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French Empire Escritoire

French Empire Escritoire Chest Desk 1880 Mahogany
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Classic French Empire escritoire / desk Crafted from mahogany with ormolu fittings Great space
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Antique 1880s French Provincial Desks

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Mahogany

19th Century French Empire Escritoire
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality, 18th century Louis XV Escritoire. The Escritoire has a drawer at the
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks

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Mahogany

Superb 19th Century French Empire Escritoire
Located in Dallas, TX
Marvelous 19th century French Empire three-drawer escritoire with lovely Breche africaine marble
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks

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Wood

French Escritoire Desk Mahogany Antique Chest
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This rather imposing escritoire stands upon turned feet. The bottom panelled doors open to reveal
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Antique 1860s Empire Desks

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Mahogany

Rosewood Escritoire by Jamar
By S. Jamar, London 1
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
present cabinet is conceived in the French Empire style associated with the Soho cabinet-maker S.Jamar
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Antique 1820s English Cabinets

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Rosewood

Rosewood Escritoire by Jamar
Rosewood Escritoire by Jamar
H 57.49 in W 33.86 in D 16.93 in

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Robert Gillows II 1790 Writing Library Hardwood Chest of Drawers Leather Slope
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1790 Gillows Cuban Hardwood Library Secretaire Desk Writing Table I Bramah Lock
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in GB
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French Empire Style Gilt Bronze and Enamel Chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
French Empire style gilt bronze and enamel chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi has got twelve lights. This chandelier is characterized by classical plate embellished with gilt bron...
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2010s Italian Empire Chandeliers and Pendants

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Old Chinese Wooden Cabinet
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Chinese wardrobe in solid wood, late 19th, early 20th century. Aesthetic and practical, it will be perfect in a current decoration. The color of the wood is bright and warm. Of ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Furniture

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Old Chinese Wooden Cabinet
Old Chinese Wooden Cabinet
H 70.87 in W 59.45 in D 23.23 in
19th Century Empire Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant, Chest France
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, France circa 1820, Biedermeier period. The outside with fall front and two drawers flanked by two ebonized columns shows a beautiful oak veneer design. The woo...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Biedermeier Secretaires

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Bronze

Antique 19th Century English Georgian Slant Front Desk or Secretary
Located in Casteren, NL
This classic slant front desk or bureau was made in England in the early 19th century. It was made in the finest quality watered European oak. The secretary is elevated on bracket ...
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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Secretaires

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Brass

19th Century French Oak Writing Desk
Located in High Point, NC
This oak desk was made in France in the 19th Century. An original concept for a standing height desk, this practical piece is designed in the elegant style of the 1800s. Lathed legs ...
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Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

19th Century French Oak Writing Desk
19th Century French Oak Writing Desk
H 46.1 in W 39.4 in D 29.5 in
Antique Painted Gustavian Grey/White Secretary with Fall-Front & Birch Interior
Located in Miami, FL
A very lovely Louis Philippe fall-front secretary in pine with a light Gustavian-grey/white painted finish, and original French-polished birch wood interior. Features a carved bonnet...
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Antique Mid-19th Century German Louis Philippe Secretaires

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Brass

French Empire Style Bronze and Mahogany Desk Leather
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Very decorative French desk in the empire style. Structure in solid mahogany and veneered, it is composed of an empire green leather under hand, three drawers with double handles and...
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Antique 1810s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Vintage American Mahogany Escritoire Writing Desk
Located in Plainview, NY
A beautiful and timeless 1970's American escritoire desk. The writing desk is made of solid mahogany and is sturdy. The desk shows fine carving details and offers 5 regular drawers a...
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Late 20th Century American Classical Desks and Writing Tables

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19th Century Victorian Carved Mahogany Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Selling is a top quality, unusual mid-Victorian copy of a Chippendale carved desk. The top drawer of the desk, when opened, reveals a rising writing panel and two lift up panels with...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

