Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
to
23
Height
to
Width
to
Depth
to
92
56
152
42
27
13
8
4
3
2
2
446
1,676
3,564
1,859
584
1,980
619
89
32
89
181
138
505
575
351
110
32
145
49
45
43
40
143
54
45
44
19
152
152
152
3
1
1
1
1
Period: Late 18th Century
George III Red Japanned Writing Desk/Side Table with Chinoiserie Scenes
Located in Hastings, GB
An outstanding bow fronted George III writing desk/side table, red jappaned with applied chinoiserie scenes.
This stunning desk sits on tape...
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Provincial Circassian Walnut Secretary Slant-lid Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a fantastic Louis XV style desk made in Italy of Circassian highly figured walnut. Th desk is in good, restored condition and will show minimal signs of age and wear. Measure...
Category
Italian Louis XV Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$3,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Wonderful 18th Century French Roll Top Desk (Cylinder Bureau)
Located in Poole, GB
Wonderful 18th Century French Roll Top Desk ( cylinder bureau )
A very elegant and with great proportions, late 18th century French walnut and pa...
Category
French Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XVI Carved Walnut Writing-Side Table with Drawer
Located in Dallas, TX
A French carved walnut small writing table, perfect end table or bedside table, late 18th century.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XV bureau plat, France, 18th-19th century.
The bureau plat is decorated with beautiful rosewood veneer and the original bronze fittings. The wri...
Category
French Louis XV Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Fine Quality Antique Mahogany Writing Table - Late 18th Century Dressing
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Georgian Cuban Mahogany Writing Table - Late 18th Century Desk Side Dressing.
This exceptional piece boasts solid construction with tight joints and no woodworm, radiating character...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,938 Sale Price
30% Off
Robert Gillows II 1790 Writing Library Hardwood Chest of Drawers Leather Slope
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare circa 1790 Georgian writing Library chest of drawers with desk secretaire by Gillows of Lancaster and L...
Category
English Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$11,107 Sale Price
20% Off
Very Fine circa 1780 Georgian Mahogany Reading Table with Candle Slips & Slope
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite hand made in England circa 1780-1800 Georgian reading table with period candelabra slip trays
...
Category
English Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$4,831 Sale Price
20% Off
Circa 18th century English unusual size painted kneehole desk or side table
Located in London, GB
A charming diminutively sized English kneehole desk.
It was not originally made for a child but could be used as such as well as for an adult.
Repainted sympathetically in a dark blu...
Category
British Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
EXQUISITE ANTiQUE GEORGIAN IRISH 1780 RESTORED BROWN LEATHER WRITING TABLE DESK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite fully restored Georgian Irish circa 1780 double sided writing table...
Category
Irish Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
$14,995 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XVI Tulipwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
A signed piece with rectangular top with inset green leather, possibly original , over a frieze with one central drawer flanked by drawers each with round original wreath rings...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
George III Mahogany Rent Desk by Gillows of Lancaster
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular top with inset red leather and banded edge, over a long drawer opening to A-Z lidded compartments. The pedestals below each with three drawers. All with classic Gill...
Category
George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
George III Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with all new olive tooled leather and central hinged rest, over a pair of drawers over two small drawers, raised on square tapered legs with spade feet. The back is p...
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Roll-Top Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular writing table fitted with two frieze drawers and with pull-out candle slides to the sides; raised on square tapering legs ending in brass caps and casters; surmounted...
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Period George III Chippendale Mahogany Architect's Table or Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Period Georgian architect's table or desk
--Metamorphic
--Cuban mahogany
--Writing surfaces and racheted book supports
--A very well construction ver...
Category
English Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
George III Period Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Montreal, QC
George III Period Mahogany Desk two drawer resting on on square tapered legs castors and the top inset with gold-tooled red leather.
England: circa 1790
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique George III Banded Satinwood Lady's Writing Desk with Rosewood Inlay
Located in Morristown, NJ
18th c., England, a delightful George III cheveret lady's writing desk in two parts. The upper five-drawer cabinet with conforming guard over fitted drawers, resting on a table with ...
