Exceptional Neo Classical Marquetry Desk, with kneehole configuration of drawers on square tapered legs. H:32" W:51.5" D:27.5" Located just 3 minutes south of Santa Barbara in an antique community, the store Lifestyle Antiques specializes in Italian , French and Spanish Furnishings and Decorative Arts. The elegant collection is located in the heart of Summerland, California, and offers the finest high-end European Antiques, Decorative Arts, and Home Furnishings on the South Coast. We feature a ... Click for details

The antique rectangular top over a bead and reel banded inset panel flanked by draped herms raised on scrolled supports ending in outset stepped feet, of a rich Walnut color Desk on Frame, possibly Italian or Spanish Baroque, H:42" W:41 3/4" D:16" The Antique Desk on frame is decorated in the Baroque manner, when the fall front is pulled down to be used as a desk, the arched interior fitting and drawers, serve as practical and functional use for such a decorative desk on stand. A brief history o... Click for details

Decorative Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat, 20th Century, H:30" W:5'6.5" D:33.5". The detailed serpentine crossbanding on the top with inset crimson tooled leather writing surface above one long drawer flanked by two short feather banded and crossbanded drawers, raised on cabriole legs headed by C-Scroll and foliate mounts and terminating in scroll cast sabots. A writing table or bureau plat, has a series of drawers directly under the surface of the table, to contain writ... Click for details

Louis XV Style Mahogany Bureau Plat, the molded top with embossed leather inset above a central short drawer flanked by a pair of drawers on either side, shaped apron on cabriole legs. H:29 5/8" W:61 3/4" D:30 1/4" Background of the Louis XV style: in the decorative arts, the Rococo style that is characterized by the superior craftsmanship of 18th-century cabinetmaking in France. The artists of this style produced exquisite Rococo decor for the enormous number of homes owned by royalty and nobil... Click for details

Fruitwood Bureau Plat in a rich color and the gallery framing the top 3 sides is decorative from the 1920's. H:30" w/gallery 31" D:26" L:48" Located just south of Santa Barbara in an antique community, the store Lifestyle Antiques with decorative arts and furnishings from Europe, specializing in Italian Furniture, French and Spanish. The elegant collection is located in the heart of Summerland, California, and offers the finest high-end Antiques, Decorative Arts, and Home Furnishings on the Sou... Click for details

An Exceptional Italian Renaissance Style, Circa 1920 Walnut Secretary, with high relief carving. H:54" W:48.5" D:17.5" The front lid is beautifuly carved on the outside with putti figures playing and rejoicing. The feet are terminated wtith Claw feet, while the fall front is down to display the interior with fitted nine drawers flanked by a central letter compartment, in very good condition and quite ornamental. A further description of Italian antique furniture: From the beginning of the Renai... Click for details

Antique French Provincial Walnut Prie-Dieu, early 19th Century, having a scalloped top with pendant cormers, slant front lid and cupboard, with lip top kneeling base. H:66" W:25" D;21" Prie dieu kneelers are also referred to as prayer desks. A small surface is located at the top of the prie dieu for a book and a small step is attached to the desk for kneeling at the base. Prayers are given at the prie dieu kneeler. The prie-dieu, literally "pray God," is type of prayer desk primarily intended ... Click for details

Louis XV Style Rosewood Parquetry Bureau de Dame with bronze mounting around the fall front, drawer front, and cabriole legs. H:37.5" W:27" D:20" Second Empire Style, also called Napoleon III, Second Empire Baroque , or Beaux-Arts Style architectural style that was dominant internationally during the second half of the 19th century. Developing from a tendency of architects of the second quarter of the 19th century to use architectural schemes drawn from the periods of the Italian Renaissance, ... Click for details

Antique Italian Baroque Carved Walnut Figural Prie Dieu, the lift top compartment with a gadrooned molding supported by a backboard with central foliate medallion, the front supports in the form of winged female figures, the lift top lower section with molded base, height 34 1/2 in., width 25 in., depth 22". This is a praying desk for one individual with a knee bench close to the floor and a vertical panel supporting an armrest, below which there is usually a shelf for prayer books and the lik... Click for details

Early 19th Century Italian Inlaid Marble Top Desk. Gold gilding on cabriole legs and perimeter of desk. Black marble inlay. Large drawer with key. Excellent condition. This Italian antique desk measures 32”H, 59”W, 31.5”D. Very unique desk. A further description of Italian antique furniture: From the beginning of the Renaissance in the early 15th century, there were changes in furniture forms that were to spread over Europe. The growth of a wealthy and powerful bourgeoisie caused the building o... Click for details