$5,440Sale Price|26% Off
Oval Writing Desk Studio Crafted Walnut Spider Leg , 1970s
Located in Camden, ME
Unusual spider legged oval top writing desk with a single inset drawer.
Walnut
Small Ladies’ Writing Desk, 20th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Small oval ladies' writing desk in Baroque style, featuring hand-painted floral decoration on a cream-colored base.
Wood
$5,035 / item
Green Leather Oval Partners Desk
Located in Annville, PA
One of the most complicated items that we produce at Niagara furniture our Green Leather Oval Partners Desk is also one of the most popular.
Leather, Mahogany
Ebonized oval Desk, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Elegant 19th-century desk with an oval tabletop, fully ebonized and adorned with finely crafted brass appliqués.
Brass
Fine quality antique Victorian walnut leather top oval writing table
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fine quality antique Victorian walnut leather top oval writing table, having a quality oval walnut top with a gilt tooled green leather inset oval leather surface for writing above f...
Leather, Walnut
Oval Partners Desk Victorian Walnut Office
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous burr walnut oval partners desk in the Victorian manner This is a true partners desk with drawers on both sides so plenty of storage Great side so perfect for a home office s...
Walnut
$1,840Sale Price|36% Off
Stow Davis Oval Walnut Table Desk
By Stow Davis
Located in Pasadena, TX
A mid century modern table or desk made by Stow Davis. A chrome double pedestel base with an oval top.
Chrome
$2,218Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Edwardian Quality Burr Walnut Freestanding Oval Shaped Writing Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Edwardian quality burr walnut freestanding oval shaped writing table having an oval shaped burr walnut top with a moulded edge and a shaped leather writing surface, one long ...
Walnut
Thomas O'Brien Modern Oval Desk With Glass Top
By Thomas O'brien, Hickory Chair Furniture Company
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Designed by acclaimed American designer Thomas O'Brien for Hickory Chair, this refined writing desk exemplifies tailored modernism with classical proportion.
Glass, Sapele Wood
1980s Eppinger Post Modern Wood Chrome Pedestal Oval Desk
By Eppinger Furniture Inc.
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning and one of a kind, oval pedestal wood desk you could hope to find. Outstanding design is exhibited throughout. Chrome hardware. ...
Chrome
$11,655 / item
Oval Desk in Natural Shagreen and Brass by Ginger Brown
By Ginger Brown
Located in Bourguebus, FR
This desk is made of original shagreen in a natural colour, with brass caps on the legs. It has three drawers with brass handles. It can be used as a writing desk or as a vanity tab...
Brass
Bleached Biedermeier Oval Burlwood Desk or Console Table circa 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bleached Biedermeier Oval Burlwood Desk or Console Table, probably Austrian, circa mid 19th Century. It is a versatile size and can be used as a console or sofa table, desk, vanity, ...
Wood, Burl
Table Rent Center Desk Tavolino Tuscan Italian Walnut Oval Baroque
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Exceptionally rare, large, museum quality, Tuscan, Baroque, walnut, rent or center table or tavolino with detachable top and single drawer - This beautiful, rent table is an unco...
Walnut
Antique Craftsman Oval in Tiger Oak Library Desk, Entry or Console Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An impressive sculptural desk made in America circa 1910s. This desk features solid oak construction and is in restored condition.
Wood, Oak
French Design Oval Console Table (or desk) in Solid Wood by Eric Gizard, Paris
By Éric Gizard
Located in Pontaubault, NORMANDIE
This console table is made of solid ash wood and designed by the famous Parisian Designer Eric Gizard. Our woods come exclusively from sustainable managed French forests. 1 wooden...
Wood, Ash, Lacquer
Antique Oval Library Table Tiger Oak with Column Base Circa. 1890
Located in Fulton, CA
An oval library table / desk from the "Golden Oak" era of American furniture design. Made with quarter-sawn, often called Tiger oak, thus creating a beautiful wood grain detail. A v...
