Louis XVI Walnut Architects Table a La Tronchin
Located in Essex, MA
A fine and unusual piece with gilt bronze mounts, when in table position rectangular with a ratcheted adjustable slant lid , a winding key raised and lowers the reading, working sect...
Walnut
19th Century Mahogany Architects Table
Located in London, GB
An exceptional French architect’s table à la Tronchin in finely figured mahogany, featuring a rectangular ratcheted top with a gilt-tooled tan leather writing surface and integrated ...
Brass
$12,000Sale Price|20% Off
French antique Architect's Table, Directoire Period 1780-1800
Located in Belmont, MA
Elevated on round tapering legs, this architect's table, also known as "table à la Tronchin" in French, pays homage to the Swiss physician Théodore Tronchin.
Mahogany
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Desk ‘A la Tronchin’
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and unusual French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany desk 'A la Tronchin'. The desk is raised by square tapering legs with original ormolu sabots and castors. The str...
Mahogany
Directoire Flame Mahogany Architects Table a La Tronchin
Located in London, by appointment only
A rare and highly figured early 19th century flame mahogany architects table "a la Tronchin". The adjustable top can be set at several heights and angled to suit, the table has pu...
Mahogany
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H 48.82 in W 33.08 in D 24.81 in
Mahogany Architect's Table à la Tronchin by Denis-Louis Ancellet, France
By Denis-Louis Ancellet
Located in Greding, DE
Architect’s table "à la Tronchin" in mahogany, stamped D. L.
Brass
Writing Table à la Tronchin, circa 1800
Located in Greding, DE
Writing desk with height adjustable writing surface, laterally extendable as well. The desk stands on tapered feet with brass sabots. The writing surfaces are covered in black leathe...
Wood
Architect Table à la Tronchin, France 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Architect's table made of mahogany on bronze sabots with casters, adjustable writing top covered with leather and side extendable panels. The drawer with compartments is also covered...
Bronze
Louis XVI Mahogany Architect‘s Table (Table A La Tronchin)
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The double hinged ratcheted adjustable elevating top with a green tooled leather inset surface‚ above a frieze drawer enclosing a later writing slide, fitted with later slides to eit...
Brass
French architect's table, known as "à La Tronchin, Louis XVI
By Fidelys Schey
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind French Louis XVI architect's table with a rectangular profile, made of mahogany and mahogany veneer, known as the "Table à la Tronchin" (circa 1790-1800).
Bronze
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H 57.49 in W 35.04 in D 20.87 in
Highadjustable Architects Table - Table A Tronchin, France, Late 18th Century
Located in Greven, DE
So-called “Table à la Tronchin”. When folded, we see a desk with a leather-covered top and a wide drawer in the frame.
Brass
Directoire Mahogany Architect's Table 'Table à Tronchin'
Located in Berlin, DE
This architect's table is also known as a 'table a` la Tronchin' after The´odore Tronchin (Genf 1709- Paris 1781), an unconventional but influential 18th-century Swiss physician who ...
Mahogany
Directoire Mahogany Architect’s Table Attributed to Jacob Frères
By Jacob Frères
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The double-ratchetted adjustable rectangular top with an ebony leather-lined writing slope with spring mechanism and with removable book stop, above a frieze drawer enclosing a writi...
Wood, Leather
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H 29.34 in W 38.59 in D 25.99 in
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Architect's Table or Table Tronchin
Located in Berlin, DE
Maximum height: 94 cm (37 in. ) This architect's table is also known as a 'table a la Tronchin' after Théodore Tronchin (Genf 1709- Paris 1781), an unconventional but influential ...
Bronze
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H 32.29 in W 33.08 in D 20.48 in
Late 18th Century Mahogany Architect's Table, in the Manner of Canabas
Located in Berlin, DE
Late 18th century mahogany architect's table or 'Table a` la Tronchin' in the manner of Joseph Gengenbach, known as Canabas (maître in 1766).
Late 18th Century Mahogany Veneered Architect's Table
Located in Berlin, DE
This architect's table is also known as a 'table a` la Tronchin' after The´odore Tronchin (Genf 1709- Paris 1781), an unconventional but influential 18th-century Swiss physician who ...
Mahogany, Oak
Architect’s Desk à la Tronchin, France circa 1800
Located in Greding, DE
Rare architect’s desk in the à la Tronchin style, featuring an adjustable-height writing surface and two pull-out side trays—all lined in brown leather. A wide drawer beneath the top...
