Carved Mahogany Embossed Black Leather Top Petit Compact 5 Drawers Desk MINT
By Henredon, Drexel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Carved Mahogany Embossed Black Leather Top Petit Compact 5 Drawers Desk MINT
Brass
Large Double Pedestal Embossed Leather Top Mahogany Partners Desk MINT
By Henredon, Baker Furniture Company, Drexel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large Double Pedestal Embossed Leather Top Mahogany Partners Desk MINT
Brass
Large Embossed Green Leather Top Flame Mahogany Double Pedestal Federal Desk
By Heritage-Henredon, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large Embossed Green Leather Top Flame Mahogany Double Pedestal Federal Desk
Brass
Faux Bamboo Black Leather Top Mahogany Desk with Curved Bottom Doors Compartment
By Baker Furniture Company, Henredon
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Faux bamboo Regency style mahogany desk with black leather top and curved doors compartment underneath.
Mahogany
Small Black Leather Top One Drawer Cabriole Carved Leg Chestnut Desk Console
By Heritage-Henredon, Baker Furniture Company, Globe Furniture, Drexel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Small Black Leather Top One Drawer Cabriole Carved Leg Chestnut Desk Console Writing Table MINT!
Leather, Chestnut
Very Fine Custom c1940s Bubble Glass Drop Front Butlers Desk Break Front MINT
By Drexel, Baker Furniture Company, Heritage-Henredon
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very Fine Custom c1940s Bubble Glass Drop Front Butlers Desk Break Front MINT. Phenomenal quality piece of furniture, fine detail low key inlay decorations.
Leather, Glass, Mahogany
Henredon Faux Bamboo Desk with Inlaid Leather Top
By Henredon
Located in Dallas, TX
Henredon faux bamboo desk with inlaid leather top.
1970s Henredon Faux Bamboo Campaign Style Pine Desk with Leather Top
By Henredon
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a campaign style faux bamboo pine desk with tooled leather top. It was manufactured by Henredon.
Brass
Irish George II Style Henredon Desk
By Henredon
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a lovely Irish George II Style Henredon desk. Made by the famous maker, Henredon of Morganton, North Carolina circa 1945-50.
Leather, Mahogany, Walnut
Henredon Circa East Birdseye Maple Double Pedestal Rattan / Bamboo Desk
By Henredon
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an excellent desk. It is a birdseye maple piece with double pedestal rattan base manufactured by Henredon as part of their Circa East Collection. The hardware is nickel, and ...
Nickel
David Easton for Henredon Modern Art Deco Leather Top Desk
By Henredon, David Easton
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional modern Art Deco style desk designed by David Easton for Henredon. The desk features a nice brown leather writing surface, banded chrome edges at the top and bottom, an...
Chrome
British Colonial Style Faux Bamboo Leather Top Desk by Henredon
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid-century nine drawer desk crafted in walnut featuring three tooled leather panels on top, faux bamboo frame, brass campaign style hardware, and turned acorn feet.
Brass
Sold
H 29.5 in W 60 in D 29 in
Modern Campaign Style Faux Bamboo Desk with Leather Inserts & Brass by Brandt
By Henredon, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Houston, TX
Modern Campaign style faux bamboo desk with leather inserts by Brandt Furniture Co, and attributed to Baker furniture. Outfitted with brass hardware.
Leather, Faux Bamboo
Sold
H 31 in W 64 in D 38 in
Henredon French Regency Louis XVI Carved Mahogany Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
By Henredon
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Louis XVI style executive writing desk or bureau plat desk By Henredon USA, Late 20th Century Carved mahogany, with embossed leather top, original brass ...
Brass
1960's Hollywood Regency Leather Writing Desk by Slight Furniture
By Henredon, Drexel, Sligh Furniture, Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Located in Burbank, CA
Vintage 1960's Hollywood Regency writing desk for sale. The leather inlay has been resurfaced and has a new leather top in dark brown. It's in excellent condition, and has a solid br...
Brass
Sold
H 29 in W 42.5 in D 21.25 in
Vintage Demilune Campaign Style Desk By Sligh - Burl + Brass Entry Table
By Sligh-Lowry Furniture Co., Henredon, Baker Furniture Company, Sligh Furniture
Located in Decatur, GA
Vintage Campaign style demilune entryway desk by Sligh. Burled walnut, brass and leather. A small footprint with a ton of style. Brass legs and hardware have a gorgeous slight patina...
