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English Walnut Root Desk with Drawers and Bronze Decorations
Located in Marbella, ES
English's 19th century walnut desk with drawers and bronze decorations.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Pietro Lingeri Desk in Briar Root Veneer
By Pietro Lingeri
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pietro Lingeri, desk, briar root veneer, glass, brass, metal, Italy, 1930s
This rationalist desk
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
1980s English Root Wood Writing Desk with Door and Drawers
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s English root wood writing desk with door and drawers.
Category
Late 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Organic Modern Armona Desk, Oak Root, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By Rute Martins, Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Armona desk, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
Designed by
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak
H 30.71 in W 49.22 in D 24.41 in
Curve Contemporary and Customizable Desk in Walnut Root by Luísa Peixoto
By Luísa Peixoto
Located in PT
Curve desk in walnut root.
Bespoke / Customizable
Identical shapes with different sizes and
Category
2010s Portuguese Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Organic Modern Armona Desk, Oak Root Onyx, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple, Rute Martins
Located in Lisboa, PT
Armona desk, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
Designed by
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Onyx
H 31.5 in W 70.87 in D 29.53 in
Organic Modern Armona Desk, Oak Root Onyx Brass, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
favorite piece among designers.
Armona desk material codes
WD105 Oak root; natural colour; matt finish
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Onyx, Brass
H 31.5 in W 70.87 in D 29.53 in
Modern Mismatch Desk Oak Walnut Root Brass Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By Rute Martins, Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Modern Mismatch Desk, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 29.53 in W 74.41 in D 33.08 in
Italy Mid-18th Century Olive Root Wood Desk with Drawings in Regency Style
Located in Brescia, IT
pregiate wood, the olive root; the fine proportion and the elegance of the desk, make understand the high
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Olive
H 31.5 in W 63 in D 28.35 in
English 1870s Faux Bamboo Walnut Desk with Oval Top, Drawers and Root Style Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English faux bamboo walnut desk from the late 19th century, with oval shaped top, two drawers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Walnut
H 30 in W 48 in D 29.5 in
Mid-Century Wooden 'Root' Bowl
Located in London, GB
A curious natural wooden 'root' bowl.
France, c1970s.
Unusual desk top or shelf curio
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Paul J. Stankard Botanical / Root People Upright Paperweight
By Paul Stankard
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
details include a root person and flowers. Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. “What Walt
Category
20th Century American Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Lupus Desk
Located in Paris, FR
Desk Lupus with structure in solid walnut root
veneer and with solid brass in polished finish
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Paul J. Stankard Upright Root People/Bees Paperweight
By Paul Stankard
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Paul J. Stankard (American, b. 1943)
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. “What Walt Whitman did with words, I seek to do in...
Category
20th Century American Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Paul J. Stankard Blueberry & Root People Oblate Paperweight
By Paul Stankard
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Paul J. Stankard (American, b. 1943)
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. “What Walt Whitman did with words, I seek to do in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Paul J. Stankard Yellow Flowers & Root Person Upright Paperweight
By Paul Stankard
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Paul J. Stankard (American, b. 1943)
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. “What Walt Whitman did with words, I seek to do in...
Category
20th Century American Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Paul J. Stankard Upright Raspberries, Flowers & Root People Paperweight
By Paul Stankard
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Paul J. Stankard (American, b. 1943)
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. “What Walt Whitman did with words, I seek to do in...
