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Antique English Inlaid Rosewood Child's or Ladies Diminutive Writing Desk
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Rare antique English inlaid rosewood child's or ladies writing desk with lift-up sloped lid with handsome gilt and tooled leather writing surface; fitted interior. The ink bottles ap...
Rosewood
Cushman Colonial Creations Writing Desk
By H.T. Cushman Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
Rare diminutive writing desk by the H.T. Cushman Manufacturing Company circa 1930's.
Wood
English Regency Style Writing Table by Theodore Alexander
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Elegant Theodore Alexander leather and walnut diminutive writing desk. The central drawer with two D shaped drawers one on each side, the top with a Tabaco tooled leather top, restin...
Leather, Walnut
Very Fine Ormolu, Porcelain and Marquetry Writing Desk by Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in London, GB
Very fine ormolu, porcelain and marquetry writing desk by Henry Dasson French, 1890 Height 74cm, depth 80cm, depth 50cm By Dasson, Henry (French, 1825-1896), a leading ébéniste ...
Ormolu
Diminutive Country French Provincial Fruitwood Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Late 19th century country French provincial style diminutive writing table or desk crafted from fruitwood.
Bronze
Diminutive French Louis XIV Style Walnut Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming 19th century French writing table or desk made in a diminutive scale or ladies bureau plat size.
Brass
Regency Diminutive Writing Table
By John Mclean
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine English Regency period bonheur du jour attributed to John McLean & Son, the rectangular top having pierced gallery with turned and ring collared brass column supports with ...
Bronze
English Diminutive Writing Table or Desk of Walnut with Inset Leather Top
Located in Austin, TX
A fine diminutive English library table or writing desk of walnut from the 19th century, featuring a moulded rectangular top with embossed leather inset over a frieze with single dra...
Metal, Brass
Louis XV Style Diminutive Kingwood Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Christies label- London, 1994. A finely made French 18th c. writing table with ormolu mounts and beautiful variegated marble top. The three fine drawers with shaped front inlays and ...
Marble, Bronze
Diminutive Leather Top Desk with Pull-Out Sides and Bronze Mounts Stamped Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
An early Louis XVI style leather top desk with pull-out sides and bronze mounts with a single centre drawer stamped Jansen. Pull outs measure 15.5 x 9 inches each.
Wood
Diminutive 18th Century George III Period Mahogany Bureau
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
Small Untouched 18th Century George III Period Figured Mahogany Bureau A stunning George III mahogany bureau of unusually small proportions. This charming late 18th-century George I...
Mahogany
Diminutive George III Walnut Block Front Slant Front Bureau Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Germantown, MD
A mid 19th century, fully professionally restored Diminutive George III Walnut And Block Front Slant Front secretary Bureau Bookcase Cabinet in great vintage condition. Restored thro...
Glass, Walnut
Regency Writing Table or Side Table of Mahogany on Pedestal Base from England
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English diminutive writing table or desk of patinated mahogany in the Regency style, featuring a rectangular top over a frieze of one drawer with two knobs, and mounted to a t...
Metal, Brass
Bauhaus Desk in Beech, Black Laminate, and Bakelite with Tubular Steel Base
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bauhaus-style diminutive student desk/writing table with tubular chromed-steel base and beech frame with bakelite pulls supporting a black laminate surface (ca. 1930s, USA).
Steel, Chrome
French Louis XVI Style Diminutive Ebonized Writing Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic French diminutive ladies writing table or desk featuring a black lacquer ebonized finish.
Brass
19th Century Provincial Style Walnut and Rouge Marble Top Writing Hall Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A Handsome 19th century country French provincial diminutive hall table, writing table or desk carved from walnut.
Marble
Unavailable
H 31 in W 14 in D 10.25 in
19th Century Diminutive Louis XVI Rosewood and Satinwood Writing Table
Located in Miami, FL
Diminutive rosewood and satinwood writing table.
Rosewood, Satinwood
Unavailable
H 35.5 in W 25.5 in D 17 in
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ladies Writing Desk Marquetry Inlay
Located in Wells, ME
This diminutive, bombay, elegant writing desk has delicate cabriole legs with ormolu mounts and a brass gallery to the top surface.
Ormolu
18th Century Queen Anne Lowboy
Located in Miami, FL
Diminutive Queen Anne lowboy (or writing desk) with over hanging rectangular top over a pull-out writing slide above a central long drawer flanked by two short drawers, rising on cab...
