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17th Century Spanish Writing Table - Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
An outstanding and very handsome 17th century Spanish Writing Table - Desk from the Catalan region
Category
Antique 17th Century European Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chestnut, Walnut
17th Spanish Refectory Table, Writing Desk, One Large Drawer
Located in Miami, FL
17th Spanish refectory table. Writing desk. One large drawer
The top its circa 1680, the legs circa
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
17th Century William and Mary Walnut Escritoire Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
A superb late 17th century William and Mary walnut escritoire. Of wonderfully figured walnut
Category
Antique 17th Century English William and Mary Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Late 17th Century Catalan Oak Console Table or Writing Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Late 17th century Catalan oak console table, or writing desk, from Spain. Hand-carved in oak circa
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Rustic 17th Century Baroque Walnut Desk / Writing or Library Table
Located in Troy, NY
17th Century Baroque Walnut Desk / Writing or Library Table, with a thick walnut one-plank top
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Spanish 17th Century Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very handsome 17th century desk - writing table from the Catalan region of Spain. Soundly
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chestnut, Walnut
17th Century French Louis XIV Walnut Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Louis XIV writing table with fine form and having a Sotheby's New York auction house label. The
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Antique 17th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
17th Century Spanish Writing Desk with Drawer and Original Iron Lock
Located in Marbella, ES
17th Century Spanish writing desk with drawer and original iron lock.
Category
Antique 18th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 26.38 in W 35.83 in D 22.84 in
French 17th Century Desk
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French 17th century desk, Louis XIV period. It was originally a trunk which has been transformed
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
17th C Style Antique Reproduction Italian Chestnut CAPRETTA Writing Desk Custom
Located in Encinitas, CA
CAPRETTA table line - our 17th Century Italian refectory style rustic table with drawer
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chestnut
H 30 in W 65 in D 30 in
17th Century Italian Center Table, Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very lovely 17th century center table - writing table from the Bologna area of Italy. Beautifully
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antiqued 17th Century Style Writing Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
An antiqued wood writing desk, with two frieze drawers, on barley twist turned legs joined by
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Spanish 17th Century Carved Desk
Located in London, Charterhouse Square
An ornately carved desk originating from Spain in the late 17th century.
Heavy turned legs
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Antique Late 17th Century Spanish Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
ANTIQUE 1684 DATED HAND CARVED 17TH CENTURY LIFT TOP WRITiNG TABLE DESK BIBLE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning, late 17th
Category
Antique 1680s English Charles II Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
H 39.38 in W 26.97 in D 21.07 in
Very Fine 17th Century Spanish Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
patina - very rich and luminous. A terrific piece used not only as a desk or writing table, but serves
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
17th Century Italian Single Drawer Desk or Side Table, Italy, 17th Century
Located in New York, NY
17th century Italian Florentine single drawer desk.
Decorative finial legs and stretcher
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Spanish Renaissance Desk In Walnut-17th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb Spanish Renaissance table in walnut from the beginning of the 17th century
Exceptional
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Spanish Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
17th Century Italian Carved Walnut Table or Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
17th century Italian walnut library table or writing desk. Desk features three drawers amongst
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Régence Style Marquetry Writing Desk
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A magnificent and very rare Régence style marquetry inlaid grand bureau plat or writing desk
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Spanish Baroque Walnut Desk Table, Late 17th Century
Located in CH
Spanish Baroque walnut desk table, late 17th century.
A rectangular single plank (1.25-inch
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Antique Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Late 17th Century French Hand-Pegged Pine Mountain Table, Writing Table
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This rustic artisan made pine writing table hails from the Auvergne region, a mountainous area in
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Antique Late 17th Century French Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Walnut Two Drawer, Rounded Corner Desk, Italy, 17th Century
Located in New York, NY
17th century Italian walnut two drawer desk.
Square column shaped legs.
Subtly rounded corners
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Exceptional Early 17th Century Spanish Walnut Vargueno Desk on Stand
Located in Benington, Herts
/ bargueno escritorio writing desk on trestle stand.
Spain, Salamanca circa 1600-1630.
This
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Antique 17th Century Spanish Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 55.91 in W 40.95 in D 18.12 in
17th C. Provencal Hand Carved Antique Side Table Walnut Desk Drawers Farm LA CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
17th C. Provencal Hand Carved Antique Side Table Walnut Desk Drawers Farm LA CA . Beautiful 17th
Category
Antique 17th Century European Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
H 32 in W 40 in D 22 in
17th century Spanish Baroque inlaid walnut Desk or Center Table
Located in Troy, NY
Superb model with a deeply paneled frieze, having geometric fruitwood inlay, containing three drawers. The strong disc-turned legs connected by shaped side stretchers and wrought iro...
