Jansen Ebonized and Brass Gilt Leathertop Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
This classic gorgeous ebonized bureauplat from the 1940's is in the Louis XVI style with embossed
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Ebonized English Pedestal Desk with leather top
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
great looking black desk with worn dark red leather top
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Late 18th Century Directoire Bureau Plat or Writing Desk in Cherrywood
Located in Firenze, IT
A beautiful Directoire writing desk or bureau plat in cherrywood with ebonized details and very
Category
Antique 1790s Italian Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
19th Century Rococo Revival Walnut Bone Inlaid Desk Writing Table Lombardy
Located in Roma, RM
Inlaid desk writing table - Lombardy, 19th century Made of ebonized walnut wood and inlaid with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bone, Fruitwood, Walnut
1950's Italian Ebonized Desk with Brass Pulls
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Italian ebonized five-drawer desk, with brass pulls.
Category
20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
English Ebonized Desk with Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in New York, NY
1930-40 English ebonized desk with mother of pearl inlay. Two drawers.
Category
Vintage 1930s English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
19th Century French Ebonized Desk with Bronze Details
Located in New York, NY
Wooden Desk with Leather Top Five Drawers Two Expandable Wings 11.5" each
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Jansen Ebonized and Gilt Leathertop Desk/ Console, Stamped
Located in Stamford, CT
Stunning desk by Jansen has beautiful leather top and wonderful embossed detail. Would also work
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather
Antique Victorian Ebonized Aesthetic Davenport Desk, Scotland 1880, B2943
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Victorian Ebonized Aesthetic Davenport writing desk, Scotland 1880, B2943 Scotland 1880
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Scottish Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nelson ebonized drop leaf desk on stainless frame
Located in New York, NY
George Nelson ebonized gate leg desk on stainless steel frame, mfg. Herman Miller. Pulls have been
Category
20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Ebonized Desk Top on Steel Bass with Brass detail
Located in New York, NY
Mid-century modern desk mixked metal base in excellent original condition.
Ebonized Low Table
Located in New York, NY
Slightly high for a low table.
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Large Scale 19th Century French Ebonized Desk with Leather Top
Located in New York, NY
Ebonized desk with leather top and eight drawers.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather
Midcentury Ebonized Wood Desk in the Manner of Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury ebonized wood desk with drawers and glass top in the manner of Gio Ponti. Italy, 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Swedish Modernist Writing Table
Sold|$4,900
Swedish Modernist Writing Table
Located in Hudson, NY
. In flame birch, parcel ebonized. Art Deco/Functionalism period, 1930s. Ref: “Det Moderna Hemmet
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch, Wood
English Regency Style Writing Table
Sold|$8,700
English Regency Style Writing Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
Regency style mahogany and ebonized writing table with two drawers, brass lion's head ring handles
Category
20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
A Brass, Patinated Leather and Ebonized Desk by Marc du Plantier
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular gilt-tooled inset patinated leather writing surface, above four drawers centering a
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1940s French Ebonized Bureau Plat
Sold|$2,287
1940s French Ebonized Bureau Plat
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Small proportioned 1940s French ebonized bureau plat with original, nicely faded leather.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Louis XV Period Ebonized Desk with Gilt Bronze Mounts, Stamped 'Bonnemain, ' 1760
Located in London, GB
Elegant Louis XV bureau plat by Pierre Bonnemain, circa 1760. Ebonized bureau standing on cabriole
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Ebonized Library Table
Sold|$10,000
Ebonized Library Table
Located in New York, NY
Ebonized mahogany and pine library table on block front feet
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Pine
French 19th Century Ebonized and Brass Bureau Plat
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
19th century French ebonized bureau plat with brass mouldings, fluted legs and nicely worn original
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Fine French Louis XV Small Writing Table
Sold|$11,000
Fine French Louis XV Small Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
tooled leather writing surface, banded with gilded bronze molding, above an ebonized wood frame with two
