Desks

"Peter Karl Fabergé (1846-1920) Circular desk clock in gold with white enamel fillet. The body in translucent anise-green enamel on a gold ground with a guilloché pattern (accidents) encircled by fine pearls. White enamel dial (minor accidents) with Arabic numerals, gold openwork hands. Ivory plate on the back, held in place by gold screws, silver hinged support, silver mechanism case engraved with "Heg - zab". Gold winding mechanism. Title hallmarks: 56 Saint-Petersburg. Master goldsmith's hallmark: Mikhail Perkhine (1860-1903). Goldsmith's hallmark: Fabergé. Work of the House of Fabergé, Russia, Saint - Petersburg circa 1896. Gross weight: 218.5 g. Diam. 8.5 cm "

COIFFEUSE in flamed mahogany veneer. Top opens in three sections, the center one with a mirror. Front opening to five drawers, four of which are boxed. Tapered and fluted legs. Rich ornamentation of chased and gilded bronzes: cornice, framing moldings with heart-shaped stripes, hoof rings. Attributed to LEVASSEUR. Bellevue château mark. Label marked: Toilette du Cabinet de Mme Victoire. 71 x 91 x 55.5 cm Etienne Levasseur, cabinetmaker, received master's degree in Paris in 1766. The Château de Bellevue was built on the Meudon plain between 1748 and 1751 for Madame de Pompadour. After his accession in 1775, Louis XVI gave it to his aunts Adélaïde, Victoire and Sophie. They enlarged and further furnished it, with the help of the Darnault brothers, merchant-merchants. Etienne Levasseur was one of the cabinetmakers chosen. Our dressing table, with its elegantly restrained ornamentation of bronze moldings, is not unlike a writing table supplied by this cabinetmaker (inv.T.539c) (reproduced in Le mobilier de Versailles, T. 2, by P. Arizzoli-Clémentel, Faton, 2002).

Cylinder desk in walnut and walnut veneer, opens in tiers with three drawers. When open, the cylinder reveals a theater of three drawers and three paperweights alternating with brass-ringed columns in secret drawers. Retractable top and side pulls. The lower part opens into four box drawers. Fractured turquoise marble top. 19th century. H. 129.5 - W. 143.5 - D. 74 cm Accents, wear and tear

I.L.A. INDUSTRIA LOMBARDA ARREDI - A 1960s DESKBOARD. Rosewood wood veneer rosewood. painted metal brass feet. Cm 77 (h) x 180 x 80. Bibliography: furniture magazine no. 102 June 1963 Domus 355 June 1959 advertising page

A flat desk in veneered wood with inlaid Greek decor. It opens with three drawers, two of which are slightly boxed. Sheath legs. Top upholstered in green leather. Rich ornamentation of gilded bronzes. Louis XVI style. H. 79 W. 149 D. 73 cm

Rectangular-shaped flat desk in mahogany and mahogany veneer opening with three drawers in the waistband and two side pulls, fluted tapered legs ending in casters. The top and pulls are upholstered in green leather (restorations and cracks). Bronze framing rods decorated with strings of pearls (the corner ones are missing). Transformation of a late 18th-century cylinder desk. Height: 75 cm - Width: 129 cm - Depth: 59 cm - Shelf dimensions: 31 cm

Three-drawer flat desk in violet wood and satinwood veneer, inlaid with latticework. Gilded brown morocco top. Curved legs. Rich ornamentation of rocaille gilded bronzes. Louis XV style. 78 x 140 x 80 cm

Jules LELEU (1883-1961) Small veneered DESK, the arched top resting on a box with drawers on one side. Signed in a rectangular ivory cartouche. Circa 1930. 75 x 135 x 69 cm

Secretary desk in natural wood and burr veneer imitating bamboo, opening at the top with a drawer in the waist and a flap with three simulated drawers revealing two shelves, a niche and four drawers, it stands on straight legs and is topped with an inlaid white marble. Late 19th century (accidents, accidents to the lock, knocks, missing parts, chips to the marble) Height : 161.5 cm - Width : 86.5 cm - Depth : 44 cm

Flat desk in black-stained wood. Cambered legs with foliate bronze sabots. The curved belt opens onto a row of three drawers. The top is encircled by a lingotière decorated with a rocaille cartouche in the spandrels, and upholstered in olive-green morocco decorated with petit fers. Partly Louis XV period H. 76 cm - W. 185 cm - D. 67 cm

Jacques HAUVILLE (born 1922) Attributed to. Light oak tripod design desk with quadrangular tapered legs with rounded edges. One pedestal with niche and two drawers. Notched top (small accidents and stains). Circa 1950. 74.5 x 135 x 80 cm