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ivory, Satinwood, Rosewood, Leather
18th Century Louis XVI Cylinder Top Secretaire
Located in Belmont, MA
18th century Louis XVI Cylinder Top Secretaire, Paris 1780.
The secretaire stands out for its elaborate kingwood and satinwood marquetry.
The inside is embellished with several dra...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
English Mahogany Inlaid Red Leather Top Rent Table with Original Casters, C 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany four drawer red leather top rent table with circular swivel top, diamond bone escutcheons, checkered inlays, and terminating on a tripod base with original brass cas...
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Satinwood
Georgian Mahogany Architects Table
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A 18th century architects table with a single drawer which opens to reveal a several compartments. The front of the table is decorated wi...
Category
English Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Walnut Architects Table a La Tronchin
Located in Essex, MA
A fine and unusual piece with gilt bronze mounts, when in table position rectangular with a ratcheted adjustable slant lid , a winding key raised and lowers the reading, working sect...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bombé Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a top quality late 18th century Dutch Marquetry Bureau. The bureau is profusely inlaid all over with various birds and flowers, butterflies etc. The fall front opens to r...
Category
Dutch Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
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...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Poplar, Walnut
Chinese Export Campaign Secretary
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine Chinese export Campaign or travel secretary the top with foliate carved backsplash over lifting lid, the fall front with molded raised panel door...
Category
Chinese Campaign Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Louis XVI writing desk with pull-out surface, featuring an inlaid compass rose
Located in Cesena, FC
Elegant Louis XVI writing desk with pull-out writing surface, inlaid on the top with a compass rose.
Elegant writing desk with pull-out writing surface, inlaid on the top with a com...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Maple
George III Mahogany Tambour Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Nice old piece very nicely polished and tuned up in good working order. Rectangular top with tambour roll top opening to expose a pull out writing surface with adjustable ratcheted c...
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century oak desk on later stand
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th Century oak desk on later stand, the sloped desk having a hinged lift up lid opening to reveal a large compartment space with six moulded front drawers, the outside of the desk ...
Category
British Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Louis XVI Mahogany and Brass Mounted Bureau a Cylindre, Late 18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The desk with a 1/4 cylinder top that opens to reveal a leather writing surface with pigeon holes and drawers. The gallery with white Carrara marble top.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
George III Sheraton Writing Table
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A fine George III Sheraton period partners writing table in figured mahogany with box wood stringing in the top at the edge of the leather and also in the frieze below the drawers. E...
Category
English Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
English Chippendale Mahogany Table Desk
Located in Queens, NY
18th-19th century English Chippendale style mahogany table desk with a serpentine shaped front and a drawer with a sliding leather top supported on carved cabriole legs.
Category
English Chippendale Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
18th Large Spanish Dining or Desk Table with Solomonic Legs and Iron Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
19th Spanish refectory desk table with solomonic legs and iron stretcher
Original perfect condition
Top table in perfect shape.
Very heavy piece
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
18th Century, Gentleman's Writing Desk and Games Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful, circa 1780, hand carved, petite writing desk inset with game chess and backgammon game boards. The top featuring its original, inset marble. The whole on tapered legs term...
Category
French Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Rare 1794 George III Gillows of Lancaster Double Sided Postmasters Sorting Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and exceptionally rare 1794 George III Gillows Lancaster twin pedestal double sided postmasters desk i...
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
$22,215 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV Tuscany Walnut Veneered Writing Table
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant writing table in walnut veenered poplar. Top centered by a star motif, a comfortable drawer in the band, curved legs typical of mid-18th century Tuscan manufacture.
Category
Italian Louis XV Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Poplar, Walnut
An Important George III Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This very fine mahogany writing table made in England in the French taste would have been for only the most current and fashionable people of the time. The table has a serpentine top...
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood and Purpleheart Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood and Purpleheart bureau plat. An original furnishing from the Waldorf Towers in New York City. Newly replaced tooled brown leather set...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
N.3 Counters, Desks, Tables with Drawers, in Carved Walnut, 18th Century Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
N.3 antique shop counters, they were used for the checkout in a very large shop with multiple workstations, they could be adapted to desks, tables...
