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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
French Louis XIII Style Oak Barley Twist Library Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fine 19th century French carved oak library table, or writing table desk made in the grand Louis XIII taste. Features thick barley twist legs conjoined on the bottom with barley twis...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$3,360 Sale Price
20% Off
English Period 18th Century Queen Anne Walnut Lowboy
Located in Vero Beach, FL
English Period 18th century Queen Anne walnut lowboy.
Refined walnut Lowboy with elegant scalloped apron from the Queen Anne period, about ...
Category
18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$6,720 Sale Price
30% Off
Kai Kristiansen Ep401 Executive Desk in Rosewood
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Denmark
Designer: Kai Kristiansen
Manufacturer: Eigil Petersens Møbelfabrik
Era: 1960s
Materials: Rosewood
Measurements: 61" wide x 29.5" deep x 28.25" tall
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Italian Bauhaus White Desk Comacina by Piero Bottoni for Zanotta, 1980s
By Zanotta
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Bauhaus White Desk Comacina by Piero Bottoni for Zanotta, 1980s
Desk mod. Comacina with rectangular wooden top and rectangular insert in whi...
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1980s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Hans Wegner Desk Model AT325 for Andreas Tuck
Located in San Francisco, CA
Hans Wegner desk model AT325 for Andreas Tuck, Denmark. Large and impressive desk made with high quality construction and attention to detail, newly refinished ...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Oak White MiMi Table by Miduny, Made in Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Merging clean lines with warm materials, the faceted geometry of the MiMi table creates a slender, elegant profile punctuated with painted surfaces that cap...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech, Oak, Plywood
$1,849 / item
Swedish Art Deco Axel E Hjorth "Roma" Desk
Located in Uccle, BE
Produced by Bodafors in Sweden. Stained flamed birch desk "Roma" for Svenska Möbelfabriken Bodafors, SMF. Designed by Axel Einar Hjorth.
Axel Einar Hjorth (1888-1959) was an importa...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch
Very Fine 17th Century Spanish Desk
Located in Round Top, TX
A very fine mid-18th century desk from the Catalan region of Spain. This wonderful desk is beautifully constructed from walnut and hand-forged iron ...
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17th Century Spanish Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Modern Eglomise Glass Byzantine Gold Vanity and Forged Metal Legs by Ercole Home
By Ercole Home
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Mystic Byzantine Gold Green vanity by Ercole Home has a 9-drawer, with ivory wood finish on oak. Hand painted eglomise glass panels are inset on the surface.
There are nine pulls in brushed brass finish.
The hand hammered metal base...
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2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Pierre Jeanneret Desk and Office Chair from Chandigarh
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
One of the most desirables and hard to find desk model from Pierre Jeannette, presented with a floating back office chair (Ca 1960) also by the known designer.
Desk features three ...
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1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Iridescent White Metal Hyppolite Writing Desk Natural Oak by HARTO
Located in Geneve, CH
Iridescent White Metal Hyppolite Writing Desk Natural Oak by HARTO
Dimensions: W 120 x D 56 x H 83 cm.
Materials: MDF wood veneer, Painted metal.
Weight: 34.5 kg
A practical desk p...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
20th Century Italian Rosewood Bernini Writing Table, Desk by Gianfranco Frattini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A freestanding, vintage Mid-Century modern Italian writing table made of hand crafted polished Brazilian Rosewood and Walnut, designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini in good cond...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
20th Century Grey Italian Brutalist Galvanized Metal Writing Desk, Office Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A silver-grey, vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian Brutalist writing, office desk made of hand crafted galvanized metal, designed by an unknown artist from Milan, in good condition. T...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Teak & Chrome Base Mid Century Danish Modern Petit Desk Console Writing Table
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Teak & Chrome Base Mid Century Danish Modern Petit desk Console writing table.
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Antique American Empire Tiger Oak Writing Desk or Library Table, Circa 1900
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique American Empire tiger oak writing desk or library table
In the manner of R.J. Horner & Co.
USA, Circa 1900
Measures: 42"W ...
