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Italian Venetian Walnut Serpentine Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian (18th Century) walnut serpentine shaped desk with 2 side doors and 2 narrow front
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Venetian Painted Italian Louis XV Style Writing Table
Located in Forney, TX
A most charming vintage, circa 1960, Italian Venetian writing table (desk - vanity - console) with
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Early 1900's Antique Venetian, Burled, Walnut, Mirrored, Secretary / Desk!!
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous Antique Secretary, Venetian, Burled, Walnut, Mirrored Doors, Desk, early 1900s, 20th
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 94 in W 48.5 in D 20 in
Italian Venetian Knee-Hole Desk /Console Table circa 1950's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1290 Hand painted Venetian style desk with gilt finish.
Category
Vintage 1950s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Italian Mid 19th Century Venetian St. Patinated And Giltwood Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and extremely unique Italian mid 19th century Venetian st. patinated and giltwood
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Italian Venetian Style Distressed Paint Decorated Secretary Desk C. 1950's
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Europe with this Italian Venetian style distressed paint-decorated secretary desk, crafted circa the
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Country Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
H 78.25 in W 35.5 in D 16.25 in
18th Century Hand-Painted Venetian Style Doge Bureau with Red Chinoiserie
By Porte Italia
Located in Ronchi dei Legionari, IT
desk, gracefully adding a traditional Venetian style to any room - contemporary or traditional. The
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2010s Italian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 35.44 in W 46.07 in D 20.08 in
20th Century Lacquered, Painted and Gilded Wood Italian Venetian Trumeau, 1960s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Venetian trumeau from 20th century. Double body cabinet in lacquered, gilded and painted wood with
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 85.44 in W 44.89 in D 20.48 in
18th Century Hand-Painted Venetian Style Ivory Stra Table with little flowers
By Porte Italia
Located in Ronchi dei Legionari, IT
with hand-painted little flowers decors.
This beautiful creation can be used both as desk table and
Category
2010s Italian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 31.11 in W 59.06 in D 29.14 in
18th Century Hand-Painted Venetian Style Light taupe Provenza Table with drawers
By Porte Italia
Located in Ronchi dei Legionari, IT
in light taupe.
In a refined solid wood structure, this beautiful writing table with drawers or
Category
2010s Italian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 29.93 in W 42.92 in D 22.84 in
Italian 19th Century Venetian Patinated and Giltwood Writing Desk/Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and extremely decorative Italian 19th century Venetian patinated and giltwood writing
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Louis XV Desks
Materials
Giltwood
H 30.75 in W 42 in D 29.25 in
Venetian Painted Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare, Venetian, serpentine painted writing desk. Six drawers with 4 original keys. Hand painted
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Desks
Materials
Wood, Paint
Venetian Trumeau Green Lacquered Hand Decorated Secretary with Writing Desk 1976
Located in Prato, IT
Venezia, Italy, handcrafted production from 1976
In Venetian style Louis XV
Painted and decorated
Category
20th Century Italian Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Mirror, Wood
H 103.55 in W 55.12 in D 23.63 in
Venetian Desk
Located in Petworth, GB
AN ITALIAN POLYCHROME PAINTED KNEEHOLE DESK LATE 18TH CENTURY
A rare Venetian painted desk
Category
Antique 1790s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Venetian Desk
Located in West Palm beach, FL
Marvelous Venetian decoupage desk with enormous character. Deep apple green with antique ivory
Category
Antique 19th Century Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Gesso
Venetian Knee-Hole Desk with Cabriole Legs
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A Venetian knee-hole desk with cabriole legs, painted with scenes of country life, and Grand Tour
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Early XIX th venetian gilt roccoco little desk
Located in Marseille, PACA
A rare venitian gilt desk, in grotto's style coming directly from a pallazio in Milano
Category
20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Giltwood
Italian Writing Desk Table, Venice, 17th Century, Venetian Walnut Wood Inlay
Located in Varmo, IT
Writing desk - table in solid walnut, veneered with carob wood and inlaid with soft woods, Venice
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Antique Late 17th Century Italian Louis XIV Tables
Materials
Wood
H 31.89 in W 56.3 in D 29.53 in
20th Century Walnut Burl and Beechwood Venetian Louis XV Style Writing Desk
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Venetian writing desk from the first half of the 20th century. Louis XV style furniture of fabulous
