Vintage Brandt Flip Top Piano Style Small Wooden Writing Desk Table
By Brandt
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage brandt flip top Piano style small wooden writing desk table.
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Vintage Small Writing Desk
Vintage French Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlay Bronze Ormolu Small Writing Desk
$2,500
H 37.5 in W 28.5 in D 19.5 in
Vintage French Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlay Bronze Ormolu Small Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Vintage French Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlay Bronze Ormolu Small Writing Desk.
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Late 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
Postmodern vintage Italian small lacquer dining table / desk by Cidue, 1980s
$1,282
H 28.94 in W 47.25 in D 31.5 in
Postmodern vintage Italian small lacquer dining table / desk by Cidue, 1980s
By Cidue
Located in Hastings, GB
Postmodern small dining table / desk by Cidue, Italy 1980s. Deep red lacquered top with sharp angled edges; triangular matt black legs . Condition is overall good- a very tiny ding ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
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Small 1920s Vintage Side Table or Desk
Located in Freiburg, DE
Polished and oiled non-toxic wood-worm treatment.
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Vintage 1920s German Desks and Writing Tables
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Small Vintage 1950s Italian Desk
Located in London, London
Compact sized desk Red formica top Red and yellow drawers Geometric shape Italy 1950s.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Located in Shreveport, LA
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Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables
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Located in LYON, FR
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Located in Alhambra, CA
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Gracious Small Desk Stained Mahogany Rosewood Veneer Glass Vintage, Italy, 1950s
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H 27.56 in W 38.98 in D 18.12 in
Gracious Small Desk Stained Mahogany Rosewood Veneer Glass Vintage, Italy, 1950s
Located in Milano, IT
A gracious small desk, stained mahogany wood, rosewood veneer, back-painted glass. Manufactured in Italy, 1950s.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
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Warm Rustic Vintage Oak Desk or Small Dining Table with Drawer
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Handsome warm roomy oak desk or small dining table having rustic charm, large drawer that opens on both sides, and beautiful carved X shaped trestle style legs with connecting stretc...
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Vintage 1950s American Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
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Oak
Vintage Mid-Century Scandinavian Modern Teak Small Lady Desk with Drawers, 1950s
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H 19.69 in W 38.98 in L 19.69 in
Vintage Mid-Century Scandinavian Modern Teak Small Lady Desk with Drawers, 1950s
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This small lady desk was made in Sweden during the 1950s, signed Sveriges Möbelindustriförbund. Made of teak in a warm shade of brown. It has a drawer at the bottom of the top and th...
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Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Portuguese Art Deco Small Desk, 1930's
Located in Lisboa, PT
This desk was designed and produced in Portugal during the 1930's. It is an elegant Art Deco design, in a undianuno wood veneer and three drawers in agba wood veneer on the left side...
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Vintage 1930s Portuguese Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
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Italian Mid-century Small Wooden Table
Located in Milano, IT
The two drawers open via semi-rectangular brass handles. The vintage wooden desk is ideal for furnishing important studies, but can also be used as a sideboard.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Hekman Edwardian Style Small Green Leather Top Mahogany Writing Desk
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H 31.5 in W 32 in D 20.5 in
Vintage Hekman Edwardian Style Small Green Leather Top Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Hekman Edwardian Style Small Green Leather Top Mahogany Writing Desk.
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Mid-20th Century Edwardian Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Small vintage Chinese writing desk
Located in Milano, IT
Small Chinese writing desk in black lacquered wood, dating back to the 1940s-50s, an example of oriental craftsmanship that combines elegance and functionality. The entire surface of...
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Vintage 1940s Central Asian Chinese Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Brandt Flip Top Piano Style Small Cherry Wood Writing Desk Console Table
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H 37 in W 28 in D 21 in
Vintage Brandt Flip Top Piano Style Small Cherry Wood Writing Desk Console Table
By Brandt
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Federal Desks and Writing Tables
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Cherry
Vintage Burl Walnut Small Secretary Desk Table Chest
Located in West Hartford, CT
Elegant and small in size, a traditional burl walnut secretary desk. Features a drop down writing surface and multiple drawers and cubbies. Bottom portion has four dovetailed drawers...
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Mid-20th Century American Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
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Coen de Vries Small Desk for Devo Netherlands, Vintage Dutch Design
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H 29.53 in W 33.47 in D 21.66 in
Coen de Vries Small Desk for Devo Netherlands, Vintage Dutch Design
By Devo, Coen de Vries
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Elegant small Industrial birchwood desk by Coen de Vries in 1954. Ebonized X-base frame, single drawer and birch plywood top. Good condition with small traces of use.
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Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plywood
Mid-20th Century Italian Small Vintage Desk by Studio BBPR for Olivetti
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Mid-20th Century Italian Small Vintage Desk by Studio BBPR for Olivetti
By Studio BBPR, Olivetti
Located in Paris, FR
Bakelite is a rigid thermosetting plastic that is highly heat resistant. This vintage writing desk features five shallow drawers.
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20th Century Italian Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
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Metal
Small Vintage French Reeded Bamboo Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
Small Vintage Reeded Bamboo Writing Desk with Leather Top and Drawer Facings, Metal Handles, Splayed Legs, French
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Reed, Leather
Vintage Danish Teak Writing Desk
Located in Vancouver, BC
Small vintage teak writing desk with double bank storage, one side three drawers the other a cabinet.
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Small Vintage Desk, circa 1940
Located in Freiburg, DE
Solid beech, veneered oak Lockable top drawer Sanded and oiled Extension of the tabletop on the left Legroom: 62cm.
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Vintage 1940s German Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech, Oak
Small Vintage Desk, Danish Modern Teak
Located in New York, NY
Vintage 1960s Small Teak Desk with Lipped Edge. Danish Modern Furniture. Located at ABC Home. 888 Broadway, New York. Danish Modern compact Teak Desk with Lipped Edge and 2 drawers...
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Vintage 1960s Danish Desks and Writing Tables
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Vintage mahogany console or small desk.
Located in L'Isle Sur La Sorgue, -
Console or small desk with one drawer in the front-belt and very unsusual legs.
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Late 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
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Located in Freiburg, DE
Solid walnut plate assembled with metal frame (silver grey) Sanded and oiled Non-toxic woodworm treatment Good stable condition.
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Located in New York, NY
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
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Located in Vancouver, BC
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
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Teak
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Located in Vancouver, BC
Small-scale vintage Danish teak writing desk with single bank of drawers and small storage shelf.
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Vintage Small Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the vintage small writing desk you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, hardwood and metal, every vintage small writing desk was constructed with great care. Find 660 options for an antique or vintage vintage small writing desk now, or shop our selection of 4 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a vintage small writing desk — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A vintage small writing desk made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with Scandinavian Modern — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made vintage small writing desk over the years, but those crafted by Drexel, Kai Kristiansen and Arne Wahl Iversen are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Vintage Small Writing Desk?
Prices for a vintage small writing desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $221 and can go as high as $30,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,407.
Finding the Right Desks-writing-tables for You
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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