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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Style: Louis XV
Style: Regency
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 drawers at the front. Fitted throughout with fine g...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Kingwood

Hardwood Twin Pedestal Partner Desk Leather Top Designed to House Computer
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely twin pedestal partner desk with brown leather top and mahogany frame, specifically designed to house a computer A very well made pie...
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20th Century British Regency Desks and Writing Tables

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Hardwood, Leather

Vintage Italian Walnut Burl Louis XV Bombay Style Serpentine Writing Desk VGC
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Hand-made in Italy, circa 1950s or 60s, this gorgeous 5-drawer Louis XV or Bombay style desk in Italian walnut burl with antiqued brass hardware. This desk has been in my collections...
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1960s Italian Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular brown tooled leather top and banded border over three drawers with square bail handles and opposing working drawers so can work as a partners desk. Raised on circu...
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1810s English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

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

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Brass

Handsome Antique French Louis XV Style Writing Table or Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very beautiful maple desk in Louis XV style from the beginning of the 20th century. Elegant curved legs supporting sculpted frieze with five finely dovetailed drawers, each with gold...
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Early 20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Louis XV Style Dressing Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic dressing table is in the Louis XV style, and was fabricated sometime in the 1920s-1930s. The center opens up to reveal a dressing mirror, and just beneath that ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

French Louis XV Period 1750s Walnut Desk with Leather Top and Cabriole Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period walnut desk circa 1750 with leather top, single drawer, cabriole legs and hoof feet. Immerse yourself in the world of French aristocracy with this exquisite ...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut, Leather

French Kingwood Bureau Plat, 19th Century, Regence-Style with Leather Top
Located in Houston, TX
This desk is 19 th century and has the original aged patina. The writing surface is rectangular and has a new black leather With gilt accents that has been added to the top. The w...
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Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Kingwood

Louis XV Style Desk By Baker Furniture Co. With Bronze Mounts
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a special piece! This is a Louis XV style writing desk by Baker Furniture Co. it has a black leather top and bronze appointments. The chinoiserie pastoral scenes are on a bla...
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Late 20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass, Bronze

English Mahogany Writing Table, Early 19th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exquisite writing desk is crafted of rich mahogany and features the straightforward design prevalent in England during the early 19th century. A luxurious leather-covered top pr...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Louis XV Marquetry Style Mahogany Brass Ormolu Mounted Bombe Leather Top Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Louis XV Marquetry Style Mahogany Brass Ormolu Mounted Bombe Leather Top Desk A unique French Louis XV style ornate ormolu gilt mounted figural desk. The desk has a...
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1940s French Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Louis XV Style Auffray and Co Black Desk with Leather Top and Bronze Mounts
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Louis XV French style black lacquered desk from the mid 20th century by maker Auffray and Co, with leather top, gilt accents, bronze mounts and three drawers. Created during the Midcentury period, this black lacquer desk, made by Auffray and Co furniture, showcases the stylistic characteristics of the Louis XV era. The desk features a rectangular serpentine top fitted with black leather and gilt accents, sitting above an elegant apron. Three drawers, with bronze Rococo style hardware and gilded accents, present sinuous lines mimicking the apron's lines. The table is raised on four elegant cabriole legs with bronze feet. One of the drawers conceals the maker's label reading Fine French Furniture by Auffray and Co, inc. 921 Third Ave., NYC. With its Louis XV lines and black and gold colors, this French style desk...
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Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Fine and Rare 19th Century Regency Calamander and Brass Inlaid Writing Table
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and rare English Regency Calamander and inlaid brass writing table . The finest brass inlay with Calamander wood . Single drawer.
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Regency Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with new inset brown leather and cross banded edge over a frieze containing one long drawer , raised on circular tapered reeded legs ending on brass casters. P...
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1810s English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Rosewood

Fine Quality Francois Linke Style Bronze Mounted Petite Ladies Desk, 1870s
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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1870s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

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

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Walnut

Vintage Baker Furniture Regency Style Burled Writing Desk
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a vintage Baker Furniture Regency style burled writing desk. Featuring a beautiful rectangular burled wood top, Regency sty...
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1970s American Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Lady's Secretary Desk, Millet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very fine French 19th century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood, Satinwood and Fruitwood Parquetry Kidney-Shaped secrétaire de dame (Lady's Desk) with an enamel dial clock and...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu, Bronze

19th Century French Louis XV Carved Cherry Desk with Tan Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique fruitwood desk was created in the Poitou region of France, circa 1890. Made of wild cherry timber, the large writing table ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Cherry

19th Century English Regency Style Writing Table Speckled by Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical late 19th century English mahogany drop-leaf writing table featuring a speckled lacquer finish by artist Ira Yeager (1933-2022 American). The elegant table is crafted in th...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

English Crossed Sabre Leg Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Handcrafted for us by a small workshop in England, this writing table embodies the quality and appearance buyers of bespoke English furniture have come to expect over the last 300 ye...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Mahogany