Oak
Oval Coffee Table with Dark Marble Base & Smoky Glass Top by Antonio De Marco
Located in Geneve, CH
Opus Mod 3 Marble, Extrawhite Glass And Metal Writing Desk by Antonio De Marco Dimensions: D 85,5 x W 158 x H 73,5 cm. Materials: Verde Notte marble, metal, and glass. Available in...
Marble, Metal
Oval Louis XVI Writing Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
An oval Louis XVI style writing desk. Three panels of black leather are framed with a scrolled gilt border.
Brass
Oval Biedermeier Table or Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite Biedermeier table from the workshop of Josef Danhauser has matching walnut veneer applied in a star-like pattern and is outlined with a maple border on the top and bas...
Walnut
Biedermeier Oval Desk Designed by Josef Danhauser
Located in Bantam, CT
A highly unusual Biedermeier second period oval desk with ebonized highlights and inlaid writing surface, circa 1880s.
Unavailable
H 30.71 in W 52.17 in D 33.08 in
Arthur Brett Regency-style Mahogany Oval Writing Table with Leather Top
By Arthur Brett
Located in London, GB
An attractive mahogany oval writing table in the Regency style on turned and reeded legs surmounted by oval patera. With one long side drawer and faux drawers at each end with brass ...
Hide, Mahogany
Unavailable
H 45.5 in W 45.5 in D 30 in
Fine and Rare 18th Century English Inlaid Satinwood and Kingwood Oval Desk
Located in Millbrook, NY
Fine and rare English 18th century inlaid satinwood and kingwood desk or writing table. Oval desk with convex superstructure having three inlaid drawers over tambour doors concealing...
Kingwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
Rare Oval Sized Biedermeier Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
Oval tables are rare in Biedermeier, especially with an outstanding design. This Austrian-Hungarian Biedermeier table was either used for a large Biedermeier sofa as a writing table....
Unavailable
H 43.5 in W 69.5 in D 10 in
Tiger Oak Overmantle Oval Beveled Mirror Mission, America 1920, H700
Located in Vancouver, BC
Tiger Oak Overmantle Oval Beveled Mirror Mission, America 1920, H700 America 1920 Solid Tiger Oak Original finish Large oval beveled glass mirror With platform below Supports on the...
Oak
Vintage English Inlaid Oval Writing Desk
Located in Hixson, TN
A vintage English inlaid oval writing desk. Fine inlay work was performed on this desk!
Gloss Lacquer Oval Writing Desk with Chrome Hardware and Trim
By Brueton, Pace Collection
Located in Danville, CA
Super 1980s style black Piano finish racetrack form desk with chrome clad plinth base in the style of Brueton. The drawers slide smoothly on metal track and the finger pulls are also...
Wood
Oval Mahogany Writing Desk, circa 1800
Located in Greding, DE
An elegant oval writing desk crafted from mahogany, circa 1800.
Leather, Mahogany
Sold
H 29.14 in W 55.91 in D 33.86 in
Danish Modern Børge Mogensen Teak and Beech Drop-Leaf Desk, 1950s
By Børge Mogensen, Søborg Møbelfabrik
Located in Asaa, DK
Danish modern Børge Mogensen teak and beech drop-leaf desk, 1950s A rare and stunning vintage extending drop-leaf oval writing desk.
Beech, Teak
Modern Oval Green Cadence Writing Desk by Century Furniture
By Century Furniture
Located in North York, ON
Introducing the modern oval green Cadence writing desk, a stunning piece meticulously crafted by Century Furniture and custom-finished by Carrocel.
Wood, Lacquer
Custom Oval Cerused Oak Writing Desk with Reeded Legs and Apron
Located in Chicago, IL
One of a kind race track oval desk with a cerused or limed oak finish. Reeded legs are offset from front to back. Concealed within the reeded apron are a pair of drawers.
Oak
Oval Writing Table by Ward Bennett
By Ward Bennett, Lehigh Furniture Company
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Oval desk, writing or dining table by Ward Bennett for Lehigh Furniture Company.
Aluminum
Swedish Neoclassical Birch Oval Writing Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Fitted with a gilt tooled leather writing surface, above four short drawers and the leather-lined shelf. One drawer is marked with a heart and arrow and the date 1850.