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Elegant Neoclassical Writing Table by Maison Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Brussels, BE
Ebonized, fully restored with many brass accents,bronze sabots. Louis XVI inspiration. One single
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
French Ebonized Bureau Plat
Sold|$4,712
French Ebonized Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A very stylish and decorative French brass-mounted and ebonized bureau plat or desk with inset
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Aesthetic Period Ebonised Writing Table by James Shoolbred & Co
By James Shoolbred
Located in Salisbury, GB
Aesthetic period James Shoolbred & Co ebonised writing table with black leather top.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Aesthetic Movement Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pearwood
1930s Macassar Ebony Desk
Sold|$5,891
1930s Macassar Ebony Desk
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
A good quality, stylish 1930s Art Deco Macassar ebony desk. Great straight lines with fitted
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Macassar
A Large Ebonized Bureau Plat
Sold|$16,000
A Large Ebonized Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
A Large Ebonized and Tooled Gilt Leather Topped Bureau Plat
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Carved and Ebonized Library Table
Sold|$28,000
Carved and Ebonized Library Table
By Alexander Roux
Located in Southport, CT
Of extraordinary quality, this highly architectural writing table is part of an identifiable suite
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Gothic Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Black Art Deco Desk, circa 1930
Sold|$4,040
Black Art Deco Desk, circa 1930
Located in Paddock Wood, Kent
Black Art Deco desk, circa 1930 This oak desk has been ebonized with a piano finish, it has nine
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Gilt and Ebonized Bureau Plat
Sold|$3,495
Antique Gilt and Ebonized Bureau Plat
Located in Norwalk, CT
A fine French ebonized bureau plat with gilt edge and bronze mounts. Original sectioned and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Planner Group Desk and Chair by Paul McCobb
Sold|$2,500
Planner Group Desk and Chair by Paul McCobb
Located in North Miami, FL
Ebonized Planner Group desk and chair by Paul McCobb for Winchendon Furniture Co.features white and
Category
Vintage 1950s American Desks and Writing Tables
Art Deco Black Desk, French, circa 1920
Sold|$2,009
Art Deco Black Desk, French, circa 1920
Located in Paddock Wood, Kent
Art Deco black desk, French, circa 1920 A Piano lacquer finish Art Deco desk with new inset
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Art Deco Ebonised Black Desk
Sold|$2,342
Antique Art Deco Ebonised Black Desk
Located in Dorchester, GB
A ebonised Art Deco desk of perfect proportions. Featuring 3 varying size drawers and one large
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Leather Ebonized Bureau Plat
Sold|$2,400
Louis XV Style Leather Ebonized Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV Style Leather Ebonized Bureau Plat, c. 1940's
Category
Vintage 1940s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather
Signed Jansen Ebonized and Mirrored Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
Ebonized and Mirrored Bureau Plat with Drawers to Front and Mirrored Back, Signed Jansen, Paris
Category
Vintage 1950s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Ebonized and Gilt Leather Bureau Plat
Sold|$14,800
French Ebonized and Gilt Leather Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
A Louis XV Ebonized and Tooled Gilt Bronze Dore' Mounted Bureau Plat with a Gilt-Tooled
Category
Vintage 1950s Desks and Writing Tables
Napoleon III French Marquetry Drop-Leaf Salon or Writing Table with Drawer, 1860
Located in San Francisco, CA
A mid-19th century Napoleon III drop-leaf salon or writing table with drawer, displaying
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Petite Black Lacquered Desk with Leather Top
Sold|$3,150
Petite Black Lacquered Desk with Leather Top
Located in Stamford, CT
This classic leather top desk with two drawers and brass hardware detailing features simple and
Category
Vintage 1960s American Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Napoleon III Painted Table or Desk, 1870s
Located in Austin, TX
A Napoleon III period table in ebonized pearwood with curved and scrolled legs and a scalloped
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Ebonized Ladies Bureau with Brass Inlay
Located in Chamblee, GA
Louis XV ebonized ladies bureau with brass inlay and original brass gallery. Original felt writing
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
19C Napoleon III Ebonized Bureau Plat with Tan Leather
Located in New Orleans, LA
Ebonized wood desk with tan leather top and gold tooled border. Intricately carved hardware on 2
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Victorian Ebonized and Brass Inlaid Bureau Plat, circa 1890
Located in London, GB
Victorian ebonized and brass inlaid bureau plat circa 1890, in the French Louis XVI style. The top
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
