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Paul McCobb for Winchendon Walnut Stain Maple #1560 Desk & Spindle Chair
By Paul McCobb, Winchendon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A handsome and very original condition, Desk + Chair, designed by Paul McCobb and built by
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

Turn of The Century Oak Desk Chair Office Chair
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
J029 Turn of the century desk chair /office chairs in oak, having shaped top rail with tapering
Category

Early 20th Century English Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Oak

Turn of The Century Oak Desk Chair Office Chair
Turn of The Century Oak Desk Chair Office Chair
H 34.252 in W 24.803 in D 18.5 in
19th Century Regency Palisander Davenport Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Fine quality regency davenport, circa 1820. Spindle gallery to the top leading to the original
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Palisander

American Victorian Herts Brothers Slant Front Desk
By The Herts Brothers
Located in New York, NY
American Victorian mahogany slant front desk with gallery and turned legs and spindle design
Category

Antique 19th Century American Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Fine and Unusual Edwardian Inlaid Leather Top Desk
Located in Dublin, IE
, wrap around section of a beautifully carved pierced panel with bobbin turned spindles, conjoined with
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Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th Century English Mahogany Serpentine Writing Desk with Single Drawer
Located in Doylestown, PA
with gracefully curved front and sides on turned spindle legs. The top has a unique feature as it is
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Antique 1890s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cherry, Mahogany

Antique Thomas Turner Manchester English Mahogany Writing Desk Library Table
By Thomas Turner
Located in Dayton, OH
with stretchers and turned spindle design in-between, a trestle base and brass casters. Makers mark
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

1800's Antique French Henri II Style, Carved, Walnut, Bureau, Writing Desk!!
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous 1800's Antique French Henri II Style, Carved, Walnut, Bureau, Writing Desk!! Antique Desk
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Antique 19th Century French Other Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Spanish 19th C. Desk or Console Table with Beautiful Lyre-Carved Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
-wood stretcher (with raised accent at its center top), and a pair of spindle/turned stretcher bars
Category

Antique 19th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Antique French Carved Oak Writing Desk Secretary AND Chair Breton Brittany SET
Located in Shreveport, LA
writing desk features carvings around a ‘ship’s wheel’ spindle rail surrounding an upper shelf, with a
Category

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

Materials

Leather, Oak

Late Victorian Elm Office or Desk Chair
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5356 Late Victorian desk chair with shaped top rail supported on spindles, generous elm seat and
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Antique Late 19th Century Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Elm

Late Victorian Elm Office or Desk Chair
Late Victorian Elm Office or Desk Chair
H 35.039 in W 21.26 in D 24.409 in
19th Century Elm and Ash Smokers Bow Office or Desk Chair
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
thick saddle shaped seat in Elm, it has a very wide curved top rail in Ash and chunky turned spindles
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Antique Late 19th Century Country Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Ash

Vintage Art Deco Black Vitrolite Glass Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
by turned mahogany spindles comprise the base. Constructed in the 1930s, this grand table would still
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Desks

Materials

Glass, Wood

George Nakashima Inspired Walnut Desk by Boyd & Allister
By Boyd & Allister
Located in Santa Fe, NM
spindle legs are turned by hand in the shop to have an elegant taper. The case is mitered solid walnut
Category

2010s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

George Eliot's Writing Table
Located in Dorking, GB
inches high and 14 inches to the middle platform. It is well fitted with a turned centre column and
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Antique 1860s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Dutch 1840s Ebonized Wood Jardinière with Brass Liner and Turned Spindles
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Dutch ebonized wood jardinière from the mid 19th century, with brass liner, turned spindles and
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Antique Mid-19th Century Dutch Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Brass

19th Century Late Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
turned spindle supports and outscrolling feet with original castors. This piece relates to a number of
Category

Antique 1820s Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Late Regency Mahogany Writing Table
19th Century Late Regency Mahogany Writing Table
H 29.34 in W 42.13 in D 25.99 in
English Regency Brass Mounted Exotic Woods Writing Table, Gillows, circa 1820
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Kinderhook, NY
joining gilt-brass-mounted end supports having turned calamander spindles and braces issuing turned
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

20C Burgundy Executive Swivel Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
sit on 4 turned feet with ball castors. The leather style vinyl is secured all around with studs
Category

20th Century American Edwardian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Faux Leather, Satinwood, Walnut

20C Burgundy Executive Swivel Chair
20C Burgundy Executive Swivel Chair
H 40 in W 26.5 in D 24 in
20C Burgundy Executive Swivel Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
sit on 4 turned feet with ball castors. The leather style vinyl is secured all around with studs
Category

20th Century American Edwardian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Faux Leather, Satinwood, Walnut

20C Burgundy Executive Swivel Chair
20C Burgundy Executive Swivel Chair
H 40 in W 26.5 in D 24 in
Fine Antique British Mahogany Campaign Style Server Chest
Located in Bridgeport, CT
with walnut turned spindle supports for the two shaped and hinged shelves. The front of the chest with
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Antique 19th Century Irish Campaign Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Beech and Elm Smokers Bow Office or Desk Chair
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
curving back with a very wide curved top rail and turned spindles beneath The chair stands on sturdy
Category