Leather
Elegant Georgian mahogany oval partners writing table
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality English mahogany George III period oval partners writing table with a leather top, each side with a fitted curved drawer over square tapered legs ending in casters. R...
Mahogany, Leather
Old Colony Walnut & Tooled Leather Oval Writing Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Burled walnut, umber tanned and tooled leather top, oval shaped writing table or petite desk from Old Colony Furniture of Boston, MA.
Brass
Unusual Victorian Freestanding Oval Satinwood Desk
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual Victorian freestanding oval satinwood desk, the leather-inset top supporting a shaped open shelf with an ormolu gallery above two pairs of small drawers with a bookshelf b...
Satinwood
Singular Mastercraft Oval Brass & Leather Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
This desk is singular in both its uniqueness and its remarkable beauty. According to the original owner's family, this desk was constructed as a prototype. Making it proved far too c...
Brass
English Oval Figured Walnut Partners Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good quality English oval figured walnut partners desk, the burgundy tooled leather top over 3 frieze drawers above 6 pedestal drawers ending in bracket feet. Reverse is configured...
Walnut
Oval Leather Top Desk with Privacy Panel
Located in Annville, PA
The top section of the desk consists of a three-paneled writing surfaces of brown full grain genuine leather which features antique style gold tooling and three drawers on the desk s...
Leather, Mahogany
English Oval Leather Top Desk or Library Table
Located in Astoria, NY
English oval desk or library table, the top inset with embossed green leather writing surface over drawer lined frieze all raised on reeded legs.
Leather, Wood
Sold
H 31.11 in W 54.14 in D 35.83 in
Mid-19th Century Satinwood Oval Writing Table in the Sheraton Manner
Located in London, GB
A fine mid-19th century satinwood oval writing table in the Sheraton manner, boxwood and ebony lined throughout, having tulipwood and satinwood cross-banded gilt tooled blue leather ...
Satinwood, Tulipwood, Boxwood, Ebony
Beautiful Florence Knoll Oval Table or Desk
By Florence Knoll
Located in Munich, DE
Walnut top and chrome base in wonderful condition. Designed in 1961.
Elegant Black Lacquer Oval Desk with Bronze Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Black Lacquer Oval Desk with Bronze Hardware, probably American, circa 1940's. It is constructed of black lacquered wood with a deep green leather top, and bronze hardware. T...
Wood
White Laminate Oval Desk Table by Florence Knoll
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Classic Florence Knoll design features a 78" oval smooth white laminate top and a base of heavy gage steel with a polished chrome finish. This elegant piece can be used as a des...
Gilbert Rohde Art Deco Oval Drop-Leaf Desk
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in New York, NY
A superb drop-leaf desk by the American designer Gilbert Rohde, circa 1930s-1940s. The desk is crafted from mahogany and beech wood that are newly re-lacquered. The new finish gives ...
Beech, Mahogany
Custom Oval Cerused Oak Desk With Reed Legs & Apron
Located in Chicago, IL
One of a kind race track oval desk with cerused oak finish. Reeded legs are offset. Hidden within the reeded apron are a pair of drawers.
Fine Oval Satin Wood and Marquetry Inlaid Partner Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine oval partner's desk having four graduated drawers on each side with swirled acanthus leaf inlay and a cabinet door with fitted interior having a large floral urn medallion. Th...
Satinwood
Vintage desks and writing tables span centuries of design. The writing table came first, a simple surface built for correspondence, while the drawered desk followed as record-keeping at home and in the office grew more demanding.
Styles to Know
Any desk at least 20 years old falls under this broader vintage category. If you want a tapered-leg, mid-century look specifically, browse mid-century modern desks; Louis XVI and Art Deco secretary desks bridge the writing-table and desk forms. A vintage table lamp adds task lighting to either.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Piece
Writing tables often carry little to no storage of their own, so a separate file cabinet or desk organizer may be worth planning for, alongside a close look at the surface dimensions against the space available. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and every purchase is covered by the 1stDibs Promise.
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