Walnut
Napoleon III French Black Lacquered Bonheur du Jour Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
Napoleon III black lacquered Bonheur du jour diminutive writing desk, 20th century, throughout with brass inlay and gilt metal appliques, the desk with tooled leather writing pad, al...
Brass
Diminutive Georgian Mahogany Bowfront Writing Table or Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
19th century diminutive Georgian style writing table or desk crafted from mahogany.
Brass
Diminutive Chippendale Writing Table
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine George III period mahogany diminutive writing table, the gilt tooled leather top over molded edge, the single drawer with original axe blade handles, over slightly scallope...
Brass
Good design diminutive desk
Located in New York, NY
Diminutive desk with an exceptional use of different kinds of wood and materials. Slanted brass brackets, resting on a graciously shaped central body, support the top of the desk. D...
Fine Louis XV Style Ebony and Parcel Gilt Desk or Console or Serving Table
Located in Stamford, CT
A fine Louis XV style ebony and parcel gilt desk or console table. This decorative multi faceted case piece can be used as a diminutive writing desk, vanity or a serving or console t...
Wood
Diminutive Lady's Desk by Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
French diminutive Louis XVI style mahogany and parcel-gilt Lady's desk, circa 1940s, light brown leather surface, raised on squared tapering legs ending in brass toupie feet. By Mais...
Metal
Italian Walnut Diminutive Writing Table, 19th Century
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An early to mid-19th Century diminutive table desk with inlaid top. The walnut figurative top with intricate pear wood inlay. The apron with concealed front drawer supported by four ...
Walnut
Diminutive Italian 50's desk
Located in New York, NY
50's desk fully embodying the Italian design style of the time where function was never separated from the research of new pleasing lines, such as the slanted feet below the drawers ...
Beautiful Diminutive Burlwood Inlaid Slant Front Desk
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A small beautifully crafted burlwood slant front desk having gorgeous ebony & satinwood inlay, chippendale style brass hardware, and little drawers and cubbies inside. The desk top w...
Burl
Diminutive Italian 50's desk by Dassi
Located in New York, NY
Posh Italian 50's desk made by Dassi an Italian small size company still active that made in the 50's very appealing pieces sometimes designed by very important designers. Dassi crea...
Diminutive Danish Modern Rosewood Desk by EJM Skive
By Skive Møbelfabrik
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1960s Danish rosewood desk by EJM Skive Møbelfabrik. Elegant, minimal design with exquisitely book-matched top. Composed of a single drawer with inset rosewood pulls. Top desk portio...
Rosewood
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H 28.13 in W 35.25 in D 17.5 in
Diminutive Gio Ponti for Schirolli Stained Mahogany and Laminate Writing Table
By Gio Ponti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Small writing table/student desk in stained mahogany with attractive mint green laminate surface by Gio Ponti for Schirolli (ca. 1950, Italy). Stylish piece with modernist details in...
Laminate, Mahogany
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H 30.5 in W 36 in D 21 in
Diminutive Antique Oak Architects Desk / Drafting Table, Adjustable Top
By Rupert Nikoll
Located in Buffalo, NY
Diminutive antique oak architects desk, drafting table, adjustable top, great size, featuring top right drawer and bottom right storage, slots for renderings. Retains original warm o...
Iron
Diminutive 19th Century Pine Desk/Table with Single Drawer
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century Pine desk and/or table with all-over natural finish. Solid two board top with rounded corners, cracks consistent with age. Single drawer has interior separator; the kn...
Pine
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H 29.5 in W 36 in D 21.25 in
A Handsome & Diminutive 19th Century Mahogany Kneehole Desk, U.K. Circa 1850
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The finely constructed diminutive case showing a figured & crossbanded top over an arched frieze, flanked on either side by twin banks of 4 graduated drawers, their fronts showing co...
Brass
19th Century Country French Provincial Walnut Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Handsome 19th century country French provincial diminutive writing table or desk carved from walnut.
Walnut
18th Century Diminutive George III Drum Table
Located in Dallas, TX
A George III drum table with mahogany and leather inset rotating top, four drawers, pedestal base, on casters, gun barrel stem. (Turned column pedestal with four splayed legs).
