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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Style: Folk Art
Style: Rococo
19th Century Rococo Soft Blue Desk
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Period Rococo desk from Dalarna Sweden.
With decorative curved legs and one single drawer.
Repainted in soft light blue.
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19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Folk Art Side Table or Desk, Scandinavia
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Danish or Swedish Rectangular Folk Art Table or Desk.
The table has tonnes of charm, wear and tear to the finish that gives thus table an unbeatable patina. Most of the original pai...
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Early 19th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
18th Century Swedish Rococo Desk
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Fine and rather unusual 18th century Swedish rococo desk in it's original finish with one lid to the interior compartment. Ca 1760 Sweden
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18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Folk Art Secretary Style Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 20th century. Handmade and hand painted. Roof drops down to a desk or storage. Extra storage below.
Desk Height - 29.5"
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Late 20th Century Unknown Folk Art Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Freestanding Desk, 1950s
Located in ŚWINOUJŚCIE, 32
Beautiful antique desk in the style of Louis XV.
Rich decorations, ribbed rivets.
The corner decorated with plant motifs.
Two-sided desk, which...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Venetian Painted Italian Louis XV Style Writing Table
Located in Forney, TX
A most charming vintage, circa 1960, Italian Venetian writing table (desk - vanity - console) with beautifully aged heavily worn distressed pati...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Hendrix Allardyce Rococo Style Lacquered Library Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Sublime rococo style lacquered library table or writing table desk crafted by Hendrix Allardyce Hollywood, California. The desk is fronted by a large storage drawer with a round bras...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Rococo Style Venetian Hand Painted Vanity Desk & Side Tables, Set of 3
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Rococo Style Venetian Hand Painted vanity desk with 2 Single-Drawer Side Tables - 3 Piece Set
Rare & Unique Antique Venetian Hand-Craft...
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Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th C. Swedish Rococo Period Writing Desk in Original Paint
Located in Wichita, KS
A period Rococo writing desk from the 18th century in original painted alder wood with period key hole fittings, circa 1760. There are two smaller drawers behind the writing surface ...
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18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Rococo Style Bureau Plat
Located in Kastrup, DK
An elegant French rococo style bureau plat writing desk made in walnut with ormolu accents.
Features a top with a tooled leather writing-surface w...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary Console Table in Gold Leaf
Located in New Orleans, LA
The custom regal gilded finish on this Tara Shaw Maison collection console table ensures it will stand out in any space. Pairs with Tara Shaw's gold leaf martini table. Handcrafted in New Orleans.
Custom dimensions and finish available for additional fee. Due to the nature of handmade furniture, slight variations in overall dimensions may occur. All furniture is custom made to order and is final sale.
All shipping is to be arranged and paid by the Buyer to a third-party shipper. Lead-time on most items varies 6-12 weeks. Price is exclusive of packing and shipping fees. White-glove shipping carrier required for all items. Warehouse pickup is available.
The Rococo table is custom fabricated in hard wood and requires a two-person carry to ensure that the product is not damaged in transport of moving. The weight and artisan finish require white glove movers or purchasers use extreme caution to transport due to weight. Table cannot have items stacked on top for moving and uneven carpet surfaces will cause cracking in structure due to heavy wood construction.
No representations or warranties, either express or implied, of merchantability, fitness for a specific purpose, the products to which the information mentions may be used without infringing the intellectual property rights of others, or of any other nature are made with respect to information or the product to which information mentions. In no case shall the information be considered a part of our terms and conditions of sale.
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2010s American Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Rare Early American Country Pyrography Desk
Located in Forney, TX
A rare, one-of-a-kind antique American folk decorated desk with beautifully aged distressed patina found in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.
Hand-crafted in the Southern United States in the late 19th century, featuring elaborate hand carving and pyrography wood burning decoration in classical motif, kneehole desk form with raised gallery dated "1899", having a topped with a single door cabinet, supported by two columns of three drawers.
Provenance / Acquisition:
Found in a Mt. Juliet, Tennessee farmhouse
Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Bright Star Antiques, Sulfur Springs, Texas. Specializing in early American antiques...
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Rococo Early 19th Century Oak Table with Carved Apron and Cabriole Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Rococo style walnut and oak table from the early 19th century, with serpentine top, carved apron, cabriole legs and petite casters. Created in Italy during the early years...
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Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Table Pine Dining Desk Classical Leg Vernacular Folk
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Pine farmhouse table with a single plank top
Rare to find a piece of vernacular or folk furniture with sophisticated features like the leg turnings on this table
Length 206cm 81...
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19th Century French Folk Art Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Venetian Rococo Gilt Painted Faux Stone Console Entry Table Office Desk Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Venetian Rococo gilt painted faux stone console entry table office desk antique. An exceptional large 18th century serpentine front and sides molded...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
18th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Rococo Desk/ Table with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
18th century Swedish Antique Rustic provincial rococo table/ desk from Boden Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
A very rustic rococo desk with incred...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Spanish Provincial Desk Table
Located in Mjöhult, SE
19th century Spanish provincial bleached walnut desk table with one drawer and great patination to the surface. Ca 1820 Spain.
