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Traveling Desk Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Georgian period traveling desk from circa 1820, crafted in England, features an Italiante
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1820s English Early Victorian Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Wood

Antique Traveling Desk Box
Traveling Desk Box
H 10 in W 22.5 in D 18 in
Victorian Walnut Campaign Travelling Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Victorian walnut campaign travelling desk, opening to a maroon leather
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19th Century English Campaign Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Walnut

Antique Victorian Walnut Campaign Travelling Desk
Victorian Walnut Campaign Travelling Desk
H 37.8 in W 24.41 in D 14.97 in
Inkwell travel desk Islamic symbols
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Inkwell travel desk Islamic symbols Inkwell with Islamic symbols Circa 1900 Origin France Middle
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Early 1900s French Islamic Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Bronze

Antique Inkwell travel desk Islamic symbols
Inkwell travel desk Islamic symbols
H 10.63 in W 12.6 in D 7.88 in
19th Century, French Wood Travel Desk
Located in IT
19th Century, French Wood Travel Desk Measures: cm H 103 x W 52 x closed D 9. Open D 59 cm This
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Wood

Antique 19th Century, French Wood Travel Desk
19th Century, French Wood Travel Desk
H 40.56 in W 20.48 in D 3.55 in
Antique Renaissance Revival Gilt Bronze Travel Desk
Located in New York, US
Our 19th century gilt bronze travel desk from the Renaissance Revival period with exceptional
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Late 19th Century British Renaissance Revival Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Bronze

Ormolu-Mounted Sevrés Style Travel Desk
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Travel desk made with Sevres style porcelain plates, with mercury gold plated bronze mount. The
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Gold, Bronze

Antique Ormolu-Mounted Sevrés Style Travel Desk
Ormolu-Mounted Sevrés Style Travel Desk
H 4.73 in W 13 in D 14.97 in
Antique Travel Desk On Stand for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Antique travel desk with brass bands, tooled leather interior, brass shield plate and escutcheon
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19th Century English Campaign Antique Traveling Desk

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Brass

Antique Travel Desk On Stand for Restoration
Antique Travel Desk On Stand for Restoration
H 21.5 in W 19.75 in D 15.75 in
Edwardian Campaign Writing Desk , Inlaid Stationary Desk, Traveling desk
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This very campaign writing desk is a rarely seen Edwardian travelling writing desk .It is in the
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Wood

English Campaign Style Traveling Desk on Stand
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Campaign style brass mounted mahogany English traveling desk, late 19th century on a late 20th
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Late 19th Century English Campaign Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

19th Century Victorian Writing Slope/ Travel Desk Box, Brass Bound, UK ca. 1815
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Impressive Victorian writing slope or travel desk - attributed to the famous company of Thompson
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Early 19th Century British Victorian Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

19th Century Mahogany and Brass Inlays Travel Desk on Stand
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century Mahogany and brass and brass inlays traveling lap desk on stand. Measures 22.5"W x 12
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19th Century Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

Antique Regency Brass Inlaid Mahogany Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and unusually large proportions, with lavish brass inlay
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian Brass Bound Traveling Desk Walnut Wooden Writing Slope Box 19C
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine early English Well Figured Solid grained Walnut Ladies or Gents Travelling
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

Antique English Exceptional Lacquer Mother-of-Pearl Travel Desk, circa 1860-1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
This writing slope (or portable writing desk) is richly decorated with mother-of-pearl and pleasing
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Traveling Desk

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Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

19th C. English Campaign Style Mahogany Travel Desk by G. Riddle, London
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A finely crafted travel desk by a noted British maker of boxes. The campaign style box has shaped
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19th Century English Campaign Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

1911 Walnut Burl and Brass Inlays and Leather Inset Travel Desk on Stand
Located in Germantown, MD
A 1911 Mahogany , brass inlays and leather inset traveling lap desk on stand. Measures 20.5" in
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19th Century American Victorian Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

19th Century English Victorian Campaign Style Travel Desk Writing Box
Located in Forney, TX
A antique Victorian era English campaign style brass bound mahogany portable lap desk / writing
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Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

Antique Anglo Indian Box Form Quill Lap Top or Travel Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Anglo Indian lap top desk crafted in quills and ebony decorated with bone dots
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Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Traveling Desk

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Bone, Felt, Wood, Ebony

Antique Victorian Traveling Desk With Ebony and Mother-of-Pearl Banding
Located in Morristown, NJ
Victorian English bird's eye maple lap desk, with ebony and mother-of-pearl inlay. The dome shaped
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1880s English Victorian Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Birdseye Maple, Ebony

END OF THE 19th CENTURY ENGLISH TRAVELING WRITING DESK
Located in Firenze, FI
This solid mahogany travel desk is a fine piece of English manufacture from the late 19th century
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Late 19th Century English Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Leather, Wood

Antique English Flip Top Campaign Desk on Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Remarkable rare 19th Century gentleman's traveling desk handcrafted in mahogany with geometric
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Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

