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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1920s
An 19th Century Italian Desk with Beautiful Detail
Located in New York, NY
An exceptionally beautiful Italian writing table with three drawers and a leather top pull-out writing surface. The desk is constructed in a walnut, with a lighter secondary wood. ...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Swedish Genuine Country Console Table or Desk
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish antique console table from the 1820s. The table is a genuine Swedish country furniture made by hand in solid pine. The table has the or...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
American Mahogany Partner's Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful Mahogany Partner's Desk with glass knobs. Top refinished and everything else cleaned and ready to go! Two wide drawers per each side with smaller drawers below. Beautiful c...
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1880s American Empire Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Rosewood Inlaid Davenport
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a Victorian rosewood inlaid davenport, inlaid with swags and urns above a leather writing surface, with drawers to one side and dummy drawers on the opposing side. Overal...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Exquisite Antique English Marquetry Inlaid Mahog. Adam style Bonheur du Jour
By Robert Adam
Located in Charleston, SC
Quite possibly one of the prettiest Antique English Edwardian period Adam style Bonheur du Jours or Ladies Writing Tables with magnificent "Adam" style marquetry inlaid urns and Welk...
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Late 19th Century English Adam Style Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Mahogany Kidney Shaped 19th Century Writing Table
By Maple & Co.
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A quite exceptional quality late 19th century mahogany kidney shaped writing table, having gilt tooled decoration to leather inset top, over one drawer to frieze, with superb marquet...
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Superb Antique English Inlaid Mahog. Secretaire a' Abbatant or Bonheur du Jour
Located in Charleston, SC
This is a wonderful and rare Antique English small or diminutive Abbatant a' Secretaire or Bonheur du Jour Writing Table and is unique and wonderful. The exterior is exquisitely mad...
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Late 19th Century English George III Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Satinwood
Regency Mahogany Dressing Table by Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Sherborne, GB
This English Regency Mahogany dressing table by Gillows of Lancaster and London is Gillows at its finest. Superb quality mahogany and cabinet making, it could also use it as a writ...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Walnut Library Writing Desk
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Hutton-Clarke Antiques takes great pleasure in presenting this exquisite Italian writing desk, skillfully crafted from solid walnut and featuring a sophisticated black leather top. T...
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19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Heavily Carved Oak Desk Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand carved in northern France circa 1860, the "secretaire a abattants" is both stylish and functional. The writing desk is crafted from solid oak wood and stands on cabriole legs en...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
Antique Cherry Side Table or Small Desk, One Drawer
Located in Port Chester, NY
A simple handsome side table or smaller writing table/desk in vibrant cherry. Classic tapered legs and a single drawer. We have put this table in the writing table or desk category b...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Antique English Burled Walnut & Mahogany Ladies Roll Top Desk Circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique English ladies desk offers burled walnut and mahogany construction with roll top opening to writing surface and storage compartments ove...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut, Burl
English Campaign Leather Top Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century English desk handcrafted in mahogany with a tooled leather top, three piece campaign construction, brass hardware, and classic bracket feet.
Kneehole measures...
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Early 19th Century English Campaign Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
English Writing Table or Desk with Embossed Leather Top in the William IV Style
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English writing table or desk of patinated mahogany in the William IV style - featuring a moulded rectangular top with a handsome embossed leather writing surface, over a frie...
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19th Century English William IV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Louis XV Petite Mahogany and Kingwood Marquetry Kidney Writing Table, Paris 1870
Located in Germantown, MD
A Recently refinished French transitional kidney-shaped desk. 19th century French transitional design between Louis XV and Louis XVI is timeless, elegant, and understated it works we...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Walnut Writing Desk with Three Drawers and Original Hardware
Located in Santa Monica, CA
French 19th century walnut writing desk with three drawers and original hardware. There are a lot of ring marks on the top.
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19th Century French Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Spanish Baroque Oak Desk, Console
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
19th century Spanish antique oak desk, writting table with two drawers.
This elegant console was crafted in Spain, circa 1900, it featur...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Lovely Victorian circa 1880 English Panelled Hardwood Twin Pedestal Partner Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely English paneled Mahogany Victorian Circa 1880 twin pedestal partner desk with original fittings and brass castors
A good looking an...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Primitive Antique Early American Country Farmhouse Slant Top School Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Primitive early American schoolhouse / country / farmhouse writing desk. Made of poplar featuring a slanted top and dovetailed joinery.
...
