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Louis XV Ormolu Writing Table Desk, 18th C
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV ormolu-mounted kingwood-veneered writing table, 18th c and later, apparently unsigned
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Antique 18th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Kingwood
18th c. Walnut Writing Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Walnut Writing Table
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th C. Swedish Rococo Period Writing Desk in Original Paint
Located in Wichita, KS
A period Rococo writing desk from the 18th century in original painted alder wood with period key
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Danish 18th Century Writing Desk By Royal Architect C. F. Harsdorff
By Caspar Frederik Harsdorff
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
18th Century writing desk with five drawers. The desk is designed by the Danish royal neoclassical
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Antique Late 18th Century Danish Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut
18th C. Country French Walnut Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A two tiered desk with elevated section at back with slots for papers and four curved supports. The
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Antique Late 18th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th-C. French Louis XV Style Carved Oak Tooled Leather & Bronze Writing Desk
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a special piece! It is a late 18th century carved oak and gilt bronze writing desk. It has
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 28.25 in W 45 in D 27.5 in
Original Louis XVI Desk, Inlaid Walnut Wood, Writing Surface in Slate, 18th C
Located in Torino, IT
Original Louis XVI writing desk, in veneered and inlaid wood, with writing surface in slate, three
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Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Slate
H 33.86 in W 48.04 in D 26.78 in
French Bonheur-du-jour (Desk), Late 18th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French painted wood small-sized writing desk from the turn of the 18th and 19th century. This
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Antique 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th C. Walnut Table / Desk with Twisted Legs
Located in East Hampton, NY
Wonderful walnut table with turned legs and a single drawer.... a great night stand for a King bed.
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Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Spanish Charles IV Walnut Marquetry Writing Desk Side Table c. 1790
Located in London, GB
A fine Charles IV walnut writing desk/side table with decorative inlaid marquetry work in blonde
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Antique Late 18th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Modern Writing Table Desk, American, c.1960s
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid Century Modern walnut writing table desk, American, c.1960s. Surfboard top & floating cabinet
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th c. English Architect's Desk/Library Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine English George III country house mahogany architect's desk/library table having richly
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Antique 1760s English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Silver Table, English, Inlaid, Display, Writing Desk, Georgian, C.1780
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique silver table. An English, rosewood inlaid display or writing table, dating to
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Antique Late 18th Century British Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 29.73 in W 38.98 in D 24.61 in
18th C. Italian Console Raised on Urn-Carved Trestle Legs 'or a Great Desk!'
Located in Atlanta, GA
slender profile which would make a great console table, sofa table, or writing desk.
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Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 32 in W 66.5 in D 21.75 in
18th c. Walnut Refectory Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Harp Leg Walnut Table
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Louis Revival Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table 19th C
Located in London, GB
inset gold tooled green leather writing surface, above three frieze drawers on one side and dummy
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th C. Spanish Trestle Style Writing Table, Spool Turned Legs and Wrought Iron
Located in Madrid, ES
The tabletop of this 18th century Spanish table is one single wide plank, which over the years has
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Antique 18th Century Spanish Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 35.04 in W 57.88 in D 33.47 in
Georgian writing table w/ drawers from early 18th C to 19th C in Great Britain
By Alfonso Marina
Located in Bosques de las Lomas, MX
Georgian style writing table from Great Britain that spanned from the early 18th century to the
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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 30.25 in W 84.5 in D 43.25 in
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
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Louis XV Marquetry Ladies' Desk Manner of J.C. Ellaume
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century Louis XV Marquetry Ladies' Desk Manner of J.C. Ellaume
A mid-18th century ladies
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Antique 1750s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Exceptional 18th C. Office Desk Center Table Console Hand Carved Wood & Stone CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exceptional 18th C. Office Desk Center Table Console Hand Carved Wood & Stone CA . Rare large 18th
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Antique Early 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone, Marble
H 30 in W 52 in D 28 in
18th C. Carved Walnut Lyre-Leg Table, Italy
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian carved walnut wood table with lyre legs from the 18th century. This antique table from
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th C. English Architect's Table w/Unique Legs, Expanding Top, & Candle Shelves
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English expandable architect's table with candle stands from the 18th century. This antique
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Antique 18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 30 in W 34 in D 30 in
18th C. Continental Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Bureau Plat W Gilt Bronze Ormolu
Located in Southampton, NY
18th C. Continental Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Bureau Plat with Gilt Bronze Ormolu sourced by
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Antique 18th Century European Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 28.5 in W 48.63 in D 24.75 in
Antique George III Banded Satinwood Lady's Writing Desk with Rosewood Inlay
Located in Morristown, NJ
18th c., England, a delightful George III cheveret lady's writing desk in two parts. The upper five
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Antique 1790s English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ivory, Satinwood, Rosewood, Leather
Lacquered and Veneered Bureau de Dame, 18th to 19th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
desk put on later legs perfect for a small console or unique side table
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Flame Mahogany & Crossbanded Pedestal Desk 20th C
Located in London, GB
This is an exquisite Victorian Revival crossbanded flame mahogany desk dating from the late 20th
Category
Vintage 1980s Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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 with wide knee-section on four cabriole legs with forward looking, imposing Espagnolet...