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Early 20th Century American American Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Century Chippendale Burl Walnut Partner's Writing Desk
Located in Hixson, TN
19th century Chippendale burl walnut partners writing desk
This desk has functional drawers on both sides, a true partner's desk. This desk is...
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Mid-19th Century English Chippendale Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Richard Artschwager Walnut Single Pedestal Desk, New York, 1950s
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Walnut desk by renowned painter and sculptor, Richard Artschwager, who in 1953 designed a small collection of furniture in New York City. These pieces are scarce, as production and s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Danish Mid-Century Desk in Teak, 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
Freestanding desk in teak, designed and made in Denmark. Great condition.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Achille Castiglioni and Luigi Caccia Desk for Palini Italy 1960s
Located in Čelinac, BA
Achille Castiglioni Desk for Palini Italy 1960s
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Military Campaign Style Wood and Brass Desk with Red Leather Top, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning Mid-Century military campaign desk. This fantastic piece was made in Italy in the 1960s.
This trestle desk is made from a beautiful wood with exceptional grain, the top is ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Campaign Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Rare Mid Century Italian Grissinato Desk In The Style Of Gio Ponti
Located in Westport, CT
Wonderful Modernist fruitwood desk shown with its original grey laminate top which we have covered in a new black glass top above an angular base consisting of two grissinato drawers...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
French Provincial Petite Desk or Side Table with 4 Sided Scalloped Apron
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Lovely antique French side table or desk from the late 19th century; a beautiful example of the French Country design aesthetic. The table or desk has a beautiful carved scalloped ap...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
LOVELY ANTIQUE LATE VICTORIAN GOTHIC REVIVAL BARLEY TWiST LEG HALL TABLE OR DESK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand carved Gothic Revival Victorian Oak hall table with two large drawers
Please note the de...
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19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Walnut Side Table 19th Century, Italy, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Walnut Side Table 19th Century realized by an italian manufacture in 19th Century.
Good overall condition.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
$400 Sale Price
30% Off
Fine Early Victorian Burl Walnut Kidney Shaped Desk
Located in Essex, MA
A rare and hard to find desk of the finest quality. Most likely made by the firm of Gillow of Lancaster and London. With a kidney shaped top with a new tooled green leather top an ex...
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1850s English Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Jules Leleu Dining Table / Desk circa 1937
By Jules Leleu
Located in CA, CA
A distinctive Jules Leleu dining table, circa 1937. that can also be used as a desk.The table has elegant curved lines, sweeping arched legs and is finished in gilt brass.
Literatur...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Unique Design Desk, French Designer Charly Bounan
Located in Geneve, CH
Charly Bounan, is a Parisian designer renowned for its refined creative style and the important eclecticism of its influences.
Dimensions:
Height 80 cm,
width 240 cm,
dep...
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
$36,722 / item
Tolix Flap Desk Indoor Painted in White
Located in Shakopee, MN
- The flap desk, imagined by Sebastian Bergne, is the ideal size for small spaces. Store documents and pens out of sight beneath its two flaps. There is also...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
NONO Elefante Console Table 43, Solid Wood, Round Shapes
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
NONO Elefante Console Table 43, Solid Wood, Round Shapes
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Elefante Collection: A Harmony of Design and Heritage by NONO
Crafti...
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2010s Mexican Brutalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
$14,368 / item
Vintage Yellow Campaign Desk And Matching Chair Ca' 1960's
By Drexel
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A classic and fun 1960's campaign desk and matching chair. The desk has three drawers, handles on sides and finished on the back. The rarely seen matching chair-designed to slide und...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century English Leather Inset Library Table, C.1840
Located in London, GB
Antique 19th century English Mahogany and leather inset library table C.1840.
A neatly proportioned library desk with two drawers, standing on beautifully turned legs, terminating...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century Gustavian Buffet with Fall Front Desk
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Magnificent 19th Century Gustavian period buffet of large proportions.
With original paint, this buffet features a fall front desk with decorative oval-reeded panels.
A very useful...
