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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Victorian Walnut Inlaid Davenport

From Hingstons of Wilton

£1,850

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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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Inlaid Mahogany Davenport Writing Desk C.1905

1900 - 1920

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Inlaid Mahogany Davenport Writing Desk C.1905

From Collinge Antiques

£695

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Fine Quality Antique Edwardian Freestanding Decorated Inlaid Satinwood Desk

1900 - 1920

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Fine Quality Antique Edwardian Freestanding Decorated Inlaid Satinwood Desk

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£2,200

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A Fabulous Edwardian Inlaid Leather Top Office or Writing Desk by James Shoolbred of London

1900 - 1920

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A Fabulous Edwardian Inlaid Leather Top Office or Writing Desk by James Shoolbred of London

From Yeats Country Antiques

£4,375

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1900 - 1920

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Edwards and Roberts Writing Desk

From Camden Antiques

£1,450

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19th century

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Victorian Rosewood & Marquetry Desk

From FB Antiques

£2,500

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19th century

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Mahogany Kidney Shaped 19th Century Writing Table

From S and S Timms Antiques Ltd

£3,650

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1900 - 1920

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Inlaid Walnut Desk

From LTANTIQUES.CO.UK

£1,850

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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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Dated inlaid desks on Sellingantiques run from 1800 to the 1930s, the latest being French marquetry kneeholes and an Art Deco amboyna and satinwood desk.

Antique Victorian Quality Burr Walnut Inlaid Freestanding Davenport

19th century

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Antique Victorian Quality Burr Walnut Inlaid Freestanding Davenport

From London City Antiques

£1,885

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1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Inlaid Desk

From John Howkins Antiques

£575

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1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Pedestal Desk

From Hingstons of Wilton

£1,875

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Antique Victorian Crossbanded & Inlaid Flame Mahogany Pedestal Desk 19th C

19th century

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Antique Victorian Crossbanded & Inlaid Flame Mahogany Pedestal Desk 19th C

From Regent Antiques

£3,050

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Maple & Co Antique Seven Drawer Twin Pedestal Leather Lined Inlaid Writing Desk

1900 - 1920

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Maple & Co Antique Seven Drawer Twin Pedestal Leather Lined Inlaid Writing Desk

From Village Vintage

£2,250

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1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Kidney Bean Desk

From Canonbury Antiques

£1,675

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Antique Inlaid Desks

Victorian Walnut Inlaid Davenport

Arts & Crafts Victorian Mahogany Pedestal Desk C1885-95

Inlaid Mahogany Davenport Writing Desk C.1905

Fine Quality Antique Edwardian Freestanding Decorated Inlaid Satinwood Desk

A Fabulous Edwardian Inlaid Leather Top Office or Writing Desk by James Shoolbred of London

Edwards and Roberts Writing Desk

Victorian Rosewood & Marquetry Desk

Mahogany Kidney Shaped 19th Century Writing Table

Inlaid Walnut Desk

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

Antique Victorian Quality Burr Walnut Inlaid Freestanding Davenport

Edwardian Inlaid Desk

Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Pedestal Desk

Antique Victorian Crossbanded & Inlaid Flame Mahogany Pedestal Desk 19th C

Maple & Co Antique Seven Drawer Twin Pedestal Leather Lined Inlaid Writing Desk

Edwardian Kidney Bean Desk

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