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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Desk Swedish Gustavian Style 2 Drawer
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Gustavian style desk. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Category
1880s Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Regency Diminutive Writing Table
By John Mclean
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine English Regency period bonheur du jour attributed to John McLean & Son, the rectangular top having pierced gallery with turned and ring collared brass column supports with ...
Category
19th Century Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Italian Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Geometric 20th Century modern desk in wood with brass handles.
Of Italian origin, circa 1950.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Desk in Black Lacquer with Nickeled Metal Applications
Located in Ulm, DE
Desk
Piano lacquer, black high gloss
Metal applications, freshly nickel-plated
Non-functional drawers on the back
Original Art Deco, France 1930s
Dimensions:
Width: 130 cm
Height: ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Vintage Scandinavian mahogany writing desk
Located in Brescia, IT
1950s/60s mahogany desk with drawers, drop-down door with mirror, and contrasting brass details.
Sleek lines and elegant proportions characterize this mid-century Scandinavian mahog...
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1950s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Jean Prouve Style La Residence Universitaire Jean Zay Student Desk
By Jean Prouvé
Located in West Hollywood, CA
In the style of Jean Prouve a patinated eggshell blue student desk with single drawer and in inset white laminate top from the dormitories of the La Residence Universitaire Jean Zay,...
Category
1950s French Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Beech
Oversize Large Important Vladimir Kagan Art Deco Executive Desk
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Unusual rare Vladimir Kagan Art Deco style executive desk. Desk is equipped with space lights projecting light through elaborate pair of lucite shades that are also part of the desk ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lucite, Hardwood, Leather
Contemporary Dining Table in Textured Powder Coated Metal
Located in London, GB
Onda table works on the juxtaposition of volumes and finishing.
A Wavy organic extra-thin top on architectural chunky cylindric legs. Like a paper sheet ...
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2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
1870s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Roll-Up Secretary, 1890s
Located in Miami, FL
Unique French roll-up secretary/desk in the transition style from around 1890
Wood and bronze. Writing surface and compartments can be pulled out under closure. Cut-out frame drawer...
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Small Oak Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
A rare 18th century oak bureau of particularly small and diminutive proportions. the fall with a moulded book-rest, opening to reveal a steppe...
Category
Early 18th Century English George II Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
19th C. Refinished Regency Walnut and Maple w/ Tooled Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A Late 19th Century Refinished Regency Style Walnut and Maple, tooled leather top Partners Desk that has been recenlty hand-rub refinished. All drawers and door with functional lock...
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Late 19th Century American Edwardian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Birdseye Maple
William-IV-Desk-Mahogany-Library-Table-19th-Century
Located in Potters Bar, GB
William IV Library Table or desk
Circa 19th Century
This Library Table is raised Upon Turned Columns with Carved Feet and Original Castors.
The Table Features 2 Mahogany Lined Drawer...
Category
19th Century William IV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Bauhaus Restored Beech Writing Desk Made in 1930s by Robert Slezak, Czechia
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Completely restored writing desk with a frame in tubular chromed steel.
Designed by Robert Slezak in the 1930s.
Material: beech, chrome-plated steel.
Wood is completely restored.
New polish and professionally cleaned chrome.
8 drawers and locks are fully functional.
Tubular steel with original chrome plating...
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Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
French Early 19th Century Birch Writing Table with Marble Top
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A breathtaking birch writing table, made at the beginning if the 19th century in France. The marble top is a rich cinnamon color, with vibrant flashed of white throughout, and a wond...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Large Scandinavian Art Deco Desk in the Style of Jindrich Halabala
Located in New York, NY
Gorgeous vintage oversized Scandinavian Art Deco desk in the style of iconic furniture designer Jindrich Halabala, circa 1950s. The desk is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Wrought Iron and Stone Top Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful late 20th century Italian table with wonderfully scrolled hand-wrought iron base and a black leathered granite top with an ogee edge. T...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Granite, Iron
Vintage Mcm White Lacquer Jamestown Trapezoid Desk With Upholstered Chair
Located in Medina, OH
Vintage Jamestown white lacquer and black metal accents with upholstered chair. Perfect to add to your home office! This desk has a unique trapezoid...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
19th Century Metamorphic Syrian Writing Table
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th Century metamorphic Syrian writing table, the duel hinged top lifting up and folding over to reveal the rising writing desk top to reveal a green baize writing surface, various ...
Category
1860s Syrian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Early 20th Spanish Desk with Lyre Legs and Carved Edges on Top
Located in Miami, FL
Early 20th Spanish desk with lyre legs and carved edges on top
An 20th century Spanish Baroque style desk, or writing table made of solid walnut with lyre shaped legs joined by wrou...
