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French Louis XV Style Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
French Louis XV style lacquered wood writing desk with one long drawer flanked by two short drawers
Category
Mid-20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood, Lacquer
Leather Topped Louis XVI Writing Desk
Located in Austin, TX
in a lustrous museum quality French polish and boasts a tan leather top. Featuring two dovetailed
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Louis XVI Style Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Refined antique French Louis XVI style writing desk crafted in exotic tulipwood veneer with
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Leather Top Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
A striking 19th-century walnut French writing table with one drawer and a black leather top. The
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An outstanding French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk with bronze trim and ornate
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XV Small Writing Desk With Leather Top Pullout
Located in West Hartford, CT
This French Louis XV petite desk embodies the elegance of 18th-century French craftsmanship
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Vintage French Provincial 1970's Sligh Lowry Leather Top Writing Desk
By Sligh-Lowry Furniture Co.
Located in Pasadena, TX
A beautiful writing desk with a leather top.
Dimensions:
Length: 56"
Width: 28"
Height: 30"
Category
20th Century American French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Bodart French Provincial Louis XV Cherry Wood Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Provincial Louis XV style writing desk
By Jacques Bodart
USA, Circa 1960s
Category
Vintage 1960s American French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Maitland Smith French Provincial Louis XV Mahogany Leather Top Writing Desk
By Maitland Smith
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style writing desk
By Maitland Smith
Philippines, Circa
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$2,065
H 32 in W 33 in D 20 in
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. C 1940.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$2,450
H 29 in W 47 in D 23.5 in
French Louis XV Style Leather Top Writing Desk with Matching Desk Chair
By Drexel
Located in Hopewell, NJ
This lovely Drexel vintage writing desk in the French Louis XV style includes a matching Louis XV
Category
Vintage 1970s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cane, Wood
$2,800
H 29.75 in W 53.25 in D 27.25 in
19th Century French Kidney-shaped Veneer Writing Desk with Brown Leather Top
Located in Sofia, BG
French kidney-shaped veneer writing table, topped with a leather-covered desk and opening with two
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
$2,866
H 32.68 in W 48.43 in D 23.23 in
French Louis XVI Style Writing Desk Bureauplatt, Bronze Gilt Mounts Leather Top
Located in Miami, FL
irregular top dressed with inset green embossed leather writing surface and bronze banding around the edges
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$12,975
H 33.08 in W 82.29 in D 34.45 in
Antique French Louis XVI Writing Desk Cognac Leather
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique Louis XVI style desk with cognac leather top and gold embossed frieze.
The front of the
Category
Vintage 1910s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Late 19th Century French Carved Oak Writing Desk with Leather Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
This is an authentic French antique carved desk with a leather top made of oak, having intricate
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Period French Directior Leather Topped Writing Table.
Located in Hudson, NY
This beautiful period writing table was constructed in France circa 1790 to 1800 of rich imported
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Louis XV Leather Top Cocobola Wood Writing Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable Louis XV style ladies writing desk handcrafted in exotic cocobola wood with a
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cocobolo
19th Century French Leather-Top Writing Table
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A 19th century French writing table featuring a tooled leather top with gold leaf border and
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Walnut Louis Philippe Desk Leather Top Writing Table, 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
French 19th century Louis Philippe pine desk, the top is recovered of coated fabric.
Ten drawers of
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
$2,758
H 47.64 in W 49.02 in D 29.34 in
French 19th Century Leather Top Louis XV Style Writing Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French writing desk beautifully finished in walnut, leather and inlaid burlwood veneer, is a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$3,200
H 30.5 in W 55 in D 30.25 in
French Louis XVI Style Lacquer, Gilt Bronze & Leather Top Desk / Writing Table
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a beautiful French Louis XVI style desk with a black lacquer finish. It has heavy gilt
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$4,125
H 30.25 in W 49.5 in D 27.25 in
French Marble Top Writing Table, Tooled-Leather Writing Surface, on Casters
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Marble-Top Writing Table on Casters, Pull-Out Drawer, Gilt Tooled-Leather Writing Surface
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
$4,800
H 31 in W 21.63 in D 12.75 in
A French Louis XVI style ebonized mahogany, leather-top writing desk, C 1940.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
legs. This is a very hard size to find and, not only works as a desk, but it would also be terrific in
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$2,950
H 29.5 in W 34 in D 20.25 in
French Louis XV Style Leather Top, Bronze, Black Lacquer Writing Desk By Bodart
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a chic French Louis XV style black lacquer writing desk by Jacques Bodart. It is marked and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$3,495
H 30 in W 51 in D 24.5 in
French Charles X Writing Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
The epitome of French elegance and style, this French Charles X-style writing desk takes the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Charles X Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Figural Bronze Ormolu Leather Top Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV Style Figural Bronze Ormolu Leather Top Bureau Plat Writing Desk. Item
Category
Late 20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$11,500
H 31 in W 69 in D 40 in
A French Art Deco Mahogany 5-Drawer Writing Desk with Leather Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
the inset leather top within a a stepped molded frame above an apron fitted with 5 drawers with oak
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Renaissance Leather Top Writing Table
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Renaissance leather top writing table is perfect for adding an Old World touch
Category
Antique 1880s French Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
French Empire Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Mahogany construction with rectangular leather writing surface with gilt brass medallion pulls
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI French Antique Writing Desk
Located in Austin, TX
been finished with a lustrous French polish of museum quality. The top features a green leather writing
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Fine French Country Style Leather Top Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Louis XV country style writing table in a distressed white on pale wood finish overall. Finely
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Ebonized and Gilded Chinoiserie Karges Leather Top Writing Executuve Desk
By Karges Furniture
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb French Louis XV style Chinoiserie desk by the country's finest furniture
Category
Vintage 1960s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$2,636 Sale Price
20% Off
H 29.5 in W 60 in D 28 in
Francois Linke Quality Bronze Mounted Leather Top Bureau Plat Writing Desk
By François Linke
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
features gold Dore' Bronze mounted ormolu and a superb gold tooled embossed leather top in burgundy and
Category
Vintage 1930s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$9,995
H 30.5 in W 68 in D 35.5 in
Antique French Louis XVI Writing Desk Cognac Leather, Bonze & Brass
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique Louis XVI style desk with cognac leather top.
