Lap Writing Desk Box
to
5
23
8
40
15
7
1
38
2
2
32
15
13
10
8
31
29
21
3
3
40
40
40
1
Sort By
Antique English Regency Rosewood Travelling Lap Desk Box, Circa 1830
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Regency rosewood travelling lap desk box, circa 1830.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Antique English Mahogany Campaign Style Lap Desk Writing Box
Located in Forney, TX
A lovely antique English mahogany campaign style travel desk / writing slope box with beautifully
Category
Antique 19th Century English Campaign Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Fine Tunbridge Ware Writing Box / Lap Desk, Eridge Castle, circa 1870
Located in Bath, GB
A truly fine example of a Victorian Tunbridge Ware writing box or lap desk dating to circa 1870
Category
Antique 1870s British Late Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique English Jennens & Bettridge Paper Mache Ladies Writing Box or Lap Desk
By Jennens and Bettridge
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique writing box or lap desk was made by the highly renowned Jennens & Bettridge of England
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
H 3.5 in W 13 in D 10.25 in
Superb Antique Folk Art Parquetry Casket Styled Writing Box or Lap Desk
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This exquisite antique parquetry writing box or lap desk is unsigned, but presumed to have been
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Softwood
Antique English Paper Mache Ladies Writing Box or Lap Desk with Japanned Finish
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique writing box or lap desk is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
H 3.75 in W 12.75 in D 10 in
Antique English Paper Mache Ladies Writing Box or Lap Desk with Japanned Finish
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique writing box or lap desk is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
H 3 in W 10 in D 8 in
Pollard Oak Writing Slope or Lap Desk in Pollard Oak
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Early 19th century Pollard oak Campaign writing slope or lap desk
This is a very rare piece, it
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
19th c. Mahogany Campaign Writing Lap Desk c.1800s
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A 19th century portable Mahogany lap desk trimmed in Tiger Maple that opens up to create a
Category
Antique 19th Century American Victorian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Paper
19th Century English Burl Walnut Tunbridge Writing Slope Box
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique English burl walnut and ebony inlaid tunbridge writing slope box / lap desk, circa
Category
Antique 19th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Irish Mahogany Writing Box/Lap Desk, 1880
Located in Salisbury, GB
Irish mahogany writing box/lap desk inlaid with various symbols including a harp, shamrock etc
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Irish Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
American Rustic Lap Writing Desk Box
Located in Southampton, NY
American rustic lap writing desk box.
The outside is stained in a beautiful red tone with lots of
Category
Early 20th Century American More Desk Accessories
Materials
Pine
Victorian Mahogany & Brass Lap Desk Box on Stand
Located in Astoria, NY
Victorian brass-bound mahogany lap desk or writing box on stand, the box rectangular with central
Category
Antique 19th Century Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique English Regency Rosewood Writing Lap Desk Writing Slope Box No Key
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Antique English Regency rosewood writing lap desk writing slope box no key mid 19th century. An
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Regency Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
H 4.7 in W 13.8 in L 4.7 in
A Rare Anglo Indian Sadeli Inlaid Lap Desk or Writing Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A sadeli inlaid, Anglo Indian lap desk or writing box. Great size and condition. Rare.
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Boxes
Antique Mahogany Intarsia Writing Box or Lap Desk on Rosewood Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique mahogany intarsia writing box or lap desk on rosewood stand. Opening it up reveals a dished
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Rosewood
Victorian Walnut Lap Desk or Writing Slope
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Victorian walnut lap desk or writing slope
The writing slope is made in walnut with a new faux
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Rare Antique English Regency Rosewood & Brass Writing Slope Box Lap Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A RARE AND FINE REGENCY ROSEWOOD WRITING SLOPE
England, circa 1815; includes a circa 1849 quill by
Category
Antique 1810s English Regency Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
H 6.75 in W 17.75 in D 9.75 in
Antique Burr Walnut Writing Slope Lap Desk Set Sampson Mordan & Co 1870s
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful antique Victorian Gothic revival writing slope in figured walnut with wonderful
Category
Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
H 7.09 in W 14.18 in D 10.63 in
19th Century English Campaign Mahogany Writing Slope Lap Desk Box Brass
Located in Shreveport, LA
~Direct from England~
~Lovely antique English Campaign mahogany portable writing slope desk~
~Wide
Category
Antique 19th Century British Campaign More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th c Fine English Mahogany Ship Captain’s Writing Box or Lap Desk
Located in Milford, NH
Fine English ship captain’s writing box or lap desk featuring brass handles, satinwood edges, lift
Category
Antique 19th Century English Inkwells
Exquisite Writing Box, Lap Desk, or Travel Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
English brass-mounted burl walnut and rosewood travel desk, circa 1860s. Hinged lid has a domical
Category
Antique 1860s British Secretaires
Rare Antique English Silver on Nickel Banded Oak Signed Dome-Top Stationery Box
By Halstaff & Hannaford
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
work boxes, writing boxes (lap desks) and dressing cases until 1898. Their boxes are considered
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Nickel, Silver Plate
H 6.75 in W 8.5 in D 4.5 in
English Lap Desk Writing Box with Brass Accents and Custom Stand, circa 1860
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English lap desk box on custom-made stand from the mid-19th century. This English box on stand
Category
Antique 19th Century English Campaign Side Tables
Materials
Brass
H 24 in W 20.5 in D 11.5 in
English Regency Traveling Lap Writing Desk Box
Located in Kastrup, DK
English writing box. (Laptop)
The box can be opened to create a sloping desk pad covered with green
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
English Regency Traveling Lap Writing Desk Box
Located in Kastrup, DK
English writing slope in bird's-eye maple.
