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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Style: Louis XV
Style: Regency
Table, Office from the Beginning of the 19th Century, Louis XV Style in Blackene
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Table, office from the beginning of the 19th century, Louis XV style in blackened wood, very decorative antiquity Measures: H 77cm, W 68cm, D 53cm.
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1860s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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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

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Bronze, Ormolu

Louis XV Style Parquetry Inlaid Writing-Table by François Linke, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV Style gilt bronze-mounted parquetry inlaid writing-table, by François Linke. French, circa 1890. Stamped 'FL' to the reverse of the centre bronze mounts to the front...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

French Louis XV Style Marquetry & Gilt Bronze-Mounted Secretary Desk with Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style tulipwood and mahogany marquetry gilt bronze-mounted petit-bureau de dame (secretary). The bombe´ structure surmounted by a pair o...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Rare Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Pedestal Desk by François Linke, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare gilt bronze mounted marquetry pedestal desk by François Linke. French, circa 1900. Linke Index Number 711. Linke title ‘Bureau LXV à 8 pieds’. Stamped to the insi...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Giltwood Carved Figural Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style giltwood carved figural center or hall table fitted with a Brêche violette marble top. The rectangular frame with four scrolled cabriol...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble

Rare Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Bureau de Dame François Linke, circa 1980
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare and unusual Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted and marquetry inlaid Bureau de Dame by François Linke. French, circa 1890. Signed to the gilt-bronze rim ‘Linke’. Stampe...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

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

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Bronze

French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Kingwood Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
This beautiful desk, beautifully finished in kingwood, leather and gilt bronze, is a fantastic piece of 19th century French design in the Louis XV style. Elegant, beautifully crafted...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze, Ormolu

Small Louis XV Style Marquetry Desk, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
- Marquetry wood - Gilt and chiseled bronze - 1880 period - Leather top - Three drawers.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Kingwood

Majestic French Bureau Plat Desk According to Andre C. Boulle
Located in Berlin, DE
Root veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Three-wheeled frame base with wide knee-section on four cabriole legs with forward looking, imposing Espagnolet...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

French 1790s Louis XV Style Walnut and Elm Writing Table with Single Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style walnut and elm writing table from the late 18th century, with single drawer and cabriole legs. Born in France during the later years of the 18th century, this...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Elm, Walnut

Louis XV Style Tall Standing Desk / Table by Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdley
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XV style Second Empire (Napoleon III) small writing desk / table (lectern, stand, or podium) of fruitwood and kingwood, with an embossed gilt green leather slant-front writin...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze, Ormolu

English Regency 1820s Table with Red Lacquered, Gold and Black Chinoiserie Decor
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency period writing table from the early 19th century, with red lacquered, black and gilt chinoiserie decor and cabriole leg...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

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

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Ormolu

18th Century Louis XV Baroque Walnut Fall Front Desk/Secretaire
Located in Darmstadt, DE
The desk is from the time around 1730 and covered with a beautiful marquetry of different walnut / walnut root wood on a pine body. All three locks are original from that time as wel...
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Early 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut, Pine

French Louis XV Style Verne Martin Painted Desk
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Century) Verne Martin painted desk with bronze trim.
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19th Century Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Mid Century Louis XV Bombe Hand-Carved Paint Decorated Marble-Top Desk & Chair
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful five-drawer desk with hand carvings (see thumbnail photos) and paint decorated in the Louis XV style. Top quality workmanship in every phase. Original matching chair with this desk that is finished on all sides and can be placed in the middle of a room, bombe on all sides. Serpentine marble top...
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1950s American Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble

Regency Rosewood and Brass Inlaid Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular green inset leather top with crossbanded brass inlaid edge over two drawers with brass inlays all around and false rear drawers raised on a trestle base with scrol...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood

French Louis XV Style Provincial Oak Kneehole Desk
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Century) provincial oak kneehole desk with brown leather top.
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Oak

Early 19th Century Regency Mahogany Carlton House Desk, circa 1820
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A large early 19th century Sheraton "Carlton House" form desk of substantial size in ribboned mahogany, with three cockbeaded frieze drawers with Fine original gilt brass pulls. The case inlaid with ebony stringing, the second tier in horse shoe form houses six drawers. The antique black tooled...
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1820s English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

20th Century Louis XV Style Ladies Bureau Plat or Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant ladies bureau plat desk in the Louis XV style, rosewood and shaded precious wood, veneered. Extremely fine, floral, bronze fittings. Four-sided, ...
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20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

French Louis XV Style Kingwood Desk with Sèvres Plaques
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Century) kingwood lady's desk with Sevres porcelain panels and bronze trimmed gallery.
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