The front of the piece has three dovetail
Category
Vintage 1910s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
$5,971
H 29.93 in W 51.58 in D 29.14 in
Antique French Kidney Shaped Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French kidney shaped leather top desk, dating from around the 1930’s period.
It
Category
Vintage 1930s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French, Painted, Leather Top Desk Circa 1920
Located in Southampton, GB
Pretty, French Painted Desk with Leather Top.
One long dummy drawer to centre, with two working
Category
Vintage 1920s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Antique Writing Desk / Writing Table in Mahogany
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5624 Fine quality late XIXth century French mahogany writing desk of generous proportions, having
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$4,497 Sale Price
20% Off
H 29.92 in W 51.57 in D 27.95 in
French Modern Neoclassical Ebony & Leather Desk /Writing Table, JeanMichel Frank
By (after) Jean Michel Frank
Located in New York, NY
An elegant French Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical desk in the style of Jean-Michel Frank. The piece
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$7,840 Sale Price
20% Off
H 30.75 in W 42 in D 21 in
French 1940s Leather Top Mahogany Desk
Located in Buchanan, NY
Unusual and handsome mahogany French desk from the 1940s-1950s with a distressed leather top. There
Category
Vintage 1940s French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Mid Century Maison Jansen Manner Brass & Leather Top Desk Writing Table 1950s
By Maison Jansen
Located in Norwich, GB
Elegant Mid Century brass and ebonised three drawer desk with leather inset, in the Maison Jansen
Category
Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$4,949
H 28.75 in W 54.73 in D 31.11 in
18th Century French Baroque Pinewood Writing Table - Antique Leather Office Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An late 18th Century, antique French Baroque writing table made of hand crafted painted Pinewood
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Pine
$16,900
H 28.75 in W 59 in D 31.5 in
Antique French Louis XV Style Leather Top Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique French desk crafted in walnut with a tooled tan leather top on a case with
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Antique French Directoire Neoclassical Mahogany Leather Top Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Directoire Neoclassical Mahogany Leather Top Desk is a marvel of timeless
Category
Early 20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th C. French Carved-Wood Table with Leather Writing Pad Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French carved-wood desk with leather writing pad top from the 18th century. This antique table
Category
Antique 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Andre Arbus Ormolu Maple Writing Desk
By André Arbus
Located in Queens, NY
French 1940s ormolu mounted maple writing desk with leather inset top above 2 frieze drawers on
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Mahogany Travel Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
French 19th century mahogany travel writing desk
French, 19th century
Measures: Height 94cm
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
20th Century French Bureau Plat/ Writing Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century French bureau plat/ writing desk
In Bois Satiné veneer, mirror veneer covering all
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Writing Table on Casters, Pull-Out Gilt-Tooled Leather Top
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French writing table on casters, pull-out gilt-tooled leather top above a drawer, two storage
Category
20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
$3,600
H 32 in W 21.75 in D 13.82 in
Fine French Bronze Mounted Leather Top French Directoire Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
and a gorgeous gold tooled leather embossed top. The desk features inlaid burnished tulipwood flowers
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$3,895
H 30.5 in W 50.5 in D 24.75 in
French Directoire Mahogany and Brass Inlaid Leather Top Desk
Located in Queens, NY
French Directoire (Late 18th Century) mahogany and bronze trim desk with a black leather top having
Category
Antique 18th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stunning French Empire Style Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer sell this stunning large French Empire style walnut desk having a gilt tooled
Category
Early 20th Century British Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Brown Leather Carved Cherry Writing Table Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
region of France circa 1850 and built of cherry wood, the desk stands on elegant cabriole legs over a
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Cherry
$6,400
H 31 in W 66 in D 30.5 in
French Art Deco Carved Walnut Leather Bureau Plat Writing Desk ca. 1940
Located in Shippensburg, PA
CARVED WALNUT AND TOOLED-LEATHER BUREAU PLAT
Continental, probably French, ca. 1940
29 3/4" H x 31
Category
20th Century European Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
$2,900
H 29.75 in W 59.13 in D 31.38 in
French Louis XV Style Desk with Leather Writing Pad, Black with Brass Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style desk, with leather writing pad top, from the 19th century. This antique
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
$6,720
H 30.75 in W 70 in D 33.5 in
Large French Boulle Inlay Partners Desk Writing Table Desks
Located in Potters Bar, GB
condition ready for home use right away.
The desk has a red leather top to the main writing surface. Some
Category
Vintage 1980s French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Mid-Century Louis XV Style Writing Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
French, Louis XV style, black lacquered chestnut writing desk, circa 1940's features a brass
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Imposing French 19th Century Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Rome, IT
rectangular top inset with a tooled leather writing panel and fitted with three drawers to the undulating
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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French Leather Top Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the French leather top writing desk you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, animal skin and leather, every French leather top writing desk was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer French leather top writing desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A French leather top writing desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Louis XVI, Louis XV and Empire styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one French leather top writing desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Maison Jansen, Baker Furniture Company and Karges Furniture produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a French Leather Top Writing Desk?
Prices for a French leather top writing desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,000 and can go as high as $63,779, while the average can fetch as much as $4,622.
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.
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