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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1910s
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Center, Writing Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century Louis XVI style ebonized gilt bronze-mounted tulipwood, kingwood and fruitwood floral marquetry single-drawer center table, desk or writing table. The ornately decorated marquetry top, centered with a floral bouquet, butterflies, scrolls and acanthus. The raised on four fluted ebonized legs surmounted with gilt-bronze spigots...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Marquetry & Gilt Bronze-Mounted Secretary Desk with Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style tulipwood and mahogany marquetry gilt bronze-mounted petit-bureau de dame (secretary). The bombe´ structure surmounted by a pair o...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Walnut Burl Lowboy
Located in Woodbury, CT
Covered in a deeply figured walnut burl, this shaped front lowboy would do equally as well as a dressing table as it would occasional table or console. With its shell carved knees on...
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Vintage Early 20th Century French Mahogany Desk with Aubergine Leather Top
Located in Buchanan, NY
This vintage French mahogany desk will add a touch of sophistication to your work environment. It features a sleek aubergine leather top that complements the original art deco hardware...
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Early 20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
French Louis XVI Black Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk by Simon Loscertales Bona
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Louis Style XVI black leather top bureau plat desk by Simon Loscertales Bona. Item features black tooled leather top, bronze ormolu, bron...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Kingwood, Mahogany
Leon Jallot Sculpted Walnut Desk and Chair
By Léon Jallot
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French transitional (from Art Nouveau to early Art Deco) desk and en suite chair by Leon Jallot in sculpted walnut and walnut burl, circa 1910. This desk ...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Era Art Deco Italian Fratino Table with Lira Legs in Solid Walnut Wax-Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1920s Italian Fratino table with Lira legs in solid walnut polished to wax. Excellent patina.
Measures cm: H 81 x W 183 x D 81.
ABOUT BASSANO' EBANISTERY
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
1920s Amsterdam School Desk In Oakwood, Macassar Ebony and Leather - Netherlands
Located in Girona, ES
Splendid desk, solid oakwood with Macassar ebony base, original leather on top with Macassar ebony base and handles, French polish.
Design: Amsterdam School.
Netherlands, Amste...
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1920s Dutch Expressionist Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Macassar, Oak, Leather
Large Francois Linke Roll Top Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large and very fine Francois Linke roll top desk
French late 19th-early 20th century
Bureau a cylindre, index number 393. Paris.
Acajou and satine cu...
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Early 1900s Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Maison Jansen French Louis-XVI Style Ebonized Secretary Desk
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI-style (1940s) ebonized & bronze trim abbatant form desk with a drop front interior above 3 drawers and below a narrow drawer with a bronze design panel. (stamped: JA...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
20th Century Writing Desk in the Neo-Rococo Forms
Located in Opole, PL
The item is entirely made in oak wood. It was manufactured in the first half of the 20th century.
It is composed of two drawers and an adjustable and lockable desk...
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Early 20th Century European Rococo Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Germanic Hand Painted Harlequin Pattern Maple Trestle Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Maple trestle table with heavily carved legs and high, through-tenon trestle. Flame maple top has hand rubbed finish, gilt and black lacquered bord...
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Early 20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Maple, Lacquer
Renaissance Console Occasional Table Desk by Fratelli Mora Carved Ebonized Wood
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century Italian Renaissance console or occasional table or desk by Fratelli Mora - Milano Bergamo, in carved ebonized wood and p...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Plywood
Sheraton Revival Rosewood Cylinder Bureau
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn3169, exceptional Sheraton Revival, Edwardian rosewood bureau, writing table, having original pierced, brass gallery above two waterfall shelves, batwing inlaid cylinder fall which...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Art Deco or Art Nouveau Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Very nice big writing desk from the period around 1915, transition from Art Nouveau to the Art Deco period. The desk was made of walnut veneer on a pi...
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1910s German Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted & Marquetry Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV Style gilt bronze-mounted, Mahogany and Tulipwood Marquetry Side Cabinet/Secretaire in the style of François Linke (1855-1946). The slender s...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
20th English Georgian Oak Two Drawers Lowboy or Desk with Lyre Legs
Located in Miami, FL
20th English Georgian oak two drawers lowboy or desk with lyre legs.
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Early 20th Century European Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Italian Gio Ponti Mahogany Table Desk
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Italian 1930s mahogany table desk with geometric form legs with brass sabot feet and a single drawer with a stretcher (GIO PONTI - for the University of Padua)
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Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Art Nouveau Desk
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau mahogany desk by l'Ecole de Nancy, featuring a hand-tooled leather top, letter rack and bronze drawer pulls with a floral motif...
