What wood are inlaid desks usually made from?

Mahogany accounts for very nearly half the titles on Sellingantiques. Walnut, rosewood and satinwood follow, and between them come to about the same number again. Rarer veneers and carcase woods appear in single listings: amboyna, thuya, kingwood, partridgewood, maple and pitch pine. Ivory, mother-of-pearl, brass and bronze all show up as inlay materials in one title each.

Are inlaid desks Georgian?

Only a handful are. Georgian appears in about fifteen listings, against well over a hundred each for Edwardian and Victorian, and the 1900s are the busiest decade in the dated field. The category is best read as late 19th and early 20th century writing furniture that revives late 18th century taste, with Sheraton Revival named in a couple of dozen titles.

What is a davenport desk?

A small desk with a sloping writing lid over a bank of drawers set into one side. Around ninety appear in this category, an eighth of the whole. Burr walnut is the recurring timber, and several titles pair a davenport with four drawers or with a pop-up or piano top. They sit in the lower band of the range.

How common are inlaid desks on Sellingantiques?

About sixty-seven come up in a year, and 146 different dealers have handled one. That spread matters. This is a form carried thinly across a very large part of the trade rather than the speciality of a few dealers.

Why do some listings only say 19th century?

Sixty-five listings are dated that way with no closer year, so roughly one in ten pieces is placed within a century rather than a decade. Period words do similar work. "Victorian" and "Edwardian" stand in as dates in many titles, and a few listings pair a period word with a year that does not quite match it.

Which forms sit at the top of the range?

Carlton House desks, partners desks and kidney-shaped tops cluster in the upper listings, frequently in satinwood. The Carlton House form is spelled five ways across these titles, and one listing offered a pair of them together, which almost never happens.

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A writing desk or table decorated with banding, stringing or marquetry set flush into the surface rather than carved, made for letters and paperwork at home.

19th century

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19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Desk

From Martlesham Antiques

£2,950

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An Attractive Satinwood Carlton House Desk

1900 - 1920

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An Attractive Satinwood Carlton House Desk

From Butchoff Antiques Ltd.

£6,500

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1900 - 1920

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Maple & Co. Inlaid Mahogany Desk

From John Howkins Antiques

£1,150

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French Marquetry Inlaid Lady's Desk, 1890.

19th century

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French Marquetry Inlaid Lady's Desk, 1890.

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£16,500

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Antique Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Kidney Desk C1880 19th C

19th century

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Antique Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Kidney Desk C1880 19th C

From Regent Antiques

£3,850

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A Fine Ormolu-mounted and Marquetry Desk

19th century

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A Fine Ormolu-mounted and Marquetry Desk

From Butchoff Antiques Ltd.

£7,500

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Antique Mahogany & Inlaid Carlton House Desk

19th century

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Antique Mahogany & Inlaid Carlton House Desk

From John Howkins Antiques

£1,750

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19th century

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19th Century Ebonised Boulle Bonheur Du Jour

From FB Antiques

£2,500

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1900 - 1920

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Mahogany Inlaid Writing Desk

From Shackladys Antiques

£1,595

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19th century

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A Late 19th Century Mahogany Kidney-shaped Desk

From Butchoff Antiques Ltd.

£5,500

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The Carlton House form is written five ways in these titles - Carlton House, Carlton, Carleton House, Carlton type and Carlton style. A pair once came through together.

Victorian Inlaid Satin Walnut Twin Pedestal Desk

19th century

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Victorian Inlaid Satin Walnut Twin Pedestal Desk

From Prior and Willis

£1,046

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Antique George III Mahogany and Satinwood Writing Table

18th century

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Antique George III Mahogany and Satinwood Writing Table

From Patrick Sandberg Antiques

£11,800

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19th century

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Victorian Burr-walnut Davenport Desk

From Ballinderry Antiques

£1,980

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1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Writing Desk

From Affordable Old Furniture

£450

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1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Satinwood Carlton House Desk

From Thakeham Furniture

£4,050

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Early 20th Century Satinwood Sheraton Revival Desk

1900 - 1920

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Early 20th Century Satinwood Sheraton Revival Desk

From Debenham Antiques Ltd

£2,450

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Antique Inlaid Desks

19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Desk

An Attractive Satinwood Carlton House Desk

Maple & Co. Inlaid Mahogany Desk

French Marquetry Inlaid Lady's Desk, 1890.

Antique Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Kidney Desk C1880 19th C

A Fine Ormolu-mounted and Marquetry Desk

Antique Mahogany & Inlaid Carlton House Desk

19th Century Ebonised Boulle Bonheur Du Jour

Mahogany Inlaid Writing Desk

A Late 19th Century Mahogany Kidney-shaped Desk

Victorian Inlaid Satin Walnut Twin Pedestal Desk

Antique George III Mahogany and Satinwood Writing Table

Victorian Burr-walnut Davenport Desk

Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Writing Desk

Edwardian Satinwood Carlton House Desk

Early 20th Century Satinwood Sheraton Revival Desk

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