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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Period: 2010s
Period: 1940s
Wild Willy's Woodshop Contemporary Curved Birch Pillar Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Distinguished by its sleek design and contemporary flair, this desk is a one stop shop for work or play. Asymmetrical elegance brings a dreamy union between function and form. The se...
Category
2010s American Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch, Plywood
Baker Furniture English Regency Mahogany Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional English Regency style writing desk or console table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1940s
Carved mahogany, with embossed leather top, and original brass hardware and ...
Category
1940s American Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Bodil Kjær Office Desk Table, Wood and Steel by Karakter
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table designed by Bodil Kjær in 1959.
We are proud to present our first design from a Danish designer. In this case, Danish architect, professor, and designer, Bodil Kjær. The icon...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Gustavian Style 9 Drawer Desk
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Gustavian Style 9 Drawer Desk. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Category
1940s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Molteni&C Touchdown Workstation Desk by Studio Klass
Located in Boston, MA
Touch Down Unit, an innovative workstation designed by Studio Klass and originally thought for advanced work environments and produced by UniFor has become part of the Molteni&C coll...
Category
2010s Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Rare Ilmari Tapiovaara Desk, 1940s, Finland
Located in Helsinki, FI
Rare Ilmari Tapiovaara desk, Domus Academica student house, 1940s. Birch with painted table top. Good vintage condition, patina consistent with age and use. Beautiful minimalistic de...
Category
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch, Paint
Keys Desk by Phase Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Keys Desk by Phase Design
Dimensions: D 55.9 x W 127 x H 73.7 cm.
Materials: Spandrel glass top and powder-coated metal.
Solid steel bar available in a flat black or white powder c...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Walnut Console Table Continuous Grain Drawer Fronts
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This molten grain walnut table spans in magical round over edges.
It is handcrafted in solid walnut with tapered legs, a perfect setup for a console or an artist's desk. Drawer front...
Category
2010s American Minimalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Walnut Dresser Continuous Grain Drawer Fronts Bookmatched
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Boston Dresser is a double book-matched piece with luscious drawers in dark walnut. Round over void edges with a cantilevered belly on slender legs....
Category
2010s American Minimalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Vintage Louis XV style desk 1950s
Located in Catania, IT
Vintage desk in the Louis XV style with decorations and inlays
lacquered wood and gilt bronzes, with 3 capacious drawers.
In good condition, writing surface to be re-done.
Category
1940s Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
The Forsyth Editor's Desk
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
The design of the Forsyth Editor’s desk is based on an original copy editor's desk commonly used by newspaper and magazine editors. Back in the day, when c...
Category
2010s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Limited Edition Soriana Denim Armchair by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina
By Tobia Scarpa, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Soriana limited edition Denim armchair by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina.
A design armchair with soft, generous contours, designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa in the 1960s to bring ho...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Rare Gio Ponti Writing Desk in Walnut and Grissinato Mahogany
By Gio Ponti
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Gio Ponti, writing desk, walnut, mahogany, glass, Italy, 1940s
This writing table, a rare find designed by Gio Ponti, originates from the 1940s. The design is truly magnificent, fea...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Walnut
Calista Console with White Marble and Solid Walnut
Located in Houston, TX
The modern Calista console elevates the Classic runway Silhouette. With your choice of exotic marble, it makes for an amazing statement piece. We have also used it as a desk, a buff...
Category
2010s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Sanne Desk
By Ben Kicic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This design draws inspiration from utilitarian architypes - featuring two rectilinear legs and an inset floating storage box. Its dual-plane top allows additional versatility and use...
Category
2010s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Norr11 JFK Height Adjustable Legs Desk by Kristian Sofus Hansen & Tommy Hyldahl
By Norr11
Located in New York, NY
Height Adjustable Legs
W 130 CM D 65 CM H 79-129 CM
HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE
LEGS - SPECIFICATIONS
Plug type: EU
Power type: 100V-240V
Speed: 25 mm/s
Cord length: 400 cm
Cord colour: Blac...
Category
2010s Slovenian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ash
Norr11 JFK Home Desk by Kristian Sofus Hansen & Tommy Hyldahl
By Norr11
Located in New York, NY
The ideal companion for the design-oriented office or home office.
