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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Style: Baroque
Style: Louis XV
Louis XV Style writing desk /bureau plat black lacquered finish
Located in Houston, TX
The unique black lacquered finish on this desk is dramatic
And has great contrast with the silvered bronze mounts.
It has an inset leather top in black with a silver hue medallion
C...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Swedish 19th Century Baroque Style Desk or Table with Single Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish 19th century Baroque style desk or table with single drawer. This antique Swedish desk features a rectangular-shaped top, a clean apron ...
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19th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat or Writing Desk with Bronze Mounts
Located in Barntrup, DE
This fine Louis XV-style desk has a leather top framed by bronze borders. The writing desk is raised on cabriole legs headed by floral and leaf cast mounts that have finely finished ...
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1950s European Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Folding Desk with One Drawer, 1950
Located in Miami, FL
Louis XV style folding desk with one drawer. An exceptional Louis XV style desk, made of early Italian antique oak wood.
This piece screams high quality. Beautiful grain and patina....
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French 18th Century Poplar & Oak Writing Table Louis XV Period
Located in Labrit, Landes
Writing table or desk made of poplar in the french 18th century, Louis XV period.
Height between the roof and the belt 20.87 in. (53 cm).
Totally authentic, this piece of furniture w...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Poplar
18th Century Italian Walnut Baroque Trestle Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
Italian, 18th century. Baroque walnut dining or tavern table having a thick walnut top above turned legs with Walnut stretcher. Perfect size to use as a writing table, sofa or center...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Style Writing Desk by François Linke
Located in New Orleans, LA
Superior craftsmanship and elegant bronze work characterize this tambour front roll top writing desk by François Linke, the most important French ébéniste of his time. Linke is celeb...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze Mount Marquetry Inlay 1 Drawer Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted Marquetry Inlay One Drawer Small Writing Desk. Item features fine satinwood and kingwood marquetry inlay throughout, figural bronze mount...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Rococo Mahogany, Satinwood and Bureau Plat Executive Writing Desk
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage midcentury era Louis XV Rococo style executive writing desk made from mahogany, satinwood, and bureau Plat with hand-cast bronze accents. It features three lockable horizonta...
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1950s Spanish Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Black Lacquered Louis XV Style Writing Table
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XV style black lacquered writing table or bureau plat. With three working drawers, including original key and blind drawer...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
18th Century Spanish Baroque Trestle Style Writing Table Desk with Two Drawers
Located in Madrid, ES
A beautifully conserved Spanish writing table with mixtilinear “pata de lira” (lyre-shaped legs) displaying zig-zagging curves and undulations, in the Baroque ...
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18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Brass Bound Leather Top Louis XV Bureau Plat Baker Collector's Edition 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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1980s American Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Style Walnut Table with Bronze Mounts, 1930s
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Louis XV-style table with bronze mounts, the 1930s
This elegant Louis XV-style table or writing desk is made of walnut with a veneered walnut parquetry design and elegant bron...
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1930s French Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Late 17th Century Catalan Oak Console Table or Writing Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Late 17th century Catalan oak console table, or writing desk, from Spain. Hand-carved in oak circa 1680-1709. Constructed with mortise and tenon joints. Thick plank top resting upon ...
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Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
French Louis XV Period Tric Trac or Backgammon Table Stamped P. Roussel
Located in Pembroke, MA
French Louis XV period (18th century) "Tric Trac" or Backgammon table stamped by the maker, "P. Roussel," and the guild "JME" (Jurande des Menuisiers et Ebenistes --translated as the...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Small Dutch Baroque 17th Century Oak Draw-Leaf Center Table
Located in Troy, NY
The small Dutch Baroque draw-leaf or center table with a two-board framed top having conforming extension leaves on each end, above a plain frieze, supported by massive plaint turned...