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Late 19th Century American Classical Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Poplar
Small 19th Century writing table
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful antique mahogany writing table with 2 drawers. Gold-edged Burgundy leather top. Table stands on porcelain wheels. Entirely in ...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Renaissance Wall Desk with Extending Writing Surface
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Renaissance Wall Desk with Extending Writing Surface represents the height of the revival of the style that occurred during the reign of Napoleon III who we can t...
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Mid-19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Century Victorian Period Burr Walnut Davenport Desk
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A stunning 19th century figured burr walnut Davenport desk. The piano top fall lifts to reveal 2 burr walnut veneered drawers and a pull out and ...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique English Victorian Mahogany Desk circa 1880
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique English Victorian Mahogany Desk circa 1880
Solid mahogany wood, with numerous drawers and a cupboard. Lockable. The desk offers a lot of storage space.
Category
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Louis XV Inlaid Palisander Ladies Desk with Brass Ornaments
Located in Sofia, BG
French elegant small desk in palisander veneer, decorated with floral marquetry, revealing drawers, 66X92X43, Louis XV style.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Palisander
Napoleon III Period Desk, 19th century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Napoleon III period desk, 19th century.
Desk, 19th century display case, Napoleon III period, circa 1880, missing shelf boards.
Dimensions...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Provincial Cherry Writing Table or Bedside Table with Drawer, circa 1800
Located in Miami, FL
French Provincial cherry table with cabriole legs that has mortise and tenon construction and wood peg fasteners. A beautiful late 18th century or early 19th century table left in it...
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Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
French 19th Century Lady's Work Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This petite work table from 19th century France is full of charming elements within a compact design. Details allude to this piece serving as a correspondence and sewing table. Unloc...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Desk with Bronze Detailing
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late nineteenth century French Louis XVI style mahogany desk features bronze accents on all sides. Its three drawers of dovetail construction are detailed with bronze trim and k...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Knoll International Complete Office Warren Platner Desk and Sideboards
Located in Köln, NRW
Knoll International complete office by Warren Platner desk + sideboards
Desk: frame steel columns with special cast iron foot brackets chrome-plated...
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Antique Writing Desk, French, Decorative Centre Table, Louis XV Taste, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique writing desk. A French, kingwood reverse breakfront decorative centre table in Louis XV revival taste with marquetry top, dating to the late Victorian period, circ...
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Fine Quality Early 19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Writing Side Table Desk
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique fine quality early 19th century inlaid mahogany writing side table desk by Edwards and Roberts. Lovely age colour and patina.
No loose joints and no woodworm. Full of age,...
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19th Century Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century, Country French Louis XV Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Country French Louis XV secretary is a classic slant-front design, originally conceived as a compact writing desk that c...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th C. Refinished Regency Walnut and Maple w/ Tooled Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A Late 19th Century Refinished Regency Style Walnut and Maple, tooled leather top Partners Desk that has been recenlty hand-rub refinished. All drawers and door with functional lock...
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Late 19th Century American Edwardian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Birdseye Maple
Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Kneehole Desk by Maple & Co.
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique Victorian burr walnut kneehole desk by Maple & Co. having a magnificent quality burr walnut top with three serpentine shaped lift up lids opening to revea...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Leather Topped Mahogany Campaign Desk with Brass Moulded Edge
Located in Port Chester, NY
Theres alot to admire about this beautiful original campaign desk. Both the mahogany and the original green embossed leather are in good antique condition, as are the brass accents. ...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
A French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat. The desk is raised by elegant cabriole legs with rich wrap around ormolu sabots. Ormolu ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Rare Early American Country Pyrography Desk
Located in Forney, TX
A rare, one-of-a-kind antique American folk decorated desk with beautifully aged distressed patina found in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.
Hand-crafted in the Southern United States in the late 19th century, featuring elaborate hand carving and pyrography wood burning decoration in classical motif, kneehole desk form with raised gallery dated "1899", having a topped with a single door cabinet, supported by two columns of three drawers.
Provenance / Acquisition:
Found in a Mt. Juliet, Tennessee farmhouse
Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Bright Star Antiques, Sulfur Springs, Texas. Specializing in early American antiques...
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Walnut & Burl Cylinder Secretary Desk & Bookcase, circa 1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique secretary offers walnut and burl paneled construction with upper bookcase having broken arch crest over double glass door case seated on desk with cylinder opening to writ...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Glass
Victorian Golden Oak Swivel Pedestal Desk
Located in Dorking, GB
This unusual desk was made by the famous makers James Shoolbred and company.
It bears several makers stamps to the interior drawers.