Brass
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H 30.32 in W 35.04 in D 20.87 in
Late 18th Century Mahogany Veneered Architect's Table, workshop of J.J. Chapuis
Located in Berlin, DE
This architect's table is also known as a 'table à la Tronchin' after Théodore Tronchin (Genf 1709- Paris 1781), an unconventional but influential 18th-century Swiss physician who ad...
Bronze
High Adjustable Architect's Desk, Writing Desk, circa 1800
Located in Greven, DE
Interesting facts: In the 18th century, there was an enthusiasm for furniture that concealed mechanisms and gear racks and that showed innovation in the cabinetmaker's craft, such as...
Mahogany
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H 30.32 in W 33.86 in D 20.48 in
French Directoire Period Mahogany, "A la Tronchin" Table, circa 1798
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
W, 20.47 in. D. « A la Tronchin » table appeared late 18th century during the French Louis XVI reign.
Mahogany
19th Century mahogany Pembroke table
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 19th Century mahogany Pembroke table, having a lovely figured dropleaf top with a single mahogany lined drawer at one end with the original turned wooden knob handles, and faux...
Mahogany
Louis XVI Style Console In Mahogany.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A refined early 19th century Louis XVI style console table, beautifully crafted in wood veneer with elegant neoclassical restraint. The rectangular white marble top is enclosed by a...
Marble
$2,195
H 29.5 in W 32 in D 19 in
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Walnut Writing Table with Leather Top
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This small scale late eighteenth century French Louis XVI period walnut lady's writing desk features a gold tooled black leather top. A single drawer pulls out from the side using a ...
Bronze
Louis XVI writing desk in walnut. 18th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A refined Louis XVI period writing desk from the 18th century, crafted in warm walnut with understated brass trim. This elegant secrétaire features a clean, architectural silhouette ...
Brass
$1,896Sale Price|30% Off
H 29.14 in W 41.74 in D 28.35 in
Antique 19th Century Mahogany Writing Desk – Fine Quality Dressing or Side Table
Located in Wisbech, England
Antique 19th Century Mahogany Writing Desk – Elegant Dressing Table or Side Table with Octagonal Legs and Brass Castors This fine quality 19th-century antique mahogany writing desk ...
Wood
$3,040Sale Price|20% Off
H 37.75 in W 31.25 in D 19 in
18th Century French Walnut Bureau de Dame, Louis XV Style, Elegant
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant 18th-century French lady’s writing desk, or bureau de dame, crafted in warm walnut with graceful cabriole legs and serpentine lines characteristic of the Louis XV period. ...
Walnut
Charming Antique French Provincial Writing Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Antique French writing table from Provence, France with single deep drawer retaining its working lock and key. Elegant carved tapered legs and authentic charming rustic patina with a...
Wood
French 19th Century Louis XVI Mahogany Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Carmine, TX
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Writing Desk – An elegant Louis XVI-style desk crafted in rich mahogany, featuring a green leather writing surface with gilt tooling, five dovetailed drawers...
Brass, Bronze
$2,320Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.34 in W 40.56 in D 24.61 in
19th Century Louis XV Style Writing Desk or Center Table
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Extremely elegant Louis XV Style writing desk or center table, with a gracefully adorned floral marquetry and intricate borders on the tray, revealing a single drawer and elegantly c...
Brass, Bronze
19th Century Federal Style Mahogany Pembroke Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century Federal Style Mahogany Pembroke Table . Measures 17.5" in width close, 34" in width open, 24.5" in depth and stands 26" tall.
Mahogany
English Mahogany Pembroke Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
English mahogany Pembroke table on turned legs ending in brass casters. Rectangular top with rounded corners; single pine-lined drawer with brass knobs.
Mahogany
18th Century French Walnut Writing Table
Located in High Point, NC
18th century walnut writing desk form France, circa 1750-1760. The top of this table is lovely and has a gorgeous patina. It is made from two boards, and has lovely pegged constr...
Walnut
Sold|$3,403
H 29.53 in W 47.25 in D 24.81 in
French Louis XVI Style Walnut Writing Desk with Leather Top, Early 20th Century
Located in BÉTERA, ES
Elegant early 20th century walnut writing desk in the Louis XVI taste, featuring refined neoclassical lines and beautiful figured walnut veneers. The desk is fitted with three drawe...
Brass
French 20th Century Louis XVI Style Flat Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Made in France in the twentieth century, this Louis XVI style flat desk is constructed in wood, with two pull-out slides at the sides and a frieze fitted with three drawers, the cent...
Leather, Wood
French Mahogany Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Crafted with figured flame mahogany, this writing desk features a luxurious leather inlaid surface. The meticulously designed structure includes five drawers surrounding a generous k...
Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Rustic Walnut Table
Located in Houston, TX
Handsome French Louis XVI style walnut cobbler's work table with fluted legs and a single drawer. This versatile rustic table, farm table or work table dates to the early 19th centur...
Walnut
$4,006
H 31.11 in W 55.12 in D 31.5 in
Rare Antique circa 1860 Library Writing Table Desk with Twin Writing Slopes
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare original circa 1860 Mahogany library table with built in twin writing slopes This is a very rare piece, I’ve not seen another, i...
Hardwood
Louis XVI Style French Writing Desk
Located in Pomona, CA
A fine French writing desk of ormolu mounted walnut and mahogany, in the Louis XVI style, featuring an inlaid pattern of mahogany, with brass trim around the edge, with five drawers ...
Brass
Antique Slant-Front Drafting Desk Writing Table
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and exceptionally inlaid antique slant-front drafting desk. circa 1900 Hand-crafted in the early 20th century, likely French, one piece desk on frame form, having a sloped fr...
Ebony, Kingwood, Mahogany, Maple, Palisander, Rosewood, Burl, Felt
18th century Louis XVI Dressing Table
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI dressing table, France 1780. For the beautiful marquetry, the maker combined two types of veneer: Walnut and kingwood. The dressing table has one exterior drawer, a built ...
Kingwood, Walnut
$15,735
H 30.91 in W 32.29 in D 25.4 in
Early 19th Century Empire Mahogany Architects Table by Jean-Joseph Chapuis
By Jean Joseph Chapuis
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An elegant and attractive early 19th century Empire mahogany architects table by Jean-Joseph Chapuis (1765-1864). The double ratcheted hinged rectangular top lined with dark green oi...
Brass, Bronze
$8,400Sale Price|67% Off
H 34.5 in W 38.5 in D 25.5 in
Rare 18th Century Georgian Period Mahogany Architect Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
This rare and elegant Georgian Architect’s desk has a ratchet top, extending drawer front, as well as storage compartments. Architect desks, more commonly known now as drafting desks...
Brass
English Mahogany Writing Table, Early 19th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exquisite writing desk is crafted of rich mahogany and features the straightforward design prevalent in England during the early 19th century. A luxurious leather-covered top pr...
Brass
Louis XVI Mahogany Tric Trac Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular removable green leather top with reversible felt playing surface , exposing a backgammon playing surface. Opposing chip drawers and raised on square tapered fluted legs e...
Brass
Louis XVI French Fruitwood Architect’s Table
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A Louis XVI period French architect’s table in fruitwood with an adjustable leather-inset drafting top. The table features a single drawer, slide-out candle supports, and classic tap...
Metal
$7,500
H 44.25 in W 35.25 in D 23.25 in
Dutch 18th Century Mahogany Architect’s Desk, Tilt-Top, Circa 1780
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A versatile Dutch architect’s desk from the late 1700s. This mahogany desk has an adjustable tilt-top drafting surface with six distinct height options. The writing surface is 32 ¼”H...
Brass
Period George III Chippendale Mahogany Architect's Table or Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Period Georgian architect's table or desk --Metamorphic --Cuban mahogany --Writing surfaces and racheted book supports --A very well construction version.
Mahogany
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Tulipwood, Charmwood, and ormolu desk. The five drawer desk is raised by slender square tapered legs with fine...
Ormolu
$7,226
H 31.11 in W 36.62 in D 22.05 in
Mid 19th Century High-Adjustable Architect's Table, Mahogany, France, circa 1850
Located in Greven, DE
High-Adjustable Architect's Table France Mahogany Mid 19th century Dimensions: H x W x D: 79 x 93 x 56 cm, height adjustment: 79 - 120 cm Description: Rare writing and drawing tab...
Mahogany
$3,887Sale Price|35% Off
H 31.5 in W 45 in D 27.5 in
Antique French Directoire Neoclassical Mahogany Leather Top Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Directoire Neoclassical Mahogany Leather Top Desk is a marvel of timeless architecture, tailored styling and quality materials. Crafted from exotic imported mahogany,...
Brass
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Amaranth Bureau Plat
By Philippe Claude Montigny
Located in Kittery Point, ME
In the style of Montigny (Philippe-Claude Montigny, maitre in 1770), the rectangular tooled leather-lined top surrounded with a later ormolu border, above two frieze drawers and simu...
Bronze
Fine George III Mahogany Reading Stand and Table
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular tilt-top of finely figured timber with removable reading ledge; raised on a turn columnar support and three downswept cabriole legs terminating in pad-form feet. P...
Mahogany
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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