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Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Carved Oak Table
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a fabulous quality, very highly carved table made in France, circa 1920. The table has extremely Fine quality carvings throughout. The side...
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Early 20th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Victorian Soapstone Laboratory Writing Desk Bohemian Rustic Farmhouse Steel Fire
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful example of 19th century Laboratory (Institutional, Academia) Furniture. Writing desk with pullout vulcanized surfaced writing board and single drawer.
Estimated weight: ...
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1920s American Industrial Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Soapstone, Brass, Steel
Belgian Art Nouveau Desk and Armchair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Belgian Art Nouveau desk and armchair in ebonized oak, circa 1905, in the manner of Gustave Serrurier-Bovy. 72" long x 37" deep x 30" high. The Art...
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Early 1900s Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Desks and Writing Tables
French Neoclassical Regency Style Mahogany One-Drawer Lyre Desk Console Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Classical / Regency style mahogany lyre base one-drawer console table. Item features a mahogany wood frame, carved lyre form legs, stretcher base, single dovetail constructed...
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Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Mahogany French Art Deco Jules Leleu Manner Dining Room Table period 1920s
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Code: FS89
Spectacular rectangular Art Deco table of 1920s Legs in solid mahogany wood. Top laquered cream with decoration blacks rhombus. P...
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1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
1910s Venetian Baroque Table Ebonized Hand-Carved Walnut, Top in Burl Walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century Venetian baroque table in ebonized hand-carved walnut, top in burl walnut, restored and polished to wax
Measure cm: H 80, W 182, D 93.
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Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
French Louis XV Style Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Pembroke, MA
An elegant French Louis XV style petit writing desk with gilt-bronze mounts, including escutcheon, knees sabots and chutes. One central locking drawer and a nicely embossed brown le...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Riveted Pedestal Desk
Located in Napa, CA
Vintage riveted pedestal desk from Belgium, dating back to the 1900's. Desk is cantilevered off a metal base. The table top was previously an exterior ...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Beautiful rectangular Napoleon III Writing Desk early century black and gold
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful rectangular 1920 Napoleon III writing desk, walnut structure, walnut, leather top with gold workings and brass fixtures. measure cm...
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Early 20th Century Italian Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Pair of Steel Legs
Located in New York, NY
Visually interesting pair of vintage industrial-looking steel legs. Originally used for architect's table, but now would be perfect bases for anything! Open:...
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Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Baltic Empire Style Writing Table or Desk, circa 1910 in Mahogany
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine Baltic writing or sofa table in the Empire style (and edging toward the Art Deco period that would follow.) In Cuban mahogany with carved trestle-base ending in carved li...
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1910s Baltic Empire Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Art Nouveau "Magnolia" Desk by, Louis Majorelle
Located in Englewood, NJ
An extremely fine and rare carved wood and inlaid marquetry single drawer "Magnolia" desk decorated with inlaid exotic wood marquetry of blooming magnolias with a beautifully carved ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desks and Writing Tables
French Art Deco Leleu Mahogany Kneehole Desk
By Jules Leleu
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco large mahogany kneehole desk with bronze column design trim and leather top. (JULES LELEU)
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Late Art Deco / Modern Neoclassical Desk / Console / Vanity in Walnut
Located in New York, NY
This desk / console with a simple, pure, modern design influenced French Art Deco in stunning matched walnut veneers and solid walnut. The piece features double columns legs on each ...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Table in cherry wood. 1920s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lovely cherry two drawer desk just waiting for your kitchen or office.
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Early 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Cherry
Pierre-Paul Montagnac Desk and Stool
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Classic Art Deco desk and en suite bench in sculpted mahogany, with both original keys. French, circa 1925.
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Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Suede
French Louis XV Walnut Side Table or Small Writing Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French Louis XV style writing or side table made of solid walnut. Single dovetailed drawer on the right side. Top has marquetry inlaid detail and curved front corners with wood tri...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Leather Top Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
A smart and very well made antique leather top pedestal desk. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1920’s.
The quality is fant...
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1920s British Georgian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Large Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality large mahogany partners desk, having an inset leather writing surface, decorated with black tooling, above three drawers in the front, with three further d...
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Early 20th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique A. Lietz Co. Maple Wood and Cast Iron Drafting Table c.1940-1947
By A. Lietz Co.
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A fully adjustable industrial drafting table with Maple wood top and cast iron base and knobs. Cast iron bases have the maker's mark on both sides. Two original metal labels o...
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Louis XVI Style French Writing Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Writing desk from France in the Louis XVI style. This piece has been ebonized and finished with a lustrous French polish of museum-quality. There are four dovetailed drawers each wit...
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1910s French Louis XVI Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Oak Art Deco Modernist Desk by P.E.L. Izeren for De Genneper Molen, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Art Deco Modernist desk.
