French Empire Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Mahogany construction with rectangular leather writing surface with gilt brass medallion pulls. Back has gilt metal chariot and horse plaque. Top sits on turned trestle legs and stre...
Brass
French Empire style leather top mahogany writing desk, C 1890
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Empire style leather top mahogany writing desk having bronze mounts, claw feet and resting on slabs of green marble (optional) C 1890.
Marble, Bronze
Baltic Empire Style Writing Table or Desk, circa 1910 in Mahogany
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A very fine Baltic writing or sofa table in the Empire style (and edging toward the Art Deco period that would follow.) In Cuban mahogany with carved trestle-base ending in carved li...
Mahogany
French Empire style mahogany bronze mounted leather top writing desk. C 1940.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Empire style mahogany bronze mounted, leather top writing desk.
Bronze
$5,470Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Salon Empire Writing Desk, 1890
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid wood, mahogany veneer. Rectangular cover plate over an inconspicuous frame. The base is arched. Fine chiselled bronze applications, gilded. Removable worktop / writing table un...
Bronze
French 19th Century Empire Mahogany Desk, Refinished
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A handsome French Empire desk made of mahogany that has been recently refinished to preserve the beautiful color and grain of the wood.
Brass
Antique Empire Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique French gilt-bronze mounted flame mahogany Empire bureau plat, Circa 1820 in date. The rectangular top is fitted with a black gold-tooled inset leather writing...
Mahogany
19th Century French Empire Writing Table, Ebonized Mahogany & Leather
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style (19th Century) ebonized mahogany writing table desk with a leather top & claw feet resting on a platform base.
Leather
French Empire Style Bronze and Mahogany Desk Leather
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Very decorative French desk in the empire style. Structure in solid mahogany and veneered, it is composed of an empire green leather under hand, three drawers with double handles and...
Bronze
Antique Monumental French Empire Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique French Empire ormolu mounted mahogany bureau plat, circa 1870 in date.
Ormolu
Baltic Neoclassical Mahogany, Brass & Leather Writing Desk, late 19th century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
BALTIC NEOCLASSICAL MAHOGANY, LEATHER AND BRASS BUREAU PLAT WITH CARTONNIER Eastern European, probably the Baltic States Circa late 19th century, the tambour cabinet with alterations...
Brass
French Empire Style Mahogany and Bronze Griffins Table Desk
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style (19th Century) mahogany and bronze trimmed 2 drawer table desk with stretcher, griffins, and green marble top.
Marble, Bronze
Italian Bleached Mahogany Writing Desk / Console Table With Cabriole Legs
Located in Viterbo, VT
Writing desk or console table hand-crafted in Italy in the early 1800s using mahogany. The table has beautiful lines and great proportions, making it a piece that can fit easily in d...
Mahogany
French 19th Century Empire St. Mahogany and Ormolu Executive Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely handsome and impressive French 19th century Empire st. mahogany and ormolu executive desk. At the frieze is a central wider drawer flanked by smaller drawers at each sid...
Ormolu
French 19th century Empire st. flame Mahogany, Ormolu and Leather desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful and most elegant French 19th century Empire st. flame Mahogany, Ormolu and Leather desk.
Ormolu
French Empire Style Mahogany Roll Top Desk with Bronze Gilt Trim
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style (19th Century) mahogany roll top desk with bronze trim.
Bronze
A French Napoleon III Empire Style Mahogany & Ormolu Secretaire - Knee-Hole Desk
By François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine and Rare French Napoleon III Empire Style Mahogany and Ormolu Mounted Knee-Hole Secretaire with a Pull-Drawer Desk and Three Upper-Drawers with Two-Side Door Compartments, the...
Ormolu
Russian Empire Writing Table Desk After Antique Heinrich Gambs Bureau-Jardinière
By Heinrich Daniel Gambs
Located in Forney, TX
Magnificent Russian Empire style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and malachite inlaid solid and flame mahogany bureau-jardinière after an important model by the Heinrich Gambs (1765–18...
Malachite, Brass, Bronze
Empire Style Desk, Late 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Empire style desk with large bronze mounts in the form of festoons and wreaths.
Brass, Bronze
Empire Writing or Sofa Table in Mahogany with Satinwood Inlays, circa 1815
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A very handsome Swedish Empire, Karl Johan salon table of fine Cuban mahogany with satinwood banding, carved and ebonized center pillar on quatre-form base ending in saber feet, with...
Ormolu
Scandinavian Veneered Biedermeier Writing Desk with Lyres
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A small mahogany and walnut veneered table or writing desk with brass holders in the lyres formed sides. The top is provided with inlaid green leather; the drawers have divided small...
Brass
Antique French Empire Ormolu Mounted Desk 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb Napoleon III Revival Ormolu Mounted Empire mahogany pedestal desk circa 1930 in date.
Ormolu
French Mahogany Desk, circa 1850
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The rectangular top inset with a beige tooled leather writing surface and slide outs on both ends. Above five drawers, the reverse side with dummy drawers raised on columnar legs wit...
