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Richard Watson Writing Desk in Walnut
By Richard Watson
Located in Brookline, MA
The writing desk is inspired by a classic writing table originally intended for writing letters by
Category

2010s American Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique French Carved Oak Writing Desk Secretary AND Chair Breton Brittany SET
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French Carved Oak Writing Desk Secretary AND Chair Breton Brittany SET. Direct from France
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Oak

Antique Gothic Desk w. Hand Carved Church Windows, Holy Men, Chimeras & Drawers
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique early 1900s, solid nutwood, Gothic Revival writing table. If you are a collector of
Category

Early 20th Century French Gothic Revival Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Large-Scale Mad Men Roger Sprunger Executive Desk Dunbar, Mid-Century Modern
By Roger Sprunger
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Large-scale Mid-Century Modern executive desk designed by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar. Gorgeous
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Chrome

Men's Dressing Table, French, 19 th
Located in Nice, FR
Dressing table for men, 19th period, origin France, in beech wood, with lots of drawers, a mirror
Category

Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Beech

Men's Dressing Table, French, 19 th
Men's Dressing Table, French, 19 th
H 28.75 in W 24.81 in D 15.36 in
The Forsyth Editor's Desk
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
and paper, copy desks were often horseshoe-shaped. Rank-and-file editors, also known as “rim men,” sat
Category

2010s American Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Iron

The Forsyth Editor's Desk
The Forsyth Editor's Desk
H 29.5 in W 64 in D 44 in
Magnificent Flat Desk in Blackened Wood and Bronzes, Napoleon III Style
By Maison Gouffé
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Magnificent flat desk in blackened wood, Napoleon III style, made by the house "Gouffé". The
Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Magnificent Flat Desk - Louis XV Style - Precious Wood Marquetry -Golden Bronzes
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Sublime piece of prestige, a magnificent flat desk, in the Louis XV style, in marquetry of precious
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Antique 19th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

19th Century Régence Napoleon III Ebonized Desk/Bureau Plat Stamped Gros/Paris
By Benjamin Gros
Located in Berlin, DE
stamped “GROS/PARIS”. Beautiful and rare writing desk or so-called “bureau plat” made by the well-known
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Ashiana, a Marble and Wood Desk, Design by Matang and Natasha Sumant
By Matang, Lucien Dumas
Located in Paris, FR
A rectangular wood and marble desk. The tabletop is made out of Pink marble from Makrana. On a
Category

2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Marble

French 18th Century Louis XV Period Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
ormolu Bureau Plat desk. The desk is raised by elegant cabriole leg with exquisite pierced fitted ormolu
Category

Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat After Cressent
By Charles Cressent
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular top with gilt-tooled leather writing-surface within a molded border and with shell
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

"Japonisme" Cylinder Desk Att. to G. Viardot, France, circa 1880
By Gabriel Viardot
Located in PARIS, FR
, allowing a larger area for working and writing. The lower part of the desk is formed on the left by five
Category

Antique 1880s French Japonisme Desks

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Guillerme & Chambron, Rare Oak Desk Model "Matignon" for Votre Maison", 1960.
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Paris, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, Rare Oak Desk Model "Matignon" for "Votre Maison", France , 1960. Excellent
Category

Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

Flat Blackened Wood and Bronze Desk, Style Napoléon III, Maison Gouffé
By Maison Gouffé
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
manufactured for female customers, it then became the small boudoir writing table. Flat desks in blackened
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Napoleon III Desks

Materials

Bronze

Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Heavily Carved Oak Desk Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
functional. The writing desk is crafted from solid oak wood and stands on cabriole legs ending with sabot
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires

Materials

Leather, Oak

Eyeball Freak, Circus Side Show Curiosity, Silver Gelatin Print, Framed, 1952
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a
Category

1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Blues Great Howlin' Wolf, Chicago 1966, Framed Black and White Photo by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and
Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Tracks to War, New Jersey, 1943, Black and White Photograph, Signed, Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Young Pool Shark, Chicago 1949, Black & White Photograph, Framed, Signed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a
Category

1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

A Farm Grandma Waiting for Kids, 1951
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a
Category

1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

JFK in Profile, 1960 - Color Photograph Matted and Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marlon Brando, Libertyville, Illinois, 1950 - Silver Gelatin Print
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a cold eye
Category

1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Mafia Boss Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo in Front of Big Lion, Chicago 1959
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a
Category

