French Regency Leather Top Desk with Campaign Styling and Brass Gallery
By Sligh Furniture
Located in Southampton, NJ
An exceptional writing desk In the French style featuring two drawers, embossed tooled leather writing surface, three-quarter brass gallery on tapered legs with brass casters. Enhanc...
Brass
KETCH Floating desk - Handcrafted by Le Tenon & la Mortaise
By Le Tenon & la Mortaise
Located in Saint-André-de-Kamouraska, CA
Customizable wall desk carefully handmade in solid wood. Offered in as many versions as you have creative projects and can be paired with the CLARA wall bookcase, KETCH can be ador...
Hardwood, Cherry, Maple, Oak, Walnut
Italian Desk with Drawer Directoire All Cherrywood Restored and Wax-Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Late 19th-early 20th century Italian writing desk with drawer all solid cherrywood, restored and wax-polished. Wonderful writing table in solid cherrywood, original and restored. ...
Cherry
$1,915Sale Price|20% Off
Late 19th/Early 20th Century Edwardian Desk with Lion Paw Feet
Located in Manzano, IT
Bring a touch of Edwardian sophistication into your home with this classic writing desk, ideal for anyone seeking a blend of history and functionality in their furniture collection.
Brass
Price Upon Request
Fine French 1950s Leather Covered Desk and Chairs by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jacques Adnet (1900 - 1984) - A fine French mid-century leather-covered curved desk with patinated metal details, a compass style cherry frame with tapered legs finished with silver-...
Leather, Cherry
Art Deco Geometric Walnut Dining Table Desk Inspired by Charles Dudouyt
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Crafted in the Art Deco aesthetic, this walnut Dining Table or Desk embodies the avant-garde style akin to Charles Dudouyt. The cheery stained hardwood gleams, accentuating the two-t...
Steel
Italian Midcentury Desk and Chair with suspended bookcase Giò Ponti Style
Located in Traversetolo, IT
!950s Italian cherry wood desk, the top, with a shaped edge, is covered with an original blue formica from the period, underneath there is the central part containing the drawers whi...
Brass
French Directoire style handcrafted Desk in solid wood, with leather pad
Located in Pontaubault, NORMANDIE
The height with the upper storage level is 91 cm / 35.8" and 76 cm / 29.9" for the leather pad writing panel The main writing panel offers a vignetted black leather pad and slides ...
Brass
French Directoire style minister's desk in solid wood with leather pad
Located in Pontaubault, NORMANDIE
This range is characterized by straight, sober, timeless lines, sometimes enhanced by decorative motifs such as fluting, diamonds or Louis XVI rings for the drawers. This writing t...
Brass
French Directoire style handcrafted lacquered desk with solid wood & leather pad
Located in Pontaubault, NORMANDIE
This desk is a craft-handed reproduction of the French Directoire style at the end of the 18th century.
Cherry, Wood, Oak, Lacquer
$4,617Sale Price|20% Off
Iconic Lady Desk by Helmut Magg for WK Möbel, Mid Century Modern, Germany, 1950s
By Helmut Magg
Located in Wrocław, Poland
This is the famous desk designed by Helmut Magg, also known as „Lady Desk”. Produced in Germany by Neue Gemeinschaft für Wohnkultur, WK Möbel in 1950s. The design is simple yet very ...
Cherry
Mid-Century Modern Extension Desk By John van Koert For Drexel Counterpoint
By Drexel, John Van Koert
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning, wonderfully detailed, mid-century American desk was designed by John van Koert for Drexel's "Counterpoint" line in 1956. According to Drexel the collection was inspire...
Cherry, Mahogany
KETCH Floating desk 36" with shelves - Handcrafted by Le Tenon & la Mortaise
By Le Tenon & la Mortaise
Located in Saint-André-de-Kamouraska, CA
Customizable wall desk carefully handmade in solid wood. Offered in as many versions as you have creative projects and can be paired with the CLARA wall bookcase, KETCH can be ador...
Hardwood, Cherry, Maple, Oak, Walnut
French Directoire Style gray desk in solid oak wood with a leather pad
Located in Pontaubault, NORMANDIE
This desk is a craft-handed reproduction of the French Directoire style at the end of the 18th century. The design of this period is remarkable with its straight, classical and time...
Wood, Cherry, Oak, Lacquer
19th Century French Petite Cherrywood Table with Drawer
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Crafted in France during the early 19th-century, this elegant cherrywood side table embodies the understated refinement of provincial furniture from the period. Its clean architectur...
Brass
Small Louis XIV style desk - 19th century
Located in Manzano, IT
Small Louis XIV style desk - 19th century Elegant Louis XIV style writing table in solid cherry wood. Its elegantly veined top surrounded by a carved and turned frame. Style Antique ...
Cherry
Desk with "open" shelves from 1850 Italian
Located in Cesena, FC
Antique desk with "open" shelves Antique desk with "open" shelves, Italian Peculiar center desk, cherry wood with "open" shelves with and turned legs. Can also be used as a display ...
Cherry
Nesting Tables with Sculptural Live Edge Design Custom Made by Petersen Antiques
By Petersen Antiques
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an example of the type of sculptural furniture we love to build. This nesting table is created from a single piece of cherrywood, warts and all! We designed this desk to expa...
Cherry
Center roller flap France 1850
Located in Cesena, FC
Antique roller flap France Antique French roller flap, from the mid-1800s French roller flap, center-mounted. Mahogany feather veneer with leather-covered opening top. Solid cherry ...
Cherry, Mahogany
Mid-Century Lexington Furniture Victorian Style Solid Cherry Writing Desk
By Lexington Furniture 1
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid-Century Lexington Furniture Victorian Style Solid Cherry Writing Desk in great vintage condition. Measures 32" in width, 20" in dpeth, 39.5" in height and 30" to the top of wor...
Cherry
Contemporary Art Writing Desk Amanuense Dark Cherry Wood by Adolfo Natalini
By Mirabili, Adolfo Natalini
Located in Pistoia, IT
Writing desk or secretary in dark cherry wood.
Bronze
1970s David Linley Writing Desk in Cherry, Maple & Burr-Ash
By David Linley
Located in Queens, NY
English Contemporary cherry, maple, and burr-ash writing desk having banded inlaid trim witth a diamond design top overthree drawers resting on tapered square legs (stamped: DAVID LI...
Maple
Baker Furniture French Provincial Louis XV Pink Lacquered Writing Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style writing desk By Baker Furniture, "Milling Road" Collection USA, Circa 1960s Pink lacquered cherry wood, with original brass hardware.
Brass
Contemporary Art Writing Desk Amanuense Nero Black by Adolfo Natalini
By Adolfo Natalini, Mirabili
Located in Pistoia, IT
Writing desk / Sécretaire in cherry wood, black lacquer finish.
Bronze
Barbarella Writing Desk / Secretary by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, 1966/1985
By Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ettore Sottsass Barbarella cabinet for Poltronova, Italy. Designed in 1966, produced in 1985. The cabinet features three drawers over a drop-front writing surface concealing two draw...
Brass
Antonino Gorgone Midcentury Secretaire / Desk Cabinet, Italy, circa 1950
By Antonino Gorgone
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Italian midcentury writing desk / secretaire in Italian cherry. It has an extractable writing leaf.
Cherry
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.
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