Louis XVI Style Tulipwood Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with inset deep burgundy leather with bronze outer border over three drawers and opposing false drawers raised on cabriole legs and sabot feet. With key.
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

E.G Hudson Fully Restored Twin Pedestal Desk with Green Leather Top
By E.G. Hudson
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning reverse breakfront twin pedestal partner desk handmade in England by the Skilled Craftsman E.G Hudson. A very well-made and very solid desk...
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20th Century British Regency Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather

18th Century Louis XV Provincial Writing / Occasional Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XV provincial walnut writing / occasional table, 18th century. With an overhanging 3 board top with molded borders, frieze with drawer and scalloped apron, resting on cabriole ...
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18th Century European Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

18th Century Louis XV French Provençal Side Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 18th century French Louis XV side table from Normandy, made of solid cherry. Rare, elegant serpentine form with shaped top, thick scalloped apron and cabriole legs. Dovetailed...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

Louis XV Style Bureau Plate, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Louis XV style bureau plat, having an inset leather top, gilded ormolu mounts, three frieze drawers to one side, d...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

A Superior English Regency Period Davenport Desk in Figured Mahogany, Circa 1830
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The richly figured mahogany case showing a finely turned baluster gallery over a hinged leather topped writing compartment, opening to an interior fitted with small drawers with satinwood fronts & turned pulls. The writing compartment having the added feature of enabling it to slide over the front of the base, thereby allowing for greater ease & comfort when seated in front. The base is flanked on either side by twin draw-out bookshelves, the right side featuring a small retractable drawer fitted for writing implements over four tiers of drawers with original functioning locks & key, the left side is similarly complimented by four tiers of false drawer fronts. The front of the base showing a richly figured mahogany panel sided by hand carved corbel...
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1830s English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany, Satinwood

French Louis XV Rococo Style Walnut Writing Desk Table Circa 1960s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a very unique desk and perfect for your office. The desk measures 50 wide x 24 deep x 30 tall and is in good condition.
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1960s North American Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

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

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Bronze

19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Carved Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent 19th century French writing table, desk, or bureau plat made in the grand Louis XV taste. The wood frame of this extraordinary table is veneered and carved with intricate flo...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Gesso, Wood

Regency Rosewood and Ormolu-Mounted Library Table
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular top with rounded corners over an ormolu egg-and-dart mounted edge and paneled frieze fitted with one drawer; raised on standard end supports...
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1820s English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Lexington's Palmer Home Collection Mahogany Tooled Leather Drafting Desk W/ Tray
Located in Germantown, MD
A very rare, limited edition Lexington Furniture's Palmer Home Collection Mahogany and Tooled Leather Slant Top Drafting Desk, drafting table with brass ...
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Late 20th Century American Regency Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Mahogany

Provincial French Tea Table with Drawer, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant tea table was crafted of in late-19th-century France in the Louis XV-style, defined by its scalloped apron and thin cabriole legs. The s-form legs curve outwards from th...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Fruitwood, Walnut

French Mid-Century Louis XV Style Writing Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
French, Louis XV style, black lacquered chestnut writing desk, circa 1940's features a brass trimmed, embossed leather top with one center drawer and cabriole legs with carved bronze...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass, Bronze

A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV Style gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat by François Linke. The rectangular top inset with a green leather writing surface with gilt-tooled border, within a gilt-bronze su...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

19th Century, Bureau Plat, by Francoise Linke.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality French kingwood and marquetry, ormolu-mounted Bureau plat, signed Linke. Having three frieze drawers to one side, dummy drawers to the reverse, inset Moroccan leather...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Kingwood

Regency-Style Mahogany Library Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
This timeless mahogany Regency-style library desk features refined design elements prevalent in England during the early 19th century. Lockable drawers with elegant brass hardware pr...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

18th Century, Louis XV Provencal Center Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century French Louis XV table from Provence. Made of solid walnut with deep hand-carved apron and thick cabriole legs. Two dovetailed dr...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

English Regency Style Writing Table by Theodore Alexander
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Elegant Theodore Alexander leather and walnut diminutive writing desk. The central drawer with two D shaped drawers one on each side, the top w...
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Late 20th Century Regency Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Walnut

French 19th C.Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau-Plat Desk Attr. Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine and Large French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Three-Drawer Bureau Plat - After a model by Joseph Baumhauer (died 1772) - Attributed to Paul Sormani (French-Italian 1817-1877). The serpentine shaped rectangular top enclosing a gilt tooled burgundy leather writing surface (worn) within a molded border above a long central drawer flanked by two drawers, with scrolled ormolu drawer-pulls, ormolu floral encadrements and acanthus corners co-raised on elegant cabriolet legs. (Unsigned - Unmarked). Circa: Paris, 1880. Paul Sormani (1817-1877): Born in Venice, Paul Sormani set up in Paris in the middle of the 19th century. He specialized in creating furniture and works of art and was known for his high quality reproductions of Louis XV and XVI furniture...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze, Ormolu