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Early 19th Century Spanish Folk Art Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Masonic Table with Leather Bible Compartment Flip Lid Compass Legs
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Rare and fabulous 19th century faux book with compass legs as legs. Mustard paint on the legs with Gilt on the pages of the leather bound book. Looks to be original tassle.. Possibly...
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1860s American Folk Art Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood, Paint
18th Century French Rococo Library Table
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Exceptional 18th century Rococo centre library table in it's original color with great finish. Incredibly rare piece due to the length and condition. Ca 1750 France.
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18th Century French Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Rococo Writing Table
By Guiseppe Biondo
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine Italian walnut rococo writing table, the lovely faded olive inset leather top with gilt tooled edge and thumb molded walnut banding over molded frieze with single drawer, the ap...
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1780s Italian Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Poplar, Walnut
Swedish Folk Art Desk from Dalarna
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Swedish folk art desk from the area of Dalarna, scraped to original paint. This would make a wonderful decorators piece.
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19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Desk with Untouched Originalpaint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Folk Art desk with untouched originalpain from Skelleftea Vasterbotten, Northern Sweden.
Made between 1840-1850
Decorative Folk Art Desk with two drawers in ve...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique Swedish Painted Folk Art Writing Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish folk art writing table from the village of Alfta in Hälsingland in northern Sweden. The desk is made in Swedish pine and is in untouched original condition. A notable...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
French 18th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An imposing Louis XV ebonized writing table with finely chased gilt bronze mounts. The stepped moulded rectangular top inset with the original gilt-tooled leather above three frieze drawers with elaborate ormolu handles and escutcheons, the reverse conformingly organized with three simulated drawers, allowing this bureau plat to be freestanding, the cabriole legs with sabot feet headed by female masks.
The iconic Coco chancel lived with a Rococo writing desk...
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Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rococo Style Side Table with Porcelain Plaques
Located in London, GB
This beautiful side table was designed in France in the 19th century in the fashionable Rococo, or Louis XV, style. The piece has been crafted from kingwood and decorated with painte...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Rococo 18th Century Writing Table with Drawer, Origin: Sweden, Circa 1760
Located in New York, NY
Fantastic Rococo 18th century writing table with single drawer with accentuated cabriole legs, origin: Sweden, circa 1760 with all original green color.
The purity of the design lac...
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18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Paint, Pine
Italian Venetian Walnut Serpentine Desk
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian (18th Century) walnut serpentine shaped desk with 2 side doors and 2 narrow front doors above a drawer with a pull out front interior chair having a left arm.
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Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
18th Century Swiss Walnut Writing Table with Parquetry Top
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful Swiss walnut writing table with a burled parquetry top from the Neauchatel region of Switzerland. These tables are ideal to use next to a sofa, bedside or has a tea or co...
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Mid-18th Century Swiss Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Italian Rococo Style Table, Desk With Faux-Marble Top, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Mid 19th Century Italian Table / Desk with Original Paint and Faux Marble Top, Wonderfully Carved Apron and Cabriole Legs on Scroll Feet.
...
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19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century French Carved Oak Table
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a fabulous quality, very highly carved table made in France, circa 1920. The table has extremely Fine quality carvings throughout. The side...
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Early 20th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Venetian Rococo Revival Lacquered Ladies Desk
Located in New York, NY
Venetian Rococo Revival lacquered wood ladies desk or writing table raised on tapered cabriole legs, having two drawers to front, floral motif painted...
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Late 20th Century Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood Bureau en Pente, attributed to Migeon
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The hinged fall front opening to reveal a fitted interior with drawers above a slide enclosing a concealed well with two drawers, raised on cabriole legs headed by scrolling chutes r...
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Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Burl Top Ash Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very desirable early to mid-19th century ash table, the top comprising two bookmatched planks of highly figured burl ash, having double thickness carved rope twist applied edge, the ...
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1830s European Folk Art Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ash
Fine 18th Century Swedish Rococo Desk
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Fine 18th century Swedish Rococo desk / console table with one drawer and in Its original colour. Ca 1770 Sweden.
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18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Primitive Hand Crafted Writing Desk in Pine, Made by a Swedish Carpenter, 1800s
Located in Odense, DK
This primitive desk, hailing from 19th-century Sweden, reflects the rustic charm and simplicity of traditional craftsmanship. Meticulously crafted in pine wood, the desk showcases th...
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19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish Rococo Period Slant Front Desk Painted in Black with Distressed Finish
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Rococo period two-part slant-front desk from the 18th century, repainted in black with a blue interior and later iron hardware. Created in Sweden during the Rococo period, ...
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18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Rococo Black Lacquered Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
An English Rococo black lacquered desk with gilt-tooled red leather top, carved and gilded decorations with three shaped frieze drawers and cabriole...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
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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