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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Item type: New and Made To Order
Nathanaël Le Berre , 21 ST century, Paris, Gold Unique Desk or Console ,
Located in Paris, FR
Nathanaël Le Berre 2018, desk or console Tintoretto, H 87 cm, L 130 cm, D 45 cm, hammered copper, brown patina , marketery of engraved patinated cop...
Category
2010s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf, Copper
Desk With Rebar Frame Macassar Ebony Drawers And Custom Glass Top
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The Cleopatra Writing Desk is part of the Rebar series created by artist Troy Smith.
Rebar is the steel used in the forming of concrete to give it strength. The rebar is heated wit...
Category
2010s Canadian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
'Arche' Desk by Charles Kalpakian
Located in Paris, FR
‘Arche’ desk by French Lebanese Charles Kalpakian is a true gem, resounding in its elegance, simplicity, graphic unity and the complementarily of materials. Curves and straight lines fuse in an organic geometry. The satin glow of the varnished brushed patinated brass...
Category
2010s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Natural Pink Jade and Burman Marble Table by Much Acclaimed Duo Studio MVW
By Studio MVW
Located in Paris, FR
This table is a sumptuous piece of collectible design combining precious Burman marble and natural pink jade, an exceptional gemstone with a sumptuous powder transparency. The Burman...
Category
2010s Asian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Jade, Marble, Steel
Italian-Made Two-Desk Set in 18th Century Pinus Cembra & Steel Sourced in Italy
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This two-desk series is made from Italian, 18th century pinus cembra, harvested from the Varaita Valley, and Italian sourced steel. All surfaces have been treated with linseed oil.
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Contemporary Orange Desk/Book Shelf by Guillermo Santomá Contemporary Design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Desk or bookshelf
Manufactured by Guillermo Santomá
Edition Side Gallery
Barcelona, 2018
Aluminium, spray painting, wheels, methacrylate.
Category
2010s Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Lacquered Desk or Dining Table by Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, sculpted desk or dining table by Jacques Jarrige.
Category
2010s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Scrap Wood
Cobra Desk, Designed by Laurie Beckerman in 2008
Located in New York, NY
Each cobra, poised as if to lunge, has a mouth that is an open pencil holder, where you can conveniently store all your writing implements. Designed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pillar Dining Table in Walnut and Brushed Brass by Fort Standard, in Stock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This contemporary dining table features a hardwood walnut top with rounded corners and a continuous bottom bevel that compliments details found on the brass pedestal base.
All ba...
Category
2010s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Maple Wood Coffee Table Copper Ruby Sunstone Inlay Brass Base by Danna Weiss
By Danna Weiss
Located in Jersey City, NJ
This stunning Coffee Table in an incredible specimen of Hard Maple is inlayed with rare and vibrant crystal and gemstone inlays of: Ruby, Sunstone, Copper, Pyrite, Rubellite, Citrine...
Category
2010s American Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone, Crystal, Pyrite, Multi-gemstone, Rock Crystal, Brass
Strata Low Shelf in Powder Coated Aluminum by Fort Standard, in Stock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This contemporary, three-tier open shelving unit is powder coated aluminum in nude. It features precision milled plate shelves that graduate in thickness from a 3/8” plate on the top...
Category
2010s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Custom Genuine Watersnake Python Writing Desk with Stainless Steel X Band Base
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Customizable options:
Finish textile size hardware.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Stone Column Dining Table in Marble and Walnut Wood by Fort Standard, in Stock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This contemporary, minimal dining table features large diameter round walnut legs and bold trestle supports to give rise to a white Carrara marble stone top. The table top features a...