English 19th Century Marquetry Style Drop Front Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1900s antique neoclassical style drop front desk is made of walnut wood in its original light
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Lacquered Campaign Desk
Sold|$1,675
Vintage Lacquered Campaign Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
drawers, and rest on a pair of ebonized quad-pod stands. This writing desk is in good condition, sturdy
Category
Vintage 1980s American Campaign Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
1950s Black Freestanding Ladies Desk by German Architect Reinhold Stotz
By Reinhard Stotz
Located in Maastricht, NL
Elegant ladies desk or secretaire. Black ebonized beech frame with brass feet by German Architect
Category
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Style Leather Top Ebonized Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Mid 20th Century French Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted And Ebonized Leather Top Bureau Plat With
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century French Napoleon III Coromandel and Bone Inlaid Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A good quality, late 19th century French, Napoleon III Coromandel and bone inlaid desk, with eight
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Ivory Inlaid and Ebonized Trictrac Table. Circa 1780
Located in New York, NY
Fine Louis XVI mahogany, part-ebonized and ivory-inlaid Trictrac table, the rectangular reversible
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Important 19th Century French Ebonised and Ebony Desk with Copper Inlay
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Very large, important, French 19th century ebonised desk with copper inlay. Exceptional quality
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Louis XV Style Ebonized and Bronze Gilt Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in San Francisco, CA
The rectangular shaped top trimmed in molded brass and inset with a crimson leather writing surface
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Large Late 19th Century French Black Lacquered and Brass Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Uppingham, Rutland
are generous, so would work well as an everyday desk, but could also work as a dressing table with a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Stunning Multi Functions Ebonized Walnut Cabinet on Wheels by Drexel
By Drexel
Located in Pasadena, CA
Vintage filing cabinet on wheels by Drexel (stamped in the drawer). Contained cube folds out into multi surface work space with great lines and angles. One end contains single large ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Mazarin Style Table in Inlaid and Ebonized Wood
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
An 17th century style occasional desk with exotic wood floral and strap work marquetry top and span
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
1940's French bureau plat.
Sold|$19,800
1940's French bureau plat.
Located in London, GB
A large 1940's French ebonised and parcel gilt partners desk, with a later leather top.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
1930s French Ebonised Bureau Plat in the Louis XVI Taste
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A circa 1930s French bureau plat, later ebonies in the Louis XVI taste, with brushing slides, that will work well in most settings. Measurements when fully open: 208cm wide x 60.5cm...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Napoleon III Inlaid Auxiliary Table, 19th Century
Located in Liverpool, GB
sizes, large tables and desks are much more common. Fruit wood, blackened Metal inlays and fittings.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Maison Jansen Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Sold|$15,000
Maison Jansen Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Paris, FR
Ebonized and black lacquered writing desk. Ormolu mounts and cabochon to the corners. Three
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Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Ebonized Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the ebonized writing desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and brass, every ebonized writing desk was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a ebonized writing desk, we have 409 options in-stock, while there are 14 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect ebonized writing desk — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A ebonized writing desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Louis XVI, Mid-Century Modern and Louis XV styles are sought with frequency. Maison Jansen, Baker Furniture Company and Milo Baughman each produced at least one beautiful ebonized writing desk that is worth considering.
How Much is a Ebonized Writing Desk?
Prices for a ebonized writing desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $815 and can go as high as $125,000, while the average can fetch as much as $5,327.
Finding the Right Desks-writing-tables for You
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.
Questions About Ebonized Writing Desk
- 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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