Category
20th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
'005' Palm Wood and Metal Desk in the Manner of Pierre Chareau
Located in Glendale, CA
'005' Palm Wood and Metal Desk in the Manner of Pierre Chareau
Handcrafted in the Los Angeles and French workshops of noted French designer a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Pierre Jeanneret Desk, 1950s Chandigargh
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spectacular pigeonhole desk by Pierre Jeanneret. Made for the Chandigarh project. Used in the administrative buildings in Chindigargh, Sector 1. Angular leg and bookcase back. The word - OFFICE - stenciled on years ago designating it to one of the buildings. One of the most iconic pieces of modern design. Dark green leather top. Single pull out drawer on front left. Looks stunning from every angle. Great piece to float in a room. Desk in excellent vintage condition. Last 5 images are the original photos - pre-restoration.
Armrest clearance is 26".
Jeanneret Chandigargh Book - Jacques Dworczak...
Category
1950s Indian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Teak
Campaign Style Desk or Credenza
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout vintage desk or credenza crafted in mahogany and satinwood with multiple components having a wide profile with four drawers on one side and a cabinet with two shelves on the...
Category
20th Century American Campaign Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Peter Hvidt & Orla Molgaard for John Stuart Larger Teak Writing Desk, 1950's
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Danish Peter Hvidt & Orla Molgaard Nielsen Larger Teak Desk for Soborg Møbelfabrik Denmark, 1960's. Featuring a larger, rectangular wood and metal four drawer desk form with 2 rear cubby shelves...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Antique Asian Oriental japaneese Burned Bamboo Hand Painted Decorated Desk Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Antique Asian Oriental Chinese burned bamboo hand painted decorated desk writing table.
Category
20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bamboo
Guy LeFevre for Maison Jansen Lacquered Wood w/ Leather Desk, France C 1970s
Located in Norwalk, CT
Designed by noted designer Guy LeFevre who worked extensively with Maison Jansen in the 1970s, this handsome desk incorporates many of his signature details. The base and hardware ar...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Louis XIV Walnut Writing Table Or Occasional Table From The17th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
superb walnut table from the 17th century Louis XIV period and style
Good quality table resting on a very elegant base with turned legs connected by spacers and ending with balls.
Th...
Category
17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Arthur Espenet Carpenter, Unique Double-Trunk Table Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Arthur Espenet Carpenter, unique double-trunk table desk.
This extraordinary table is unique to Espenet's work as it deviates from the traditional rectilinear form with its well-f...
Category
1980s American American Craftsman Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
Travel Lap Desk Walnut 19th C. on Stand as Side Table Decorative Gift Antique LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Travel Lap Desk Walnut 19th C. on Stand as Side Table Decorative Gift Antique LA . Exquisite English lap traveling desk portable. Countryside writing bureau in good condition conside...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Contemporary High Lacquered Black Organic Ash Wood Desk by kar
Located in Geneve, CH
Oracle Desk by kar
Dimensions: W 168 x D 56 x H 75 cm
Materials: Ash Wood, High Gloss.
Oracle bone script dates back to the Shang Dynasty of China, a text engravedon tortoise shells and animal bones for divination. Taking China's oldestscript as its creative source, kar presents a new collection of furniture,"Oracle", which consists of a chair, a desk, a bench, a shelf, and a screen.The symbolic form of the ancient script...
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Portuguese Style Ebonized Spinet Secretary Desk by Tommy Bahama
By Tommy Bahama
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Handsome Portuguese style secretary writing table or desk by Tommy Bahama. The spinet or piano style case has a flip top opening to reveal a pull-out writing table with a leather sur...
Category
20th Century Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Signed Escalier De Cristal of Paris Metamorphic French Louis XVI Desk Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is an incredible signed L Escalier De Cristal of Paris metamorphic desk or ladies vanity. The desk is beautifully inlaid and features inlaid brass inside the fluted legs and a g...
Category
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Charles X Desk by Alphonse Giroux & Cie, Paris, circa 1820
Located in Greding, DE
An elegant desk resting on tall, tapered legs with a straight apron, intricately inlaid with fine acanthus leaves and scrolling vine motifs, framed by delicate string inlays. This ex...
Category
1820s French Charles X Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Rapho Desk
Located in Paris, FR
Desk Rapho with frame structure in polished steel
and with walnut case top with 2 drawers, with a storage
part for objects and with holes for electric cables.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Console Table in the Style of Emmanuel Pontremoli "Kerylos", circa 1970, France
Located in Girona, Spain
Console table in the style of Emmanuel Pontremoli "Kerylos".
Tripod console table.
Greek model.
Beech wood
Circa 1970, France.
Very good vinta...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Beech
Desk, Writing Table, Office, Walnut, Modern, Hardwood, Semigood Design
Located in Issaquah, WA
Hardwood, modern desk or writing table for your home or office. Shown in walnut. The timeless lines and subtle tapers of this desk will have you looking forward to sitting down...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
20th Century Italian Small Mahogany Schirolli Mantova Writing Table by Gio Ponti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century modern Italian writing table made of hand carved Mahogany, designed by Gio Ponti and produced by Schirolli Mantova in good cond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate, Formica, Mahogany
Vintage Campaign Style Writing Table/Desk Lacquered in Red
Located in Dallas, TX
Classic Campaign style desk manufactured by Sligh of Holland/Grand Rapids, Michigan. Restored, consist of five drawers with recessed brass pulls. Inlaid leather top with elegant embossed gold design and brass legs. Brass bound corners and Campaign pulls...
