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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1930s
French Art Deco Executive Desk in Mahogany with Chrome Accents, Circa 193
Located in Miami, FL
French Art Deco Executive Desk in Mahogany with Chrome Accents France, Circa 1930s A magnificent example of French Art Deco design, this executive double pedestal desk is crafted fr...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Chrome

Circa 1930's Waring & Gillow Ltd Lancaster Oak Desk on Bun Legs & Seven Drawers
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this beautiful Waring & Gillow circa 1930's oak desk, dressing table on bun feet. Made by one of the greatest furniture makers in British Histor...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Cubist Art Deco Desk in Mahogany - Barcelona, 1930
Located in Girona, Girona
Cubist Art Deco desk with flame mahogany veneer. Six drawers and a door opening on the front, a niche on one side. Mahogany pull handles, polished brass hardware. French polish. Very...
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1930s Spanish Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Rare Shabby Chic Desk in Light Wood
Located in Milano, IT
Gorgeous wooden desk in the Shabby Chic style, belonging to the early 1900s. French manufacture. The desk is entirely made of ivory painted wood. The frame is supported by 4 very e...
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Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Rare Shabby Chic Desk in Light Wood
Rare Shabby Chic Desk in Light Wood
$2,396 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Country French Walnut Desk ~ Writing Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Country French Walnut Desk ~ Writing Table is a classic piece with understated elegance that is perfect for completing a home office, serve as a vanity table, or even behind ...
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Early 20th Century French Country Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

"B286" Desk By Bruno Weil For Thonet
Located in London, GB
A modernist B286 desk designed by German designer Bruno Weil for Thonet circa 1930. Blue enamelled steel with chromed draws and a magnificent thick Saint Gobain glass table...
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1930s Bauhaus Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

Elegant Mahogany Vanity Table in Light Brown From the Late 19th Century
Located in Opole, PL
Elegant Mahogany Vanity Table in Light Brown From the Late 19th Century This majestic mahogany dressing table effortlessly marries function and ...
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Early 20th Century European Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany, Mirror, Wood

Fine French Art Deco Palisander Desk and Chair by Robert Bloch
By Athelia by Robert Bloch
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Bloch for Studio Athelia - A fine French Art Deco rosewood secretary desk with a flip top, four drawers, refined chrome hardware (the top can be ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Chrome

Arts and Crafts Pitch Pine Writing Table
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Arts and Crafts Pitch Pine Writing Table A good Heavy quality Pitch pine side table or writing table in the Arts and Crafts style There are 2 drawers along the front and a wide str...
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1910s Arts and Crafts Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Pine

Impressive French Art Deco Desk with Secretary Table
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Stunning French Art Deco desk with pull-out secretary table. Having beautiful Deco lines and brass hardware. All the locks work making this a functiona...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Elegant Satinwood Art Nouveau Partners with Desk Blue Suede Top, ca 1915
Located in Richmond, VA
Elegant satinwood art nouveau partners desk with blue suede top, heart carved corners, and ball-and-claw feet, Circa 1915.
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Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Desks and Writing Tables

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Satinwood

Santos Rosewood 3 Drawer Desk/Writing Table by Frits Henningsen
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
This is a classic piece of early Scandinavian design, made from Santos Rosewood it's on the edge of the change between antique and mid-century and fits beautifully with both camps. T...
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Early 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Hardwood

Antique Country French Desk, Leather Top with Gilded Embossed Border. Restored
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Country French Desk or Writing Table with a most unusual curved side. The bottom of the Antique French Desk is for the most part al...
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1910s French Country Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Wood

Montalcini & Pagano desk and chair for Cartiere Giacomo Bosso - Italy, 1929
Located in London, GB
Guiseppe Pagano (1896-1945) and Gino Levi Montalcini (1902-1974) designed this distinctive desk and chair in 1929 for influential financier Riccardo Gualino’s Palazzo Gualino in Turi...
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1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Glamorous American Bronze and Glass Banking Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An American bronze and glass banking table Early 20th century Each Greco-Roman-style, the table with a rectangular notched-corner top with a medallion de...
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Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Antique Liberty Chinoiserie Hardwood Writing Side Occasional Table
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique fine quality carved Chinoiserie hardwood writing side or occasional table. Believed to have originally come from Liberty C1900. Decorated with Foo dogs, trees and plants. ...
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Early 1900s Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Hardwood

Jules Leleu Double Pedestal Mahogany Art Deco Desk with Gilt Bronze Details
Located in St. Louis, MO
Jules Leleu (1883-1961) double-fronted mahogany and brass desk, circa 1935. Having two set of four pedestal drawers and a single frieze drawer, accented in gilt bronze. Inset with p...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Antique Burr Walnut Leather Top Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
A fantastic antique burr walnut leather top pedestal desk. This is in the Georgian style, it dates from around the 1930’s. The quality is superb, this has a beautiful inset leather ...
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1930s British Georgian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Walnut

Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Giltwood Carved Center Hall Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style giltwood carved center gall table with marble top. The rectangular shaped frame intricately carved frame with an "X" stretcher centered...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble

Early 20th century mahogany pedestal desk by Hobbs & Co
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century mahogany pedestal desk by hobbs & co circa 1900. Beautiful desk in the adams style circa 1900. Stamped by hobbs & co of london. Mahogany lined drawers. Shaped fro...
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Early 20th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Mahogany

Louis XVI-Style Mahogany Desk with Leather Writing Surface & Pull-Out Extensions
Located in Eindhoven, NL
This elegant early 20th-century Louis XVI-style desk is crafted from rich mahogany and features a gold-tooled leather writing surface, exhibiting minor scratches consistent with age ...
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Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Antique Burr Walnut Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique burr walnut leather top desk in the Queen Anne style. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1930’s. It is of superb quality, with beautiful and intri...
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1930s British Queen Anne Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Walnut

Antique French Rustic Neoclassical Executive Desk ~ Conference Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Rustic Neoclassical Executive Desk ~ Conference Table was crafted on a truly grand scale from dense, old-growth oak which has been painstakingly stripped by our expert...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Georgian Pedestal Desk Mahogany Antique Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Good quality Georgian mahogany pedestal desk. Period Georgian The top of the desk features a green leather writing surface (replacement) with hand applied gilt and blind tooling. The...
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1920s Georgian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Spanish Antique Small Wooden Desk w/Unique Carved "Trunk" Appearance from Front
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish smaller-sized wood desk, with a trunk-like appearance from front, from the early 20th century. This antique desk from Spain features ...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Restored Bauhaus Writing Desk With Chair, Chrome, Steel, Wood, Czech, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
It has been re-polished with polyutherane piano lacquer by our professional refurbishing team in Czechia according to the original process. The chrome parts have been cleaned and pr...
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1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Steel, Chrome

Early 20th Century Viennese Secession oak writing desk
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This luxurious-looking Art Nouveau writing desk was made in about 1910 in the former Austria-Hungary. It is made of oak wood. The table top is covered with green plush in the front. ...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

Mahogany Inlaid Cylinder Desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany cylinder desk, the rectangular top section with satinwood edge over an inlaid fall enclosing a leather-lined writing slide and fitted interior a...
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Early 20th Century British Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Scandinavian Art Déco Desk, Mahogany and Satinwood, Freestanding
Located in Göttingen, NI
A Scandinavian Art Déco desk, Mahogany and Satinwood, bronze ornaments, freestanding Attributed to Sigvard Bernadotte, Stockholm 1930s.   
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1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Large Francois Linke Roll Top Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large and very fine Francois Linke roll top desk French late 19th-early 20th century Bureau a cylindre, index number 393. Paris. Acajou and satine cu...
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Early 1900s Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Restored Bauhaus Small Dissociative Table, by Mücke-Melder, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Dissociative: 95 cm / 37.4″ It has been re-polished with polyutherane piano lacquer by our professional refurbishing team in Czechia according to the original process. The chrome p...
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1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Steel, Chrome

Antique French Louis XVI Style Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Refined antique French Louis XVI style writing desk crafted in exotic tulipwood veneer with crossbanding and chevron designs, having a tooled leather top with a brass gallery, the ca...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Gustav Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Trestle Library Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission oak Arts & Crafts trestle library table or writing desk By Gustav Stickley USA, Circa 1910 Measures: 48"W x 29.5"D x 29.75"H. Very good vin...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Narrow modular/ reversible/ Minimalist Desk in Two Tone Wood and Nickel
Located in New York City, NY
French Art Deco slim and streamline unusual desk in two tone wood with side storage compartment, polished nickeled bronze banded surround and matching pole support. The side structur...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Nickel

Neoclassical dressing table / desk / Louis XVI, France, circa 1900
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Side table / dressing table / lady's desk with white marble top and stained beech wood structure. Neoclassical/Louis XVI style, France, circa 1900. In good general condition, rest...
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Early 1900s French Neoclassical Revival Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble, Bronze

Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany writing table, the rectangular top with a raised three-quarter gallery. Above an arrangement of drawers with brass handles. All raised ...
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Early 20th Century British Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

French Ebonised Pedestal Desk Circa 1900
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A good sized French ebonised pedestal desk of nine drawers, each with brass mouldings and escutcheons. Having an inset, tooled old leather writing surfa...
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Early 1900s Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Liberty Outstanding Writing Desk Attributed to V. Ducrot 1930'
Located in Rome, IT
Extraordinary Liberty centered thuja briar writing desk with five drawers. The center drawer is finely decorated with mythological scenes. Delicious gilt bronze ornaments of dragonfl...
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Early 20th Century Italian Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Art Deco / Machine Age Secretary , Desk designed by Wolfgang Hoffmann / Howell
Located in Buffalo, NY
Extremely rare Art Deco machine age Modernist #459 Secretary / desk sedigned by Wolfgang Hoffmann for Howell c.1934. ck photos from original Howell catalog. Chromed steel lipstick hand-pulls. Center drawer, top right and left drawere with sliding panels, lowere left file.. lower right storage. Possibly debuted at the 1933 Worlds Fair...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Chrome