With its pure and simplistic design, the JFK Desk, inspired by the '60s, is ideal for design-oriented offices and h...
Category
2010s Slovenian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ash
French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An outstanding French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk with bronze trim and ornate ormolu mounts and embossed leather top. The desk is finished on all sides and could ...
Category
1940s French Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
French Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat Leather Top Desk With Mounted Bronze Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk
France, Circa 1940s
Gorgeous kingwood, with bronze trim and ornate ormolu mounts, and embossed green leather t...
Category
1940s French Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Franco Albini Table 840 Stadera Wood and Steel by Cassina
By Franco Albini, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table designed by Franco Albini in 1954.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
This table/writing desk, designed by Franco Albini consists of two trapezoidal planes, one smaller than th...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Frits Henningsen Mahogany Desk, c1940s
Located in London, GB
Frits Henningsen - Writing Desk, c1940s
Rarely seen design from the master cabinetmaker of the early Danish Modern period: Frits Henningsen. Henningsen produced all of his designs a...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
JFK Home Desk With Adjustable Height Legs by NORR11
Located in Geneve, CH
JFK Home Desk With Adjustable Height Legs by NORR11
Dimensions: D 65 x W 130 x H 79/129 cm.
Materials: Ash, clear lacquer, aluminum with powder-coating and felt.
Available in two di...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
JFK Office Desk With Standard Legs by NORR11
Located in Geneve, CH
JFK Office Desk With Standard Legs by NORR11
Dimensions: D 75 x W 150 x H 76 cm.
Materials: Ash, clear lacquer, aluminum with powder-coating and felt.
Available in two different woo...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
JFK Office Desk With Adjustable Height Legs by NORR11
Located in Geneve, CH
JFK Office Desk With Adjustable Height Legs by NORR11
Dimensions: D 75 x W 140 x H 79/129 cm.
Materials: Ash, clear lacquer, aluminum with powder-coating and felt.
Available in two ...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
JFK Home Desk With Standard Legs by NORR11
Located in Geneve, CH
JFK Home Desk With Standard Legs by NORR11
Dimensions: D 65 x W 130 x H 76 cm.
Materials: Ash, clear lacquer, aluminum with powder-coating and felt.
Available in two different wood ...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Alvar Aalto Mahogany Desk for Artek with Drawers and Pull Out Work Surfaces
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Chicago, IL
The model #500 mahogany desk designed by Alvar Aalto, made in Sweden for Artek, Finland. Six drawers with two pull-out work surface boards. A nice example...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Robert Kuo Repousse Curve Desk Table in Antique Copper and Black Lacquer
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Repoussé Curve Desk
Antique Copper
Hand Repousse
Black Lacquer
Limited Edition
Repoussé is the traditional art of hand-hammering decorative relief onto sheet metal. This technique ...
Category
2010s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Louise Console Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Smooth Copper by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louise Console Table from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furnitur...
Category
2010s Indian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Sheet Metal
Louise Console Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Smooth Antique Bronze
Located in New York, NY
Louise Console Table from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furnitur...
Category
2010s Indian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Louise Console Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Smooth White Bronze
Located in New York, NY
Louise Console Table from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furnitur...
Category
2010s Indian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Louise Console Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Smooth Brass by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louise Console Table from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furnitur...
Category
2010s Indian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Louise Console Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Mid. Hammered Copper
Located in New York, NY
Louise Console Table from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furnitur...
Category
2010s Indian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Louise Console Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Mid. Hammered White Bronze
Located in New York, NY
Louise Console Table from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furnitur...
Category
2010s Indian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Louise Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Fine Hammered Antique Bronze
Located in New York, NY
Louis Card Tables from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furniture. ...
Category
2010s American Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Louise Console Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Fine Hammered Brass
Located in New York, NY
Louise Console Table from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furnitur...
Category
2010s Indian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Louise Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Fine Hammered Brass by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louis Card Tables from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furniture. ...
Category
2010s American Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
Louise Console Art Deco Conference Tables Mid. Hammered Antique Bronze
Located in New York, NY
Louise Console Table from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furnitur...
Category
2010s Indian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Sheet Metal, Metal
Louise Console Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Mid. Hammered Antique Bronze
Located in New York, NY
Louise Console Table from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furnitur...