Category
1990s American Paperweights
Materials
Glass
19th Century Biedermeier Writing Desk
Located in Darmstadt, DE
with walnut & walnut root wood. The desk is very well suited to be placed in the middle of the room, as
Category
Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Walnut
19th Century Baroque Style Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
Excellent Dresden Baroque desk, circa 1870
On three sides and in the top plate walnut root on solid
Category
Antique 19th Century German Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Softwood
Neoclassical Desk, Louis XVI Period 1780
Located in Belmont, MA
gorgeous walnut root veneer. The back side of the desk is also decorated with a walnut veneer. The desk has
Category
Antique 1780s German Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Original French Art Deco Table Clock in Briar Root, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Amazing original French Art Deco table clock in Briar Root, 1930. It works very well.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Wood
Biedermeier Desk, Vienna 1810-1820, Style of Josef Danhauser
By Josef Danhauser
Located in Belmont, MA
Beautiful writing desk, Vienna 1810-20, in the style of Josef Danhauser, walnut veneer. The
Category
Antique 1810s Austrian Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Delicate English Chest of Drawers / Desk, Mahogany, circa 1840
Located in Berlin, DE
Delicate English chest of drawers / desk, mahogany, circa 1840
Solid wood with mahogany and root
Category
Antique 1840s English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Wood
1930s "Record" desk by Axel Einar Hjorth, NK, Sweden, 1930s
By Nordiska Kompaniet, Axel Einar Hjorth
Located in Stockholm, SE
Luxurious “Record” desk by Axel Einar Hjorth, with birch root top and sides and framed with
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch, Zebra Wood
Organic Modern Armona Desk, Walnut, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple, Rute Martins
Located in Lisboa, PT
Armona Desk, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
Designed by
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
H 30.71 in W 33.47 in D 21.66 in
Elegant antique Louis XV Style Veneered lady Bureau Plat / Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
Exclusive Louis XV style ladies bureau plat/desk
Solid beech wood with exotic root veneer
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century antique Dresden Baroque Desk with Top Walnut veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Excellent Dresden Baroque desk, On three sides and in the top plate walnut root on solid softwood
Category
Antique 19th Century German Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Teak Desk by Ilmari Tapiovaara, manufactured by Cantú, 1960
By Cantu, Ilmari Tapiovaara
Located in Berlin, DE
Wooden desk made by finish designer Ilmari Tapiovaara, made of solid teak wood with drawers and
Category
Antique 1660s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th Century Louis XV Baroque Walnut Fall Front Desk/Secretaire
Located in Darmstadt, DE
The desk is from the time around 1730 and covered with a beautiful marquetry of different walnut
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Pine
Majestic French Bureau Plat Desk According to Andre C. Boulle
Located in Berlin, DE
Root veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Three-wheeled frame base
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Italy Late 18th Century Regency Walnut Desk or Side Table
Located in Brescia, IT
spectacular top of this charming table, is handmade in walnut with fine briar root and pear wood inlaids. The
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Majestic French Bureau Plat Desk antique According to Andre C. Boulle bronzed
Located in Berlin, DE
Root veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Slightly protruding
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 30.32 in W 59.06 in D 32.68 in
Rare Folk Art Black Forest Root Wood Table Clock w. Bell Ringer Monk, Cuckoo St.
Located in Lisse, NL
entirely handcrafted out of all kinds of wood, but the most eye-catching is ofcourse the organic root wood
Category
Antique 19th Century German Black Forest Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Iron
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H 24 in W 13.3 in D 8.2 in
ENGLISH CYLINDER DESK 19th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
ENGLISH CYLINDER DESK 19th Century
in mahogany wood and mahogany root.
With drop lid, top
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chippendale Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Desk Swedish Early 18th Century Baroque Period Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Desk Swedish Baroque Period Sweden. A rare Swedish Baroque desk in a stunning condition and patina
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Swedish Baroque Desks
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Swedish Grace Elmroot Table, Circa 1940s
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish Grace, elm, elm root and ebonized table or desk by Erik Chambert, with a rectangular top
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
Gorgeous Highly Polished Rainbow Obsidian Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
to find the root causes of emotional traumas and distresses, and to release ties with the past. It is
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Stone
19th Century English Oak Root Writing Desk with Bronze Fittings
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century English oak root writing desk with bronze fittings.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Louis XVI Drop Front Desk, France 1780-1800, Walnut Root Veneer
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite Louis XVI drop front desk, France 1780, walnut root veneer with details in cherry, plum
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Boxwood, Cherry, Walnut
California Cedar Mid-Century Modern Tree Root Dining Table or Desk
Located in Bernville, PA
California Mid-Century Modern style tree root dining table with custom three-quarter inch glass top
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Glass, Cedar
2 Cypress Tree Root Trunk Driftwood Dining Table Desk Double Pedestal Bases
Located in Philadelphia, PA
an example. These table bases can be used as a dining table or large desk and the bases can be moved
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Driftwood
H 28.25 in W 29 in D 26 in
Gustave Keller Paris Cigarette / Cigar Root Box Desk Smokers Set, France 1930´s
By Gustave Keller Freres
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Gustave Keller Paris Cigarette / Cigar root box desk smokers set. France 1930´s.
The box can be
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver
H 3.15 in W 11.42 in D 9.06 in
Royal Writing Desk/ Bureau Plat in Empire Style After J. Desmalter, Maple Root
Located in Berlin, DE
Writing table/ bureau plat in Empire style after Jacob Desmalter
Maple Roots with thread intarsia on solid Pinewood, partially carved and handpainted. Cutted out pedestal on profile...