Brass
19th Century Small Empire Desk, France
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Small Empire Desk, France, 1840 A simple yet elegant Empire-style desk, crafted in 1840. Made of solid oak and veneered with beautiful pyramidal mahogany, it reflects the classic ch...
Mahogany
An Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Ebonised Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Ebonised Bureau Plat. This large bureau has a green coloured leather inset top above a frieze set to front and back with three draw...
Ormolu
Royal Empire Desk/Bureau Plat, Gilt Bronze, 19th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Royal Empire Desk/Bureau Plat, Gilt Bronze Mahogany with gilded bronze fittings in the form of female figures, incense burners, acanthus decoration and garlands.
Bronze
Early 19th Century Empire Mahogany Architects Table by Jean-Joseph Chapuis
By Jean Joseph Chapuis
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An elegant and attractive early 19th century Empire mahogany architects table by Jean-Joseph Chapuis (1765-1864). The double ratcheted hinged rectangular top lined with dark green oi...
Brass, Bronze
19th Century French Empire Style Desk with Ormolu Mounts by Saddier et Ses Fils
By Saddier et Fils
Located in Dublin, IE
A fabulous 19th Century French Empire style well figured mahogany office desk, finely hand carved and of exceptional quality with rich patination, grain and decorated profusely with ...
Ormolu
Antique French Empire Revival Cylinder Bureau 19th Century
Located in London, GB
An Empire Revival mahogany and parcel gilt cylinder bureau, Circa 1880 in date.
Mahogany
$3,401
Bureau Plat
Located in London, England
French mahogany three drawer bureau plat with original fittings on tapered legs with original / aged leather inset top. Circa 1890.
Leather, Mahogany
R. J. Horner Style American Empire Writing Desk or Library Table, Circa 1890s
By R.J. Horner & Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique American Empire writing desk or library table In the manner of R.J.
Brass
Fornasetti Decorated Antique Italian Writing Desk
By Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
The exquisite antique table desk, shown here, represents the first collaboration between foley&cox HOME and Fornasetti. The desk was purchased in Italy and hand-decorated by Forn...
Mahogany
$2,880Sale Price|20% Off
American Empire Writing Table with Carved Acanthus Legs, circa 1840
Located in Southampton, NY
American empire writing table with carved acanthus legs, circa 1840 Casters, Missing ormolu on right side of centre drawer. Beautiful ornately carved acanthus legs with casters with...
Mahogany
Empire-style Writing Desk Made Of Cuban Mahogany Burl
Located in BARSAC, FR
Empire-style writing desk made of Cuban mahogany burl.
Mahogany
$6,766Sale Price|40% Off
Unique Austrian Empire Secretary/Writing Desk, Mahogany, 1820s Austria
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Empire secretary or writing desk, (Cylinder) Material: Mahogany.
Wood, Mahogany, Lacquer
Unique Austrian Empire Secretary/Writing Desk, Material Mahogany, Wien 1820-1829
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Empire secretary or writing desk, (Cylinder) Material: Mahogany.
Wood, Lacquer
French Second Empire Mahogany Writing Desk
By Antoine Krieger
Located in Naples, FL
Mid 19th Century made by "MON. KRIEGER AMEBLEMENT-PARIS"; the Greek-key pattern, gold tooled black leather inset rectangular above a deep paneled frieze applied at the ends with loze...
Mahogany
Unavailable
H 29.53 in W 54.73 in D 27.17 in
19th Century Writing Desk in Empire Style Enriched with Gold Bronze Parts
Located in Arezzo, IT
Writing desk Empire style, in mahogany feather with leather top finished with gold embellished decorations.
Bronze
French Empire Writing Table
Located in Seattle, WA
Fine French antique piece developed to supply the demand for writing furniture, particularly from women. Small mahogany writing table, or ladies writing desk.
Brass
Empire Style Writing Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple but elegant writing table is supported by an unusual Empire Style base. The nicely carved paw feet rise to rounded "X" legs that transition into squared supports at the ...
Mahogany
Unavailable
H 29.5 in W 63 in D 31 in
Empire Gilt Bronze-Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat with a Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
A Empire gilt bronze-mounted mahogany bureau plat, the top with a green leather writing surface with three drawers with mounts and locks and slides to the sides with a green leather ...
Ormolu
19th Century Second Empire Style Desk
Located in Boston, MA
Empire style desk with leather top, bronze mounts and slides.
Leather, Mahogany
French Empire Style Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
An elegant 19th century mahogany writing desk with inlaid leather writing pad in tabletop, with stamped outer acanthus leaf border and inner gold embossed fretwork border with additi...
Ormolu
Fine Quality Mahogany and Brass Banded Writing Table
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
A superb quality 19th century French Empire style mahogany and brass banded writing table.
Brass
French Mahogany Desk, circa 1850
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The rectangular top inset with a beige tooled leather writing surface and slide outs on both ends. Above five drawers, the reverse side with dummy drawers raised on columnar legs wit...
Mahogany
19th Century French Second Empire Figured Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Asheville, NC
19th century French Second Empire figured mahogany bureau plat, black tooled leather top, turned legs.
