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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Burl Wood Three Drawer Desk with Los Castillos Brass Pulls
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1970’s Burl wood desk with Los Castillos brass pulls. Constructed of wood with a burl wood veneer. Shows minor wear consistent with age and used...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Georgian Solid Mahogany Desk Says Knee, Late 18th Century
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
A small Georgian period mahogany knee-hole desk with blue leather sliding writing surface. It has a single full width central drawer topped by a hinged cupboard door in the knee ho...
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18th Century Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Solid Walnut Spanish Baroque Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
An 18th century Spanish baroque desk, or writing table made of solid Walnut Wood with turned legs joined by a Two drawers with original iron drawe...
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18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

18th Century, Louis XV Provencal Center Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century French Louis XV table from Provence. Made of solid walnut with deep hand-carved apron and thick cabriole legs. Two dovetailed dr...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

Aquamarine Glass Desk by Gallotti & Radice Italia 1970s Bar Cart
Located in Roma, IT
Gallotti & Radice in 8 mm transparent tempered glass. Metal parts in polished stainless steel. On wheels This trolley is a functional piece of furniture that can be placed in your...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Crystal, Chrome

18th Century English Vernacular Oak Work Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1780. 18th century English vernacular oak work table We can also customise existing pieces to suit your scheme/requirements. We have our own workshop, restorers and finishers...
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18th Century Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

1960s Italian Biomorphic Sculptural Double Octagonal Pedestal Marble Desk
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Extremely rare and one of a kind biomorphic marble desk. Outstanding design is exhibited throughout. Just look at the gorgeous curves on this beauty! This beutiful beige marble desk ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble

Pine Desk with Drawer from Les Arcs
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
The desk used at the French ski resort "Les Arcs" where Charlotte Perriand was involved. A feeling of size that is most suitable as a work desk for one person. A nice vintage work w...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Pine

Scandinavian Ergonomic Design Writing Desk and Stool, Stokke, 1980's
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Scandinavian ergonomic design writing desk with pivoting stool, made by Stokke, Norway 1980's. Ergonomical designed writing desk with black inlay and middle reading section w...
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1980s Norwegian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

1970s Bieffeplast Bieffe Y 70 Rodney Kinsman Postmodern Design Quaderna Trestle
Located in Biella, IT
Bieffeplast Italy production desk/table "trestle" design years 70 by Rodney Kinsman Post modern design, never used, new measure ; long 52 inches x W 28 inches and H 28 inches.   
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

Danilo Silvestrin for Rosenthal
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A desk by Danilo Silvestrin edited by Rosenthal in the 1980. Mouvement against the modernism protest Very basic form. Five rectangul...
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Late 20th Century French Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Bronze and Metal Mesh Ecate Table Lamp by Toni Cordero for Artemide, 1990
Located in Renens, CH
Ecate table lamp or light sculpture from the Milano-Torino series by Toni Cordero for Artemide, Italy. The Ecate is the most sought after model from this series with its bronze fu...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze, Chrome

Italian 1980s Mid Century Style Black Lacquer and Brass Desk with Two Drawers
Located in London, GB
An Italian 1980s mid century style black lacquer and brass desk with two drawers with brass handles.
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

French 18th Century Bleached Desk
Located in Seaford, GB
A stunning 18th Century Desk. Made from solid Cherry having 2 cupboards and a central drawer, key present. Finished round the back so can be free st...
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Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Cherry

Large Italian Rosewood and Leather Conference Table/Desk By Hans Von Klier
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning, large conference table/executive desk designed by Hans Von Klier for Skipper (ca. 1970, Italy). Composed of a wrapped black leather middle section flanked by resin-coated...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Epoxy Resin, Wood, Rosewood, Lacquer

Vladimir Kagan Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Vladimir Kagan Desk. Quilted maple, brass and Leather. Beautiful Pistachio color Leather. Label present.
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1970s North American Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Maple