19th Century Secretary Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very handsome late American Empire Mahogany Secretary Desk. Very good condition overall with an old refinished surface exhibiting a beautiful color and patina to the figured Mahoga...
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Empire Secretaires

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Mahogany

19th Century Secretary Desk
19th Century Secretary Desk
H 77 in W 41.5 in D 19.25 in
Italian Midcentury Bamboo and Rattan Desk or Vanity with two Drawers, 1970s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Beautiful desk, or can also be used as a vanity - dressing table. Made from bamboo wood and rattan, in Italy in the 1970s. The desk is beautiful to look at from all sides and can als...
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Vintage 1970s Italian French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

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French Empire Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
Chest of drawers or “commode” made of flamed mahogany in the French Empire style. This piece has ebonized columns and is finished in a lustrous French polish. There are four dovetail...
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Vintage 1910s French Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Bronze

French Empire Chest of Drawers
French Empire Chest of Drawers
H 35.5 in W 50 in D 24.25 in
Antique French Secretary
Located in Malibu, CA
This early 19th-century drop-leaf secretaire features the traditional Biedermeier ebony accents, columns, and matched woodgrain pattern. Unlike the high gloss finish of many pieces f...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Biedermeier Secretaires

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Brass, Other

Antique French Secretary
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H 59 in W 35 in D 17 in

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19th Century French Empire Escritoire
Located in Bedford, NY
Flame Mahogany wood. It has a fully fitted interior flanked by Corinthian columns and with secret drawers.It was made in Paris between 1860 and 1880. The writing surface is 31"from f...
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Antique 19th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Antique French Empire Escritoire 1880 Desks Bureau Chest Marquetry Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous French Empire antique escritoire or desk. These are great and practical space saving
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Antique 1880s Empire Desks

French Antique Escritoire Desk Chest 1900 Inlaid Empire
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous French antique Empire escritoire we, date to circa 1900. Great piece of furniture, kind
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Antique Early 1900s Empire Desks

Empire Escritoire Desk Antique French Inlay 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stylish French Empire escritoire desk we date to circa 1880 Elegant inlay on the all sides shows
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Antique 1880s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

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Kingwood

French Escritoire Desk Empire Antique Marquetry Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous French Empire escritoire desk with intricate floral inlay Classic piece of space saving
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Antique Early 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

19th Century Mahogany Brass Inlaid Escritoire Writing Cabinet
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
French empire writing cabinet circa 1820. Inlaid with brass and ebony, in 2 parts. The bottom
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Antique Early 19th Century French Secretaires

Rare Empire Secretaire with Side Drawers, Mahogany, Bronzes, France circa 1810.
Located in Regensburg, DE
Fine, unusual, petite Empire so called Secretaire / Secretary Desk / Escritoire from France around
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Antique 1810s French Empire Secretaires

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Bronze

Empire Secretaire, Walnut Veneer, Gold-Plate, Paw Legs, Vienna, circa 1810
Located in Regensburg, DE
Very fine neoclassical Empire Secrétaire / Secretary / Escritoire / writing armoire from Vienna
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Antique 1810s Austrian Empire Secretaires

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Gold Plate

Napoleon III French Inkwell in Bronze And Marble 1848-1850
Located in Prato, Tuscany
strong line, make it pleasantly placeable on any desk or escritoire. Made in France between 1848 and 1850
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Inkwells

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Marble, Bronze

French Empire Mahogany and Ormolu-Mounted Escritoire or Secretaire
Located in Berlin, DE
A French Empire mahogany and ormolu mounted writing cabinet surmounted by a Belgian marble-top
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires

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Bronze

French Empire Mahogany "Table de Salon or Escritoire"
Located in New Orleans, LA
Early 19th century French Empire period mahogany "table de salon or escritoire" with black marble
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Antique 19th Century French Side Tables

Materials

Bronze

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Questions About French Empire Escritoire
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The Classical world is primarily what influenced French Empire furniture. Greek and Roman motifs appear on many pieces. In addition, the opulence of Egyptian furniture inspired furniture makers active during the period. On 1stDibs, shop a range of French Empire furniture.

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