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Italian Walnut Baroque Style Lyre-Leg Trestle Refectory Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Italian Baroque style desk, or writing table with lyre shaped legs and joint with a central drawer
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 30.71 in W 43.31 in D 21.66 in
Italian Baroque Carved Walnut Writing Desk with Lyre Base
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An Italian Baroque style walnut writing desk table with drawers and lyre shaped base legs and
Category
Antique Early 1800s Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Baker Furniture Lyre Motife Birdseye Maple Drop-Leaf Writing Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Startlingly beautiful bird’s-eye maple drop-leaf writing desk having gorgeous satinwood and ebony
Category
Vintage 1980s American Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
19th Century Spanish Baroque Style Walnut Lyre Leg Writing Table or Side Table
Located in Birmingham, AL
raised on a pair of carved, lyre legs joined by hand-forged iron stretchers with a center medallion
Category
Antique 1880s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 30.5 in W 49 in D 27.5 in
Spanish 19th C. Desk or Console Table with Beautiful Lyre-Carved Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish walnut wood table with lyre legs from the 19th century. This antique table from Spain
Category
Antique 19th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Early 20th Spanish Desk with Lyre Legs and Carved Edges on Top
Located in Miami, FL
style desk, or writing table made of solid walnut with lyre shaped legs joined by wrought iron
Category
20th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Dropside Lyre or Harp Desk
Located in Annville, PA
Yet another item in the lyre collection, our Dropside Lyre or Harp Desk has a beautifully crafted
Category
2010s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
17th Century Italian Oak Wood Antique Fratino Table or Desk with Lyre Legs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
"Fratino" and was usually used as dining tables in convents or monasteries. The legs are carved in the lyre
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
H 33.86 in W 47.64 in D 20.48 in
18th C. Carved Walnut Lyre-Leg Table, Italy
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian carved walnut wood table with lyre legs from the 18th century. This antique table from
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Italian 1800s Baroque Style Desk with Drawers, Lyre Base and Iron Stretcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Baroque style walnut Desk/table from the early 19th century, with drawers, lyre shaped
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 30.5 in W 41 in D 22.5 in
Superb Quality Antique Regency Mahogany Free Standing Writing Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality antique regency mahogany free standing writing desk having a superb quality mahogany
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Other
Italian Baroque Style 1880s Walnut Desk with Inlaid Top and Carved Lyre Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
, lyre-shaped legs and iron stretchers. Created in Italy during the last quarter of the 19th century
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 28 in W 66.5 in D 29 in
Antique Spanish Trestle-Leg & Iron Stretcher Desk, Elaborately Carved
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish elaborately carved wood desk, with trestle-legs and forged-iron stretchers, from the turn
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Spanish Baroque Trestle Style Writing Table Desk with Two Drawers
Located in Madrid, ES
A beautifully conserved Spanish writing table with mixtilinear “pata de lira” (lyre-shaped legs
Category
Antique 18th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 33.47 in W 57.09 in D 31.5 in
Rare French Art Deco Writing Table / Desk in Teak c. 1925, style of Andre Groult
By Andre Groult
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and Timeless French Art Deco Writing Table / Desk in Teak Wood circa 1925. This rare and
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
H 30.75 in W 59.5 in D 31.75 in
Regency Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
trestle lyre form base. Turned stretcher. Raised on saber legs with brass paw feet casters. Sold Christies
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian 18th Century Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very lovely 18th century Writing Table - Desk from Bologna, Italy. Wonderfully constructed from
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Spanish 19th Century Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
hand forged iron stretchers. Handsome carvings on the classical lyre shaped legs. The table has a
Category
Antique 19th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
17th Century Italian Center Table, Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
constructed from walnut with two drawers, classical lyre shaped legs and a solid board top. Stunning.