Desk marquetry with Ormolu Bronze by F.Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magnificent desk in marquetry and ormolu bronze bear the mark of F.Linke transitional style XV, XVI.
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Early 1900s Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Fine French Blackened Wood Desk with an Off White Lacquered Top with Inlays
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French blackened wood desk with 3 drawers, an off white & black lacquered top with metal Inlays, and bronze handles and wheels.
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass, Bronze

Art Deco Writing Desk Designed by Jindrich Halabala, Oak Walnut Chrome, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
One of the most successful writing desk made in United Arts & Crafts Manufacture (UP) in Brno. Designed by Czech architect Jindrich Halabala. Material: Walnut, oak and chrome-plate...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

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Chrome

French Art Nouveau Desk
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau mahogany desk by l'Ecole de Nancy, featuring a hand-tooled leather top, letter rack and bronze drawer pulls with a floral motif...
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Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Important French Modernist Prototype Desk & Chair by Robert Mallet-Stevens
Located in New York, NY
Rare handmade French early Mid-Century Modern desk and chair in hand-formed and hand-hammered (non-commercially produced) tubular steel by the visionary French modernist, Robert Mall...
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1930s French Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Steel

Diminutive Leather Top Desk with Pull-Out Sides and Bronze Mounts Stamped Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
An early Louis XVI style leather top desk with pull-out sides and bronze mounts with a single centre drawer stamped Jansen. Pull outs measure 15.5 x 9 inches each.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Pietro Lingeri Desk in Briar Root Veneer
By Pietro Lingeri
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pietro Lingeri, desk, briar root veneer, glass, brass, metal, Italy, 1930s This rationalist desk is designed by the Italian architect Pietro Lingeri. The desk features several compartments and drawers with round brass handles...
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1930s Italian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal, Brass

Art Deco Desk and Chair, Parchment Top, Vittorio Valabrega, Italy, 1930's
Located in Austin, TX
Double pedestal desk with goatskin parchment top and trim and matching desk. Designed by Vittorio Valabrega, a hard to find Art Deco designer, Italy, 1930's. ...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Goatskin

Sanyas et Popot Art Deco Desk
By Sanyas et Popot
Located in New York, NY
An important Art Deco desk. Designed by Sanyas et Popot, Paris. Macassar with original patinated bronze pulls and sabots. Complete professional restoration by us.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Desk and its armchair
Located in Paris, FR
Desk veneered with black varnished ebony. The legs are composed of a box with three drawers with glass and chromed metal handles on one side and a solid base on the other. It opens ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

Imperial Furniture Grand Rapids Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Writing Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table In the manner of Stickley By Imperial Furniture Co. USA, Circa 1910 Quarter sawn oak, with original ...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables

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Copper

Large Spanish Two Faces Baroque Style Oak Library Table or Center table
Located in Miami, FL
Handsome walnut library piece that can be used as a desk or Work table. Made of walnut having carved gadrooned and lyre legs and a stretcher made of iron. Carved on all sides . 19th...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

American Art Deco Table Attributed to Eugene Schoen
Located in New York, NY
This large Art Deco table is attributed to the Austrian born New York designer Eugene Schoen. The mahogany carcass is veneered in Macassar, and surfaced with a sheet of black opaline...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Opaline Glass, Macassar, Mahogany

Swedish Painted Desk with Five Carved Reeded Drawers, Gustavian Style
Located in Kvidinge, SE
A Swedish five drawer desk from early 20th century in Gustavian style The desk is painted in green and the top in black, Both in an old traditional scandinavian way with fantastic pa...
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Early 1900s Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Pine

Magnificent French Parquetry Partners Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Truly outstanding French kingwood and mahogany parquetry partners desk. Having tasteful bronze hardware, tooled leather top and writing slides and 5 working drawers on each side. Exh...
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Early 1900s French Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Big Desk Art Deco in Wood and Parchment, with 3 Drawers, 1930, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk style: Art Deco Year: 1930 Material: wood and parchment leather It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Parchment Paper

Antique Burr Walnut Leather Top Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
A smart and very well made antique burr walnut leather top pedestal desk. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1930’s. The quality is excellent, this has gorgeous burr...
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1930s British Georgian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Walnut

Student Pine Writing Table Slant Top Desk France, Early 20th C
Located in Labrit, Landes
French slant top desk writing table for student, circa 1950. Pine pupitre Good antique condition with nice patina. Authentic condition with engraved marks made by the students durin...
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Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Pine

Antique Edwardian Writing Table / Desk
Located in London, GB
A wonderful antique Edwardian writing table / desk. This was made in England, it dates from the 1900-1910 period. It has a fantastic design and is of superb quality. The break front...
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Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Ebonised and gold painted table, 1920s
Located in Lisboa, PT
Rectangular Art Nouveau console writing table, or desk with an ebonised table top and a gold and black geometrical pattern painted feet. France, 1920s.
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1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Chest of Drawers Art Deco
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Chest of drawers Art Deco. Buffet after professional manual renovation!.  
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

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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