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What period is the desk from and roughly it's value. Thanks

 

My guess is around 1900, European. I don't think American.

@verybrad

 

Agrees, I think that's probably correct, early 20th century & not american.
While we wait for Brad & others it would be helpful to know, where you are, where you got the desk.

 

I could be wrong, but to me both the colour of the wood and the carved motifs have a Breton feel (western France).
Breton furniture usually has a lot of delicate spindle work, often in wheel or half wheel designs, but I have seen things similar to this as well.
Maybe @kyratango recognizes the style?

 

Absolutely! French Brittany decor , the desk itself is constructed/shaped as British "scriban"
The open wheel on this one is even more caracteristic:

 

Yay!

Gorgeous!
My mother had a few miniature Breton pieces with that wheel spindle carving. I loved them, but you can't keep everything.

 

Aye, looks Breton ca. 1890-1900. Good one A.J.!

 

Hi, I'm in New Orleans. The desk was located in a downtown bank managers office for years.

 

Yep, that figures, many French people in that area, thanks for the reply!

 

A bit late to the party. Would have thought Spanish but will defer to the collective consensus.

 

To my eye, the design motif a bit too graceful for Spain or colonies but do want to add...

That spiral is a Basque cross, the lauburu, would could mean Spain or France.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauburu

Debora

 

Or a celtic triskel

 

With one extra arm. Which comes in very handy when carving furniture.

The way it is carved on the desk, with no lobed ends, is much like it is carved all over Europe. When the ends are lobed, it is more like a lauburu.

 

A quadriskel???

 

That decoration is a "Fylfot" (swastika) decoration, isn't it? Ancient decoration i think, you see it a lot on early american painted pieces and you see it in 19th century punched tins on food/pie safes as well.
Spitler candle box

 

It kinda got an ugly twist on it in mid 20th century germany but that decoration has been around a long time, many centuries with many different cultures.

 

The fylfot symbol, also known as the swastika, was a most sacred of symbols to the Heathen Anglo-Saxons, and all the pre-Christian peoples of Europe, ditto Americas. The symbol itself has connections to both the worship of the sun and the thunder god Thunor.
6th century BC Norfolk England