Antique Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Elm

Antique Edwardian Tub Desk Armchair Green Leather Upholstered Circa 1910
Located in London, GB
curved back with turned balustrade spindles and padded top rail above over stuffed seat with turned and
Category

Vintage 1910s Armchairs

Materials

Leather, Oak

Antique Bureau Cabinet, English, Walnut, Writing Desk, Tambour, Edwardian, 1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
featuring stout risers and vase turned spindles Smooth action to the tambour lift, the inside usefully
Category

Early 20th Century British Cabinets

Materials

Walnut

Fretwork Back Elm Windsor Desk Chair This style is known by many names
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Fretwork Back Elm Windsor Desk Chair This style is known by many names Smokers Bow, Windsor Chair
Category

Antique 19th Century Country Windsor Chairs

Materials

Elm

19th Century French Rotating Bookcase by Terquem, Paris
Located in Winter Park, FL
rack pivots on a fixed axis within a sturdy turned spindle frame and has a bottom latch to lock it in
Category

Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Bookcases

Materials

Brass

Richard Strauss Ibach Cherry Gate Leg Grand Piano by Emanuel Von Seidl
Located in Leeds, GB
, contrasting squares on the piano lid. Piano music desk is in an openwork dual criss-cross design. Piano has
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Antique Early 1900s German Musical Instruments

Materials

Metal

King Edward VII Royal Bluthner Piano Exhibited in Paris Exhibition 1900
Located in Leeds, GB
leading to stylised foliage. The music desk is in a butterfly shape made from bevelled glass and an
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Antique Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Musical Instruments

Materials

Ormolu, Metal

Rebuilt 1881 Steinway & Sons Model D Concert Grand Piano Burr Walnut
Located in Leeds, GB
mimicked in the turned, fluted spindles of the three-pedal piano lyre. The serpentine piano cheek features
Category

Antique Late 19th Century German Musical Instruments

Materials

Walnut

Rebuilt Antique Steinway Model A Grand Piano Gloss Black Fluted Barrel Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Rebuilt, 1895, Steinway Model A grand piano for sale with a black case. The music desk is in an
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Antique Late 19th Century German Musical Instruments

Materials

Brass

Rare 19th Century Tavern, or Clerks, Chair
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
elegant Turned upright spindles to bowed back over Superbly figured saddle shaped seat raised On
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Chairs

Materials

Ash, Elm

English Regency Rosewood cabinet in the manner of John McLean
Located in Salisbury, GB
perhaps, a bookcase or an occasional desk where you could work using the fall-down front. The cabinet has
Category

Antique 1820s English Regency Cabinets

Materials

Rosewood

French 19th Century Embossed Leather Upholstered Wooden Armchair with Open Arms
Located in Atlanta, GA
of spindles. The turned arms, decorated at their end with wooden balls, come forward, straight to the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Armchairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Stylish Cabin Decor Antler Candle Holder with Deer Carving, Germany ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
candle holder, made of antlers from the deer. The spout is made of turned antler pieces and features an
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Antique Late 19th Century German Rustic Candlesticks

Materials

Antler, Wood

Antique Business Card Tray with Deer Antler Decorations, Germany, ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
card tray, made of turned nut wood with deer antler decorations on top. This Black Forest style tray
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Black Forest Decorative Bowls

Materials

Wood

Antique Bureau Cabinet, English, Edwardian, Walnut Cupboard, circa 1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
featuring stout risers and vase turned spindles. A single, full width frieze drawer over Dressed with
Category

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Cabinets

Materials

Walnut

Tall Desk Chair
Located in Llandudno, Conwy
An over scale office chair. Upholstered leather horse shoe back rest supported on turned
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Tall Desk Chair
Tall Desk Chair
H 36.62 in W 22.45 in D 20.87 in
George III Burr Maple Writing Desk
Located in Knutsford, GB
filled with turned spindles, the support then curving neatly round to form a leg which is fitted with
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Antique Early 19th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Birdseye Maple

George III Burr Maple Writing Desk
George III Burr Maple Writing Desk
H 29 in W 34 in D 21 in
Pair of Early 20th Century Mahogany Cabriole Leg Desk Chairs
Located in South Croydon, GB
with arm pads above turned spindles connecting a scalloped solid mahogany seat. The elegant cabriole
Category

Early 20th Century British Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

English Late Regency Period Davenport Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
Late Regency mahogany Davenport made to a Gillows design, the top with turned spindled gallery
Category

Antique 19th Century English Desks

Materials

Mahogany, Leather

"Bois Clair" Charles X Burled Ash Bureau
Located in New Orleans, LA
An ash veneer and string inlay desk with an embossed leather top over drawers, on finely turned
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Antique 19th Century French Charles X Desks and Writing Tables

Edwardian Oak Writing Bureau Possibly by Shoolbred & Co., London
By Jas Shoolbred & Co.
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
leather writing slope, pigeon holes and pen tray. Below we have a further shelf with a beautifully turned
Category

Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Early 19th Century Regency Period Rosewood Book Carrier in the Manner of Gillow
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
balustraded gallery and solid turned spindles and scrolled supports above a fitted frieze drawer with mahogany
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Antique 1820s English Regency More Desk Accessories

