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
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 particular travel desk was made in France, in the early nineteenth century. It has a c...
Wood
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
Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by Maison Forest, circa 1900
By Maison Forest
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Empire style gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat by Maison Forest. Paris, circa 1900. Bearing two labels to the underside: 'FOREST/TAPISSERIE/EBENISTERIE/31 RUE CAMBACERES.PARIS...
Bronze
Empire Style Secretaire a Abattant, Walnut and Brass, France, 1840s
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, HR
Empire Style Secretaire a Abattant, Walnut and Brass, France, 1840s. This secretaire is built from solid walnut and walnut veneer over a pine carcass, with a fall front that drops t...
Brass
$32,200Sale Price|30% Off
Fine French Napoleon III Period Porcelain Plaque Mounted Ebonized Writing Table
Located in Forney, TX
Strong, sturdy, stable, and structurally sound, with wear and tear commensurate including possible minor imperfections spectacular and most impressive period Napoleon III Second Empi...
Mother-of-Pearl, Porcelain, Oak, Wood
Baker Furniture Egyptian Revival Rosewood Leather Top Executive Bureau Plat Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Egyptian Revival, Neoclassical, or Empire style executive writing desk or bureau plat desk By Baker Furniture USA, Late 20th Century Rosewood, with embossed leather top...
Brass
Louis XV Style Tall Standing Desk / Table by Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdley
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XV style Second Empire (Napoleon III) small writing desk / table (lectern, stand, or podium) of fruitwood and kingwood, with an embossed gilt green leather slant-front writin...
Ormolu, Bronze
$3,341
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
$2,424Sale Price|58% Off
Italian Empire Style Elegant Writing Desk
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Introducing this elegant Italian desk dating back to the 20th century. An extremely refined desk, inspired by the Empire style. Featuring a linear design with black ebonized column ...
Bronze
Empire Revival Quarter Sawn Oak Single Drawer Writing Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
This desk was made at the turn of the 20th century. Its made of quarter sawn oak. The legs are turned and fashioned in a spiral shape. The legs end in beautifully carved hoofed feet....
Oak
Large Empire French Writing Desk with Embossed Brown Leather Top & Column Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large Empire French writing desk or bureau plat with embossed brown leather top, bronze dore mounts, column legs, and three drawers.
$13,500Sale Price|50% Off
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
Fire-gilded French Empire-style writing set Bronze ca. 1850 Goddess Psyche
Located in Münster, DE
Writing Set France, circa 1850 Bronze with black patina and partial gilding, depicting the goddess Psyche; height 33 cm, width 30 cm, depth 15.5 cm On a austere, rectangular, dark...
Bronze
$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.
Mahogany
Antique French Empire "fauteuil du bureau" Desk Chair 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This chair would be ideal for use with an Empire desk or writing table. THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THAT THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHO...
Ormolu
$2,219Sale Price|20% Off
Antique 19th century warm brown oak Dutch Lectern or portable desk writing box
Located in Casteren, NL
This exquisite antique writing box was meticulously handcrafted using traditional joinery techniques, with beautifully visible dovetail joints at the corners. Made in the Southern Ne...
Steel
Empire-style Writing Desk Made Of Cuban Mahogany Burl
Located in BARSAC, FR
Empire-style writing desk made of Cuban mahogany burl.
Mahogany
$6,643Sale 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
Early 19th Century Miniature Writing Desk Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This vintage miniature wood box has six drawers and lots of character and patina. Some of the drawers are lined in faux marbleized paper. We see this wonderful piece being used to st...
Metal, Brass
19th century victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope circa 1870. Fine quality english made victorian writing slope. Exterior of rich burr walnut with tunbridge ware inlay deco...
Walnut
Italian empire consolle in wood, 1800s
Located in MIlano, IT
The console can also be used as a writing desk. Empire 1800s Fair condition, the wood shows signs of wear.
Metal, 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
Writing tables often carry little to no storage of their own, so a separate file cabinet or desk organizer may be worth planning for, alongside a close look at the surface dimensions against the space available. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and every purchase is covered by the 1stDibs Promise.
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