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19th Century Roll Top Desk & Bookcase
Located in Naples, FL
This desk is sure to impress with its antique charm. The roll top and bookcase provide ample
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19th Century American Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Glass, Wood

Large Francois Linke Roll Top Desk
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large and very fine Francois Linke roll top desk French late 19th-early 20th century Bureau a
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Early 1900s Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood

Antique Large Francois Linke Roll Top Desk
Large Francois Linke Roll Top Desk
H 49 in W 58 in D 32 in
English Mahogany and Gold Accented Roll Top Desk
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian style mahogany roll top desk that opens to reveal drawers, letter holders, and a
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Metal, Ormolu

20th Century Inlaid Wood French Napoleon III Style Roll-Top Desk, 1920
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French roll-top bureau from the early 20th century. Napoleon III style furniture richly inlaid with
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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood

Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Roll-Top Desk Attributed to P. Bernard
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
Furniture of the 19th century, Antique Collectors Club, 2013, p. 111 This roll-top desk is after a famous
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Roll-Top Desk, English, Bureau, Aesthetic Period, Victorian, Circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique roll-top desk. An English, mahogany and leather tambour bureau in Aesthetic
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Late 19th Century British Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood

1920s United States Roll Top Office Desk with Drawers and Wheels
Located in Marbella, ES
1920 United States roll top office desk with drawers and wheels.
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Early 20th Century North American Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood

Grand Antique Estate Pedestal Desk, English Roll Top Secretaire, Victorian, 1860
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a grand antique estate pedestal desk. An English, quality mahogany and satinwood roll-top
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood

19th Century Louis XVI Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine early 19th century Louis XVI period bureau à cylindre, or roll top desk, made of solid
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Brass

Roll-Top Softwood & Mahogany Veneer Desk - Signed Circa 1910
Located in Opole, PL
Roll-Top Softwood & Mahogany Veneer Desk Circa 1910 A large roll-top desk from 1910, signed with a
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1910s American Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Mahogany, Softwood

French Restauration Antique Mahogany Cylinder Roll-Top Desk circa 1830
Located in Shippensburg, PA
drawer over a cylinder roll-top that easily lifts with a pair of original stamped brass knobs to reveal a
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19th Century English Empire Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Marble, Brass, Ormolu

Antique Desk, Carved, Empire, Tooled Leather Top, Elegant, 19th C., 1800's!!
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant Antique Desk, Carved, Empire, Tooled Leather Top, 19th C., 1800's!! 19th Century Empire
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19th Century European Empire Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Leather, Wood

19th Century Figured Walnut Ladies Writing Desk.
Located in Nantwich, GB
Attractive rare Victorian ladies writing desk with two short drawers below two tambour roll tops
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood

Adams Style Vernis Martin Paint Decorated Antique Cylinder Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Antique Adams style distressed paint decorated cylinder desk. Roll top desk containing storage, 2
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Early 20th Century Adam Style Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood

20th Century Palisander Mahogany Wood Marble French Napoleon III Bureau, 1870s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
an external drawer, complete with working key, of good capacity. Openable roll-top bureau that offers
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Marble

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany Lady’s Cylinder Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
band, and keyhole escutcheon. The roll top cylinder is flanked by additional reeded plaques and also
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Marble, Brass, Ormolu

French 18th Century Louis XV Period Kingwood, Tulipwood and Ormolu Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
sides display beautiful quarter veneered Tulipwood panels showcasing the beautiful wood grain. The roll
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Ormolu

French 18th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Desk
Located in CANTELEU, FR
magnificent flamed mahogany roll-top desk, a piece that evokes the opulence of French royal palaces. This
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1780s Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Marble

Louis XVI Roll Top Desk, France 1780
Located in Belmont, MA
This unique Louis XVI Roll Top Desk was made in France around 1780. The outside of the secretary
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Kingwood, Yew

Louis XVI Roll Top Desk, France 1780
Louis XVI Roll Top Desk, France 1780
H 36.62 in W 35.04 in D 20.48 in
Neoclassical Roll-Top Desk, Austria, circa 1800
Located in Greding, DE
Large roll-top desk out of solid cherry wood. The base with seven drawers stands on tapered legs
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Early 1800s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Cherry

Neoclassical Roll-Top Desk, Austria, circa 1800
Neoclassical Roll-Top Desk, Austria, circa 1800
H 49.81 in W 55.52 in D 33.08 in
Louis XV Style Writing Desk by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New Orleans, LA
Superior craftsmanship and elegant bronze work characterize this tambour front roll top writing
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Bronze

