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French Ladies Desk Mahogany Bureau Du Dame Empire

From Canonbury Antiques

£777

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1900 - 1920

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Edwards and Roberts Writing Desk

From Camden Antiques

£1,450

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Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Kneehole Desk by Edwards and Roberts

19th century

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Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Kneehole Desk by Edwards and Roberts

From London City Antiques

£2,250

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18th century

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A 19th Century Kneehole Desk

From Wickersley Antiques

£750

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1900 - 1920

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Mahogany & Leather Pedestal Desk

From LTANTIQUES.CO.UK

£1,850

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Beautiful Victorian Faded Mahogany Pedestal Desk.

19th century

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Beautiful Victorian Faded Mahogany Pedestal Desk.

From The Dorking Desk Shop

£2,250

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Victorian Mahogany Kneehole Pedestal Desk, Circa 1880

19th century

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Victorian Mahogany Kneehole Pedestal Desk, Circa 1880

From Salisbury Antiques Centre

£585

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19th century

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Burr Walnut Pop-up Davenport Desk

From Shackladys Antiques

£2,975

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One-offs that turn up once and never again: a Japanese yosegi cylinder desk, a faux-bamboo partners desk, a folding Chinese hardwood desk, and a bible box reading slope on stand.

19th century

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19th Century Oak Partners Desk by T Wilson

From Blank Canvas Antiques

£2,400

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Arts & Crafts Victorian Mahogany Pedestal Desk C1885-95

19th century

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Arts & Crafts Victorian Mahogany Pedestal Desk C1885-95

From Mews Antiques

£475

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1920 - 1940

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Georgian Style Walnut Kneehole Desk

From Salisbury Antiques Centre

£850

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19th century

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19th Century Mahogany Desk by Rumney & Love, Liverpool

From Richie Perrott Antiques

£595

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Edwardian Shapland & Petter Mahogany Kidney Shaped Writing Desk

1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Shapland & Petter Mahogany Kidney Shaped Writing Desk

From Spinka & Co

£2,500

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19th century

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Antique Wells Fargo Wooton Desk

From John Howkins Antiques

£5,750

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Antique Carved Desks

Antique Mahogany Chippendale Style Pedestal Desk

Antiques Victorian Mahogany Desk C1870-80

French Ladies Desk Mahogany Bureau Du Dame Empire

Edwards and Roberts Writing Desk

Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Kneehole Desk by Edwards and Roberts

A 19th Century Kneehole Desk

Mahogany & Leather Pedestal Desk

Beautiful Victorian Faded Mahogany Pedestal Desk.

Victorian Mahogany Kneehole Pedestal Desk, Circa 1880

Burr Walnut Pop-up Davenport Desk

19th Century Oak Partners Desk by T Wilson

Arts & Crafts Victorian Mahogany Pedestal Desk C1885-95

Georgian Style Walnut Kneehole Desk

19th Century Mahogany Desk by Rumney & Love, Liverpool

Edwardian Shapland & Petter Mahogany Kidney Shaped Writing Desk

Antique Wells Fargo Wooton Desk

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