Antique 19th Century English Georgian Rosewood Campaign Writing Slope Desk 14"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th Century English Georgian campaign writing slope, box or travel desk. Made of walnut
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19th Century Campaign Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

Fine 19th C. English Tunbridge Portable Writing Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine larger Antique Travel Desk with fine wood and Mother-of-Pearl inlay. The dark mahogany
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19th Century Edwardian Antique Traveling Desk

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Fabric, Wood, Mother-of-Pearl

Lacquered and Veneered Bureau de Dame, 18th to 19th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
because there are visible patches where something would have been attached. It might also be a traveling
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Hardwood

Travel Lap Desk Walnut 19th C. on Stand as Side Table Decorative Gift Antique LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Travel Lap Desk Walnut 19th C. on Stand as Side Table Decorative Gift Antique LA . Exquisite
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19th Century English Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

A Louis XV Style Desk Travelling Cartel Clock circa 1875
By Etienne LeNoir
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Desk Travelling Cartel Clock in chiseled and gilded bronze Rocaille decoration of scrolls, acanthus
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1870s French Louis XV Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu

Early 19th Century American Sheraton Mahogany Campaign Officers Desk
Located in Forney, TX
beautiful and functional captain / officers traveling desk. Featuring a stunning highly figured flame
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Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Cherry, Mahogany, Poplar

French 19th Century Mahogany Travel Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
French 19th century mahogany travel writing desk French, 19th century Measures: Height 94cm
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Ormolu

Victorian Edwardian 1900 Desk Inkwell Box in Faux Tortoise Shell and Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
during the Victorian and the Edwardian periods, back in the 1900. This is a very decorative travel-desk
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1890s English Victorian Antique Traveling Desk

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Sterling Silver

Charles & Richard Comyns 1920 London Neo Classic Carriage Table Clock in Sterlin
By Charles and Richard Comyns
Located in Miami, FL
Travel carriage clock designed by Charles & Richard Comyns. Beautiful small travel-desk clock
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1920s English Neoclassical Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

WRIGHT & DAVIES 1900 Guilloche Enameled Carriage Clock In .925 Sterling Silver
By Wright & Davies 1
Located in Miami, FL
A travel-desk clock designed by Wright & Davies. This is a gorgeous travel-desk clock created in
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1890s English Gothic Revival Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Exceptional Early 17th Century Spanish Walnut Vargueno Desk on Stand
Located in Benington, Herts
used as a travelling desk within the Spanish global empire and were highly prized as an object of
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17th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Traveling Desk

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Walnut

Extraordinary British Empire Travel Jewelry Box
Located in Middleburg, VA
Extraordinary British Empire Travel Jewelry Box. Veneered in Burled Yew Wood and Amboyna inlaid
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Silver

Antique English Regency Rosewood Travelling Lap Desk Box, Circa 1830
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Regency rosewood travelling lap desk box, circa 1830.
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19th Century English Regency Antique Traveling Desk

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Rosewood

Wooden travel writing desk early 20th century with red velvet top
Located in Miami, FL
Travel writing desk in Mahogany wood with fruit wood filets . 3 Drawers The writing spot inside
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Early 20th Century Louis Philippe Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Wood

English Notary Travel Mail Desk Correspondence Box, circa 1910
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Antique writing slope, notary desk or travel correspondence box in oak, dating to the Edwardian
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

Louis Vuitton Traveling Lap Desk 65
By Louis Vuitton
Located in New York, NY
the company about cases or trunks they made. As per Louis Vuitton, this is a "Traveling Desk" with
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Early 20th Century French Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

Antique Gentlemen English Travel Writing Desk in Wood, Restored
Located in Milano, IT
Antique English man's portable desk early 800. RESTAURED. Precious travel writing box in walnut
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Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

Davenport Desk in Walnut, 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
travel desk in walnut and burl walnut which has a very elegant base The right side of the cabinet
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Walnut

Davenport Desk in Walnut, 19th Century
Davenport Desk in Walnut, 19th Century
H 21.26 in W 30.71 in D 21.26 in
Very rare English travel writing desk/secretary chest around 1860
Located in Berlin, DE
Very rare English travel writing desk/secretary chest around 1860 Solid mahogany lidded box that
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1860s English Antique Traveling Desk

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Brass

English Regency Mahogany Travelling Sloped Lap Desk Box, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
English Regency mahogany travelling sloped lap desk box with brass corner mounts and handles, 19th
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19th Century English Regency Antique Traveling Desk

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Mahogany

Antique French Brass & Champleve Combination Desk Carriage Clock Barometer 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique French brass & champleve combination eight day carriage clock and barometer desk set
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Early 1900s French Edwardian Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Antique English Wood & Brass Travelling Lap Desk and Document Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique lap desk and document box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England
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Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Walnut

English Campaign Style Rosewood Brass Inlaid Lap Desk, circa 1850
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality brass inlaid Campaign style traveling desk with a recessed brass handle engraved
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Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

Napoleon III French Travel Fall Front Desk in Rosewood and Boxwood Veneer 1860s
Located in Huntington, NY
Napoleon III French travel fall front desk in rosewood and boxwood veneer 1860s. With inset
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