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17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood and Ormolu Desk Possibly by François L
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood and ormolu desk possibly by François Linke. The desk is raised by elegant cabriole legs with handsome ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent 19th Century Large Antique French Louis XV Style figural gilt bronze mounted kingwood and marquetry double sided Bureau Plat/Desk of very unique shape. This spectacular...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
17th century Italian Baroque walnut Credenza or Desk
Located in Troy, NY
A rare, multi-functional piece, the doors opening to reveal a fitted interior with eight drawers and a small middle door, the slanted top with a fall front desk compartment...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Kingwood Bureau Plat Desk
By H. Conquet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted kingwood and walnut bureau plat by H. Conquet after a model by Charles Cressent. The shaped rectangular t...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Black Lacquered Desk with Red Tooled Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
French Louis XV style black lacquered desk with a red tooled leather top and bronze hardware.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
17th C Style Italian Walnut Refectory Dining Table Natural finish In-Stock
Located in Encinitas, CA
Our classic Lira Style in a lighter finish: Old Walnut refectory dining table with sculpted edge & lyre-shaped bases, handcrafted in aged premium solid Italian walnut, floor model sh...
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2010s Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
French Louis XV Black Lacquer Bronze Figural Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Louis XV ebonized black lacquer bronze figural Ormolu Bureau plat writing desk. Item features faux 3 drawer finished back (image 10), ornate bronz...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rare Louis XV Style Bureau Plat, After a Model by J. Dubois, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
A rare double-side Louis XV style flat desk, made of veneered wood, opening with three drawers decorated with a beautiful flower motif end-cut wood marquetry. With fine chased and gi...
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu & Vernis Martin Desk, Attr. Majorelle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Satinwood Parquetry and Vernis Martin Style Lady's Petit Writing Table Desk, attributed to Louis Majorelle (French, 1859...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
17th Century Italian Carved Walnut Table or Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
17th century Italian walnut library table or writing desk. Desk features three drawers amongst beautifully floral carved apron. Legs are carved in an old style swirl-twist shape on b...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Petite French Louis XV Style Walnut Slant-Front Desk, Stamped, circa 1810
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stamped French Louis XV style small walnut slant-front desk with sliding inlaid panels, long drawer and inner compartments from the early 19th century. This petite French desk...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Louis XV Wood French Writing Table
Located in IT
The very unusual and particular center desk, called also bureau plat, was made in France, at Paris, in the 18th century, Louis XV period. It has a refined veneer in wood and a slidin...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood Marquetry Ormolu-Mounted Desk Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine and large French 19th century Louis XV Style Kingwood and Tulipwood floral marquetry and finely chased ormolu-mounted desk, side table, writing table or wall console, raised o...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th C. French Louis XV Style Gold Giltwood Writing Desk w/ Marquetry Inlay Top
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th C. French Louis XV Style Gold Giltwood Writing Desk w/ Marquetry Inlay Top. Item features a distressed gold gilt finish, shaped top, carvings on all sides, stunning marquetry in...
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19th Century Unknown Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Escritoire Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
An absolutely stunning antique French ormolu mounted escritoire writing bureau, dating from around the 1890-1910 period.
It is of outstanding quality, with beautiful hand painted im...
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1890s British Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Black French Louis XV Lacquered Desk Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
The 18th century French Louis XV style is known for its luxurious and ornate design, featuring curved lines, intricate carvings, and elegant finishes. A black lacquered Louis XV tabl...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Louis XV Monumental Solid Carved Gilt Wood Marble Desk
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Indulge in the timeless elegance of this exquisite Louis style desk, dating back to the 19th Century. Hand crafted and carved with meticulous attention to detail, this piece showcas...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
French Bureau Plat 20th C. with Black Gilt Trim Writing Surface
Located in Houston, TX
This exquisite desk is very well made with beech wood and oak with
Kingwood marquetry decorative motifs. Gilt bronze mounts decorate
The edge and gilt masks embellish each corner....
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
17th Century Painted Italian Trestle Table with Walnut Top
Located in Wichita, KS
Fabulous 17th century Italian trestle dining table with and 18th century walnut top. The legs have original finish. The top is thick walnu...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Wood
French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted & Marquetry Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV Style gilt bronze-mounted, Mahogany and Tulipwood Marquetry Side Cabinet/Secretaire in the style of François Linke (1855-1946). The slender s...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis Style Wood Bronze Brass Leather Desk
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Transport yourself back to the sleek and sophisticated early 20th Century with this exquisite inlaid Louis desk with bronze and brass hardware. The ultra rare desk exudes an air of l...