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Tuscany Walnut Dining or Writing Table
Located in Rome, IT
A Tuscany walnut table with rectangular top and sophisticated lyre legs, joined by wrought iron
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Tuscany Walnut Dining or Writing Table
Located in Rome, IT
A Tuscany walnut table with rectangular top and sophisticated lyre legs, joined by wrought iron
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Writing Table
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Writing Table combines classic architecture with modern
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Spanish Colonial Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
stretchers affixed to the crosspiece of the leg supports. The "front" of the desk features the same raised
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
18th Century Italian Fratino Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian fratino desk with lyre legs and iron stretcher from the 18th century. This antique table
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique French Renaissance Walnut Desk ~ Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Renaissance walnut desk ~ Bureau plat was found along the southern coast of France
Category
Early 20th Century French Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Spanish Carved Walnut Wood Trestle-Leg Table w/Forged Iron Stretcher, 8+ Ft Long
Located in Atlanta, GA
stretchers, and terminate into volute feet. The lyre-inspired trestles legs are braced with a crossing pair
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
H 31.25 in W 35.75 in D 98.5 in
Very Fine 1920s Leather Top Desk or Sofa Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine 1920s mahogany desk or sofa table finely carved and of fabulous quality with rich
Category
Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Louis XIV Parquet Desk ~ Dining Table in Stripped Oak
Located in Dallas, TX
four boldly scrolled and carved cabriole legs which are in turn connected with double lyre stretchers
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Desk, Carved, Empire, Tooled Leather Top, Elegant, 19th C., 1800's!!
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant Antique Desk, Carved, Empire, Tooled Leather Top, 19th C., 1800's!!
19th Century Empire
Category
Antique 19th Century European Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Portuguese Late Baroque Rosewood 2-Drawer Center Table or Desk, 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
which are mounted with shaped metal escutcheons, the opposite side with false fronts, with lyre form
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
H 31.25 in W 56.75 in D 35.5 in
Early 19th C. Italian Fratino Walnut Table w/Forged Iron Stretcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian fratino walnut table with lyre legs and iron stretcher from the early 19th century. This
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
A Fine Regency Satinwood and Calamander Work Table
Located in New York, NY
; raised on lyre-from end supports on downswept legs and joined by a turned stretcher.
Category
Antique 1810s Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Spanish Carved Walnut Renaissance Center or Coffee Table
Located in Miami, FL
, down along the shaped lyre legs and continues to the awesome claw feet. Each end has a thick mask
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Gothic Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Ebonized Table. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
design.
The refined details of this gorgeous piece are highlighted by beautiful lyre-shaped two legs set
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pearwood
Late 19th Century Elegant Italian Frattino Table All Solid Walnut Wax-Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
rhomboidal pins to avoid bending. Beech support with lyre legs tied by a smooth crosspiece.
Table with an
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing ...
H 31.5 in W 59.06 in D 24.41 in
Late 17th Century Italian Walnut Wood Library Table
Located in Dallas, TX
quarter round molding, with a pair of open lyre legs below that provide a sturdy base. A thick beam
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Maison Lalande Mahogany Library Furniture, Paris, 1890-1900
By Maison Lalande
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
bronze crowned female headed terms, anthemion, lyres flanked by swans and leaf tips; the bureau plat with
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by Maison Forest, circa 1900
By Maison Forest
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
burr amboyna veneered bureau plat has a gilt-tooled leather writing surface above a central long drawer
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 30.32 in W 55.91 in D 33.08 in
20th Century Solid Walnut Baroque Lyre-Leg Trestle Refectory Desk Writing Table
Located in Miami, FL
20th Century Spanish baroque desk, or writing table made of solid walnut with lyre legs joined by
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Console Tables
Materials
Iron
H 29.93 in W 63 in D 31.11 in
20th Century Solid Walnut Baroque Lyre-Leg Trestle Refectory Desk Writing Table
Located in Miami, FL
An 20th century Spanish baroque desk, or writing table made of solid walnut with lyre shaped legs
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 31.11 in W 55.12 in D 31.5 in
20th Century Solid Walnut Baroque Lyre-Leg Trestle Refectory Desk Writing Table
Located in Miami, FL
20th Century Spanish baroque desk, or writing table made of solid walnut with turned legs joined by
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Console Tables
Materials
Iron
H 30.32 in W 46.66 in D 19.1 in
20th Century Spanish Carved Walnut House Desk with Lyre Legs