English Regency Style Satinwood Desk
Located in New York, NY
English Regency style (circa 1850s) gilt metal mounted satinwood desk with inset brown leather top over drawers on legs joined by stretchers. (stamped ...
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Late 19th Century British Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Satinwood

French Louis XV Style Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Pembroke, MA
An elegant French Louis XV style petit writing desk with gilt-bronze mounts, including escutcheon, knees sabots and chutes. One central locking drawer and a nicely embossed brown le...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

French Rococo Louis XV Distress Paint Dressing Table Vanity Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV / Rococo style hand-carved and distressed dressing table / ladies writing desk. Item features a shaped turtle top with diamond sunburst veneer, single hand do...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Rare English Regency Period Mahogany Adjustable Reading Table, circa 1820
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare English Regency period mahogany adjustable reading table. English, circa 1820.
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Pair of English Regency Period Rosewood Writing Tables
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of English Regency period rosewood writing tables with gold tooled green leather tops. The pair were most likely formerly used as school desks for privately educated students.
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood

Early 19th Century English Regency Rosewood Library or Dressing Table
By John Mclean
Located in Charleston, SC
An early 19th century English Regency rosewood library/dressing table attributed to John McLean. This table is kidney shaped with floral designed inlaid brass (Boulle inlay). Marble ...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble, Brass

18th Century French Louis XV Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century French Louis XV Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Desk Bureau Plat An 18th century gilt-bronze mounted double-face desk or bureau plat with herring-bone marquetry. The k...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

French Louis XV Style Walnut Table Desk
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (19/20th Century) walnut table desk with gilt trim and stretcher.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

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

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted and Leather Cartonnier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted, leather, tulipwood and kingwood parquetry cartonnier with clock. The circular clock with elaborate pi...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

19th Century, Louis XV Revival Ormolu-Mounted Bonheur Du Jour by Diehl
Located in London, by appointment only
Highly important and palatial Napoleon III Louis XV Revival Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour by Charles Guillaume Diehl, Designed by Jean Brandely, The Marquetry by E. Varlot, Paris. The rarity & importance of this magnificent piece cannot be overstated, it is without question one of the finest examples you will see. Originally commissioned for European nobility as a statement of love and marital grandeur. Incorporating the finest & rarest veneers and timbers of the time, including Harewood, Thuya, Purpleheart, palm wood and tulipwood. The beautifully shaped ormolu gallery on the top, gracefully curving outwards inset with fretted heart shapes highlight the incredible attention to detail that flow throughout this majestic piece. The upper section set either side with ormolu mounted fluted pilasters, aside two doors both individually set with masculine & feminine central marquetry panels of the most supreme quality, as you would expect from the master E. Varlot. The colors incorporated in the inlay are outstanding to behold, simply perfection. Opening to reveal the double top & bottom lock, engraved with Diehl's mark and address. Internally veneered in Rosewood of the richest color with one shelf. With two drawers below the doors, both veneered on the inside with Sycamore, one fitted for inkwells. The ormolu edged writing flap again centrally set with both a male & female figure now seated, holding hands with the lady holding a Mandoline, a true sign of happiness & love. The writing flap opening to reveal the original richly tooled velvet leather surface. The stand with one central frieze drawer, again lined inside with rosewood and with a top and bottom lock. On ormolu-mounted fluted legs. This grand Museum Quality masterpiece is in excellent condition for its age. Charles Guillaume Diehl (1811-1885) was of Germanic origins, he is considered among the most important & influential of cabinetmakers of the 19th century. He was born in Steinbach, Germany later moving to France, establishing his atelier in Paris in 1840, at the 3, Rue de Thorigny and then at the 170, Rue Saint...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

20th Century Bureau Plat or Writting Table by the Model of Andre Charles Boulle
Located in Berlin, DE
This model was built by Charles Boulle, the most important and historian of Louis XV. Piano white Polished veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely...
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20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Rosewood and Calamander Regency Library Table
Located in Stamford, CT
A Regency rosewood and calamander library table of exquisite form and execution.
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1810s English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood

Rare Regency Lacquered Writing Table
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The Japanese lacquered box hinged to open to an adjustable fabric-inset writing surface, inset in a Stand with twin supports in the Chinese taste. This exceptional desk is very much ...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Lacquer