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1980s Spanish Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Large Regence Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
Of classical rectangular form, the four cabriole legs capped by ormolu female masks, with a further two masks to the sides, with three drawers and a leather writing surface
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louie XV Style Petite Ladies Desk Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very high quality bench made (hand crafted) Louis XV style walnut petite writing desk with beautifully cast bronze hardware.
Recently refinished.
New tooled leather writing surface ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Italian 1800s Baroque Style Desk with Drawers, Lyre Base and Iron Stretcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Baroque style walnut Desk/table from the early 19th century, with drawers, lyre shaped base and wrought-iron stretcher. Created in Italy during the early years of the 19th...
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Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Regence Ebonized And Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with inset black tooled leather surrounded by a brass inlaid ebonized border with brass edge. The frieze with three drawers with cast bronze handles and three ...
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1730s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Early 20th Century King Louis Style Leather Top Desk
By Soft Baroque
Located in New Milford, CT
This exquisite Antique King Louis Desk, featuring a stunning green leather top, is a remarkable piece that combines both elegance and functionality. Cr...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite quality French Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted tulipwood and kingwood bureau plat attributed to Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Attributed to Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener (1848...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Tulipwood
18th Century French Hand Carved Walnut Writing Table with Two Drawers Louis XV
Located in Sofia, BG
18th century French hand carved walnut writing table with two side drawers resting on curved decorated legs. The table is in it authentic condition with no restorations made. The con...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Hand Carved Walnut Spanish Revival Table
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Hand Carved Walnut Spanish Revival Table. Heavily carved Table with iron scroll stretcher and Lion's paws feet.
Has a piece cut out ...
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19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century antique Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table bronze
Located in Berlin, DE
Castle worthy desk, solid wood. Rosewood veneer edged by finely engraved brass fittings. On angled, with four looking forward, imposing female busts on curly legs, on all sides scalloped, dreischübige frame with slightly recessed and elevated knee compartment. Protruding, profiled and curved writing...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique French Inlaid Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
An absolutely exquisite antique French inlaid bureau plat desk. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1880-1890 period.
It is one of ...
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Baroque Venetian Center Table Red Lacquered Painted
Located in Epfach, DE
18th century Venetian center table
red lacquered with painted gilt figures
with one-drawer
a very unusual and rare Venetian table with lovely ...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Louis XV Style Desk with Leather Writing Pad, Black with Brass Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style desk, with leather writing pad top, from the 19th century. This antique table from France has been designed in the Louis XV...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
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
Gorgeous French Louis XV Carved Walnut Side Table or Desk with Gold Gilt
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very rare French Louis XV table with original gold gilt paint. Multi functional versatlle stunning accent table, side table or focal point that ...
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Giltwood
Louis XV-Style Gilt Bronze Cylinder Desk by François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A stunning cylinder desk with roller shutter in the style of Louis XV, plum pudding mahogany, modeled by Jean-Henri Riesener, signed François Linke. The upper structure fitted with t...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XV bureau plat, France, 18th-19th century.
The bureau plat is decorated with beautiful rosewood veneer and the original bronze fittings. The wri...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
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Rosewood
Table, Centre, Library, Desk, 17 Century, Portuguese, Baroque, Brazil, Rosewood
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The design and ornamentation of this centre table is characteristic of Portuguese Baroque furniture dating from the second half of the 17t...
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Late 17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Large Louis XV Style 19th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French kingwood parquetry inlaid Louis XV style freestanding bureau plate. Having an inset leather top, five oak lined drawers to one side, dummy dra...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
20th Century Desk Bureau Plat in Antique Louis XV Style Mahogany Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
In Bois-Satiné veneer, all-round full-length mirror veneer with seed beads. Extremely fine, floral, bronze fittings in the form of chutes, handmade patinated bronze. Rosewood veneere...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ebonized Wood and Gilt Bronze-Mounted Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century Louis XV style ebonized wood and gilt bronze-mounted figural bureau plat (desk) with three drawers and leather top. The shaped rectangular top enclosing a ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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.