1970’s French Elm Writing Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Postmodern French writing desk. Made of Elm.
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1970s French Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Elm

Sicilian Writing Desk in Ebony Embellished with Tortoiseshell Inserts and Silver
Located in Barletta, IT
Writing desk in ebony embellished with tortoiseshell inserts and silver finishes. Drawers along with a sliding and folding top. Origin: Southern Italy, Sicily Period: mid-1700s Di...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Silver

Jens Risom Style Mid-Century Half Circle Walnut Executive Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Jens Risom style mid-century half circle walnut executive desk. This desk measures: 95.5 wide x 47.5 deep x 29 high, with a chair clearance of 26.25 inches. All pieces of furni...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Chrome

Attributed to Audoux Minet, Rattan Desk with Drawers, French, Circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This unusual desk with drawers is made of bamboo, wood and rattan. This is a work attributed to famous French maker Audoux Minet, circa 1970.
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Bamboo, Rattan, Wood

Wood & Hogan English Bench-Made Chippendale Style Mahogany Writing Table
Located in North Salem, NY
Fine Wood & Hogan English bench-made mahogany Chippendale style three drawer writing table with tooled leather shaped top and pull out slides on each end. Each fitted drawer with sol...
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18th Century English Chippendale Antique Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Barbara Barry for Baker Mahogany Writing Desk or Console, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous contemporary mahogany console sofa table or writing desk By Barbara Barry for Baker Furniture USA, circa 1990s Measures: 32" W x 20" D x 25" H. Newly refinishe...
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1990s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Danish Modern Teak Secretary Foyer Cabinet, Made in Sweden, Circa 1970s
Located in Peabody, MA
Teak secretary desk / cabinet, made in Sweden circa 1970s. Unusual finger joints at top edges. Drop down desk surface would make an excellent entry way unit. When open, measures 2...
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1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Teak

1980s English Root Wood Writing Desk with Door and Drawers
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s English root wood writing desk with door and drawers.
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Late 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Brutalist Mid Century Modern Dining Table by Adrian Pearsall c. 1970
Located in Saint Louis, MO
For collectors and aficionados of high art furniture that inspires, this 1970s Brutalist Dining Table by Adrian Pearsall hits all the marks. Resin over wood is etched and finished in...
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1970s American Brutalist Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

George III Green Japanned Table
Located in Essex, MA
With possible later painted decoration. With a great look and nice appearance. The rectangular top with a fold over top to form a writing surface over a frieze with a single drawer,...
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1770s English George III Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Osvaldo Borsani & Eugenio Gerli Desk with Leather Inlay T333 Tecno
Located in Köln, NRW
Osvaldo Borsani & Eugenio Gerli desk with leather inlay T333 Tecno Frame outside aluminium polished/inside aluminium lacquered black, top wood piano lacquer black with leather inlay black, model T333. Price applies only to the described desk-you will find the matching smaller table...
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1970s Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal, Aluminum

Mahogany Desk by Thomas Chippendale
Located in New Orleans, LA
This writing desk from the highly esteemed Thomas Chippendale is exceptionally rare and unique. The renowned cabinetmaker was the first craftsman to exhibit such a strong following that an entire style bears his name and not that of a monarch. He was famous for using the highest quality timbers, the finest quality mounts and for striving for perfection in every piece of furniture he created. Chippendale's clients included Catherine II of Russia, famed actor David Garrick...
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18th Century English Chippendale Antique Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Romweber Spanish Baroque Carved Pine Writing Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Spanish Baroque style writing desk By Jim Peed for Romweber USA, Circa 1990s Carved pine, with original brass hardware. Middl...
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Late 20th Century American Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique Georgian early 18th Century cross banded walnut bureau desk writing tabl
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Georgian walnut and fruitwood drop well bureau desk writing table early 18th Century. This is a lovely bureau, that is full of age, charm and charac...
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18th Century Antique Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Vintage Boho Lacquered Campaign Writing Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Boho Campaign style desk. A chic classic case with chrome classic hardware. Rests on two sawhorse pedestals. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
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Late 20th Century North American Campaign Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Chrome

