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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Style: Louis XVI
Style: Rococo
Louis XVI Cylinder Secretary, Writing Desk, Walnut, circa 1800
Located in Greven, DE
Louis XVI cylinder secretary in walnut, writing desk
West Germany
Walnut and others
Louis XVI around 1800
Dimensions: H x W x D: 112 x 96 x ...
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Early 19th Century German Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Gilt Bronze and Mahogany Bonheur du Jour
Located in London, GB
Antique French gilt bronze and mahogany bonheur du jour
French, Late 19th Century
Height 117cm, width 78cm, depth 54cm
Made in France in the late 19th century, this elegant bonheu...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality small late 19th century French Boulle inlaid bureau plat, having an inset leather top, brass inlay and tortoiseshell to the top, frieze and legs, gilded ormolu mounts, a single frieze drawer with a Bramah lock...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Bureau Plat Louis XVI Style in Marquetry and Gilt Bronze
Located in BARSAC, FR
Elegant Louis XVI style Bureau Plat in mahogany and marquetry in rosewood frieze.
Beautiful ornamentation of very finely chiseled gilt bronze.
Moroccan leather top surrounded b...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI Style Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Refined antique French Louis XVI style writing desk crafted in exotic tulipwood veneer with crossbanding and chevron designs, having a tooled leather top with a brass gallery, the ca...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Rococo Style Bureau Plat
Located in Kastrup, DK
An elegant French rococo style bureau plat writing desk made in walnut with ormolu accents.
Features a top with a tooled leather writing-surface w...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Original Louis Seize Style Bureau Mahogany Table, Early 20th Century
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Perfect craftsmanship, inlaid mahogany and bronze application, early 20th century, a secret drawer on one side, freestanding.
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1910s Austrian Louis XVI Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Venetian Painted Italian Louis XV Style Writing Table
Located in Forney, TX
A most charming vintage, circa 1960, Italian Venetian writing table (desk - vanity - console) with beautifully aged heavily worn distressed pati...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Exceptional Bronze Mounted French Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very well-made French desk with lovely chosen and contrasting woods, serpentine form and bronze mounts on the corners, legs and feet with the top edges also bronze clad. The drawer...
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20th Century Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Writing Table Louis XVI Period - Solid Oak - 18th
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Small side table, writing tabke from the Louis XVI period. Work from the end of the 18th century of good quality in solid oak. The top is sheathed in a new leather enriched with gold...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
Hendrix Allardyce Rococo Style Lacquered Library Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Sublime rococo style lacquered library table or writing table desk crafted by Hendrix Allardyce Hollywood, California. The desk is fronted by a large storage drawer with a round bras...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI-Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XVI-style ormolu mounted mahogany bureau plat / desk with rectangular blue-grey leather inset top (new / recently installed) and brass mounted molded edge above three drawers...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Desk By John Vesey
By John Vesey
Located in Stamford, CT
Extraordinary mid-century modern stainless steel and bronze writing table, desk, or bureau plat designed by John Vesey (American 1924-1992). Made in the grand neoclassical French ...
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Mid-20th Century American Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Antique Rococo Style Venetian Hand Painted Vanity Desk & Side Tables, Set of 3
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Rococo Style Venetian Hand Painted vanity desk with 2 Single-Drawer Side Tables - 3 Piece Set
Rare & Unique Antique Venetian Hand-Craft...
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Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th C. Swedish Rococo Period Writing Desk in Original Paint
Located in Wichita, KS
A period Rococo writing desk from the 18th century in original painted alder wood with period key hole fittings, circa 1760. There are two smaller drawers behind the writing surface ...
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18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Spanish Louis XVI Style Cherrywood Desk Writing Leather Top
Located in Madrid, ES
Mid-20th century Louis XVI style Spanish cherry wood writing desk features a brown leather top edged with gold filigree. It has five drawers, the main one with a brass keyhole escutc...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Louis XVI Writing Desk, 20th Century, Cognac Leather, Bonze & Brass
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique Louis XVI style desk from the 20th century, with cognac leather top and gold embossed frieze.
The front of the piece has four dov...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Louis XVI Period 18th Century Walnut Desk with Carved Fluted Apron
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI period walnut desk from the 18th century, with single drawer, carved fluted motifs, tapered legs and dark patina. Created in France during the 18th century, this w...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Louis XVI Desk ~ Library Table ~ Dining Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI Desk ~ Library Table ~ Dining Table is able to fill a multitude of roles, and do so in style! Combining elegantly scroll...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
French 19th Century Walnut Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This wonderful walnut secre´taire a` abattant was constructed in the style of Louis XVI during the 19th century. Topped with a great piece of black and white marble. A single, slim d...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
Maison-Jansen Attributed French Leather, Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in New York, NY
Vintage French leather top bureau plat desk with pull-out slides.