Located in Miami, FL
An 20th century Spanish baroque desk, or writing table made of solid walnut with lyre shaped legs
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
1960's English Regency Style Pecan Desk Console by Thomasville
By Thomasville, Tommi Parzinger
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This English Regency style pecan writing desk by Thomasville would be perfect in any room. Desk
Category
Vintage 1960s American Regency Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Solid Oak Baroque Trestle Desk Writing Table or Console
Located in Miami, FL
An 19th century Spanish baroque desk, or writing table made of solid oak with lyre shaped legs
Category
Antique 1890s Spanish Baroque Console Tables
Materials
Iron
H 29.73 in W 49.61 in D 23.63 in
Outstanding 17th Century Italian Walnut Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
walnut with an impressive solid board top, lyre legs and handsomely turned stretchers trestle. Very
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Tables
Materials
Walnut
17th CENTURY SMALL WALNUT DESK
Located in Firenze, FI
Small writing desk in walnut wood, which can also be used as a side table. Its fine workmanship
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian End Tables
Materials
Nutwood
19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Table
Located in Houston, TX
center table, writing table, desk, side table or bedside table. Our classical antique Italian carved
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Center Tables
Materials
Walnut
17th Century Spanish Reflectoire Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
An outstanding 17th century Spanish Reflectoire Table - Writing Desk beautifully constructed from
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Mahogany and Marquetry Writing Desk by Edward Roberts
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Late Victorian ormolu-mounted mahogany and marquetry ladies writing desk, circa 1880. The
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Regency Mahogany Antique Library Writing Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Antique library table or writing table with stringing around the top, the frieze, the legs and the
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
A Fine 18th Century Spanish Baroque Period Chestnut Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
over three heavily carved drawers and lyre legs connected by a stretcher base. In overall excellent
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chestnut
A Satin Birch Writing Desk Attributed to Andre Arbus
By André Arbus
Located in New York, NY
escutcheons and centering a kneehole, all raised on lyre shaped legs mounted with pointed finials.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks
Early 18th Century Italian Walnut Writing Table with Lyre Shaped Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 18th Century Italian Walnut Writing Table with Lyre Shaped Legs & Center Drawer
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
17th Century Italian Walnut Fratino Table or Desk with Lyre Legs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
"Fratino" and was usually used as dining tables in convents or monasteries. The legs are carved in the lyre
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Northern Italian Fratino Walnut Desk with Lyre-Shaped Legs from the 1890s
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Northern Italian Baroque style carved walnut fratino writing table from the late 19th century
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Walnut Desk or Side Table with Lyre Legs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
the lyre-shaped legs. The legs have numerous swirls. This table is in perfect condition ready to be
Category
Antique 1890s Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 30.71 in W 49.61 in D 22.84 in
19th Century Walnut and Wrought Iron Desk with Two Drawers and Lyre Legs
Located in Miami, FL
metalwork on both drawers. A Brutalist wrought iron stretcher connects two pedestals lyre legs a hand
Category
Antique 1890s Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
H 32.87 in W 59.84 in D 31.5 in
Early 20th Century Italian Walnut Small Fratino Table or Desk with Lyre Legs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
was called "Fratino" and was usually used as dining tables in convents or monasteries. The legs are
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 22.05 in
18th Century Spanish Walnut Lyre Leg Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful walnut lyre leg table from the 1700's. One wide board top, nearly 2" thick. Lovely patina.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
17th Century Tuscan Refectory Style Walnut Table with Lyre Legs
Located in Encinitas, CA
base of lyre legs and crossbar supports, 19th century.
Simple dramatic clean lines.
Measures: 60.5
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
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With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the lyre leg writing desk you’re looking for. Each lyre leg writing desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, walnut and metal. There are many kinds of the lyre leg writing desk you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Each lyre leg writing desk bearing Baroque, Regency or Empire hallmarks is very popular. Baker Furniture Company, Maison Forest and Maison Lalande each produced at least one beautiful lyre leg writing desk that is worth considering.
How Much is a Lyre Leg Writing Desk?
Prices for a lyre leg writing desk start at $2,450 and top out at $185,000 with the average selling for $4,999.
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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