Materials

Rosewood

Fine 19th Century Regency Rosewood Book Stand With A Drawer
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
sides and centre divides have turned rosewood spindles and carrying handles. The book stand has a
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Antique 1830s English More Desk Accessories

Materials

Rosewood

Rare Hand-Carved and Hand-Adzed WPA Period Trastero from New Mexico
Located in San Francisco, CA
. Desks, dining tables, dressers, blanket boxes, storage chests, small boxes, lamps and picture frames
Category

Early 20th Century American Cabinets

Materials

Cedar

British Colonial Secretary Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
is solid and masculine with attractive turned legs, a brass-spindled fence on top (that would keep
Category

Early 20th Century Indian British Colonial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Teak

British Colonial Secretary Desk
British Colonial Secretary Desk
H 57.5 in W 45 in D 16 in
French Provincial Ebonized Gallery Desk, ca. 1900
By Bloomingdale's
Located in New York, NY
French Provincial ebonized galleried writing table or desk, with spindle gallery top on rectangular
Category

Mid-20th Century French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

French Faux Bamboo Writing Table/ Desk, Aesthetic Movement
Located in Petaluma, CA
that we have ever offered. The spindles that look like bamboo are actually wood turned on a lathe. Lots
Category

Antique 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Maple

Swedish Karl Johan Period 19th Century Birchwood Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
turned spindles, also delimiting the area on both sides. The striking feature of this Swedish desk is
Category

Antique 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Birch

Clerk's Desk
Located in Baltimore, MD
A beautiful stand-up clerk's desk featuring a top gallery of turned spindles, lift-top to reveal
Category

Antique 19th Century English Desks

Materials

Pine

Clerk's Desk
Clerk's Desk
H 44.5 in W 29 in D 23 in
Victorian Desk Chair in Mahogany
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4994, Victorian mahogany office chair / desk chair, having shaped top rail supported in fine
Category

Antique 19th Century British Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Victorian Desk Chair in Mahogany
Victorian Desk Chair in Mahogany
H 36.23 in W 22.84 in D 23.63 in
19th Century Regency Palisander Davenport Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Fine quality regency davenport, circa 1820. Spindle gallery to the top leading to the original
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desks

Materials

Palisander

Aesthetic Movement Oak Desk Chair
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
spindles below, open padded arms and generous, sprung seat, standing on turned legs and brass castors. This
Category

Antique 1880s English Aesthetic Movement Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Oak

Aesthetic Movement Oak Desk Chair
Aesthetic Movement Oak Desk Chair
H 36.23 in W 24.41 in D 19.3 in
Edwardian Desk Chair in Mahogany
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
edge above turned and ring spindles and generous seat, all standing on turned and ringed legs
Category

Early 20th Century British Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Edwardian Desk Chair in Mahogany
Edwardian Desk Chair in Mahogany
H 34.65 in W 23.23 in D 19.69 in
Late Victorian Desk Chair in Oak
Located in Tarleton, GB
pad. The antique desk chair has bentwood arms with turned spindle upright supports. The desk chair is
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Vintage 1920s British Late Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Oak

Late Victorian Desk Chair in Oak
Late Victorian Desk Chair in Oak
H 29.93 in W 23.23 in D 22.45 in
19th Century, Antique 5-Drawer English Mahogany Writing Desk from Denmark
Located in Round Top, TX
the desk with simple spindle corners and it rests on attractive turned legs. As seen in photos, minor
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Antique Mid-19th Century Danish Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Mahogany

Unusual Arts & Crafts Oak Desk Chair
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
turned spindles and generous leather seat flanked by open arms terminating in substantial uprights, all
Category

Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Oak

Unusual Arts & Crafts Oak Desk Chair
Unusual Arts & Crafts Oak Desk Chair
H 31.5 in W 26.38 in D 25.2 in
Edwardian Oak Office Desk Chair, Smokers Bow
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
back with a very wide curved top rail and turned spindles beneath, the seat is upholstered in green
Category

Early 20th Century Edwardian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Oak

Antique Deep Buttoned Leather & Mahogany Desk Armchair
Located in London, GB
damage. It's also hand tacked all over. The frame is all solid mahogany, with turned spindles and turned
Category

Vintage 1930s English Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Pair of Edwardian Desk Chairs in Mahogany
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
closely studded edge above turned and ring spindles and generous seat, all standing on turned and ringed
Category

Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of Edwardian Desk Chairs in Mahogany
Pair of Edwardian Desk Chairs in Mahogany
H 34.65 in W 23.23 in D 19.69 in
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Turned Spindle Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the turned spindle desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each turned spindle desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and hardwood. If you’re shopping for a turned spindle desk, we have 120 options in-stock, while there are 1 modern editions to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the turned spindle desk you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A turned spindle desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian, Regency and Arts and Crafts styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one turned spindle desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Grand Rapids Furniture Co., The Herts Brothers and Boyd & Allister produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Turned Spindle Desk?

Prices for a turned spindle desk start at $228 and top out at $507,920 with the average selling for $2,401.