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Baroque Walnut Fall Front Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
top of this desk is 18th century, while the base, beautifully carved legs with wrought iron stretcher
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Writer's Desk, English, Inlay, Side, Serving Table, Georgian, C.1800
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique writer's desk. An English, mahogany side or serving table, dating to the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 33.27 in W 61.23 in D 25.6 in
A fine 18th century Regence kingwood and gilt bronze mounted Louis XV desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine Regence period 18th c leather top bureau plat. Kingwood with fine gilt bronze mounts. Black
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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, profiled tabletop and gold-imprinted leather insert, flanked by a grotesque mask on each c...
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 30.32 in W 59.06 in D 32.68 in
French Louis XV Style Diminutive Kingwood Writing Table by J. Lapie
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Christies label- London, 1994. A finely made French 18th c. writing table with ormolu mounts and
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk 19th C
Located in London, GB
inset gold tooled green leather writing surface, above three frieze drawers on one side and dummy
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis Revival Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk, 19th C
Located in London, GB
a superb inset gold tooled green leather writing surface, above three frieze drawers on one side and
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Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
English Satinwood & Leather Top Brass Mounted Six Drawer Partners Desk, C 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
English satinwood and leather top brass mounted partners desk with six flanking drawers, four
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Antique 1780s English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 29.5 in W 56.25 in D 35 in
Rare And Important Antique English Georgian Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
C. 1760-1780. An early and exceptional Antique writing table, English and likely Irish. With a
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Antique 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Bureau Plat Marquetry Leather Top Desk with Orig. Ormolu Mounts, C. 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
original cabriole legs. Late 18th century. Skirt height of desk 22.25".
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Antique 1770s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
H 29.25 in W 54.5 in D 29.5 in
Jacobean Style Oak Desk w/ Two Drawers
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. late 18th century - early 19th century
Jacobean style oak desk w/ two drawers
Drawer Size
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Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak
French Elm Burl Brass & Coated Fabric Desk Kidney Shape Louis XV Style c. 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Desk in the kidney style. This shape of tops on the furnitures is typical of the 18th century. It
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Vintage 1960s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
H 30.32 in W 47.25 in D 26.38 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
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Antique 17th Century European Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
H 32 in W 40 in D 22 in
18th Century Painted Lamp Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th C English painted oak lamp table on cabriole legs. 1780.
Reference: 7727
Dimensions
34
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Antique 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Lord Nelson`s Family Portable Sloping Laptop Desk
Located in Dorking, GB
and the use of travelling scribes was on the wane, this type of writing desk must have been much more
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
17-1800's Antique Italian Walnut Trestle Library, Carved, Border Table / Desk!!