Category
1950s American Campaign Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Charlotte Perriand Wall Table for Les Arcs
Located in Berlin, DE
Excellent condition Charlotte Perriand wall table in pinewood. Very rare!
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Vintage French School Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Modern French school desk, featuring a black laquered steel structure supporting both a wooden adjustable chair and a wooden adjustable ...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
18th c. English Architect's Desk/Library Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine English George III country house mahogany architect's desk/library table having richly grained single board top with molded edge over single wide drawer with pull out and d...
Category
1760s English Georgian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
NONO Elefante Console Table 49, Sleek Solid Wood, Escalona's Craft
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
NONO Elefante Console Table 49, Sleek Solid Wood, Escalona's Craft
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Elefante Collection: A Harmony of Design and Heritage by NONO
Crafting Elegance with a Mod...
Category
2010s Mexican Brutalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Solid Maple Writing Table and Desk with Lacquered Shelves
Located in Greenwich, CT
Solid hard maple rectangular writing desk with architectural base and cantilevered lacquered shelves. Built in the style of mid-century modern. Legs stained light contrasting with da...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Maple, Lacquer
Vintage Italian Inlay Secretary Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
Introducing the 'Vintage Italian Inlay Secretary Desk', a masterpiece of Italian craftsmanship and timeless elegance. Adorned with intricate inlay wo...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Leather Top Writing Desk with Faux Bamboo Legs by Mastercraft
By Mastercraft
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Chic two-drawer writing desk with a tooled black leather top on a burled walnut case over faux bamboo brass legs. Signed Mastercraft Furniture Co. in a drawer.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Bamboo
Lucite and Walnut floating Desk
Located in Ballard, CA
A highly engineered modernist desk made from a walnut (or oak, mahogany, or rosewood veneer) case “floating” on a Lucite base, which is affixed by custom-designed hardware. Custom si...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Large and Impressive Early 20th Century Mahogany Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
A large and impressive early 20th century mahogany desk, the moulded edge top having a green leather writing surface divided into three shaped sections, the front of the desk having ...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Maison Jansen Inspired French Louis XVI Ebonized Desk Available in Any Dimension
Located in Chicago, IL
Maison Jansen inspired French Louis XVI style ebonized mahogany desk, with gold or brass accents, made here at Old Plank in our very own worksho...
Category
2010s American Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Folding Table by Giovanni Offredi for MC Selvini Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Table by designer Giovanni Offredi and produced by MC Selvini, 1970s. Works excellent as a freestanding table, desk or against a wall and it can be ...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate
Large Walnut and Aluminum Executive Desk
Located in San Mateo, CA
This desk is likely a custom-made piece. The architectural aluminum legs have black anodized aluminum in the center that become the glide at the bottom. There is a band of aluminum a...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Oak Niguel Desk by Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Niguel desk features brass cap feet and a brass cross-stretcher with lacquered interior drawers.
The Lawson-Fenning Collection is designed and handmade in Los Angeles, Californ...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Original circa 1900 Graves & Sons Naval Military Campaign Parter Desk Map Drawer
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this very rare original Graves & Son’s stamped Naval Military Campaign officers desk
Graves and Sons were listed at Fore Stree...
Category
Early 1900s English Campaign Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Melchiorre Bega Desk, 1950s Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning Italian desk in a beautiful caramel wood. Four pull-out drawers flank each side of the desk. Angular extension on the left side of the desk for extra writing space and fanta...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Classic Bamboo & Lacquer Campaign Desk With Chair By E. Murio
By E. Murio
Located in Austin, TX
East meets West, Bamboo meets Lacquer. Add a generous helping of mid-century charm to your surroundings with this Bamboo & Lacquer Campaign Desk by Murio. Serve your workspace needs ...
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1970s Philippine Campaign Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Upholstery, Bamboo
Desk by Luisa and Ico Parisi for MIM Roma, Italy 1950s
Located in Greding, DE
Large executive desk with adjustable drawer elements designed by Luisa and Ico Parisi for mim Roma in the 1950s. The octagonal table top rests on metal legs with veneered panels and ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
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
Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Desk By Baker
Located in Houston, TX
Louis XV Style chinoiserie desk by Baker.
Outstanding and unusual 20th century Baker Furniture Company French Louis XV style chinoiserie desk, writing table or bureau plat. This larg...
Category
20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th Century Carlton House Satinwood Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th Century fine quality Edwardian Satinwood Carlton desk. It has a pierced brass gallery to the top and marquetry inlay depicting musical instruments covering the whole of this des...
Category
19th Century English Edwardian Antique 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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