Category
2010s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone, Carrara Marble
Custom French Modern Neoclassical Carved & Cerused Oak Desk, Jean-Michel Frank
Located in New York, NY
An Elegant French Miid-Century Modern Neoclassical Desk in the style of Jean Michel Frank for Maison Jansen circa 1930. The writing table is a work combining exceptional design, time...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Custom French Mid-Century Style Cerused Oak Desk, Jean-Michel Frank
Located in New York, NY
Sober, elegant and practical French mid-century desk or writing table in the modern neoclassical spirit. The piece is in oak and has been double cerused with light and dark pigments.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Bits of Wood Table by Pepe Heykoop
By Pepe Heykoop
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The local sawmill produces lots of waste wood. Adorable bits and beautiful types but all different in size. That makes them hard to use for a regular production. The common thought is to sell it as firewood.
Tin is a type of metal that melts at a relatively low melting point of 232 degrees Celsius. Once it has molten it is just liquid enough to flow around the bits of wood, filling up the gaps. Its temperature is just not hot enough to burn the hardwood resulting in metal that flows around the hardwood and solidifies in cloud like shapes. Not any glue or screws are used keeping the wood together. Only a combination of leftover hardwood and old tin pots and plates were molten into in a collection of stools, tables and coffee tables.
Year - 2012 Material - leftover hard wood, recycled tin...
Category
2010s Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tin
'XiangSheng I' Desk with an Etruscan Green Patina by Studio MVW
By Studio MVW
Located in Paris, FR
‘XiangSheng I' Desk is an elegant piece of art furniture in oxidized and brushed bronze, with a glass top, that plays on the unity between structural form and space. It combines surf...
Category
2010s Chinese Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
'Écritoire', a Gem-Like Desk Bridging Design and the Decorative Arts
Located in Paris, FR
‘Écritoire’ Desk (Lacquered) by French Lebanese Charles Kalpakian is a true gem, resounding in its elegance, simplicity, graphic unity and the complementarity of materials. Curves an...
Category
2010s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Teak and Steel Desk or Table by American Studio Craft Artist, David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
Industrial steel and teak desk or table by American studio craft artist David N. Ebner. Can be crafted to any specification.
Note: All works signed by the artist, David N. Ebner.
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary American American Craftsman Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Modern Black Lacquered Writing Desk
Located in North York, ON
Introducing the perfect addition to your home office or study - the Modern black lacquered writing desk. With its clean and minimalist design, this desk exudes a sleek and contempora...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Continuous Writing Table - Hand applied wood veneer, leather & travertine
By Atelier FM
Located in New York, NY
Atelier FM's Continuous Collection
Each sculptural piece from Atelier FM’s Continuous Series incorporates rectilinear, modernist lines that travel unrelentingly beyond inspection. E...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Travertine
Oscar Tusquets Large Table 'Gaulino' Wood Stained Black by Bd Barcelona
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gaulino table designed by Oscar Tusquets manufactured by BD Barcelona Design, circa 2010.
Oscar Tusquets, architect, artist and writer has designed nearly everything during hislon...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ash
Black Lacquered Wooden and Black Leather Desk with Brass Finishes
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Antique style black lacquered wooden adorned with black leather tray desk or writing table with brass finishes. Full of charm and pratical, by remov...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Colonial Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Maree Table / Desk, IT
Located in New York, NY
The desk features two solid brass bases and a resin cast top, designed to achieve a liquid-look surface; it is finished with brush strokes of more textured resin, applied with a flui...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Custom Desk or Writing Table Made from Reclaimed Pine
By Ken Petersen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This custom desk or writing table is made from reclaimed pine with one large drawer that can be pulled out from either side. The table shown here is 17.5" x 42" but can be built in a...
Category
2010s English Primitive Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
Rococo Black Lacquered Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
An English Rococo black lacquered desk with gilt-tooled red leather top, carved and gilded decorations with three shaped frieze drawers and cabriole...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Louis XV Leather Top Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Louis XV style fine deep rosewood bureau plat writing desk, the leather inset brass moulded edge top above three shaped frieze drawers wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Floating Desk
Located in Sebastopol, CA
The floating desk by Taylor Donsker features a wall mounted California Claro Walnut live edge slab, rosewood butterfly joinery and recessed solid wood dr...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Isabella Costantini, Italy, Gemma Desk
Located in Ascoli Piceno, IT
Designed by IC and realized by expert Italian artisans, the Gemma desk features rounded corners, three drawers and a side closed compartment hiding a shelf. The piece is elegantly en...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Simon Desk
Located in Carmel, CA
Maximize your workspace right at home with the Simon desk. Cleverly designed to wrap around you while you work, the curved lines give you more area to spread out while conveniently.