The table extends 12.5" on each side for a total of overall W 72.25" when slides are fully open.
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1950s French Louis XVI Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Console Table in Gold Leaf
Located in New Orleans, LA
The custom regal gilded finish on this Tara Shaw Maison collection console table ensures it will stand out in any space. Pairs with Tara Shaw's gold leaf martini table. Handcrafted in New Orleans.
Custom dimensions and finish available for additional fee. Due to the nature of handmade furniture, slight variations in overall dimensions may occur. All furniture is custom made to order and is final sale.
All shipping is to be arranged and paid by the Buyer to a third-party shipper. Lead-time on most items varies 6-12 weeks. Price is exclusive of packing and shipping fees. White-glove shipping carrier required for all items. Warehouse pickup is available.
The Rococo table is custom fabricated in hard wood and requires a two-person carry to ensure that the product is not damaged in transport of moving. The weight and artisan finish require white glove movers or purchasers use extreme caution to transport due to weight. Table cannot have items stacked on top for moving and uneven carpet surfaces will cause cracking in structure due to heavy wood construction.
No representations or warranties, either express or implied, of merchantability, fitness for a specific purpose, the products to which the information mentions may be used without infringing the intellectual property rights of others, or of any other nature are made with respect to information or the product to which information mentions. In no case shall the information be considered a part of our terms and conditions of sale.
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2010s American Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
20th Century French Writing Table Hand Carved and Painted in Louise xvi Style
Located in Sofia, BG
French wooden hand painted table with cognac velvet top. The table is hand carved with typical details for Louise XVI style like the gilt wood ribbons at the front and the fluted leg...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Rare Lombard Desk from the 18th Century
Located in Alba, IT
Rare Lombard desk from the 18th century.
This rare center desk was made in Lombardy around the end of the 18th century.
The desk is the result of the fine Lombard cabinet-making and ...
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Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut, Wood
18th Century French Louis XVI Desk or 'Bureau à Dos D'âne'
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant writing desk, known quirkily as a “bureau à dos d’âne” (donkey’s back desk), is beautifully veneered in rosewood, including reverse diamonds and butterfly-wings, which a...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Neoclassical Design Rouge Veined Marble Top Table 1800's
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Louis XVI Design Rouge Veined Marble Top Decorative Painted Side Table Raised on fluted legs 1800's
Marble can be removed from table base.
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Very Fine 19th Century Louis XVI Roll Top Desk by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century French Louis XVI kingwood and tulipwood marquetry rolltop desk. Fine gilt bronze mounts with a beautiful marble top. Signed Paul Sormani.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Writing Table, Desk Louis XVI Late 1700
Located in Roveredo In Piano, IT
Second half XVIII sec. Writing table in solid walnut Louis XVI (late 1700) double sided. Rectangular top under which, on a molded band, three drawers and a pull are inserted. The str...
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18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
French Louis XVI Style Desk
Located in San Antonio, TX
Indulge in the timeless elegance of this elegant French Louis XVI desk, a true masterpiece that exudes sophistication and refinement. The desk's ...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Marquetry Desk
Located in San Antonio, TX
An exceptional French 18th century Louis XVI Period Marquetry Desk. This desk is known as a “bureau a cylindre”, referring to its curved pivoted opening in the middle. The woodwork o...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French Mahogany Bureau plat in the Louis XVI style. Having an inset leather top, writing slides to either side, mercury gilded ormolu mounts and mouldings, three frieze drawers, arrow quiver...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Style Desk Made by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Elegant Louis XVI style desk made by Paul Sormani (1817-1877). Made of veneered wood and gilt bronze sheathed on top of a patiné havane leather. Molded and decorated on all sides wit...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Belle Époque Table in the Louis XVI Style by Lexcellent
Located in London, GB
A Louis XVI style writing table
By Lexcellent of Paris
Of restrained elegance and sumptuous finish with gilt bronze mounts, the mahogany-veneered writing table supported on taper...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Bonheur Du Jour Cylinder Desk Louis XVI Style
By Paul Sormani
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Bonheur Du Jour cylinder desk Louis XVI Style
This beautifully crafted Bonheur Du Jour Cylinder desk in mahogany is in the style of Paul Sorman...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Rococo Early 19th Century Oak Table with Carved Apron and Cabriole Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Rococo style walnut and oak table from the early 19th century, with serpentine top, carved apron, cabriole legs and petite casters. Created in Italy during the early years...