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

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Ormolu

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

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Walnut

19th Century Bureau Plat with Floral and Blue Porcelain Plaques
Located in London, GB
A very fine bureau plat in the manner of Edward Holmes Baldock. After a model by C.C. Saunier. English made, in the Louis XVth taste, constructed in kingwood, with purpleheart crossbanding and adorned with bleu celeste porcelain plaques with hand-painted floral decoration and extensive fire gilt bronze mounts; rising from cabriole legs with brass sabots and bronze enrichments, in the apron, the one large central drawer is flanked by two smaller drawers with twenty four ‘Sevres’ porcelain plaques enclosed in symmetrical gilt bronze boss studded frames, chased and with a sand form ground. The serpentine top framed with a conforming bronze guard...
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19th Century English Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass, Bronze

18th Century Louis XV Marquetry Ladies' Desk Manner of J.C. Ellaume
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century Louis XV Marquetry Ladies' Desk Manner of J.C. Ellaume A mid-18th century ladies' desk or so-called "bureau de pente", its shaped fall-front opening to reveal a red lea...
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1750s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

English 19th Century Painted Bamboo Style Table
Located in Southampton, NY
English 19th century painted bow front table with bamboo carved legs.
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1810s European Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

Pair of Gilt and Leather Pedestal Desks in the Regency Manner
Located in London, GB
Fine Pair of Antique Pedestal Desks in the Regency Manner Constructed in goncalo alves, with gilt bronze mounts and giltwood highlights, of freestanding form, with very gentle inver...
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20th Century British Regency Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Early 19th Century, English Regency Library Table Desk with Leather Top
Located in New York, NY
Early 19th century, English Regency brass inlaid mahogany library writing table or desk with a green leather inset top over frieze drawers on x legs joined by a turned stretcher.
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19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

English Regency Mahogany Table Desk
Located in New York, NY
English Regency (circa 1830) mahogany table desk with 3 beaded opposing drawers over a leather top with a molded edge and supported on carved cabriole legs (attributed to GILLOWS)
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19th Century British Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Mahogany

19th Century English Regency Amboyna and Brass Inlay Library Table
Located in London, GB
A library table in the manner of Gillows Constructed in amboyna, with cut gold brass inlay work, and bronze feet; of rectangular panelled end support form, braced by pairs of car...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

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

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Bronze

French Louis XV Style Kingwood Veneer Desk with Tooled Leather Top
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Century) kingwood veneer desk with 5 drawers and gold tooled leather top with bronze sabot feet and escutcheons.
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze, Gold Leaf

French Louis XV Style Parquetry Table Desk
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (20th Century) desk with a parquetry inlaid top and gilt bronze trim with a single drawer.
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20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

French 19th Century Floral Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Table
Located in London, GB
A ladies writing table in the Louis XV transitional manner. Of freestanding form, constructed in kingwood, with good marquetry inlays, and having gilt bronze mounts; rising from swept cabriole legs with foliate form bronze sabots, and foliate espagnolettes over; the apron houses a lockable central drawer, with gilt bronze handles and a keyhole escutcheon; the shaped serpentine platform having a centrally situated floral bouquet, within a trellis delineated ground, the whole having a gilt bronze guard...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

French Louis XV Style Kingwood Table Desk with Parquetry Inlay
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Century) kingwood table desk with parquetry inlay and floral marquetry border and a single drawer with gilt bronze trim (signed: LINKE)
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Regency Period Metamorphic Writing /Book Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine classical regency table shows all the signs of a London cabinet making firm. The proportions are great being not overly large but it carries weight and looks masculine and ...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

English 19th century William IV bronze mounted Regency Writing Table or Desk
Located in Troy, NY
Elegant William IV writing table, top with an inset black leather writing surface framed with burlwood veneer and gilt bronze edge, on a giltwood base with a black leather foot rest...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

French Louis XV Style Kingwood Veneer End Table
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) kingwood veneer end table with 2 drawer (top drawer for writing) with an inlaid top and gilt bronze trim.
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Small Louis XV Side Table - France, 18th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Charming carved table on cabriole legs, with central drawer.
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18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Antique Writing or Occasional Table
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A good Regency mahogany occasional table or writing table on a four-splay base. The drawer pulls out and the top hinged section slants for writing on; there is also a small ink drawer
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

English Late Regency Oak Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
English Late Regency (mid-19th Century) parcel ebonized & oak writing table with black leather inset top above X-trestle legs joined by a stretcher on casters.
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19th Century British Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak, Leather

Louis XV Style Desk a Rognon
Located in Montreal, QC
A very fine kingwood kidney- shaped desk (bureau a rognon) with original tooled leather surface, crisply mounted in gilt bronze and on cabriole legs . signed in the gilt bronze surround T.W. Muller. T W Muller was a Viennese cabinet...
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19th Century Austrian Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

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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