Kipp Stewart for Drexel Declaration Mid Century Walnut Corner Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Kipp Stewart for Drexel declaration mid century walnut corner desk This desk measures: 52.5 wide x 40.25 deep x 31.5 inches high, with a c...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Modern Contemporary Italian Dining Table "METRA" by Makio Hasuike for Seccose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
For your consideration a beautiful sculptural dining table designed by Makio Hasuike for Seccose, Italy, circa 1980s. The name is METRA and is built with a super light yet super-stro...
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Late 20th Century European Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Aluminum

18th Century Painted Lamp Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th C English painted oak lamp table on cabriole legs. 1780. Reference: 7727 Dimensions 34 inches (86 cms) Wide 20 inches (51 cms) Deep 30.5 inches (77 cms) High
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18th Century English George III Antique Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Vintage Contemporary Burl Wood Writing Desk After Milo Baughman
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage contemporary 80s writing desk. Done in the manner of the iconic Milo Baughman. Beautiful Burl wood top on brushed chrome X legs. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
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1980s North American Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Chrome

Table Centre Dining Library Dismantable X Trestles Oak Fruitwood
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A South German oak, shaped X' ended table with detachable fruitwood top with decorative cleated band This table is easily dismantled and retains the original pegs The cleated edge ...
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17th Century German Baroque Antique Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Fruitwood, Oak

Italinao, Roller Desk from the 1700s in Walnut and Maple
Located in Barletta, IT
Roller desk in walnut and maple. Inside the roller, a pull-out drawer desk top, a central open compartment and 4 drawers. At the base of the roller two dra...
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Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Maple, Nutwood

Exceptional 18th C. Office Desk Center Table Console Hand Carved Wood & Stone CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exceptional 18th C. Office Desk Center Table Console Hand Carved Wood & Stone CA . Rare large 18th century Regence Period chateau 18th Century Table D’appui Regence console...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Stone, Marble

Valmanara Table by Carlo Scarpa for Simon International - Gavina
Located in Barcelona, ES
Valmanara table designed in 1971 by italian architect Carlo Scarpa for Simon International-Gavina. Oak wood with cerused varnish finish.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Oak

Antique Georgian Writing Bureau Desk
Located in London, GB
A lovely antique Period Georgian writing bureau. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1790-1810 period. This bureau has lovely s...
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Mount Airy Janus Mid Century Walnut Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Mount Airy Janus mid century walnut desk This desk measures: 46 wide x 24 deep x 29.5 high, with a chair clearance of 24.5 inches A...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

18th Century Country French Child's Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 18th century Country French child size desk, made of solid cherry. Beautifully crafted with turned legs and carved stretcher with center finial. Candle stand on the right, att...
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Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cherry

Jens Risom Style Mid Century Half Round Walnut Executive Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Jens Risom style mid century half round walnut executive desk The desk measures: 95.5 wide x 47.75 deep x 29 inches high All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call rest...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Chrome

1980s Postmodern Marble Stone Executive Two Sided Desk
Located in Madison, WI
Incredible 1980s Postmodern Marble designer desk. Great for use as an executive desk or a two sided desk. The black pieces supporting the marble writing...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble

Midcentury Bamboo, Wicker and Rattan Italian Desk Table with Drawers, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Writing table / desk in rattan, bamboo and wood featuring four drawers. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal, Brass

70's Tobacco Leaf Dining Table or Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Textural, organic, and terribly chic. This 70's dining table or desk is sheathed in tobacco leaves and given a acrylic finish to complement its sleek simplicity.
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Acrylic, Wood

Anglo Chinese/Chinese Export Qianlong Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
An exceptionlal and very rare Qianlong period Chinese export Bureur, Constructed in Hauli and Huanghuali wood in China during the first half of the 18th century for a wealthy English...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese George II Antique Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Padouk