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Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Painted Leather Top Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
French painted leather top desk, a twist on a classic 18th-century French design. Finished in Salted white and highlighted with gray details, a gilt to...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
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
Materials
Maple, Nutwood
French Mahogany Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A flame mahogany writing desk, with leather inlaid side slides and five drawers surrounding the kneehole, on turned and brass leaf mounted tapering legs. The original Napoleon III.
...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Double-Faced Writing Table
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI walnutdouble-faced writing table will make the perfect addition to any well-appointed room! Ideal as an end table, a center table, or a library table as...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Kingwood Antique Writing Table a Rognon, France, 19th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FRENCH LOUIS XVI KINGWOOD WRITING TABLE A ROGNON
Circa 19th century
Item # 803NCR07
A very fine 19th century French vide poche, the table remains in pristin...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
SALE 19th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany Inlaid Ladies Desk Brass Ornaments
Located in Sofia, BG
This is a beautiful antique French mahogany inlaid Ladies writing desk made circa 1890. The fall front opens to reveal an interior of leather writing surface, and bank of three drawe...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Louis XVI Neoclassical Double Faced Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI Neoclassical Double Faced desk has captured the essence of the architecture and embellishment of ancient Greece and Rome! Han...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Fine Quality French Louis XVI Bronze Mounted Leather Top Executive Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
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1950s French Louis XVI Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Hand Carved Walnut Center Table
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This Louis XVI style walnut writing table from the late 19th century features a hand carved element of a classic crossed torch and quiver with a crown of laurels. Its beveled top res...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XVI Inlaid Burled Walnut Desk with Embossed Leather Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Just in from Avignon - this lovely French Louis XVI burled walnut desk has an inlaid molding on all five drawers and a beautiful red embossed leathe...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Small Liseuse Side Table Louis XVI French Mahogany and Fruitwood, 1780s
Located in Mönchengladbach, NW
Rare small furniture in very good condition. Grey Marble top plate with old brass gallery locks and fittings.
France, Louis XVI, approx. 1780.
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique Petite French Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is an fine and beautiful petite French Louis XV Revival goncalo alves and ormolu mounted bureau plat, circa 1850 in date.
This fantastic bureau plat features an ornate serpenti...
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1850s French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Mahogany Bureau Plat, After Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French Mahogany Bureau plat, after Henry Dasson, having an inset leather top with a three quarter ormolu gallery, three Mahogany line freize drawers,...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Maison Jansen Inspired French Louis XVI Ebonized Desk Available in Any Dimension
Located in Chicago, IL
Maison Jansen inspired French Louis XVI style ebonized mahogany desk, with gold or brass accents, made here at Old Plank in our very own worksho...
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2010s American Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Louis XVI Tulipwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
A signed piece with rectangular top with inset green leather, possibly original , over a frieze with one central drawer flanked by drawers each with round original wreath rings...
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Venetian Rococo Gilt Painted Faux Stone Console Entry Table Office Desk Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Venetian Rococo gilt painted faux stone console entry table office desk antique. An exceptional large 18th century serpentine front and sides molded...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Antique French Louis XVI Mahogany Wall Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI mahogany wall desk is ideal as an ancillary desk in the office, or at home in the library, study or as a student's desk! Drawers and cabinets provide the per...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Mahogany
Louis XVI Mahogany And Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat By Martin Carlin
Located in Essex, MA
This desk is by one of the finest makers in France during the fourth quarter of the 18th century under the reign of Louis XVI.
Stamped M.CARLIN and JME on underside. Two commodes...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
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Ormolu
18th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Rococo Desk/ Table with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
18th century Swedish Antique Rustic provincial rococo table/ desk from Boden Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
A very rustic rococo desk with incred...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood and Purpleheart Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood and Purpleheart bureau plat. An original furnishing from the Waldorf Towers in New York City. Newly replaced tooled brown leather set...
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1770s French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Cherrywood Tric Trac Table
Located in Essex, MA
With removable rectangular top with inset leather and wood border, the reverse in green baize. All opens to a backgammon table with ebony playing surface. Each side with a small draw...
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Early 1800s French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Cherry
Original Louis XVI Desk, Inlaid Walnut Wood, Writing Surface in Slate, 18th C
Located in Torino, IT
Original Louis XVI writing desk, in veneered and inlaid wood, with writing surface in slate, three drawers.
Origin
Italy
Period
Eighteenth century
Model
Desk / writing de...
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18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Slate
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Tulipwood, Charmwood, and ormolu desk. The five drawer desk is raised by slender square tapered legs with fine...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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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