Leather, Mahogany
Fine and Highly Mounted Empire Style Mahogany Cylinder-Bureau
By G. None
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine Empire style ormolu-mounted mahogany Cylinder-Bureau. A marble toped rectangular top above one long and two short frieze drawers with ormolu mounts, the cylinder decorated wit...
Marble, Ormolu
Unavailable
H 28.5 in W 54 in D 27 in
FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE BRONZE MOUNTED AND PARCEL GILT MAHOGANY TABL
Located in New York, NY
FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE BRONZE MOUNTED AND PARCEL GILT MAHOGANY TABLE
Mahogany
Unusual Demilune Writing Table
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
An unusual mid-19th century mahogany and gilt metal mounted demilune writing table with a pierced brass gallery.
Brass
Unavailable
H 29 in W 24 in D 16 in
American Mahogany Empire Side Table/ Sewing Table, Attributed to Duncan Phyfe
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in Hollywood, FL
The cuban mahogany top above 3 drawers with original pulls, surrounded by fine line inlaid banding. The base in dark walnut richly carved with four animal legs, terminating in animal...
Mahogany
Unavailable
H 28.5 in W 42.25 in D 20 in
Rare Antique French Empire Brass-Bound Mahogany Kidney-Shaped Table, circa 1815
Located in Houston, TX
Antique French Empire mahogany kidney-shaped writing table; having a rectangular scalloped top with conforming three quarter brass gallery raised on double trestle base having recess...
Unavailable
H 31.11 in W 57.09 in D 29.93 in
Writing Table/Bureau Plat Bronze-Mounted with Matching Chairs French late 19th C
Located in Uppingham, GB
French bronze-mounted mahogany writing table/bureau plat (19th century) A superb 'Stand Alone' writing table with high quality bronze mounts and a matching pair of chairs. The to...
Bronze
Unavailable
H 42.5 in W 60 in D 24 in
1790-French Empire Writing Desk Secretaire Gilt Ormolu-manner Thomire/Desmalter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Beautifully crafted of mahogany, an articulated wood gallery edge with finial features along the top with gilt finely detailed ormolu mounts , the secrétaire features a drop-front s...
Bronze, Ormolu
A Russian Neoclassical Roll Top Writing Desk
Located in New Haven, CT
A most elegant Russian Plumpudding mahogany cylinder desk, circa 1810. Raised on four tapered legs the lower case holds seven drawers and two sliding shelves with leather tops that e...
Mahogany
Sold
H 29.75 in W 51 in D 27.5 in
French 19th Century Empire Mahogany Writing Desk with Embossed Leather Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant dual-sided 1880s French Empire style pedestal leg desk featuring the original rectangular gold embossed green leather top in good condition. Top sits on turned trestle legs w...
Brass
19th Century Mahogany Empire Writing Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
Mahogany Empire writing desk, circa 1860s. This fine flame mahogany desk has a center drawer flanked by a pair of side drawers and is supported by a group of bronze sabots on casters...
Late 19th Century French Mahogany Empire Writing Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Large mahogany French Empire desk, circa 1890. Simple elegant freestanding desk adorned with ormolu mounts. 1 drawer above the knee and 2 drawers either side which open on the key...
Mahogany
Sold
H 37.5 in W 26.5 in D 22.5 in
Antique Mahogany American Empire Colonial Small Secretary Writing Desk Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Mahogany American Empire Colonial Small Secretary Writing Desk Table.
Mahogany
EMPIRE MAHOGANY DESK
Located in Essex, MA
Empire Mahogany Desk with Pull Out Writing Slides and Original Neoclassical Ormolu Mounts
Mahogany
Sold
H 30.5 in W 53.25 in D 28.25 in
French Empire style mahogany bronze mounted writing desk, leather top circa 1940
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Empire style mahogany bronze mounted writing desk with leather top, circa 1940.
Bronze
French Antique Writing Desk / Writing Table in Mahogany
Located in High Peak, GB
Sn5624 Fine quality late XIXth century French mahogany writing desk of generous proportions, having original tooled green leather to the top which has a brass edge flanked by two sli...
Mahogany
French Empire Polished Mahogany Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Antique French Empire style desk of solid mahogany, finished with a lustrous French polish and bronze décor.
Bronze
Empire Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine mahogany writing table with two leather top extensions on either side and a single bottom drawer. The top false drawer opens to reveal a compartment for writing paper (or lapt...
Empire Style Mahogany Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous solid mahogany Empire style desk with original leather top and bronze hardware, French polish finish, 2 pull-out side extensions, open on back for 2nd chair. Length is 81.5"...
Bronze
Vintage desks and writing tables span centuries of design. The writing table came first, a simple surface built for correspondence, while the drawered desk followed as record-keeping at home and in the office grew more demanding.
Styles to Know
Any desk at least 20 years old falls under this broader vintage category. If you want a tapered-leg, mid-century look specifically, browse mid-century modern desks; Louis XVI and Art Deco secretary desks bridge the writing-table and desk forms. A vintage table lamp adds task lighting to either.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Piece
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