Baroque Wood and Iron Spanish Folding Traveling Table
Located in Leesburg, VA
Baroque Wood and Iron Spanish Folding Traveling Table Anonymous Spain; 18th century Wood, iron
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18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Iron

Small 1820s Travel Inkwell, France
Located in Greven, DE
Wonderful antique travel inkwell in a cover of red leather. France, early 19th Century.
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Early 19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

Traveling Inkwell Milk Churn Shape
Located in Vienna, AT
This figural traveling inkwell was made during the very early 1900s. It is made to look like a milk
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Early 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

19th Century Neoclassical Bronze French Travel Watch Travel Alarm Clock
Located in Berlin, DE
Old French travel watch with onyx applications. Squared roof. On the watch, a curved handle handle
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Traveling Desk

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Onyx, Brass

Rare Antique English Mahogany Brass Bound Travel Box, circa 1800
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare antique english mahogany brass bound travel box, circa 1800.
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Early 19th Century English Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

Antique Travel Inkwell, Silvered, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful travel inkwell with a silver plated lid and a bottom of black leather. On the lid are the
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Silver Plate

Late 19th Century Leather Mini Hat Box Traveling Inkwell
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th century traveling inkwell in the shape of a leather hatbox with a copper interior and
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Late 19th Century English Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Copper

Ransomers Patent De La Rue 02 Antique Traveling Inkwell
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful antique traveling inkwell, made of wood and steel. Great condition. By De La Rue.
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Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Metal

Douglas Clock Silver Travel Table Clock
Located in Vienna, AT
Sterling silver construction originally gold plated inside. Manufacturer by Douglas Clock Co Ltd Size: 8.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm Dial: White with black roman numerals Pointer: Black ...
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Early 1900s British Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Sterling Silver

Douglas Clock Silver Travel Table Clock
Douglas Clock Silver Travel Table Clock
H 3.55 in W 2.37 in D 1.97 in
Rare Antique Regency Travelling Writing Box, English c 1810-1820
Located in Kastrup, DK
A rare Regency writing desk box made in solid ebony. Original leather with natural age-related
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Brass

Vintage Travelling Surveyor's Set, English, Pocket Drawing Instrument Case, 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage travelling surveyor's set. An English, pocket drawing instrument case, dating to
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Early 20th Century British Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Nickel

Antique Silver travelling Inkwell London 1839
Located in Toronto, ON
Antique Silver travelling Inkwell London 1839 prob Thomas Diller. Vermeuil Silver rectangular
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Silver, Other

Antique 19th Century Victorian Birdseye Maple Traveling Writing Slope Box
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique dark birds eye maple writing slope with brass M monogram plate on top with green felt lining and multiple interior storage compartments finished in macassar ebony.
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19th Century Victorian Antique Traveling Desk

Materials

Felt, Birdseye Maple, Ebony

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Antique Traveling Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique traveling desk for your home. Each antique traveling desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and brass. Your living room may not be complete without an antique traveling desk — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right antique traveling desk, those designed in Victorian, Regency and Georgian styles are of considerable interest. A well-made antique traveling desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Douglas Clock Co., Susse Frères and Tiffany & Co. are consistently popular.

How Much is a Antique Traveling Desk?

Prices for an antique traveling desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $195 and can go as high as $31,411, while the average can fetch as much as $1,896.
Questions About Antique Traveling Desk
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023
    What antique desks are called depends on their design. A desk with chair cutouts on both sides is a partner desk, while one with a pull-down writing surface is a secretary. On a Davenport desk, the desktop lifts to reveal a storage area. Find a variety of antique, vintage and contemporary desks on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    An antique Davenport desk is a small writing desk, usually with four drawers on one side. The desk would have elaborately decorated supports and a recessed space for adequate legroom. Shop a collection of Davenport desks from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
    1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A Davenport desk is a type of small desk with a distinct inclined desktop. The desktop covers a large storage compartment meant for keeping paper and other writing materials. Popular in the 19th century, Davenport desks are still sought after today. On 1stDibs, you’ll find a collection of antique Davenport desks from some of the world’s top sellers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A variety of factors can determine the exact age of an antique roll top desk. Some things to look for is the type of wood and craftsmanship used to create the desk. Typically, older desks will be made from heavier wood. You can also check for a maker’s marks to determine the age. When in doubt, work with a certified appraiser to determine the authenticity of your roll top desk. You’ll find a variety of expertly vetted roll top desks on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021
    An antique secretary desk will range in value depending on its authenticity and condition. The price can range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. On 1stDibs find the antique secretary desk you’re looking for today.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    To tell if a roll-top desk is an antique, look closely at the materials. Real antiques feature hardwoods like cherry, mahogany and black walnut. If you detect the use of engineered woods, the desk is a reproduction. Also, early pieces show off irregular dovetail joints. Joints that appear perfectly uniform indicate that a roll-top desk is a more recent mass-produced piece. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of expertly vetted antique roll-top desks.