The box can be opened to create a sloping desk pad
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency More Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
19th Century English Regency Rosewood Antique Traveling Lap Writing Desk Box
Located in Shippensburg, PA
the brass lock, allowing the desk to be opened into a full writing slope; two inkwells (originality
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
H 6.5 in W 16.25 in D 9.63 in
Military Style Victorian Lap Desk Writing Slope Box, circa 1850
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
an antique the lap desk is a smaller variant of the writing slope. It is also called a writing box or
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique English Regency Period Rosewood Lap Desk Writing Slope Box, circa 1830
Located in Shippensburg, PA
smaller document box with latticed stringing for storing keepsakes. The writing slope includes an early
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 6 in W 14.75 in D 9.5 in
Victorian English Walnut Lap Desk Box on Stand
Located in Astoria, NY
Victorian braqsss-mound English walnut Lap Desk or writing box on stand, rectangular with cartouche
Category
Antique 19th Century Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Japanese Meiji Period Carved and Gilt Lacquer Writing Box or Lap Desk
Located in Milford, NH
An excellent quality Japanese Meiji period carved wooden writing box or lap desk with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silk, Wood, Lacquer
19th Century English Campaign Mahogany Writing Slope Lap Desk Box Brass
Located in Shreveport, LA
~Direct from England~
~Lovely antique English Campaign mahogany portable writing slope desk
Category
Antique 19th Century British Campaign More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
British Coromandel Brass Mother-of-Pearl and Abalone Writing Slope or Lap Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Absolutely exceptional example of a mid-19th century writing slope/box.
Made circa 1860 from rare
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
H 4.15 in W 13.9 in D 9.75 in
English Rosewood Writing Box or Lap Desk with Blue Velvet and Custom Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
made of four straight legs. This charming rosewood writing box or lap desk would make a wonderful
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian End Tables
Materials
Brass
H 23.75 in W 20.75 in D 11.13 in
Lap Desk Writing Slope Box Rosewood, circa 1840
Located in Brussels, BE
Lap desk writing slope box rosewood, circa 1840.
Category
Antique 1840s Louis Philippe Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Palisander
Victorian Walnut Writing / Slope / Lap Desk
Located in Vancouver, BC
Victorian burled walnut writing slope with leather insert and fitted interior.
Category
Antique 19th Century Scottish Boxes
Materials
Walnut, Leather
Antique Writing Slope, Writing Box, Antique Lap Desk, Walnut Campaign Box, B1441
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Writing Slope, Writing Box, Antique Lap Desk, Walnut, Scotland 1870, Antique Furniture
Category
Antique 1870s Scottish Victorian Desks
Materials
Walnut
H 5.5 in W 12 in D 9 in
Antique Writing Slope, Writing Box, Antique Lap Desk, Walnut, Scotland 1880 B1082
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Writing Slope, Writing Box, Antique Lap Desk, Walnut, Scotland 1880, Antique Furniture
Category
Antique 1880s Scottish Desks
Materials
Walnut
H 6 in W 14.5 in L 6 in
19th C. Mahogany Lap Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Regency Mahogany with Brass Inlay Lap Desk or Writing Box on a Later Mahogany Stand
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Materials
Brass
B385 Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Travelling Lap Desk, Writing Slope, Box
Located in Vancouver, BC
of inkwells
fold down writing surface
below lift up writing slope is a secret compartment with
Category
Antique 1870s English More Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Lap Writing Desk Box", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.
Lap Writing Desk Box For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the lap writing desk box you’re looking for. A lap writing desk box — often made from wood, brass and metal — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect lap writing desk box — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A lap writing desk box is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian, Regency and Folk Art styles are sought with frequency.
How Much is a Lap Writing Desk Box?
A lap writing desk box can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,300, while the lowest priced sells for $520 and the highest can go for as much as $3,495.
Read More
Kazuyo Sejima’s Flowering Tree Blooms Year-Round
The brilliantly simple design turns a modest bouquet into a major statement.
He Wrote ‘Oedipus Rex,’ but Do You Know What He Looked Like?
The Greek tragedian is said to have been handsome in his day.
Cigar Culture Was Once the Peak of Masculinity. Now, It’s a Compelling Curiosity
Even for those who don’t indulge, elegant smoking accessories and audacious art portraying cigar enthusiasts hold a nostalgic allure.
African Travel Plans on Hold? This Ardmore Leopard Vase Brings the Beauty of the Savanna to You
It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
With a High-Tech Flagship and Cool Collabs, Lladró Is Breaking the Mold for Porcelain Production
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
Zoë Powell’s Magnolia 05 Vessel Is Handmade from Clay She Unearthed Herself
The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.
8 Ways to Breathe New Life into a Space with Plants
The pair behind the Instagram account @houseplantclub share their tips for making any room of the house gloriously green.
Paris Gallerist Sandy Toupenet Gets Fired Up over 20th-Century Ceramics and Inventive New Makers
Her space on the city’s Left Bank mixes mid-century pieces by the likes of Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso with whimsical contemporary creations.