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.

Outstanding Quality Large Antique Carved Figured Mahogany Serpentine Shaped Partners Desk

1900 - 1920

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Outstanding Quality Large Antique Carved Figured Mahogany Serpentine Shaped Partners Desk

From London City Antiques

£18,850

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19th century

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Aesthetic Movement Kneehole Desk

From Hunt Gather Antiques

£975

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1900 - 1920

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Large Walnut Roll Top Desk C.1910

From Collinge Antiques

£1,295

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Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Twin Pedestal Desk C1860 19th C

19th century

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Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Twin Pedestal Desk C1860 19th C

From Regent Antiques

£3,350

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19th century

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Victorian Oak "Dickens" Desk

From Philip Hunt Antiques

£1,495

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Antique Burr Walnut Ladies Writing Desk with Leather Top

1920 - 1940

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Antique Burr Walnut Ladies Writing Desk with Leather Top

From Salisbury Antiques Centre

£795

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Antique Queen Anne Style Walnut Veneer Kneehole Desk or Dressing Hall Table

19th century

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Antique Queen Anne Style Walnut Veneer Kneehole Desk or Dressing Hall Table

From Richardsons Antiques

£595

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19th century

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Early 19th Century Anglo-indian Carved Partners Desk

From Martlesham Antiques

£6,350

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Fine Quality Edwardian Walnut Writing Desk by Gill & Reigate, C.1900

1900 - 1920

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Fine Quality Edwardian Walnut Writing Desk by Gill & Reigate, C.1900

From Salisbury Antiques Centre

£1,095

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18th century

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Georgian Mahogany Desk

From Philip Hunt Antiques

£1,595

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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.

Victorian Davenport Walnut Desk Period Antique 1860

19th century

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Victorian Davenport Walnut Desk Period Antique 1860

From Canonbury Antiques

£1,250

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Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Pop Up Davenport Desk C1860 19th C

19th century

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Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Pop Up Davenport Desk C1860 19th C

From Regent Antiques

£3,200

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19th century

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William IV Rosewood Slide Top Davenport

From Philip Hunt Antiques

£1,195

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19th century

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Burr Walnut Davenport

From Gaylords Antiques

£1,650

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19th century

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Regency Mahogany Bowfronted Desk

From Reindeer Antiques

£14,500

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1900 - 1920

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Fine Mahogany Twin-pedestal Desk

From Shackladys Antiques

£3,450

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Antique Carved Desks

Outstanding Quality Large Antique Carved Figured Mahogany Serpentine Shaped Partners Desk

Aesthetic Movement Kneehole Desk

Large Walnut Roll Top Desk C.1910

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Twin Pedestal Desk C1860 19th C

Victorian Oak "Dickens" Desk

Antique Burr Walnut Ladies Writing Desk with Leather Top

Antique Queen Anne Style Walnut Veneer Kneehole Desk or Dressing Hall Table

Early 19th Century Anglo-indian Carved Partners Desk

Fine Quality Edwardian Walnut Writing Desk by Gill & Reigate, C.1900

Georgian Mahogany Desk

Victorian Davenport Walnut Desk Period Antique 1860

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Pop Up Davenport Desk C1860 19th C

William IV Rosewood Slide Top Davenport

Burr Walnut Davenport

Regency Mahogany Bowfronted Desk

Fine Mahogany Twin-pedestal Desk

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