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19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$8,921 Sale Price
20% Off
Stamped 1961 Danish Teak Peter Lovig Nielsen for Hedensted Mobelfabrik Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original Mid-Century Modern circa 1961 Peter Lovig Danish Teak bookcase back desk designed for Hedens...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
$3,373 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century English Satinwood Carlton House Desk Attributed to Gillows
Located in Dublin, IE
An exceptional 19th century satinwood Carlton House desk attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, the curved superstructure with pierced brass gallery, fitted with two banks of three drawers to the centre, flanked by cupboard doors, the left & right with a document slot above, the reverse inlaid with oval panels, with a gilt tooled burgundy leather writing surface, above three frieze drawers on turned gadrooned and fluted tapering legs with brass caps.
Circa 1880
Dimensions:
H: 41 1/4 in / 104.8 cm
W: 61 in / 154.9 cm
D: 32 1/2 in / 82.5 cm
Footnote:
This particular design of desk owes its name to the one supplied to the Prince of Wales for Carlton House by the court cabinet maker John Kerr in 1790. Its design was later published by George Hepplewhite in 1792 and in 1793 by Thomas Shearer. The publication in Sheraton’s The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book of several plates illustrating the interiors of Prince George’s recently built palace raised the interest for its interior decoration.
Three years later, the name Carlton House desk appears for the first time in the Estimate Sketch Book of Gillow of London and Lancaster. A Gillow’s sketch from 1798 differs slightly from Hepplewhite’s and it is closer in design to the present lot, most noticeably displaying the turned and fluted legs and the pierced brass gallery. The design of this desk similar to known Gillow’s stamped models, the type of construction and the typical square brass handles strengthen an attribution to this firm.
Literature:
‘H. Roberts, 'The First Carlton House Table...
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Modern Arco da Augusta Console Calacatta Marble Handmade Portugal Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Arco da Augusta Console, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
Inspired by Lisbon's historical arch and as a homage to the Portuguese architecture...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Steel
A French Art Deco Mahogany 5-Drawer Writing Desk with Leather Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
the inset leather top within a a stepped molded frame above an apron fitted with 5 drawers with oak secondary wood; the side panels centering carved floral clusters; the finished pan...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Ladies’ Desk, around 1800
Located in Greding, DE
Small ladies' desk with three drawers and large gilt bronze fittings on the front. The desk stands on high pointed legs with ball feet and is inlaid with fillet strips and framing pa...
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Early 1800s Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Maurice Calka for Leleu-Deshays, "Boomerang" Desk, France, 1970
Located in New York, NY
“Boomerang” desk designed by Maurice Calka for Leleu.
Marked: "CREATION M. CALKA EDITION LELEU DESHAYS"
This desk was exhibited in the museum show "Leleu 50 ans de mobilier et de d...
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Jacques Pearl Grey Dining Table in Bird's Eye Maple by Fred&Juul
By Fred&Juul
Located in Fiesole, Florence
Designed with the aim to find the perfect balance between clean lines and warm texture. Consisting of 5 rounded, 50 mm thick slats with bird’s eye maple veneer, the dining or coffee ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Maple
18th Century English Dresser with 19th Century Chinoiserie Decoration
Located in Norwalk, CT
Lovely form on this 18th century desk with a beautiful chinoiserie finish added in the 19th century. The color is remarkable with fine figured painting in the Chinese manner, accent...
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Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Hand-Painted Venetian Style Light taupe Provenza Table with drawers
By Porte Italia
Located in Ronchi dei Legionari, IT
From our Hand-Painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our Provenza Table in light taupe.
In a refined solid wood structure, this beautiful writing table wit...
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2010s Italian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Empire style leather top mahogany writing desk, C 1890
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Empire style leather top mahogany writing desk having bronze mounts, claw feet and resting on slabs of green marble (optional) C 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
1940s Paul Laszlo Freeform Desk
By Paul Laszlo
Located in Oakland, CA
53" W x 26.5" D x 29.75" H
1940s "Freeform desk" by celebrated designer, Paul Laszlo for Brown Saltman. Constructed in oak with a playfully curved top, this desk, like so much of La...
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1940s North American Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Small Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A fine quality regency period mahogany writing table
Having two fitted drawers to frieze with original
Turned knobs raised on elegant x framed end
Supports with original brass castor...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$6,475 Sale Price
20% Off
Solace No10 Console Table – Soft-Edged Wood Sculpture, Design by Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Solace No10 Console Table – Soft-Edged Wood Sculpture, Design by Joel Escalona
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Solace Console Table Series
Design by Joel Escalona
The Solace console table se...