Antique Secretaire Desk Bookcase Hobbs and Co Coramndel
Located in Potters Bar, GB
see close up photo Roll top desk section opens out to reveal writing surface which has cormandel wood
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1860s Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Mahogany

French 19th Century Transitional St. Bureau À Cylindre Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
ormolu Bureau à Cylindre desk. The exceptional thirteen drawer roll top desk is raised by elegant
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19th Century French Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Pine Roll Top Desk Bureau from Sweden circa 1840
Located in Round Top, TX
Lovely pine roll top desk or bureau from Sweden from the 1800's. The age of this secretary is
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Pine

Mahogany Genothalmic Cabinet by General Optical Co Roll Top Medical Work Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Mahogany Genothalmic Cabinet by General Optical Co. Roll Top Medical Work Desk Station
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood, Mahogany

Antique 19th Century Danish Biedermeier Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in Round Top, TX
furniture craftsmanship. Enlarge photos to appreciate the beauty of the wood, note the curve of each door
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Mid-19th Century Danish Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood, Mahogany

Large English Marine Writing Desk - Solid Mahogany and Brass - Xixth Century
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
'pushers'. At the top, the writing desk is equipped with five compartments: a long one in the middle
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19th Century English Other Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood

Antique Macey Furniture 6 Stack Lawyer's Bookcase c.1910-Oak Finish
Located in San Francisco, CA
manufacturers, which were advertised in popular magazine as “the best $25 roll-top office desk in the world.”
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Early 20th Century Industrial Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Metal, Brass

Antique Macey Furniture 6 Stack Lawyer's Bookcase C.1910
Located in San Francisco, CA
manufacturers, which were advertised in popular magazine as “the best $25 roll-top office desk in the world.”
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Early 20th Century Industrial Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Metal, Brass

Large Rustic Tambour Lamp
By Early Electrics Design Studio
Located in Peekskill, NY
leather straps and have the look of a roll top desk. There is an amazing patina that just can't be
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Late 19th Century American Industrial Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood

Large Rustic Tambour Lamp
Large Rustic Tambour Lamp
H 32 in W 58 in D 12 in
French 19th Century Louis XV Period Commode Styl Rococo
Located in Warsaw, PL
introduced, like chiffoniers, card tables, dressing tables, and roll-top desks. Ornamentation included exotic
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Malachite, Bronze

Louis XVI Style Commode after the Model by Jean-Henri Riesener, circa 1880
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
monarchy with the roll-top desk for Louis XV placed in his inner study. Commissioned in 1760 from his
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Ebonized Tambour Lamp
By Early Electrics Design Studio
Located in Peekskill, NY
leather straps and have the look of a roll top desk. We took sections and created these unique lamps that
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Hardwood

Ebonized Tambour Lamp
Ebonized Tambour Lamp
H 4.5 in W 38 in D 7.5 in
Antique French Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Console or Desserte
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
service of the monarchy with the roll-top cylinder bureau for Louis XV, which was placed in his private
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

A Louis XV Ormolu mounted Tulipwood, Kingwood & Parquetry Collectors Cabinet
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Sheffield, MA
; malibu, ca, getty mus.). he invented tambour shutters for use on secrétaires with doors and roll-top
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18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Louis XVI Style Commode after Jean-Henri Riesener by François Linke, circa 1905
By Jean-Henri Riesener, François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
for the monarchy with the roll-top desk for Louis XV placed in his inner study. Commissioned in 1760
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Bronze

Antique Children's Oak Roll Top Desk
Located in Alhambra, CA
" H Desk top 19.5" H   Great antique condition. Minor stains to interior/ back desktop and drawer
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1920s American American Craftsman Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Oak

1820s Modern Design Biedermeier Roll Top Desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
a reference book from 1991. Only one second roll top desk I came across in 47 years and which I sold
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19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Cherry, Ebony, Maple, Pine

An Eighteenth Century Mulberry Roll Top Desk
Located in London, GB
make this an exceptional piece. The cylinder top rolls back to reveal a fitted interior. The desk rests
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18th Century and Earlier Austrian Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Early 19th century roll top desk
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Roll top opening by 4 drawers and 2 little doors ,on cabriolet leggs. Cherry and marquetry of
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19th Century Italian Biedermeier Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood, Cherry

Early 19th century roll top desk
Early 19th century roll top desk
H 37.01 in W 37.41 in D 19.69 in
19th Century Louis XV Roll Top Cylinder Desk
Located in Miami, FL
19th c. Louis XV roll top cylinder desk, the rectangular marble top with three quarter pierced
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Directoire Roll Down Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Elmwood with rouge leather top and small storage drawers.
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18th Century French Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood

