Mastercraft Style, Hollywood Regency, Writing Desk, Burl, Brass, USA, 1960s
By Mastercraft
Located in Stamford, CT
Mastercraft Style, Hollywood Regency, Writing Desk, Burl, Brass, USA, 1960s A wonderful burl and brass writing desk designed and produced in the United States c. 1960s Burl, Brass;...
Brass
Baker Furniture Modern Regency Writing Desk or Bureau Plat Desk
By Baker Furniture Company, Michael Vanderbyl
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional modern Regency style writing desk or bureau plat desk By Michael Vanderbyl for Baker Furniture, "Archetype" Collection USA, Circa 1990s Gorgeous inlaid sycamore woo...
Nickel
1960's Hollywood Regency Leather Writing Desk by Slight Furniture
By Sligh Furniture, Drexel, Widdicomb Furniture Co., Henredon
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.
Brass
Rare Antique Regency Travelling Writing Box, English c 1810-1820
Located in Kastrup, DK
A rare Regency writing desk box made in solid ebony. Original leather with natural age-related patina.
Brass
Fine Regency Walnut Writing Desk
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sale this stunning Regency Rosewood Library table in the manner of Gillows with tooled leather inset top , circa 1820 . Solid and stable ! Don't hesitate to...
Brass
Regency Writing Table Walnut Desk 1820
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A handsome Regency walnut writing table dating to around 1820, combining elegant proportions with practical design The rectangular top is beautifully veneered in richly figured rosew...
Walnut
Regency Desk Writing Table Mahogany 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
The Top of The Writing Desk Having a Green Leather Writing Surface (Replacement) With HAND Applied Gilt and Blind Tooling.
Mahogany
Regency Pedestal Desk Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A handsome mahogany pedestal desk of classic English form in the Regency style, combining elegance with practicality Raised upon a plinth base for stability and refined proportion Fi...
Mahogany
19th Century Regency brass inlaid writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century regency brass inlaid writing desk circa 1925. Beautifully made regency period writing table, profusely inlaid with brass stringing and decoration.
Brass
Early 19th century Regency davenport writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Fine quality Regency davenport, circa 1820. Spindle gallery to the top leading to the original leather writing surface. Top opens to reveal a richly colored interior with 2 drawers....
Leather, Palisander
A fine Regency mahogany and rosewood writing desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine Regency mahogany and rosewood writing desk .
Mahogany, Rosewood
Antique Regency Style Leather Top Desk / Writing Table
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous antique Regency style leather top desk / writing table. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1930’s period.
Leather, Wood
Regency Writing Table Mahogany Desk Side Period Antique 1820
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Late Regency mahogany writing table - or perhaps side table - with a serpentine front fitted with five drawers arranged around a central kneehole The mahogany is the plumb pudding va...
Mahogany
English Regency Desk with Foldable Desk / Writing Table 20th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Extraordinary English regency desk with hinged sides and red leather top. 5 drawers in the front and 5 panels on the back. The leather top is provided with very thick embossing. The ...
Wood
Scottish Writing Table or Desk of Mahogany from Regency Era
Located in Austin, TX
An exquisite Scottish writing table or console desk of mahogany from the Regency period, featuring a beautifully moulded top with shaped edge and gallery, over a frieze of three draw...
Brass, Metal
French Hollywood Regency Style Ebony Lacquer Executive Desk / Writing Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
French Hollywood Regency Style Ebony Lacquer Executive Desk / Writing Table A spectacular Executive Desk that can sit Center of any room or office.
Bronze
Regency Style Mahogany Writing Desk with Leather Top, UK Craftsmanship
Located in Woodbury, CT
This Regency style writing desk with a tooled saddle leather top and beaded edge has three functioning drawers on one side and three false drawers on the other.
Leather, Mahogany
Antique Regency Gonçalo Alves Library Writing Table Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
The desk is crafted from beautiful Gonçalo Alves and features a striking inset gold tooled green leather writing surface.
Brass
Free Standing Mahogany English Regency Tambour Roll Top Writing Desk
Located in Kastrup, DK
An elegant 19th century freestanding mahogany roll top writing desk. Tambour top rolls back to reveal a fitted interior with drawers, pigeon holes and a slant lid leather writing su...