1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Gale Sayers #40, 1966 - Color Photograph by Art Shay for Sports Illustrated
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that
Category

1960s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Car Reflection, 1958, Black and White Photograph Appeared in LIFE Magazine
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that
Category

1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Nixons on LaSalle Street, Chicago, 1968, Color Photograph, Signed on Back
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and
Category

1960s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Titter, Scantily Clad Woman Viewing Titter Magazine, 1950 Vintage Photograph
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a
Category

1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Blues Guitarist, Buddy Guy, 1966, Playing Guitar, Framed Photograph by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen
Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Man With the Golden Arm, 1949, Nelson Algren as the Dealer, Silver Gelatin
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that
Category

1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Leaf

Caitlyn Bruce Jenner, Montreal Olympics, 1976, Black and White Photograph Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a
Category

1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Palmer Ready to Win His 2nd Masters, Augusta, Georgia 1960, Vintage Photograph
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that
Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Deerfield Protestors, 1963, Activists at Rally at Dusk, Silver Gelatin Print
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that
Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Maxwell Street Dog, Black & White Street Photography, Chicago, 1953 by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vegas, Hotel Signs, Homage to Mondrian, Color Street Photography by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a cold eye
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

James Baldwin Standing, Deerfield, IL 1961, Deerfield Integration Rally
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Hugh Hefner in His Bedroom Office, Chicago 1961, Black and White Photography
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a
Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, Las Vegas, 1961, The Rat Pack
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a
Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Two Leopards Spotted, Chicago 1974, Brookfield Zoo, Signed and Framed.
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and
Category

1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Girls Girls Girls, State St. Strip Joint Near Death, Chicago, 1966
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Twins, Lovejoy AKA Brooklyn, Illinois, for Ebony Magazine, 1952, Silver Gelatin
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Brooklyn, Illinois, Twins, 1952 - For Ebony Magazine in Lovejoy AKA Brooklyn, IL
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Killers For Hire, JFK, South Dakota 1960, Black and White Photograph by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and
Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

I Am A Man - Color Signed Photograph, 1968 Memphis Sanitation Worker Protest
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a
Category

1960s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Portable Copying Machine by James Watt & Co.
By James Watt
Located in New Orleans, LA
present piece is housed in its original mahogany lap desk, which is in and off itself a remarkable work of
Category

Antique 18th Century English Other Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Mahogany

Iceman - Children Gathered Around an Ice Cream Vendor circa 1949, Photo Signed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that
Category

1960s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Woman in Sheer Dress, Silver Gelatin Black & White Photograph by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that
Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Kid Boxing, 1952, Black and White Photograph by Art Shay, Signed and Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and
Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Nakedly Patriotic, 1970, Peaceful Gathering, Nude Female, Archival Pigment Print
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a
Category

1960s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Lombardi Huddle, Green Bay Packer Coach Vince Lombardi 1966 by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Seurat's A La Grande Jatte with Marcel Marceau, Chicago, 1958
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen
Category

1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Observant Father, 1949, Chicago, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that
Category

1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Important Beau Brummell Regency Period Flame Mahogany Gentleman's Dressing Table
Located in Forney, TX
- work table - writing desk) Refined elegant sophistication at its finest, born in late 18th / early
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Vanities

Materials

Brass

Jessica Lange at her Minnesota Cottage, 1976, Black and White Photograph, Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and
Category

1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Safari Bath, 1955
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Smiling Ray Kroc, 1965, McDonald's First Franchise in Des Plaines, IL, Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that
Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Building of the St. Louis Gateway Arch, 1963, Silver Gelatin Print
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Wall (La Pared), Nogales (No Puedo Decir Esto) (#1588)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
hour with a hundred Mexicans, and when I get to the desk in U.S. Customs there is no question Where Is
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Andy Griffith on Train in Nashville, 1961
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Street Transaction, 1949 Vintage Silver Gelatin Print, Signed, Matted and Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a
Category

1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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You are likely to find exactly the mens writing desk you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. If you’re looking for a mens writing desk from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a mens writing desk to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of black, gray, beige, silver and more. A mens writing desk from Art Shay, André Lhote and Jack Balas — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in silver gelatin print, archival pigment print and pigment print.

How Much is a Mens Writing Desk?

The price for a mens writing desk in our collection starts at $1,172 and tops out at $985,000 with the average selling for $3,000.