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 33.08 in W 44.1 in D 22.05 in
Italian Venetian White Painted Ladies Writing Desk Table Vanity
Located in West Hartford, CT
Exquisite hand painted ladies Venetian writing desk or dressing table with gold gilt carved
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Vanities
Materials
Wood
Italian Rococo Style Venetian Painted Folding Writing Desk
Located in Firenze, IT
This lovely petite Italian Louis XV style slant-top writing desk is entirely decorated with hand
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Venetian Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Venetian burl and walnut writing desk with wonderful inlay and movement. The desk is finished all
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl, Walnut, Pine
19th Century Writing Desk Made by Lacquered Wood
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Spectacular Venetian writing desk of the late 19th century. Furniture ornately carved lacquered and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Wood, Fabric
Sublime circa 1840 Italian Hand Carved Walnut Venetian Writing Table Desk Dragon
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this lovely hand carved Italian venetian walnut writing table desk with
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Antique 1840s Italian Early Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
H 30.52 in W 36.42 in D 25.79 in
Burl Wood Venetian Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Three drawer, serpentine, Venetian desk in Burl Wood veneer with bronze hardware and accents.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Venetian Painted Two Drawer Writing Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This delicate writing table has a garden of roses, mums, daisies, and tulips painted on a golden
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Venetian Painted Desk/ Dressing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 20th Century Venetian painted desk or dressing table in two hues of green with cream floral
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Fabulous 19th c Venetian Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiful Curved and Painted Italian Desk
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine Italian Venetian Style Oystered Olivewood Writing Table
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant and fine, this Italian oystered olive wood writing table or desk with a bombe shaped apron
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Olive
Venetian Rococo Revival Lacquered Ladies Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
Venetian Rococo Revival lacquered wood ladies desk or writing table raised on tapered cabriole legs
Category
Late 20th Century Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Fabulous 18th Century Painted Venetian Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautifully Painted Original Design 18th c. Venetian Desk
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Venetian Hand-Painted Desk, circa 1920s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Venetian hand-painted desk with drawers for storage. Knee-hole for extra comfort. Beautiful
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Venetian Lacca Povera Desk Secretary circa 1730
Located in CA, CA
A rare and important Venetian bureau. In shape, this secretary is influenced by the English bureau
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Hand Painted Venetian Style Desk, circa 1940s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian hand painted Venetian style desk with three drawers and original wrought iron hardware
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Venetian Hand Painted Bombay Vanity Dressing Table Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Venetian Hand Painted Bombay Vanity Dressing Table Desk.
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Maitland Smith Attributed Inlaid Walnut Venetian Style Secretary Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
mirror for added sophistication. The desk measures 63 wide x 32 wide x 20 inches deep. The writing height
Category
Early 2000s Philippine Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Venetian Baroque Style Theater Prop Standing Desk
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
This unique outstanding high/standing desk in the Venetian Baroque style served as a prop in the
Category
20th Century European Baroque Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paper
Best Venetian Paint Decorated Antique Rococo Secretary Desk Circa 1890s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a very sophisticated and beautifully painted secretary desk. The painted scenery shows
Category
Antique 1890s Italian Rococo Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
Outstanding Italian Venetian Rococo Paint Decorated Secretary Desk Circa 1920
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Italian secretary desk. The desk is in good original condition and has incredible curves. The desk
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 83 in W 44 in D 20 in
18th Century Venetian Table, Console
Located in Atlanta, GA
. Fabulous patina. This table will serve beautifully as a writing table or console.
