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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: Late 19th Century
Antique Large Victorian Shaped Ornamental Bevelled Mirror Scotland 1890, H607A
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Large Victorian Shaped Ornamental Bevelled Mirror, Scotland 1890, H607A
Solid Oak
Original finish
Carved pediment on top
Moulded cornice below
Bevelled edge mirror to the ce...
Category
1890s Scottish Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Desk in Black and white marquetry by Ginger Brown
By Ginger Brown
Located in Bourguebus, FR
This desk is made of black and white polished shell marquetry with brass trims.
It has 2 drawers with brass and shagreen handles.
The legs are in black polished shell marquetry.
It c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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
Antique French Louis XV Style Bureau
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French bureau, dating from around the 1890-1910 period.
It is of extremely fine quality, standing on slender yet sturdy cabriole legs and with gorgeous inlaid flo...
Category
1890s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
"Rotondella" Dining Table with Bronze, Hand Crafted, Istanbul
Located in Istanbul, 34
"Rotondella" Dining Table with Bronze, Hand Crafted, Istanbul.
Designed by Hasan Samet Bizimyer.
Design, Art, Innovation.
Bizimyer Furniture Presents.
Bizimyer Art / Design.
The w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Steel, Stainless Steel
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
Pine Standing Desk with Slant Top, Denmark, 1890s
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
Antique Danish slant top desk, circa 1890s. Made for a rural schoolmaster, this pine desk retains its original character with minor mars and stains, protected by a smooth finish. Fea...
Category
1890s Danish Country Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
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
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
Stylish Cerused Wood Desk
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Elevate your workspace with this impeccably designed cerused oak desk, a piece that marries functionality with sophisticated style. The natural beauty of the oak is enhanced by the c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak
19th Century Oak Lawyer's Secretary Step Back Flat Top Desk
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is a great looking antique desk with plenty of organizing space and storage but there is enough room to work on a laptop. The top is a separate piece and can be removed leaving ...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Limited Edition Soriana Denim Armchair by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina
By Cassina, Tobia Scarpa
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
Antique mahogany campaign desk
Located in Salisbury, GB
Military campaign desk
This large Military campaign desk was made in the last quarter of the 19th century.
It is made of mahogany with brass inset corners and flush brass handles.
Th...
Category
1890s English Campaign Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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
Antique Edwardian Desk / Writing Table
Located in London, GB
A lovely antique Edwardian desk / writing table, made in England and dating from around the 1890-1910 period.
It is of superb quality, with a beautiful and elegant design. The top h...
Category
1890s British Edwardian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique Chippendale Style Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
A fantastic antique Chippendale style leather top desk in the Chippendale style. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1890-1910 period.
It is very well made, sitting o...
Category
1890s British Chippendale Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique Spanish Baroque Chestnut writing table or desk with turned legs
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful antique late 19th-century Spanish Baroque desk or writing table is made of solid chestnut wood with bold-turned legs joined by wrought iron stretchers. The table featu...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
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
Antique Victorian Oak Leather Top Writing Table / Desk
Located in London, GB
An impressive antique Victorian oak leather top writing table / desk. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1870-1890 period.
It is of superb quality, solid oak through...
Category
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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
19th century carved Iitalian walnut and pine occasional table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century carved italian walnut and pine occasional table circa 1890.
An italian multi purpose pine and walnut occasional table. Here we have a table that could used as a small d...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Rustic Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Pine
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
Large Deep Green Study Desk with Linoleum Top and Two Drawers, Customizable
By &New
Located in Leicester, GB
This large deep green study desk is made with a powder coated steel frame and a beautiful natural linoleum top made out of linseed oil. This modern minimal desk has two steel drawers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
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
Antique European Hardwood Desk / 71" Long
Located in thousand oaks, CA
This large antique hand-crafted solid wood desk from Belgium is a stunning piece of furniture that will add a touch of old-world charm to any office or study. Carved and built from s...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Pine Writing Desk with Five Drawers, Denmark circa 1890
Located in Round Top, TX
This delightful antique desk is known as a "Hans Christian Andersen" desk. One similar to this can be viewed in the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense, Denmark which was home t...
Category
Late 19th Century Danish Country Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
A fine 19th century French Louis XVI writing desk signed by Maison Krieger
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century French Louis XVI Kingwood and gilt bronze mounted writing desk
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Burr Walnut Kidney Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
Elevate your workspace with this exquisite burr walnut kidney-shaped pedestal desk featuring a luxurious hand-tooled leather writing surface. Organize your essentials effortlessly wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Nutwood
19th C Louis XVI Style Ebonised Desk with Brass Mounts and New Leather Top
Located in Troy, MI
Found in France, this Louis XVI style desk dates from the 1880s. We had this mahogany desk professionally ebonised in Europe and the leather writing surfaces were also replaced. Lock...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Folk Art Side Table or Desk, Scandinavia
Located in Miami, FL
Spanish Rectangular Folk Art Table or Desk. The table has tonnes of charm, wear and tear to the finish that gives us table an unbeatable patina. Most of the original paint to the si...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Country Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Spanish Style Writing Table With Iron Stretchers
Located in Houston, US
Spanish Style Trestle table constructed of old wood and stripped ready for us as is or custom stain.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
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
Column Rectangular Table by Black Table Studio, Maple, REP by Tuleste Factory
Located in New York, NY
This spacious table is built on two pillars, each one shaped by the soft curves of inverted flutes, mimicking a gateway with an open and inviting form.
Available in 3 color options....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Maple
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
Antique Estate Desk, Scottish, Oak, Library Table, Gothic Revival, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique estate desk. A Scottish, oak library table with leather skiver in Gothic revival taste, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880.
W...
Category
Late 19th Century Scottish Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
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 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
Lilith Desk and Desk Chair by Elissa Lacoste, France, 2020
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elissa Lacoste's 'I Dream of Megalithic Times' series: lithic desk and desk chair. Composed of various speleothem-like shapes emerging from silicon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper, Steel
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 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
Art Deco Leather Desk In Marlin Blue
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Art Deco style shagreen embossed leather desk in a rich cobalt marlin blue. With gilded highlight trim, three frieze drawers with modern round pulls, and raised on square ta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
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
Antique French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Desk by Maison Léger
By Maison Léger
Located in London, GB
Antique French Louis XV style ormolu mounted marquetry desk by Maison Léger
French, c. 1880
Height 80cm, width 185cm, depth 98cm
This very impressive desk was crafted around 1880 by...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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 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 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. ...
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2010s American Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass, 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 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 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 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
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 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
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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