Brass
Antique Writing Table, English, Kneehole Desk, Home Office, Study, Regency, 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique writing table. An English, mahogany scribe’s desk, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820.
Mahogany
Baker Furniture English Regency Banded Mahogany Writing Desk or Console Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional English Regency or Georgian style drop leaf writing desk, console table, or sofa table By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1940s Mahogany, with English yew wood banding, ...
Brass
Regency Style Writing Table
Located in Hudson, NY
A very nice mahogany and crotch mahogany veneered writing table raised up on marble columns with bronze bases. The writing surface is leather with gold tooling. This table though not...
Mahogany
19th Century English Regency Gilt Bronze Mounted Writing Table or Desk
Located in Troy, NY
19th Century English Regency Gilt Bronze Mounted Writing Table or Desk.
Ormolu
Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular brown tooled leather top and banded border over three drawers with square bail handles and opposing working drawers so can work as a partners desk. Raised on circu...
Brass
Baker Furniture Regency Rosewood Drop Leaf Writing Desk or Console, Refinished
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Regency or Georgian style drop leaf writing desk, console, or sofa table By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1980s Gorgeous book-matched rosewood, with satinwood and ebon...
Ebony, Rosewood, Satinwood
Maitland Smith Mahogany Regency Style 3 Drawer Writing Desk w/ Brass Gallery
By Maitland Smith
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Maitland Smith Mahogany Regency French Louis XVI Style 3 Drawer Writing Desk w/ Brass Gallery, Finished Back, and Custom Glass Top.
Glass, Mahogany
Regency Diminutive Writing Table
By John Mclean
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine English Regency period bonheur du jour attributed to John McLean & Son, the rectangular top having pierced gallery with turned and ring collared brass column supports with ...
Bronze
$22,516
Regency Writing Table
Located in London, GB
A FINE REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID AND PARCEL-GILT WRITING TABLE, CIRCA 1810. The frieze filled with two mahogany lined drawers. All mounts and handles original.
Rosewood
Regency Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with new inset brown leather and cross banded edge over a frieze containing one long drawer , raised on circular tapered reeded legs ending on brass casters. P...
Leather, Rosewood
Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With inset tooled brown leather top with cross banded edge over a frieze containing three drawers and on the reverse three working drawers. False drawers on ends. All with brass knob...
Brass
Regency Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The shaped rectangular top fitted with hinged side compartment‚ above a reeded frieze drawing and a leather inset slide‚ raised on turned columnar supports joined by two baluster-tur...
Wood
Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with inset tooled red leather top and cross banded edge over three drawers front and back. Raised on circular tapered legs. Casters. Sold Bonhams , London, February 1...
Brass
Baker Furniture English Regency Burled Walnut Writing Desk, Newly Refinished
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional English Regency or Georgian style writing desk, console table, or sofa table By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1980s Book-matched burled walnut, with original brass har...
Brass
A fine Regency period satinwood and leather top writing desk . Parcel gilt
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century Regency satinwood and parcel gilt two drawer writing desk .
Satinwood
STUNNING REGENCY STYLE NEOCLASSICAL BRASS & WALNUT WRiTING TABLE DESK CIRCA 1920
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, Regency Neoclassical style Walnut & Satinwood writing table with X framed solid br...
Brass
Superb Regency Writing Sofa Table
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A excellent quality Regency rosewood writing or sofa table in lovely original condition, original green leather and wooden castors, two locking drawers. 29" high 23.5" knee height 3...
Rosewood
Late Regency Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late Regency Rosewood Writing Table with Mahogany Lined Drawer, Octagonal End Supports, and Blind Castors to the Bun Feet 56"w x 28"d x 30"h
Rosewood
19th Regency Brass-Inlaid Portable Writing Desk on Later Stand, Secret Drawer
By Thomas Lund
Located in Morristown, NJ
Regency Brass-Inlaid Portable Writing Desk on Later Stand, with Secret Drawer, Possibly by Thomas & William Lund A fine English Regency period portable writing slope, early 19th cen...
Brass
Late Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a tooled olive green leather writing surface with wood border and molded edge over two drawers on front and back. Brass ring handles. Supported on turned tapered legs with casters.