Located in Austin, TX
Outstanding Antique Table / Desk, Italian Walnut Trestle Library, Carved, Border, 18th /19th
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 33 in W 80.5 in D 31.5 in
Antique French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Desk by Maison Léger
By Maison Léger
Located in London, GB
Antique French Louis XV style ormolu mounted marquetry desk by Maison Léger
French, c. 1880
Height
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
H 31.5 in W 72.84 in D 38.59 in
19th Century Chippendale Design Mahogany Pedestal Desk
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in London, GB
leather.
English, circa 1910
An understated and elegant desk originally designed in the mid-18th
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Early 20th Century English Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Louis XVI Style Marquetry Writing Table after Jean-Henri Riesener, circa 1870
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany and Marquetry inlaid writing table after the model
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 30.32 in W 31.5 in D 18.9 in
Antique Victorian Inlaid Mahogany Pedestal Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
pedestal kneehole desk, circa 1880 in date.
It is made from fabulous flame mahogany, the rectangular
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Antique 1880s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique Biedermeier Secretaire Chest Secretaire Abattant 19th C
Located in London, GB
philosophy.
Flame Mahogany
Thomas Sheraton - 18th century furniture designer, once characterized mahogany
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Antique 1840s Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century French Louis XV Period Walnut Chateau Bonheur Du Jour or Secretary
Located in Birmingham, AL
A rare 18th century French Louis XV period chateau bonheur du jour or secrétaire handcrafted of
Category
Antique 1750s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
H 103 in W 54.5 in D 28.5 in
Custom Hand-Made Desk by Old Plank in French Directoire Style New Made to Order
Located in Chicago, IL
and we dyed the leather hide in house in order to blend seamlessly with the wood and used 18th c tools
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2010s American Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold, Brass
H 30 in W 70 in D 30 in
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor: An Exquisite Ormolu and Églomisé Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Leather Lined Bureau Plat Desk, believed to be crafted by Maison Jansen around 1938, owned by the
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
H 31 in W 61 in D 36 in
English 18th C. Spinet Case by Crang & Hancock London Converted Writing Desk
Located in Vero Beach, FL
English 18th Century Spinet Case by Crang & Hancock London Converted Writing Desk
This is a fine
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Antique 18th Century English Baroque Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Tulipwood
H 33.5 in W 65 in D 25 in
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat After Cressent
By Charles Cressent
Located in New York, NY
with female busts, with C-scroll and rocaille cast lion’s-paw feet.
After the famous 18th century
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rare and Very Special Late 19th Century Bureau by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
leather writing inset over a frieze drawer centered by a rocaille and flanked by a pair of small drawers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau-François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
interior with pull-out gilt-tooled maroon leather-lined writing surface and fitted with three alcoves above
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 49 in W 56 in D 32 in
French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Mahogany and Ormolu Desk/Writing Table
By Conrad Mauter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period mahogany and ormolu desk or writing table
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Kentucky Butternut Ladies Desk
Located in Louisville, KY
extraordinary Kentucky-made women's writing desk should peak your interest. It is said that this writing desk
Category
Antique Late 18th Century American American Colonial Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique English Adams Decorated Satinwood Drop-Front Desk, 18th-19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique English Adam decorated drop-front desk offers satinwood construction with slant front
Category
Antique 19th Century English Adam Style Desks
Materials
Wood, Satinwood
Charleston Chippendale Mahogany Slant Top Desk with Fitted Interior, C. 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
Charleston Chippendale mahogany slant top writing desk with four graduated drawers, fitted interior
Category
Antique 1770s American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
H 43.75 in W 43.25 in D 22 in
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With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the 18th c writing desk you’re looking for. A 18th c writing desk — often made from wood, metal and walnut — can elevate any home. There are 333 variations of the antique or vintage 18th c writing desk you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the 18th c writing desk you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Each 18th c writing desk bearing Georgian, louis xv or Louis XVI hallmarks is very popular. A well-made 18th c writing desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by François Linke, Gillows of Lancaster & London and Alfonso Marina are consistently popular.
How Much is a 18th C Writing Desk?
The average selling price for a 18th c writing desk at 1stDibs is $7,500, while they’re typically $450 on the low end and $15,675,000 for the highest priced.
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