davenports
Davenport. A small writing desk used by ladies, usually with a sloped top insert with leather, a cupboard, slides and drawers for holding pens and paper. There is generally a row of drawers down one side, with false drawers on the opposing side, and the top is surmounted by a brass or fretwork gallery. Made to be freestanding, davenports are finished and polished on all four sides.
Piano top davenports, so called because the lid resembled that of a rounded piano lid, were introduced in about the 1830s. These 'top-of-the-range' piano front davenports usually include a rise and fall secret section, operated by a concealed button above a drawer operating via a system of counter balanced weights concealed in a cavity at the side of the main body, a and a well fitted pull out writing slope, drawers to one side and opposing dummy drawers.
There are very few Australian made davenports.
Piano top davenports, so called because the lid resembled that of a rounded piano lid, were introduced in about the 1830s. These 'top-of-the-range' piano front davenports usually include a rise and fall secret section, operated by a concealed button above a drawer operating via a system of counter balanced weights concealed in a cavity at the side of the main body, a and a well fitted pull out writing slope, drawers to one side and opposing dummy drawers.
There are very few Australian made davenports.
49 item(s) found:
Victorian davenport writing desk c.1860, burr walnut and inlay veneer, walnut with four side drawers, lift up tooled leather top, interior fitted drawers, false opposite drawers. Height 82 cm. Width 53.5 cm. Depth 52 cm
An unusual cedar portable davenport or wash-stand mid 19th century 98 x 63 x 51 cm Australian
A Victorian rosewood piano top, davenport, English.circa 1865
A Victorian walnut and marquetry davenport, the hinged rectangular stationary box with string inlay centred by a satinwood marquetry cartouche, above a leather inset fall front with conforming decoration opening to a fitted interior,…
A Victorian walnut davenport, gallery back, sloping hinged writing surface enclosing four small drawers, above four side drawers, opposing sham drawers on shaped plinth with disc feet. Width 59 cm. Length 66 cm. Height 82 cm
A Victorian walnut and inlaid davenport, English circa 1865 82 x 55 cm
Lady's davenport desk mid 19th century walnut
A British India Colonial davenport with sliding top, c1860?…
Important original Colonial huon pine davenport, Illustrated in Simpson?s Dictionary of Australian furniture
A Victorian walnut and floral marquetry decorated davenport, with a sloping hinged writing surface enclosing four small drawers, above four side drawers, opposing sham drawers on shaped plinth with disc feet. Height 83 cm. Length 53 cm. Depth 52 cm
Victorian figured walnut davenport rear stationary compartment with brass gallery, fitted interior, side cupboard on scroll uprights
Victorian serpentine front davenport. Spiral carved and turned base. Leather inset writing slope. Height 85 cm. Width 56 cm. Depth 55 cm
A 19th century walnut davenport with inlaid panels and decoration. Satinwood interior fitted compendium to lid. One knob absent. Height 84 cm. Width 54 cm. Depth 52 cm
Early Victorian burr walnut davenport desk, c.…
Victorian walnut davenport lidded top, sloped writing surface with maple fitted interior, turned uprights on bun feet
Late Victorian rosewood davenport with marquetry decoration.
A late Victorian walnut and inlaid davenport with tooled leather writing surface. Width 55 cm. Depth 44 cm . Height 75 cm
Victorian walnut davenport. Height 81 cm. Width 68 cm D 57 cm
A Victorian mahogany piano top davenport, the brass gallery edged pop up stationery compartment above a hinged top opening to a tooled leather inset fitted writing surface, the base with four drawers and four opposing sham drawers,…
A Victorian davenport, with gallery, the sloping top, enclosing small drawers, below side drawers with sham drawers on reverse, scrolled carved supports on bun feet, maker Lenehans Sydney
Victorian walnut davenport. Height 86 cm. Width 57 cm diameter 57 cm
A Victorian burr walnut davenport, the three quarter pierced gallery edge top above a stationary compartment and a hinged leather inset serpentine writing fall, raised on scrolling supports,…
A walnut piano front davenport, the three-quarter brass gallery edged stationary compartment above a hinged serpentine fall top opening to an interior fitted with two shelves and a tooled leather inset writing slide,…
An ornate Victorian Davenport in faded walnut, the piano top with pull-out writing slope and two interior drawers, the exterior with inlaid decoration, telescopic compendium to the top. Height 92 cm. Width 53 cm. Depth 55 cm
A mid Victorian walnut davenport, the raised three-quarter gallery above a sloped writing surface with leather insert, opening to reveal a satin birch interior, above a panelled front raised on a pair of scroll carved supports,…
A particularly fine Victorian walnut floral marquetry davenport, with brass gallery, the sloping top, enclosing small drawers, below side drawers with sham drawers on reverse, scrolled carved supports on bun feet.
A fine William IV rosewood davenport by Miles & Edward, the rotating sloping desk top enclosing three small drawers, with a pull out hinged long drawer containing inkwells, above four graduated drawers to the front, raised on a plinth base with castors,…
A fine George IV rosewood davenport in the manner of Gillow, the sliding sloping desk top with three-quarter gallery enclosing two small drawers and a long hinged drawer containing inkwells to one side,…
Superb Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport, with piano top embossed leather writing slope, four side drawers, fluted and covered columns, secret letter file with three drawers accessed through drawers above the slope, stamped Marvin, Finsbury Pavement, London.…
A Victorian burr walnut davenport, the top with a brass gallery and hinged writing slope with leather insert supported on two fluted columns and a cabinet with four faux and four real drawers with timber knops on bun feet. Height 81 cm. Width 55.5 cm.…
Victorian burr walnut davenport in original condition
Victorian Olivewood davenport with a fitted interior, ebony mounts, cameos and drawers fitted to the side
Victorian burr walnut davenport with superstructure
Walnut Arts & Crafts davenport desk with a brass gallery top, four drawers, a leather writing surface, turned columns and castors
Edwardian inlaid walnut davenport with an 'X' stretcher
Victorian mahogany leather topped davenport with a fitted interior
Late victorian inlaid walnut davenport desk
Solid rosewood davenport with four drawers, a brass gallery and Corinthian column supports
Heavily carved Anglo-Indian rosewood and satinwood davenport with drawers to both sides behind doors
Victorian walnut davenport with figured walnut on all four sides, a lift up lid, a leather inset writing surface, a figured birch interior and a dome top compartment
Early Victorian burr walnut lady's davenport with a sloping, inset leather top, a side door enclosing drawers and bun feet
Victorian inlaid walnut davenport with an inset tooled leather panel to the slope, a cavity with two small faux drawers, stringing, carved cabriole legs to the front, a bank of small drawers to the right,…
Ebonised Victorian davenport with a sliding top, a hinged leather inlaid writing slope, a brass grille, a bank of four drawers, recessed side panels and short bun feet
Victorian walnut inlaid davenport with a gilt metal gallery edged top, two marquetry inlaid upper doors, a fitted interior, a projecting lower section, a writing slide, a single marquetry lower door, corbels,a plinth base and porcelain castors