Brass
Rare Regency Lacquered Writing Table
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The Japanese lacquered box hinged to open to an adjustable fabric-inset writing surface, inset in a Stand with twin supports in the Chinese taste. This exceptional desk is very much ...
Lacquer
Regency Bonheur de Jour Writing Desk, Fruitwood, Georgian Style, 1800
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Regency Bonheur de Jour or Ladies Writing Desk This is a rare piece indeed has a drop leaf in each side and a drawer to the front, the table has an undertier which has a deep knee...
Fruitwood
Superb Regency Rosewood Library Writing Table
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A top quality Regency rosewood writing table wth green leather sciver, outstanding double twist legs and stretcher base, with a lovely colour and in super condition. 30" high 45" le...
Rosewood
$6,957 / item
Regency Style Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine inlaid Regency style writing table with two frieze drawers, turned and fluted legs that have acanthus cast brass capitals and feet, made of solid mahogany and figured Etimoe v...
Brass
Baker Furniture French Regency Louis XVI Carved Cherry Wood Writing Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Louis XVI style writing desk or console table By Baker Furniture, "Milling Road" Collection USA, Late 20th Century Carved cherry wood, with brass capped ...
Brass
English Late Regency Oak Writing Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Late Regency (mid-19th Century) parcel ebonized & oak writing table with black leather inset top above X-trestle legs joined by a stretcher on casters.
Oak, Leather
Baker Furniture French Regency Louis XVI Carved Cherry Wood Writing Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Louis XVI style writing desk or console table By Baker Furniture, "Milling Road" Collection USA, Late 20th Century Carved cherry wood, with brass capped ...
Brass
Circa 1825-35 Regency-William IV Period English Writing Table Desk
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1825-35 English Writing Table Desk, Regency-William IV period. Raised on an exceptional scroll & leaf carved yew wood base.
Leather, Baize, Wood, Oak, Yew
19th Century Mahogany Regency Writing Table
Located in Solebury, PA
An exquisite writing table featuring a figured mahogany top adorned with charming clover-leaf corners. The table’s delicate proportions and pleasing aesthetics are further enhanced b...
Mahogany, Satinwood
Regency Period Burled Amboyna Writing / Sofa Table
Located in Montreal, QC
Regency period burled amboyna writing table, inset with two drawers and resting on patinated metal paw feet.England circa: 1830
Amboyna
Sligh Furniture French Regency Louis XVI Carved Walnut Writing Desk, Circa 1960s
By Sligh Furniture
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Louis XVI style writing desk or bureau plat desk By Sligh Furniture USA, Circa 1960s Carved walnut, with black leather top, and original brass hardware.
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Regency Desk Writing Table and Chair
By Guglielmo Ulrich, Melchiorre Bega, Vittorio Dassi, Ico & Luisa Parisi, Paolo Buffa
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful and neoclassical midcentury Regency Italian writing table or desk with its paired newly upholstered chair both supported by elegant turned and fluted legs ending with taper...
Brass
$9,841 / item
Regency Leather Top Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Crafted from exquisite acacia and oak, this grand writing table is inspired by an antique original circa 1800, showcasing the artistry of traditional craftsmanship. The richly graine...
Leather, Wood
Regency Mahogany And Inlaid Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Removed from the one time residence of William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies Beverly Hills home. With rectangular top with 3/4 brass gallery and black leather writing surface. Fr...
Mahogany
$12,867 / item
Regency Style Walnut Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A refined homage to the elegance of early 19th-century English furniture design. Crafted in classic style with an exquisite use of figured walnut, it features a warm finish that brin...
Brass
$21,500 / item
Regency Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Ebonized and Parcel-Gilt with black leather top and gilded greek key design trim. 2 drawers on front and 2 false drawers on backside. With original castors and hardware.
Leather, Rosewood
Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular top with tooled green leather over two drawers and two opposing drawers with brass knobs, raised on circular tapered legs and casters.
Mahogany
Regency Period Metamorphic Writing /Book Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine classical regency table shows all the signs of a London cabinet making firm. The proportions are great being not overly large but it carries weight and looks masculine and ...
Brass
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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