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Antique Mid-17th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
17th C Style Solid Italian Walnut Refectory Writing Dentil Edge Table options
Located in Encinitas, CA
Old Walnut LIRA Scrivania writing table handcrafted in aged solid Italian walnut with a carved
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
H 30 in W 72 in D 30 in
17th Century Italian Oak Wood Antique Fratino Table or Desk with Lyre Legs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Important antique solid oak wood table from the mid 17th century. Oak wood has acquired a beautiful
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
H 33.86 in W 47.64 in D 20.48 in
Important Filipine Table of the 17th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
Important FilipineIndo-Portuguese table
of the 17th century, in Brazilian rosewood, with two
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Antique 17th Century Portuguese Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
18th Century Spanish Baroque Trestle Style Writing Table Desk with Two Drawers
Located in Madrid, ES
A beautifully conserved Spanish writing table with mixtilinear “pata de lira” (lyre-shaped legs
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Antique 18th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 33.47 in W 57.09 in D 31.5 in
Italian, Tuscany, Baroque Style Carved Walnut 1-Drawer Table, 17th Cen and Later
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular top with molded edge and a dentil molded apron atop a paneled case housing one drawer, the case and top raised on columnar legs, the shaped bracket bases joined ...
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 31.5 in W 43 in D 24.25 in
Late 17th Century Italian Walnut Wood Library Table
Located in Dallas, TX
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At almost 89 1/2 inches long and over 45 inches wide, our late 17th century Italian walnut library
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Antique Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Spectacular Period Oak Clerk's Desk or Secretaire
Located in Port Chester, NY
A rare example of 17th Century period furniture, this wonderful oak clerk's desk is in very fine
Category
Antique Late 17th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Portuguese Late Baroque Rosewood 2-Drawer Center Table or Desk, 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a substantial rectangular top with molded edge above a rounded case housing two long drawers which are mounted with shaped metal escutcheons, the opposite side with false fron...
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
H 31.25 in W 56.75 in D 35.5 in
Antique mid 19th century satinwood, marquetry, and calamander writing table
Located in London, GB
An unusual fine quality mid-19th Century serpentine-shaped Writing Table, having coromandel end
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Early Georgian Chippendale Bureau Bookcase Desk in Carved Mahogany
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Dorking, GB
-Makers Director. Ref CV111 Desk and Bookcase.
This bookcase was made about 1770 from early and heavy
Category
Antique Late 17th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
High Quality Wood & Hogan William & Mary Style Walnut Writing/Library Table
Located in North Salem, NY
! This Wood & Hogan bench-made late 17th century William & Mary style Walnut writing / library table with
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English William and Mary Desks and Writing Ta...
Materials
Brass
H 30 in W 59 in D 29.5 in
Antique Writing Table by Beurdeley After a Model by Adam Weisweiler
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in London, GB
Antique writing table by Beurdeley after a model by Adam Weisweiler
French, c. 1880
Height 74cm
Category
Vintage 1980s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Ormolu
Queen Anne Style Pedestal Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely gorgeous Queen Anne Style pedestal desk.
Made of walnut, butterflied
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Antique Late 19th Century English Queen Anne Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Table Rent Center Desk Tavolino Tuscan Italian Walnut Oval Baroque
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
color.
- It is sturdy and practical for use as an occasional, center, library table or desk.
The
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Antique Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
A rare French Louis XIV large pewter and fruitwood inlaid marquetry desk
By Pierre Gole
Located in PARIS, FR
A rare French Louis XIV large pewter and fruitwood inlaid marquetry desk called “bureau Mazarin
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Antique Late 17th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Pewter
H 32.68 in W 70.8 in D 35.43 in
Lord Nelson`s Family Portable Sloping Laptop Desk
Located in Dorking, GB
of a mid-17th century table box or desk. It is 17" long by 13.5" deep by 9.25" tall and on the
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Louis XIII Period 1630s Carved Walnut Barley Twist Table with Black Painted Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XIII period walnut writing table from circa 1630 with two lateral drawers, barley
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Antique 17th Century French Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 28.75 in W 41.75 in D 28.75 in
Scottish Library Table with Barley Twist Legs
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautiful all-over patina and hand carvings on the apron.
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Scottish Desks and Writing Tables
Table Centre Dining Library Dismantable X Trestles Oak Fruitwood
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A South German oak, shaped X' ended table with detachable fruitwood top with decorative cleated band
This table is easily dismantled and retains the original pegs
The cleated edge ...