AN EMPIRE BRONZE MOUNTED, PARCEL GILT, AMBOYNA AND INLAID MAHOGANY DESK, CIRCA 1810 - AN EMPIRE BRONZE MOUNTED, PARCEL GILT, AMBOYNA AND INLAID MAHOGANY DESK CIRCA 1810 With a mechanical counter weight mechanism, the hinged top opening to reveal a rising architectural superstructure, a knee hole flanked by drawers 84cm high (closed),101cm wide, 70cm deep Provenance: Wannenes, Genoa, where purchased by Count Manfredi della Gherardesca, 23 March 2018, lot 61

Svend Aage MADSEN (act. circa 1950-1960) for HP Hansen, Denmark circa 1960. Flat desk in teak veneer, opening with two rows of drawers on one side, a wide shelf and a leaf on the other. 71 x 152 x 73 cm.

* Robert GUILLERME (1913-1990) & Jacques CHAMBRON (1914-2001) DESIGNERS - VOTRE MAISON ÉDITEUR (founded 1949). Oak single pedestal desk opening with three drawers. The top is recessed at the front, the legs of the right-hand side receive a brace of shelves, and the pedestal is suspended and surmounted by a niche. Recessed, conical foot recesses. The glazed ceramic drawer handles are attributed to Boleslaw Danikowski. Circa 1960. Dimensions: H. 74 cm - W. 140 cm - D. 45 cm Used condition, stains and discolorations. Expert : Emmanuel EYRAUD.

Signed Louis XV writing cabinet by Adrien Delorme rosewood and rosewood, veneered and partly green colored inlays of different woods. Three-sided cambered body, flanked by rounded corner pilaster strips, merging into slightly curved feet. Two doors in the articulated front, pull-out work surface and two-part roller shutter above. Staggered compartments behind. Wide framed, mirrored veneer panels with lavish floral marquetry. Stamped sign. DELORME (becomes master 1748). Profiled top plate of cream-colored, rosé-grained, so-called Breche d'Alep marble. H. 118.5 cm. 83 cm x 44 cm. Adrien Delorme came from a Parisian family of furniture makers. He initially created furniture in façon de la Chine. Later he concentrated on elaborate marquetry work, which earned him a reputation as "one of the most skillful and renowned for marquetry work". Cf. Pradère, p. 179 and Kjellberg, p. 243. Provenance: from the liquidation of an important private collection in North Rhine-Westphalia. A signed French rosewood veneered Louis XV writing cabinet with rich marquetry by Adrien Delorme. France. Circa 1760-1765.

MAZARIN DESKTOP in BOULLE MARQUETRY Décor à la Berain. Top framed by a bronze lingotière, two lateral boxes with three drawers, joined by a drawer and a door, each resting on four legs linked by a brace. Late 19th century (Restoration, missing parts; good condition) 135 x 82 × 78 cm

A DANISH OAK DESK ATTRIBUTED TO ERNST KUHN (1890-1948), RETAILED BY NORMINA - A DANISH OAK DESK ATTRIBUTED TO ERNST KUHN (1890-1948)RETAILED BY NORMINA, COPENHAGEN, CIRCA 1940sThe cross banded top above two slides and an arrangement of five drawers. The underside with a printed paper label for 'Normina'76cm high, 160cm wide, 84cm deepProvenance:Foster & Gane, where purchased by Count Manfredi della Gherardesca

Veneered wood cylinder desk with leaf inlaid decoration in fillet frames. It features an upper doucine top decorated with scrolls and vine shoots, hemmed by a brass gallery underlined by scalloped drapery. The middle section features a floral basket flanked by interlacing, fleur-de-lys in the spandrels revealing a niche, three drawers and three simulated drawers and a sliding top. The lower section features three drawers, two of which are boxed on the outside. The sides are decorated with branches and painting attributes, and it rests on four tapered legs with square sections ending in bronze sabots. Louis XVI style, late 12th/early 20th century (accidents, missing parts, missing veneer, bronze parts to be refixed and one locked drawer) Height : 115 cm - Width : 101.5 cm - Depth : 58 cm

RADAELLI ERNESTO - ERNESTO RADAELLI SAPORITI 1970s. A 'Unending' chest of drawers convertible into a writing desk and toilet. Lacquered wood silvered crystal. Height cm 76 width114 depth 60 in dresser configuration. height cm 76 width114 depth 89 in writing desk configuration height cm 103 width114 depth 89 in toilet configuration. Literature: 1970s Saporiti catalog undated unnumbered pages.