19th C French Louis XV Style Carved Mahogany Two Drawer Table
Located in Southampton, NY
19th C French Louis XV Style Carved Walnut Two Drawer Table A beautifully carved serpentine shaped table with two drawers and classic Louis XV detailing. Original hardware. Previous ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

18th Century French Louis XV Period Walnut Chateau Bonheur Du Jour or Secretary
Located in Birmingham, AL
A rare 18th century French Louis XV period chateau bonheur du jour or secrétaire handcrafted of walnut by very talented artisans in Lyon for a wealthy chateau owner near Villeurbanne, circa 1750s. This impressive antique French secretary features a chapeau de gendarme crown above a pair of carved serpentine doors with brass mesh grilles and beautiful green and gold damask fabric backings that open to reveal a painted interior with two display shelves. Three carved drawers are below. The lower section features a flat serpentine shaped writing surface that lifts opens to reveal plenty of storage above a carved, scalloped apron with C-scrolls and a center carved shell motif. Raised on four elegant cabriole legs ending in scrolled French toes. This grand Lyonnaise French library desk...
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1750s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

Late Regency Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late Regency Rosewood Writing Table with Mahogany Lined Drawer, Octagonal End Supports, and Blind Castors to the Bun Feet 56"w x 28"d x ...
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1820s English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood

Louis XV Style Writing Desk with Serpentine Legs Painted with Gold Highlights
Located in London, Park Royal
Louis XV style writing desk made by La Maison London. Painted in a French grey with gold highlights. mounted on Serpentine legs with decorative bronzes ornaments . there is two dr...
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2010s British Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

A fine 19th c French Louis XV signed Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
A very Fine 19th century French Louis XV mahogany and gilt bronze mounted bureau blat signed Jemont Paris. Finest gilt bronze mounts with two side pull outs . Original leather top . French polished . Jemont exhibited alongside the likes of Francois Linke at the 1900 Paris Exposition .
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th century Louis XV Style gilt-bronze mounted fruitwood floral marquetry center table or desk with drawer, by Ébéniste Louis Gradé, Gr...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze, Ormolu

VINTAGE BURR WALNUT TWiN PEDESTAL PARTNER DESK WITH REGENCY GREEN LEATHER TOP
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage Burr Walnut twin pedestal partner desk with original distressed green leather top Plea...
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20th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Walnut

19th Century English Regency Walnut Writing Table in the Manner of Holland &Sons
Located in Dublin, IE
A George IV walnut rectangular writing table, the top with inset leather scriver above a shaped frieze drawer, raised on pairs of turned side supports with lotus collars and stretche...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Baker Furniture French Provincial Louis XV Walnut Writing Desk, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Provincial Louis XV style writing desk By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1960s Gorgeous book-matched figured walnut, with original brass hardware and mount...
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Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Vintage French Provincial Petit-Bureau de Dame
Located in Forney, TX
A beautiful petit-bureau de dame (also known as bonheur de jour or lady's secretary desk). Born in Provincial France in early/mid 20th century, finished in luxurious Louis XV taste, ...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Paint

19th Century, English Regency Bamboo Red Lacquered Desk
Located in New York, NY
English Regency Style (19/20th century) bamboo and red lacquered small ladies desk with a drawer and a 2-panel back rail with a stretcher.  
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19th Century British Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bamboo, Lacquer

Large 19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Partners Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A very large French Louis XV style bureau plat partners desk from the late 19th century with an old black leather tooled top. This desk is beautifully veneered in kingwood and rosewo...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

20th Century Inlaid Wood Faux Leather Top French Louis XV Style Writing Desk
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French writing desk from the mid-20th century. Furniture in Louis XV style pleasantly inlaid and veneered in walnut and rosewood with rich bronze and brass decoration. Desk finished ...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass, Bronze

French Leather Top Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
A striking 19th-century walnut French writing table with one drawer and a black leather top. The table has developed a rich, warm patina and its size make it perfect as a small desk...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Walnut

French Louis XV Walnut 1-Drawer Table, circa 1765
Located in Atlanta, GA
A delicately carved walnut writing table with a single drawer on the side of the apron and a raised gallery around three sides for the original purpose of writing. Raised on four tap...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Burr Oak Regency Galleried Writing Desk, Circa 1820
Located in Lincoln, GB
This unusual regency burr oak writing desk is of exceptionally fine quality. The skiver raises towards you for ease of use. The piece is extremely rare due to the burr oak and in gre...
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Elegant French Side Table or Desk with Hooved Feet
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant Louis XV side table or smaller scale desk bought in Avignon, France. Solid oak with one drawer and early peg joinery, this classy French side ...
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Early 1800s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

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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