Category
20th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
H 32.68 in W 70.87 in D 37.41 in
Indonesian 20th Century Lacquered Root Stand
Located in Yonkers, NY
An Indonesian lacquered root stand from the 20th century drilled to work as a fountain. Created in
Category
20th Century Asian Pedestals
Materials
Wood
Exceptional 18th Century Swedish Baroque Alder Root Table
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Exceptional and rare 18th century Swedish Baroque console table or desk with one drawer in alder
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Swedish Baroque Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Walnut Root Cabinet 19th Century
Located in Milano, IT
opens a writing desk. In fact, one pulls down the sinuous and very beautiful wooden top. Above this are
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Empire Revival Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Antique Wooden and Cardboard Apothecary Pharmacy Storage Jar for Valerian Root
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1900s wooden and cardboard apothecary pharmacy storage jar or box for Valerian Root
Category
Antique Early 1900s German Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plywood, Paper
Lifting Desk by kar
Located in Geneve, CH
Lifting desk by kar
Dimensions: W 120 x D 45 x H 75 cm
Materials: MDF Frame
Available in black
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Tables
Materials
Fiberglass
Lifting Desk by kar
Located in Geneve, CH
Lifting desk by kar
Dimensions: W 120 x D 45 x H 75 cm
Materials: MDF Frame
Available in black
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Tables
Materials
Fiberglass
Louis XVI Fall Top Desk
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI fall top desk, made in the Strassburg region, (France) in the 18th century. Stunning
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Antique Quartersawn Oak French Renaissance Revival Dining Table Library Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
word and root meaning ""dolphin"" (also delphinus) Delphin was a Greek sea god, the leader of the
Category
Antique 1880s Renaissance Revival Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak
H 30 in W 34.5 in D 50 in
Original 18th Century Venetian Secretary Desk Bookcase burled walnut with inlaid
By Bassano's Ebanisteria
Located in Vigonza, Padua
. The secretaire has two bodies, entirely in walnut wood veneered with thick walnut root, inlaid with
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
H 91.74 in W 39.38 in D 21.66 in
Antique Flap Writing Desk in Walnut, Carved Cross Legs, Early 18th Century Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient flap, desk in solid walnut, with hand-carved legs and cross base, built, inlaid and briar
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 39.77 in W 34.26 in D 19.3 in
Tulle Table or Desk Lamp in Brass and BlackEnamel Mesh, Blueprint Lighting, 2021
By Stilnovo, Mathieu Matégot, Blueprint Lighting
Located in New York, NY
The Tulle table lamp or desk lamp is an architectural piece that works well in both modern and
Category
2010s North American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Nickel, Brass
H 20 in W 6 in D 18 in
Chinese Extraordinary Fine Burl Wood Table
Located in South Burlington, VT
An extraordinary example of a burlwood natural organic wood coffee or display table and desk hand
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Organic Material
Art Deco Italian Walnut and Top Glass Table with Elephant Tusk Legs, 30s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Art Deco style table or desk, produced in the colonial period, as confirmed by the legs in the
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Tables
Materials
Glass, Walnut
H 29.93 in W 76.38 in D 37.01 in
Angelo Mangiarotti: Sculptural Eros Console in White Carrara Marble, Italy 1971
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in New York, NY
conical legs — the root of the table's name. An iconic example of the Italian designer's explorations of
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
H 28.5 in W 70.75 in D 18 in
Early 18th Century Antique Walnut Chest on Chest or Highboy
Located in Naples, IT
Chest of drawers in walnut wood and walnut root with extractable desk.
England, 18th century.
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Dr...
Materials
Walnut
Nightstands with French Marquetry Inlaid, 1920s, Set of 2
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of nightstands or secretary desk with French marquetry on the top, each one slightly oval in
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Night Stands
Materials
Walnut
Italy, Tuscan center table or writing table from the XVIII century
Located in Vicenza, IT
This precious center table/desk in walnut root with maple wood inlay on a black background was made
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Center Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
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Find many varieties of an authentic root desk available at 1stDibs. A root desk — often made from wood, walnut and metal — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for a root desk, we have 19 options in-stock, while there are 1 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect root desk — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A root desk, designed in the Mid-Century Modern, Art Deco or Louis XVI style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made root desk over the years, but those crafted by Alfred Hendrickx, Luca Polato and Pietro Lingeri are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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