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Rococo Style Venetian Secretary Cabinet with Gilt and Floral Motif
Located in South Salem, NY
the desk, behind a panel that folds down to reveal a spacious and functional writing surface and four
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Venetian Painted Writing Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Venetian painted writing desk. Painted in typical Venetian style, 5 drawer, 1 door
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Desks
Materials
Wood
Italian Venetian Louis XV Style Carved Walnut Burl Cabinet with Writing Desk
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Delicious Italian Venetian Louis XV style cabinet 1910s. Particular rounded and wavy shape. Made of
Category
Vintage 1910s Italian Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Burl
H 37.8 in W 39.38 in D 23.63 in
20th Century Lacquered, Gilded and Hand-Painted Wood Venetian Writing Desk, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Venetian writing desk of the 20th century. Furniture in lacquered, gilded and hand-painted wood
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 31.11 in W 36.23 in D 22.05 in
20th Century Venetian Writing Desk
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Venetian desk of the 20th century. Furniture rough and convex in walnut and burl walnut with
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Burl, Walnut, Boxwood
18th Century Desk, Writing Table, Venetian Louis XVI in Solid Walnut, Restored
Located in Vigonza, Padua
From the 1800s, important antique Venetian center desk, Louis XVI, in solid walnut, restored and
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 30.32 in W 47.64 in D 21.66 in
Curved Venetian Mirror Desk and Stool, 1920-1930
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Den Haag, NL
Venetian rose mirror cut glass desk or vanity, comes with matching stool. All the engraved glass
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cut Glass
Venetian Writing Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 18th century Venetian Walnut Writing Table. Original Bronze Feet.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Venetian Writing Desk
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Flamboyant styling w/all surfaces covered in dark red velvet embellished with gilded metal appliques.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Venetian Ladies Writing Desk Bombe Form with Marble Top
Located in Natchez, MS
Ladies Venetian Writing Desk with Marble Top in Bombe Form two cabinets and one drawer what appears
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Italian Venetian Mirrored Desk
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Handsome Italian mahogany desk overlaid with mirror, etched in pictorial decoration of fruit
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Painted Venetian Desk / Dressing Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elegant Italian Venetian Dressing Table / Desk made late in the 19th century in the mid 18th
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint, Mirror
Painted Venetian Rococo Style Desk and Chair
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A late nineteenth-century Rococo revival pale yellow desk painted on the top, sides and drawers
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Italian Gilt Venetian Secretary
Located in New York, NY
Italian Gilt Venetian Secretary
Category
Vintage 1950s Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century Venetian painted Lady's writing desk
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautiful Venetian Grand tour writing desk painted front and back in floral cartouches
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks
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Venetian Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the venetian writing desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A venetian writing desk — often made from wood, walnut and burl — can elevate any home. Find 26 options for an antique or vintage venetian writing desk now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a venetian writing desk — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A venetian writing desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Louis XV, Rococo and Hollywood Regency styles are sought with frequency. A well-made venetian writing desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Porte Italia are consistently popular.
How Much is a Venetian Writing Desk?
A venetian writing desk can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $5,500, while the lowest priced sells for $1,930 and the highest can go for as much as $24,800.
Questions About Venetian Writing Desk
- What is a writing desk?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
A writing desk may refer to a desk with a top, often sloping, for writing on or to a portable case with compartments to hold writing materials and a surface for writing.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021A writing desk with drawers is also called a secretary. It is a desk with drawers, one of which can be pushed out and the front of the desk lowered to create a flat writing surface. These writing desks have been made in a variety of styles over the years. Shop for a variety of writing tables with drawers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A small writing table is also called a davenport table or davenport desk. They normally feature a sloped or inclined top attached with hinges to the back of the table. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage davenport desks.
- 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023What an old-fashioned writing desk is called varies by design. Pieces with drop-down fronts are secretary desks (these are typically made of two parts: a chest of drawers on the bottom and a hutch or cupboard with shelves on the top), while ones that rest on two pillars, cabinets or bookcases are pedestal desks. A desk with a small writing surface positioned in front of drawers and cubbies is a bureau à gradin. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of desks.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023In French, the term for a writing desk that often featured a drop-down writing surface is secretaire. This type of desk is called a secretary desk in English. Simply put, a secretary desk is a multifunctional piece of furniture with a hinged writing surface that folds open or drops down. When the leaf is folded out, small inner storage compartments, which are called pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers, are revealed. On 1stDibs, shop antique secretary desks from some of the world's top sellers.