18th Century French Louis XV Period Walnut Chateau Bonheur Du Jour or Secretary
Located in Birmingham, AL
A rare 18th century French Louis XV period chateau bonheur du jour or secrétaire handcrafted of walnut by very talented artisans in Lyon for a wealthy chateau owner near Villeurbanne, circa 1750s. This impressive antique French secretary features a chapeau de gendarme crown above a pair of carved serpentine doors with brass mesh grilles and beautiful green and gold damask fabric backings that open to reveal a painted interior with two display shelves. Three carved drawers are below. The lower section features a flat serpentine shaped writing surface that lifts opens to reveal plenty of storage above a carved, scalloped apron with C-scrolls and a center carved shell motif. Raised on four elegant cabriole legs ending in scrolled French toes. This grand Lyonnaise French library desk...
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1750s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

Ladies desk from HIKOR, 1980´s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
A Simple beech wood writing desk from the HIKOR Písek company, 1980´s, Czechoslovakia The design is very simple and elegant. It features a section with 4 drawers. The surface of this...
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Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Beech

18thc Walnut Tavern Table with Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 18thc tavern table is made from Walnut and with Queen Ann legs and pad feet. This table has wood pegs and dovetailed drawers. The table has a fine patina and condition.
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Early 18th Century American Adirondack Antique Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Faux Tortoiseshell Partners Desk by Maitland-Smith
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description be sure to click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this listing. Offering one of our recent palm beach estate fine furniture acquisitions of a 1980s Faux Tortoiseshell...
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1980s Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Stone, Brass

Bodil Kjaer for E Pedersen & Son MCM Brazilian Rosewood and Chrome Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Bodil Kjaer for E. Pedersen & Son Mid Century Brazilian Rosewood and Chrome Desk This desk measures: 72.75 wide x 38 deep x 28.75 high, with a chair clearance of 24.25 inches All p...
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1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Chrome

English Regency Style Writing Table by Theodore Alexander
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Elegant Theodore Alexander leather and walnut diminutive writing desk. The central drawer with two D shaped drawers one on each side, the top w...
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Late 20th Century Regency Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Walnut

Antique Mahogany Georgian Architect's Drafting Drawing Desk Table Chest 1780
Located in Portland, OR
A rare George II mahogany architect's desk/chest, circa 1750. The desk/ top slides forward, thus allowing the sitter to work, the top having a drafting table that has an easel support to place the top at three different heights, the highest being 47" floor to top. The chest having a plan drawer which is flanked by two pen drawers...
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Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Mid-Century Modern Desk by Poul Nørreklit For Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik, Wood
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern desk by Poul Nørreklit For Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik, Wood and Plexiglass, 1970s.
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1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Plexiglass, Wood

Fabulous Rosewood Flip-Top Desk by Peter Lovig Nielsen Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
This is a breathtaking, rare, rosewood desk by Jens Quistgaard of Dansk for Peter Lovig Nielsen. It was made in Denmark and has gorgeous rosewood grain across the top. This desk features a unique flip-top that allows you to turn it from a desk into a table. It has two flippable drawer inserts...
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1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood

Post Modern Marble Glass Dining Table Made in Italy by Artedi
Located in New York, NY
Chic, voguish, and sophisticated late 20th C large dining table by noted Italian furniture maker Artedi. The table features an impressive beveled plate glass top ( 78.25. x 39. 25 x ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble, Brass

Vico Magistretti Cherrywood and Aluminium Writing Desk for De Padova, Italy
By Vico Magistretti, C.R.S. De Padova
Located in Renens, CH
Italian design cherrywood and aluminium writing desk by Vico Magistretti, De Padova Italy. This desk comes from the "Reflex" series designed 1989 and produced in 1990. The desk combines a design derived from traditional secretaries...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Aluminum

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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