Important flat BUREAU in blackened wood veneer and brass fillets, the belt opening to three drawers resting on four cambered legs decorated with gilded bronzes, the top covered with gilded leather with small irons. (Chips to the varnish on the front and small wear to the leather. Louis XV style, 19th century. 75 x 158 x 98 cm

Office furniture in molded oak carved with holly leaves. It includes : - library cabinet with four beveled glass doors and holly-leaf-chased bronze lock escutcheons, Height. 242 cm - Width 199 cm - Depth 42 cm; - flat desk opening with three drawers in the waistband, the scalloped top covered with black leather. It stands on slightly tapered, fluted legs. Height 75 cm - Width 140 cm - Depth 86 cm Art Nouveau period.

Small cylinder desk in mahogany and mahogany veneer, resting on four tapered legs, it opens with two mirrored leaves, a cylinder revealing eight small drawers, and a drawer in the waist. White marble top with gallery. Stamped by Jean-André ARTZT, Late Louis XVI period, Jean-André ARTZT (1750-1816), Master in 1785. H: 132 - W: 78 - D: 41 cm

Secretary desk in veneered wood with leaf inlaid in filleted frames. The top half opens into a drawer with a crossbar underlined by a flap revealing two niches and a drawer, and the bottom half opens into three drawers. The sides are curved and the uprights chamfered. It stands on four legs, the front of which are arched. It is topped with Breche du Languedoc marble. Bronze trim such as falls, keyholes, pull handles, sabots and apron. 20th century (broken marble, minor veneer chips, two handles added, one foot damaged and restored). Height 135 cm - Width : 71 cm - Depth : 36 cm

TABLE-BUREAU ATTRIBUTED TO GABRIEL VIARDOT Opening with two drawers in the waist, top raised on one edge, decorated with inlaid birds in foliage on a background of engraved motifs. Carved legs featuring fantastical animals linked by an H-shaped openwork brace with a bronze dragon in the center 79.5 x 113 x 75 cm Condition as new Lot sold by appointment, to be collected in Chantilly

Outstanding Baroque top-mounted secretary attributed to the master Johann Grade à trois Corps. Walnut and walnut burl, veneered and inlaid with ash, maple, maple burl, mother-of-pearl and ivory. Straight, rectangular body flanked by wide, angled corner pilaster strips on a narrow profiled frame and feet carved in relief. Three wide drawers curved in opposite directions in the articulated front. Corresponding top panel. Curved bureau element with hinged work surface. Staggered compartments behind. Corresponding two-door top, flanked by flat pilasters with Corinthian capitals. Mirrored niche inside, accompanied by small drawers and a wide compartment with stylized landscape depiction on paper lining. Curved, rising profiled cornice with a broken pediment and a pedestal-shaped upper end. Wide framed veneer panels covering the entire surface and large inlaid pictures of park landscapes with grotto and ruin architecture, pastoral scenes, eagles and drapery work as well as rocailles, shell work and flowers. H. 206 cm. 129 cm x 60 cm. CITES certificate available. The Brunswick cabinetmakers' workshops of the 18th century were known far beyond the state borders for their high quality. Johann Grade primarily produced prestigious writing furniture for the nobility and the upper middle classes, which he offered through advertisements, e.g. in the Braunschweiger Anzeiger or the Braunschweig Trade Fair. With regard to the architectural structure and the elaborate scenic design of the inlaid surfaces, the furniture corresponds to comparable pieces in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum as well as signed writing furniture clearly attributable to Grade, including in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig. Cf. Andrea Schneider: Braunschweiger Möbel des 18. Jh., p. 144ff. and Andrea Winter, in Ausstellungsjournal, p. 28. Provenance: from the liquidation of an important North German private collection. A magnificent Brunswick walnut veneered Baroque top mounted cabinet with marquetry of maple-, ashwood, mother of pearl and ivory attributed to Johann Grade. CITES included. Brunswick. Circa 1750-1760.

Flat desk in blackened wood opening with three drawers, gilded brass ornamentation and falling espagnolettes. Top trimmed with gilded red leather and lingotière. Regency style, Napoleon III period. Size: 78 x 148 x 77 cm

Lady's desk in black lacquer and ormolu trim, with a meander-cut belt in the center, bronze-underlined connecting dice forming a drooping drapery, and resting on four sheathed legs with a pearl-underlined belt. Louis XVI style. Stamped: Maillefer H: 73 - W: 74.5 - D: 50.5 cm

Small sloping desk in fruitié wood and veneered wood in filleted frames, it opens with a curved flap revealing four niches and two drawers and a drawer in the bottom rail. It stands on four curved legs. Louis XV style, 20th century (wear and tear) Height : 82 cm - Width : 67 cm - Depth : 38 cm