The ingenious swivel design is operated b...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
Antique Victorian Quality Mahogany Free Standing Kneehole Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality mahogany free standing kneehole desk having an original brown leather writing surface with a mahogany edge above nine mahogany cockbeeded oak lined drawers ...
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Early 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Other
George Eliot's Writing Table
Located in Dorking, GB
This table was made in the mid-Victorian period — possibly about 1860. It measures 18 inches diameter across the top and the gallery tray has a slightly wider dimension of 24 inches....
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1860s English Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Large Vintage Oak Desk, Double Sided with Display End
Located in Ely, GB
A beautifully large vintage partner desk or possible retail counter desk.
The desk is in good vintage condition with age related marks and scuf...
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1920s British Industrial Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
A Fine 19th Century Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in London, by appointment only
A very fine and good looking pedestal desk, the leather top with brass bound edges, above a bank of four drawers on each side with one central drawer, the back with dummy drawers. Th...
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Late 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
A French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood Marquetry Writing Table/Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood Marquetry and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Ladies Writing Table or Desk. The single drawer center table surmounted on each corner with...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Swedish Karl Johan Salon/Sofa Table or Desk in West Indies Mahogany, c. 1825
Located in Miami, FL
An exceptionally fine Karl Johan salon table, sofa table or desk in beautiful West Indies mahogany. The top has two leaves that drop down on each side with two drawers along the apro...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Barley Twist Leg Side Table or Desk, France, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
19th century French barley twist legs desk.
Center drawer.
Decorative finial at cross stretcher local.
Brass pulls.
Can also be used as a sid...
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19th Century French Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century English Oak Partners Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th century oak partners desk with its original tooled red leather writing surface on top, surrounded by a cross banded border.
Three drawers in the frieze on one side, with a bank...
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19th Century English Country Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique French Abattant Desk Fall Front Secretary Chest Drawers Renaissance Oak
Located in Tyler, TX
Exquisite 19th Century Antique French Oak Renaissance Revival Abattant Chest of Drawers and Desk with Fall Front Secretary Top~~Leather Writi...
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1880s French Renaissance Revival Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Century Burr Walnut Davenport by Edwards & Roberts
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A stunning 19th century figured walnut Davenport desk with brass grill. It has a fall front with a tooled leather writing surface, opening to reveal four small interior drawers with ...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century French Henri II Style Walnut Writing Table or Desk with Drawer
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late 19th century French Henri II Renaissance style hand pegged walnut writing table or side table is finished on all sides, allowing it to be placed in the center of a room. It...
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Late 19th Century French Renaissance Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Swedish Country 3 Drawer Desk
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish country 3 drawer desk. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
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1880s Swedish Country Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Louis Phllippe Style Oak Writing Table or Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Handsome 19th century writing table or desk made in the French Louis Philippe taste. Crafted from oak with quarter sawn top planks having round corners and an ogee edge. The table is...
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19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Fantastic French 19th Century Boulle Desk with Bronze Mounts
Located in New Orleans, LA
This magnificent 19th century tortoiseshell Boulle desk features gorgeous bronze mounts and sculpted brass inlaid in the tortoise shell. The desk is created in the style of Louis XV ...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Irish Coromandel Satinwood Writing Slope Box by Austins Dublin Ireland
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning and Rare Example of an Irish well grained Ladys or Gentlemans Coromandel Travelling Writing Slope of good size proportions, made in Dublin, Ireland by George Austin. Third q...
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19th Century Irish Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique Arts & Crafts Oak Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and petite antique Arts & Crafts period writing bureau in oak. This was made in England, it dates from around 1880-90’s.
The size of the pull...
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1880s British Arts and Crafts Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
A Wonderful Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Desk
Located in New York, NY
A Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Desk
A leather top above a single bronze mounted drawer, centered bronze motif depicting a pair of rams centered by cornucopi...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Writing Desk used by Charles Dickens, circa 1800
Located in Dorking, GB
This is the desk on which Dickens began his famous writing career. He was in fact a solicitor’s clerk working from number 1 Raymond Buildings at Grays Inn, London.
This is where this actual desk was used by Charles Dickens in 1827. The Charles Dickens desk is made of solid mahogany. It is a good quality standing clerk's desk.
It was made in the Georgian period of about 1800. It has four fine turned legs, raised on brass castors. They are linked by an under tier, which was probably useful for storing the work in hand. It has a hand dovetailed single drawer with turned knob handles.
The sloping leather top adjoins a flat galleried shelf...
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Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Regency Rosewood Travelling Lap Desk Box, Circa 1830
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Regency rosewood travelling lap desk box, circa 1830.
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19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
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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