Brass
American Country Pine Farmhouse Writing Table or Console
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming American pine farmhouse work table that could serve as a diminutive writing table desk or console. Made in the New England country style fronted by one large storage drawer ...
Brass
Italian Baroque Style Desk Lacquered by Artist Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical charming diminutive scale Italian writing table, desk, or vanity made in the Baroque taste.
Brass
Burl Writing Desk by Century Furniture
By Century Furniture
Located in Pasadena, TX
Petite Burl writing desk by Century Furniture Diminutive burl writing desk.
Burl
American, Early 20th Century Writing Desk
Located in Southampton, NY
Early 20th century writing desk. A diminutive piece which opens into a very efficient and useful writing desk with lots of cubbies, drawers and even a place to hold pens and pencils.
Wood
Rustic Farmhouse Oak Work Table or Console
Located in Rio Vista, CA
This table could also serve as a diminutive desk or writing table. Lovely rich patina on the vintage oak.
Oak
Diminutive Chinoiserie Ladies Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Black lacquer parcel-gilt ladies writing table with a galleried top and fronted by a single drawer. Featuring a Japanned case hand decorated with Asian scenes and foliate in gilt. Su...
Lacquer, Wood
Diminutive American Federal Mahogany Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
19th century mahogany writing table or desk made in the federal style in a diminutive scale.
Mahogany
Antique Diminutive French Bronze-Mounted Writing Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Rosewood with inlay. Bronze mounts. Pull-out leather top slides.
Choosing the perfect writing desk or writing table is a profoundly personal journey, one that people have been embarking upon for centuries.
Queen Atossa of Persia, from her writing table circa 500 B.C., is said to have been the originator of the art of handwritten letters. Hers was reportedly the first in a long and colorful history of penned correspondence that grew in popularity alongside literacy. The demand for suitable writing desks, which would serve the composer of the letters as well as ensure the comfort of the recipient naturally followed, and the design of these necessary furnishings has evolved throughout history.
Once people began to seek freedom from the outwardly ornate styles of the walnut and rosewood writing desks and drafting tables introduced in the name of Queen Victoria and King Louis XV, radical shifts occurred, such as those that materialized during the Art Nouveau period, when designers longed to produce furniture inspired by the natural world’s beauty. A prime example is the work of the famous late-19th-century Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí — his rolltop desk featured deep side drawers and was adorned with carved motifs that paid tribute to nature. Gaudí regularly combined structural precision with decorative elements, creating beautiful pieces of furniture in wood and metal.
Soon afterward, preferences for sleek, geometric, stylized forms in furniture that saw an emphasis on natural wood grains and traditional craftsmanship took hold. Today, Art Deco desks are still favored by designers who seek to infuse interiors with an air of luxury. One of the most prominent figures of the Art Deco movement was French decorator and furniture designer Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann. With his use of neoclassical motifs as well as expensive and exotic materials such as imported dark woods and inlays of precious metals for his writing desks, Ruhlmann came to symbolize good taste and modernity.
The rise in appreciation for Scandinavian modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary writing desks. It employs the “no fuss” or “less is more” approach to creating a tasteful, sophisticated space. Sweden’s master cabinetmaker Bruno Mathsson created gallery-worthy designs that are as functional as they are beautiful. Finnish architect Alvar Aalto never viewed himself as an artist, but, like Mathsson, his furniture designs reflected a fondness for organic materials and a humanistic approach. Danish designers such as Hans Wegner introduced elegant shapes and lines to mid-century desks and writing tables, often working in oak and solid teak.
From vintage desks to contemporary styles, 1stDibs offers a broad spectrum of choices for conducting all personal and business writing and reading activities.
Top interior designers show — and tell — us how to create delectable spaces for hosting dinner parties.
Fans of the French film star may be surprised to learn that he had a flair for furniture with sleek lines and disco-era flash.
Like other pieces in the firm’s Candy Box collection, the cheerful limited-edition design showcases French craft.
Whether you’re just moving in or ready to give your home a makeover, our guide will give you pointers on tables that are fitting for every room, nook and hallway.
From his massive collaborative workshop in a former paper factory, the designer concocts funky furniture from disused materials, as well as luxe hotel interiors like the new Mix Brussels.
The designer’s innovative use of an unexpected material gives this console a lift.
The stately piece brings both gravitas and whimsy to any work space.
Use them as tables or stools, indoors or out.