Brass
Desk by Henredon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Quality desk by Henredon with four drawers including one with a pencil tray.
Rattan, Leather, Burl
Classical Two-Tone Desk by Thomasville
By Henredon
Located in Pasadena, CA
This ebonized walnut desk features a top in leather surrounded by a strip of birds eye maple. The hardware is in solid brass.
Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Style Burl Dressers
Located in Westwood, NJ
Mid-century style burl dressers with four drawers each with polished brass turned knobs with a hand rubbed warm brown finish with subtle distressing and raised on square tapered legs...
Brass
$4,360 / item
H 28.35 in W 40.16 in D 34.65 in
"Pietra" Curved Armchair with Leather Arms Upholstered in Bouclé Fabric
By Studio Marta Manente
Located in Centro, RS
Pietra from Italian: Stone The designer Marta Manente is of Italian descent, her great-grandparents migrated from Italy over 100 years ago and lived in the region of Bento Gonçalves ...
Bouclé
$14,950 / item
H 33.08 in W 115.36 in D 61.82 in
1950's Style Curved Velvet Sofa in Custom Velvet Colors
Located in New York, NY
The Sofa inspires itself nature where green is the predominant element and where valleys and hills prevail. The item’s details allow it to be the perfect statement piece for any cont...
Velvet, Walnut
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
Pair of Modern Walnut Side Tables
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Pacific walnut side table, the square top with rounded corners and a reeded edge above a similar under tier, on bobbin turned legs. Dimensions: 26" W x 26" D x 28.5" H.
Wood
French Metal Canopy Bed, King
Located in Westwood, NJ
French Metal Canopy Bed, King Size, with a bronze finish metal canopy frame with a padded upholstered headboard in a neutral linen fabric. The frame with finials, square posts, and r...
Metal
Rosso Glass Wall Mirror
By Specchi Veneziani
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted in the finest Murano tradition, this exquisite Venetian mirror is a true work of art. Assembled with crystal and gold elements, and adorned with red glass flowers, each piece...
Glass
$15,439 / item
H 32.68 in W 110.24 in D 40.56 in
Art Deco Sofa by Munna Design Studio with Velvet Upholstery
By Munna Design Studio
Located in New York, NY
This sofa features a wonderfully elegant fan-shaped motif, with its accentuated curvy lines with decadent and lavish finish. The feminine curves are ravishingly enhanced by the diffe...
Velvet
Pair of 70s Style Italian Bamboo and Brass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Monumental size Bamboo lamps. Crafted in Italy and made to order, these lamps are modern and chic. Production lead time 2-4 weeks. Base diameter 8 inches, hat diameter 20 inches, he...
Brass
$2,000 / item
H 8.5 in Dm 17.5 in
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Brass
$1,650 / item
H 13.78 in Dm 9.45 in
Murano Round Green Glass and Brass Modern Wall Light and Sconces, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Very special Murano glass wall light, stylish and elegant, their design truly unique in their kind. Beautiful coloring. The wall light is composed of a brass stem where a system for...
Brass
$3,800
H 31 in W 62 in D 38 in
Large Deep Walnut 9 Drawers Partners Style Antique Desk Brass Pulls Table Mint
By Baker Furniture Company, Drexel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large Deep Walnut 9 Drawers Partners Style antique desk brass pulls table mint.
Brass
19th Century Walnut Partners Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a walnut and Kashmir walnut partners desk made in England, circa 1890. The top of the desk is Walnut with 3 shaped pieces of beautiful brown leather with gold embossed toolin...
Walnut
20th Century Wood Louis XVI Style French Writing Desk, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French writing desk from the mid-20th century. Louis XVI style furniture veneered in mahogany and walnut, rich in gilded and chiseled metal decorations. Finished desk for the center ...
Wood
$7,224
H 30.71 in W 70.08 in D 48.82 in
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Partners Pedestal Desk 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb and rare antique burr walnut Victorian Revival twin pedestal partners desk, Circa 1900 in date. It is made from beautiful burr walnut. The shaped rectangular top i...
Walnut
Large Mahogany Green Leather Partner Desk
Located in Annville, PA
The Large Mahogany Green Leather Partner Desk is the biggest desk in the Niagara Furniture collection. This desk matches a number of other pieces which we produce in the Penhurst fam...
Mahogany, Leather
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.
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