Category
2010s Indian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Louise Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Fine Hammered Brass by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louis Card Tables from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furniture. ...
Category
2010s American Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
Louise Console Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Fine Hammered Antique Bronze
Located in New York, NY
Louise Console Table from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furnitur...
Category
2010s Indian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Louise Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Fine Hammered Copper by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louis Card Tables from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furniture. ...
Category
2010s American Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal, Brass
Louise Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Mid. Hammered Antique Bronze
Located in New York, NY
Louis Card Tables from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furniture. ...
Category
2010s American Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Louise Console Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Mid. Hammered Brass
Located in New York, NY
Louise Console Table from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furnitur...
Category
2010s Indian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables Rectangular Console in Smooth Copper
Located in New York, NY
Alison Spear designed this elegant and minimal table for Stephanie Odegard during their trip together to Rajasthan, India. The craftsmen create patterns using different types of hamm...
Category
2010s American Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Louise Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Fine Hammered White Bronze
Located in New York, NY
Louis Card Tables from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furniture. ...
Category
2010s American Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
Louise Art Deco Semainier Fine Hammered Antique Bronze by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louis Card Tables from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furniture. ...
Category
2010s American Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Rectangular Console in Smooth Copper
Located in New York, NY
Alison Spear designed this elegant and minimal table for Stephanie Odegard during their trip together to Rajasthan, India. The craftsmen create patterns using different types of hamm...
Category
2010s American Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Rectangular Console in Smooth Brass
Located in New York, NY
Alison Spear designed this elegant and minimal table for Stephanie Odegard during their trip together to Rajasthan, India. The craftsmen create patterns using different types of hamm...
Category
2010s American Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Louise Console Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables Fine Hammered White Bronze
Located in New York, NY
Louise Console Table from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furnitur...
Category
2010s Indian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
A French Black Lacquer Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular top inset with antiqued mirror glass over two frieze drawers; raised on square tapering legs terminating in brass sabots.
Category
1940s French Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Ligne Roset Hyannis Port Writing Desk & File Cabinet design by Eric Jourdin
Located in Southampton, NJ
File cabinet dimensions: 19.5"W 19"D 21.25"H
Ligne Roset Hyannis Port Collection of desk and filing cabinet with frames in multi-ply finished i...
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2010s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Knoll by Florence Knoll Ebonized Oak Mini Desk
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in London, GB
Originally designed by Florence Knoll in 1954, the Mini Desk is part of the High Table range manufactured by Knoll.
Constructed from a slimline polished chrome frame, the desk has a...
Category
2010s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Lucite and Dark Walnut floating Desk
Located in Ballard, CA
A highly engineered modernist desk made from a walnut (or oak, mahogany, or rosewood veneer) case “floating” on a Lucite base, which is affixed by custom-designed hardware. Custom si...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Italian 1940s Solid Oak Wood Writing Desk with Shutter Doors
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Vintage Italian writing desk circa 1940s in solid oak wood. Comfortable size for a practical use. Characterized by two doors on the sides with shutter opening, internally four drawer...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
"Avenir" Natural Mappa Burl Desk by Christiane Lemieux
Located in New York, NY
Clean lines, an open structure and natural Mappa burl wood compose a multi-functional desk for any home. The versatile scale works beautifully as a table, vanity or console. Handmade...
Category
2010s Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
Black Desk with Drawer, Wood and Metal Legs, Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Style
By Atelier BAM
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Marajoara desk with drawers is a study on Mid-Century Modern utilitarian furniture, minimalist in its details, with Brazilian Native Arte Reference. By Atelier BAM Design.
The moder...
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2010s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Yellow Ochre Leather Top Maitland Smith Regency Mahogany Desk with Trays
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous Maitland Smith desk with fine bronze and brass castings and wheels and a gorgeous antique yellow ochre leather with gold embossing. The desk is in good condition a...
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2010s Philippine Regency Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Lavinia Desk by Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Lavinia desk by Pietro Franceschini
Materials: Mohair velvet
Dimensions: W 210 x L 71 x H 78 cm.
Designed during a creative momentum in the relaxed Italian Riviera Ligure, our new Urania collection brings playfulness and longing for those innocent days of our childhood. The soft lines and upholstered curves continue our research on Neotenic Design...
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2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Velvet
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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