Directoire Roll Down Desk
Directoire Roll Down Desk
H 46.5 in W 57 in D 30 in
Oak Writing Desk with Roll Cabinet, circa 1930s
Located in Zohor, SK
Stylish and practical writing desk after partial restoration. The table shows some wear on the top
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Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Oak

French 19th Century Mahogany Desk
Located in Millbrook, NY
Fine French Mahogany roll top desk. White marble top over three drawers. Interior with cubby holes
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19th Century French Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Marble, Brass

French 19th Century Mahogany Desk
French 19th Century Mahogany Desk
H 51.5 in W 59 in D 29 in
19th Antique Cylinder Desk in Louis XVI Style Marquetry
Located in Hudson, NY
includes two large drawers. The roll-top cylinder is accessed with brass pulls and reveals a writing
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood

Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Mahagony Cylinder Desk signed Ancellet
By Denis-Louis Ancellet
Located in New York, NY
rectangular marble top fitted with a pierced gilt metal gallery above two glass doors, the roll-top opening to
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Ormolu-Mounted Rolltop Desk by Alfred Beurdeley
By Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley
Located in Pasadena, CA
galleried top inlaid wth lozenge parquetry, above a cylinder roll-top centered wth a ribbon-tied medallion
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Antique 18th Century Louis XVI Cylinder Bureau Writing Desk from France
Located in Vienna, AT
moucheté (fly mahogany) from the Louis XVI period. Beneath the roll top are five drawers in two registers
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Marble, Brass

Early 1900s American Industrial Roll Top Desk/Table by Toledo
By Toledo Metal Furniture Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
Early 1900s American Industrial roll top table by Toledo. Great as used as bar.
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Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Metal

Mahogany George III Console Table / Telescopic Reading Table, circa 1790
Located in Providence, RI
This table has a solid mahogany top of magnificent swirled figuring. While closed, it can certainly
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1790s English Chippendale Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Mahogany

French Directoire Period, Two-Part Bureau Cylindre
Located in Charleston, SC
/> The desk opens with a roll top and reveals a sliding leather-topped writing surface, two large
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Antique Golden Oak S-Roll Top Derby School Desk, Circa 1900
By Derby Desk Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique roll top office desk in the manner of derby offers golden oak paneled construction with
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Early 20th Century American Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Metal

Antique Roll Top Pedestal Desk by Waring & Gillows
Located in London, GB
A magnificent antique roll top desk, with satinwood inlays. This was made in England by Waring and
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood

Antique Oak Roll Top Desk with Raised Panels; S-Roll Style
Located in New York, NY
-roll is shut and locked. comes with key. The handles of the desk are original. This item can be seen
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19th Century American Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood

Russian Brass Trimmed Mahogany Roll Top Desk, circa 1790
Located in New York, NY
Russian mahogany roll top desk with a brass gallery top and brass handles and trim. The piece rests
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18th Century and Earlier Russian Neoclassical Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian Quartersawn Oak Roll Top Tambour Writing Desk Bureau
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare antique Victorian roll top library writing desk. Made of quartersawn oak featuring a tambour
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19th Century Victorian Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Oak

20th Century Inlaid Wood French Napoleon III Style Roll-Top Bureau Desk, 1920
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
of great pleasure. Roll-top bureau equipped with 6 external drawers plus 3 internal drawers and pull
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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood

Mahogany Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Roll Top Desk Attribute to Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Louis XV style marble-top roll top desk, attributed to Jansen, with a brass gallery, 7 drawers, and
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Early 20th Century French Regency Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Wood

Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany, Amaranth and Walnut Parquetry Roll Top Antique Desk
By Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix
Located in London, GB
Of transitional style in the manner of Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix, the cylinder opening to a gilt tooled brown leather writing surface beneath eight small drawers and a filing com...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Bronze

Quality 19th Century Military Campaign Camphor Wood Roll Top Writing Slope
Located in Benington, Herts
Quality 19th century military campaign camphor wood roll top writing slope This extremely good
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Mid-19th Century Asian Chinese Export Antique Wood Roll Top Desk

Materials

Brass

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Antique Wood Roll Top Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic antique wood roll top desk available at 1stDibs. An antique wood roll top desk — often made from wood, metal and mahogany — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique wood roll top desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique wood roll top desk, designed in the Louis XVI, industrial or louis xv style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one antique wood roll top desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but François Linke, Early Electrics Design Studio and Toledo Metal Furniture Co. produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Antique Wood Roll Top Desk?

An antique wood roll top desk can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $5,382, while the lowest priced sells for $75 and the highest can go for as much as $775,000.
Questions About Antique Wood Roll Top Desk
  • 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.
  • 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.