Category
2010s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Pommele Old Growth Redwood Athol Desk
Located in Sebastopol, CA
The Athol desk by Taylor Donsker features a live edge pommele old growth Redwood slab with recessed cast bronze tree bark doors opening to a concealed compa...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Regency Leather Top Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Regency style leather top walnut carved writing table with brass lion heads, carved acanthus knees, three drawers, and Lion paw feet.
Dimensions: 64"W x 30.25"D x 30.75"H.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Walnut Serpentine Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Mid-Century Modern walnut veneered writing table with four serpentine sides, brass round capitals, a long central drawer on turned and tapered legs.
Dimensions: 60" W x 30" D x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
"Heavy Traffic" 21st Century Desk, Walnut and Maple by Ivan Paradisi
Located in Turin, IT
The dense idea of a city, with roads, smog, but also the intense presence of people all living together is What Ivan Paradisi wanted to achieve with this piece, the concept is based ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Maple, Walnut
French Neoclassic Writing Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine French neoclassic carved and inlaid top writing table. With a beautifully inlaid parquetry banded top, finely carved palmettes motifs to sides, acanthus carved and wrapped tur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Blackened Steel and Layered Bronze Desk, Usa
By Gary Magakis
Located in New York, NY
Gary Magakis’ unique steel and bronze desk reflects the sculptor’s distinct approach to creating bold and dense geometric forms that exude a Modernist elegance and buoyance. At once ...
Category
2010s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Curvy Vanity Table
Located in San Pietro di Morubio, Verona
Easily transferable from the bedroom to the living room, where it can be used as a writing desk, this vanity merges functionality with style in a sleek design that will fit a modern decor. The rectangular oak-veneered top is supported by two U-shaped brass legs with a slightly curved base. On one side, a flip-top mirror reveals a practical space to keep cosmetics, jewelry, and accessories out of sight and well organized.
Combining the traditional smoked oak pattern with contemporary curves in furniture, Kabinet Studios transforms this time-old technique into a refined modern-day collection.
Complementing the oak veneer so that each piece appears to be made from solid wood which gently curves. The Curvy collection includes a sideboard, display cabinet, vanity table...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Custom Sit/Stand "Essentials Desk" with Solid Wood Top and Metal Base, Small
Located in Vancouver, B.C.
Break up long periods of sitting at a desk and improve your productivity by switching to standing. The height adjustable Essentials Desk gives you the freedom to do both. The desks h...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Custom Sit/Stand "Essentials Desk" with Solid Wood Top and Metal Base, Medium
Located in Vancouver, B.C.
Break up long periods of sitting at a desk and improve your productivity by switching to standing. The height adjustable Essentials Desk gives you the freedom to do both. The desks h...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Custom Sit/Stand "Essentials Desk" with Solid Wood Top and Metal Base, Large
Located in Vancouver, B.C.
Break up long periods of sitting at a desk and improve your productivity by switching to standing. The height adjustable Essentials Desk gives you the freedom to do both. The desks h...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Escape Desk, 'Patagonia', Crushed Glass and Black Silica by Fernando Mastrangelo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A layering of powdered glass and sand, the made-to-order desk consists of gradients of tones and textures suggesting layers of earth, mountain ranges, otherworldly skies and bodies o...
Category
2010s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass
Contemporary Claro Walnut Live Edge Table with Cast Bronze Edge
Located in Sebastopol, CA
Handcrafted by Taylor Donsker in Northern California, the cast edge desk features a cast bronze live edge seamlessly attached to a single slab of highly figured Claro walnut. The woo...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
Antique and Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
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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