Design by P.E.L. Izeren for De Genneper Molen.
Striking Dutch design from the 1920s.
Solid oak base with original solid macassar ebony k...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Macassar, Oak
Early Industrial Rolling Desk / Bar by Toledo, Japanning, copper flash
Located in Buffalo, NY
Seldom seen early Industrial rolling desk by Toledo. Amazing finish,, patina,, Japanning ,,copper flash.. Great for a laptop desk. Portable Bar,,, A lever picks up the desk on wheel...
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Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Steel
Early 20th century French carved poker work writing table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century french carved poker work writing table circa 1900.
Unusual profusely carved small writing table. Carved tulips into the top surface, around the apron and down the...
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Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Green German Art Deco Chinoiserie Desk with 2 Drawers and tapered Legs, 1920s
Located in Berlin, DE
Indulge in the allure of the 1920s with this Green German Art Deco Chinoiserie Desk, a fusion of elegance and exotic charm.
Crafted around 1920, this piece seamlessly marries the bo...
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1920s German Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Stickley Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Writing Desk or Library Table
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By L. & J.G. Stickley
USA, Circa 1900
Solid quarter sawn oak, with original hammered copper hardware....
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Antique Tiger Oak Double Pedestal Free Standing Desk, Scotland 1900, H936
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Tiger Oak Double Pedestal Free Standing Desk, Scotland 1900, H936
Scotland 1920
Solid oak
Original Finish
Rectangular moulded top
With tambour front
Opening to reveal numer...
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Early 1900s Scottish Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Early 20th Century English Walnut Campaign Desk
Located in Burton, TX
This Antique English Campaign Desk was crafted by artisans from walnut in the early 20th Century. The desk features a brass banded black leather top consisting of three drawers that ...
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Early 20th Century English Campaign Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Farmhouse Painted Distressed Desk c.1920's
Located in London, GB
This French farmhouse painted distressed desk, dates back to the 1920's and exudes French provincial charm. It was sourced from the Loire Valley in ...
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1920s French French Provincial Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
Georgian Revival Walnut Lowboy Writing Side Table of Antique Quality from circa
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Crafted around 1920, this walnut lowboy serves as a versatile piece—suitable for use as a writing, side, or dressing table—a fine example of Georgian revival design.
Robust and stab...
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1920s Georgian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Aesthetic Movement Bamboo and Lacquer Writing Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Aesthetic movement bamboo and lacquer writing table, circa 1910. With an Asian style bamboo top, the writing area with two small drawers on each side a later tooled leather top, a fr...
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1910s European Aesthetic Movement Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique English Black Lacquer Leather Top Campaign Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Chic antique English campaign desk crafted in hardwoods having a tooled red leather top over an elegant black lacquer two pedestal form with six drawers and a cabinet bound with camp...
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Early 20th Century English Campaign Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Art Deco Burl Karelian Birch Pedestal Writing Dining Table Desk circa 1930
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ART DECO PERIOD KARELIAN BIRCH PART-EBONIZED PEDESTAL DESK
Circa 1930 also suitable as a small format dining table with a fitted glass top
Item # 312IZW08P
The overall air of this...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Birch
Turn of the Century French Wooden Desk
Located in High Point, NC
The unique design of this vintage wooden writing desk combines a distinguished character with charming eccentricity. Built in France at the...
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Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Martin Nyrop, Desk, Pine, Brass, Denmark, 1900
By Martin Nyrop
Located in High Point, NC
A pine and brass desk designed by Martin Nyrop for Copenhagen City Hall, Denmark, c. 1900.
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Early 1900s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Large Antique Hamilton Wood and Cast Iron Drafting Table, C.1930
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Contact us for more affordable shipping options: S16 Home San Francisco.
A fully adjustable industrial drafting table with solid Maple top, wooden base and solid cast iron b...
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Iron
Early 20th Century Art Deco Metal Top Desk
Located in London, GB
An early 20th century French modernist oak desk featuring a metal clad top and drawer.
There is a beautiful patina to the desk which portrayed through the worn paintwork on the han...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Desk Writing Table Empire Style, Mid-Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
French mid-century exotic wood writing desk, the top is recovered of green oil cloth.
Three drawers on a side and false drawers on the other side which is a distinctive sign of Empire style furniture. The keys are not the original one.
The Krieger factory was a furniture factory whose specialty, at the start, was secret furniture...
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1910s French Empire Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Ladies Writing Table or Petite Desk or Side Table, Fully Restored
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French oak ladies writing table or desk. Also, works as an end table or side table. Our in house restoration department restored the finish back to its original French walnut...
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Early 1900s French Country Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
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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