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2010s Mexican Brutalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
English Edwardian Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5596 Elegant antique writing desk / writing table of bow fronted design, having green tooled leather writing surface (showing minor signs of usage)and string inlaid and satinwood c...
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Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$2,037 Sale Price
20% Off
Studio BBPR for Olivetti 'Spazio' Desks in Grey Coated Steel
By Studio BBPR, Olivetti
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Studio BBPR for Olivetti, 'Spazio' writing desks, coated steel, plastic, vinyl, Italy, design 1959/60, production 1960s
In 1954, Olivetti, the Italian office equipment manufacturer...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Illuminated Adjustable Drafting Table, 1950s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Incredible industrial grade light box drafting table. Extremely heavy and well made in the US, circa 1950s. Glass tabletop allows the light of two enclosed fluorescent tube lights to...
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1950s American Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Custom Knoll 9' Executive Credenza Desk in Walnut & Chrome
By Knoll
Located in Stamford, CT
Florence Knoll's transformative influence on Mid-Century design is evident in this elegant custom-designed Executive Credenza Desk. As a pioneer in interior design, Knoll founded the...
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1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Executive desk the Italian wood 60s Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno
By Tecno, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Milano, MI
Executive desk model T96 designed by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno.
1960s exotic wood top and drawer units with black painted metal support frame.
The drawer units are rotatable so tha...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Niguel Writing Desk by Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Niguel writing desk features solid turned legs, brass cap feet and lacquered interior drawers.
The Lawson-Fenning Collection is designed and handmade in Los Angeles, California....
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$5,985 / item
Antique Gustavian Work Table, Genuine Swedish Country Desk Table with Drawer
Located in Kramfors, SE
Gustavian styled work table from the county Norrbotten in northern Sweden. The table was made during the late 18th century and has a faux painted leg frame. The wooden drawer pull on...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Onde Desk in Solid Teak
Located in Singapore, SG
The Onde desk, designed by Studio Kallang in 2022, is a playful take on classic midcentury forms. Made in collaboration with generational artisans in Central Java, the desk is handcr...
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2010s Asian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
$2,300 / item
Office desk by Gunnar Ericsson for Facit AB Buromöbel Zurich - 1950s
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Office desk by Gunnar Ericsson for Facit AB Buromöbel Zurich - 1950s
Wear consistent with age and use
Swedish design - Office desk
- Without key -
Measures : 191cmx90cm H:77cm
Mat...
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1950s Swiss Art Nouveau Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bentwood
Modern Waterfall Glass Desk or Console Table
By Pace Manufacturing
Located in Pasadena, TX
49? waterfall glass desk or console
Pace style modern and minimalist glass waterfall desk or console table. We have 2 available that would work...
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Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Jacobean Finely Carved Massive Solid Mahogany Partners Desk
By J. Horner
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Jacobean Finely Carved Massive Solid Mahogany Partners Desk
Category
20th Century American Jacobean Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Dutch Mid-Century Modern Solid Birch Vanity Desk by Everest Furniture, 1950s
By Everest
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Unusual and rare modernist vanity desk produced in the Netherlands by Everest Furniture early 1950s.
Solid birch frame and, veneered plywood and exotic wood (Wenge) details in the...
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1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch, Teak, Wenge, Plywood
Baker Collector's Edition Brass Bound Leather Top Louis XV Bureau Plat
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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1980s American Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$3,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Sensational Bauhaus Avant-garde tubular steel writing desk by Bruno Weil (BeWe)
By Bruno Weil
Located in PRAHA 4, CZ
Unleash Creativity with the 1936 Bauhaus Avant-garde Writing Desk by Bruno Weil
Step into the world of Bauhaus design with our sensational 1936 Avant-garde Tubular Steel Writing Des...
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1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Fine Quality Paint Decorated English Adams Satinwood Carlton House Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous Adams style desk with beautiful wood quality and incredibly paint decoration of sprays of flowers and is in good condition with a minor crack on one cubby drawer t...
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1910s English Adam Style Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
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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