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Antique 17th Century German Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Oak
Antique Jacobean Hand Carved Oak Slant Front Writing Desk Early 17th Century
By Jacobean
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 17th Century Hand Crafted English Jacobean Slant Front Desk on Later Stand also fashioned in
Category
Antique 17th Century British Jacobean Desks
Materials
Oak
H 34 in W 24.25 in D 19.25 in
Philippe V Desk From the 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
This exceptional Felipe V writing desk is a true masterpiece of cabinetmaking. It captivates with
Category
Antique 17th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Antiqued Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
An antiqued mahogany writing table, the serpentine parquetry planked top inset with a central
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Baroque Desks
Materials
Wood, Leather
Antique Verger's Table Top Desk, English, Oak, Ecclesiastical, William III, 1700
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique verger's table top desk. An English, oak ecclesiastical writing table, dating to
Category
Antique Late 17th Century British More Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
H 10.04 in W 31.5 in D 17.72 in
17th Century Italian Renaissance Walnut Tuscan Scrittoio Writing Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An extremely rare form of Renaissance furniture, this writing desk is likely from Florence and
Category
Antique 17th Century Renaissance Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Cupboard with Writing Desk, Wood, Wrought Iron, Asturias, Spain 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
moldings can be clearly seen in this example, and the marquetry of the interior of the desk resembles that
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Cupboards
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 84.65 in W 41.34 in D 18.12 in
Queen Anne Period Oak Slant-Top English Desk
Located in Port Chester, NY
A country late 17th century bureau from England, in wonderful condition for its age. The desk has a
Category
Antique 1690s English Desks
Materials
Oak
Outstanding 17th Century Italian Walnut Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
An outstanding 17th century writing table from Northern Italy. Beautifully constructed from rich
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Tables
Materials
Walnut
17th CENTURY SMALL WALNUT DESK
Located in Firenze, FI
Small writing desk in walnut wood, which can also be used as a side table. Its fine workmanship
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian End Tables
Materials
Nutwood
17th CENTURY DESK TABLE LOUIS XIV
Located in Firenze, FI
a writing desk. Finally, the table is very comfortable and can be used with normal chairs, since the
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Louis XIV Dining Room Tables
Materials
Wood, Nutwood
Large Antique William and Mary Burr Walnut Herringbone Inlaid Two Part Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
4 drawers, 8 pigeon holes, central door, sliding well and a brown leather writing surface. Its
Category
Antique 17th Century English William and Mary Desks
Materials
Walnut
H 40.95 in W 41.74 in D 24.81 in
18th century burr walnut bureau
Located in Penzance, GB
furniture and has a baize writing surface and the well is suitable for a laptop. The fall has a working lock
Category
Antique 17th Century English Desks
Materials
Walnut
Tunbridge Ware Correspondence Box by Edmund Nye 19th Century
By Edmund Nye Tunbridge Wells
Located in Cheltenham, GB
known in the 17th Century for its therapeutic waters and by the 18th century it had become a hugely
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian More Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut, Satinwood, Ash, Boxwood
Small George I Walnut Bureau on Stand
Located in Lymington, GB
George I period walnut bureau or desk on stand, of compact proportions, ca 1720.
This small early
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Georgian Desks
Materials
Walnut
17th Spanish Walnut Cabinet on Stand, Desk, Original ‘Bargueño’
Located in Miami, FL
Spanish desk (“bargueño”) in walnut.
17th century with “bridge-shapped”. Decorated on the exterior
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Rare 17th Century Spanish Vargueño
Located in Chicago, IL
time. The writing desk showcases intricate inlaid marquetry circles adorning its front, while inside
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Cupboards
Materials
Wrought Iron
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal 17th writing desk for your home. Each 17th writing desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, walnut and metal. There are 78 variations of the antique or vintage 17th writing desk you’re looking for, while we also have 2 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer 17th writing desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Each 17th writing desk bearing Baroque or Neoclassical hallmarks is very popular.
How Much is a 17th Writing Desk?
The average selling price for a 17th writing desk at 1stDibs is $8,975, while they’re typically $826 on the low end and $95,000 for the highest priced.
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- What is a writing desk?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
A writing desk may refer to a desk with a top, often sloping, for writing on or to a portable case with compartments to hold writing materials and a surface for writing.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A small writing table is also called a davenport table or davenport desk. They normally feature a sloped or inclined top attached with hinges to the back of the table. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage davenport desks.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021A writing desk with drawers is also called a secretary. It is a desk with drawers, one of which can be pushed out and the front of the desk lowered to create a flat writing surface. These writing desks have been made in a variety of styles over the years. Shop for a variety of writing tables with drawers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023What an old-fashioned writing desk is called varies by design. Pieces with drop-down fronts are secretary desks (these are typically made of two parts: a chest of drawers on the bottom and a hutch or cupboard with shelves on the top), while ones that rest on two pillars, cabinets or bookcases are pedestal desks. A desk with a small writing surface positioned in front of drawers and cubbies is a bureau à gradin. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of desks.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023In French, the term for a writing desk that often featured a drop-down writing surface is secretaire. This type of desk is called a secretary desk in English. Simply put, a secretary desk is a multifunctional piece of furniture with a hinged writing surface that folds open or drops down. When the leaf is folded out, small inner storage compartments, which are called pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers, are revealed. On 1stDibs, shop antique secretary desks from some of the world's top sellers.
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