Category
Italian Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
George III Satinwood and Marquetry Harlequin Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a serpentine divided top with oval inlaid panel with hunting scene with hounds and hares with floral medallions at the corners , hinged outer sections fitted with a well and central section lifting and fitting into a recess , leather top of Tiffany blue. A button released the pop up desk...
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
French Louis XV Writing Table, C. 1780
Located in Doylestown, PA
A provincial Louis XV writing or side table in elm and walnut, French C. 1780, with original wood top, scalloped apron with a single drawer, on cabriole legs with carved “hoof” feet.
Category
French Louis XV Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm, Walnut
Continental Dutch Satinwood Secretary
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Dutch-style (18/19th Century) satinwood and inlaid trimmed drop front desk with chinoiserie decorated lacquered panels and brass gallery
Category
European Chinoiserie Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Original George III circa 1780 Double Sided Walnut Partner Desk Lion Head Handle
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning very rare original George III circa 1780 walnut twin pedestal double sided partner desk with Lion head handles and brown leather surf...
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
$7,775 Sale Price
20% Off
Spanish Baroque 18th Century Lyre Leg Wooden Trestle Table with Iron Stretcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish baroque table with decorative forged-iron stretcher from the 18th century. This antique table from Spain features a rectangular-shaped top, which is raised upon a pair of fluidly-carved, lyre-shaped trestle styled legs at either end. The pair of trestles...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
18th Century George III Period Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
This very fine late 18th-century George III period mahogany library writing table is a remarkable piece. Constructed from solid mahogany, it features a moulded edge and a rectangular...
Category
British George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Oak Country Side Writing Table
Located in Madrid, ES
A nice French country writing table, Louis XVI period, in solid oak, with a long drawer and drawer handle in bronze, the legs finished in sabot.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Baroque Table, Switzerland, 1770
Located in Belmont, MA
Baroque table, Switzerland, 1770.
This pretty Baroque table dates back to the Rococo period and comes from Berne in Switzerland. The base with the curved legs is made of cherry wood....
Category
Swiss Baroque Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Kingwood
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
French Marquetry Slant Top Ladies Writing Desk, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
French marquetry ladies slant top three-drawer writing desk with floral motif inlay, flanking step back interior drawers, leather writing surface, carved scalloped skirt, original or...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold, Ormolu
18th Century Harewood Dressing Table
By Mayhew & Ince
Located in London, GB
A fine and rare late 18th century harewood dressing table, after designs by Mayhew and Ince, boxwood and ebony strung throughout, having crossbanded mitred top with pen work leaf bor...
Category
Great Britain (UK) Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood, Boxwood, Ebony, Padouk, Harewood
Austrian Neoclassic Parquetry Pedestal Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top over a long drawer flanked by small drawers over pedestals each with two drawers. Bracket feet. Finished all around in a design of inlay that gives a striped effect.
Category
Austrian Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
1790 Gillows Cuban Hardwood Library Secretaire Desk Writing Table I Bramah Lock
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare circa 1790 George III Library writing desk secrataire by Gillows of Lancaster and London
A rare find, looking through Gillows of ...
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
$22,215 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Painted Wood Bonheur-du-jour or Occasional Table w/Single Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French smaller-sized painted wood table, with single drawer, from the turn of the 18th and 19th century. This antique table from France features a rectangular-shaped top with lovel...
Category
French Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Sheraton Satinwood 'Bonheur du Jour'
Located in London, GB
An unusual late 18th century satinwood 'Bonheur du Jour,' boxwood and ebony line inlaid throughout, having fiddle-back mahogany bow paneled doors with central drawer and recess, abov...
Category
English Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
18th Century Mahogany Desk
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A George III period mahogany kneehole desk of good size, with the original brasses and lovely one piece top. The whole piece is of great colour and patina, circa 1780
This desk is...
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
A fine 18th century Regence kingwood and gilt bronze mounted Louis XV desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine Regence period 18th c leather top bureau plat. Kingwood with fine gilt bronze mounts. Black gold tooled leather top . Drawers on one side and faux drawers on the opposite side.
Category
French Louis XV Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fine Period Sheraton Mahogany Reading Table
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fine George III mahogany Sheraton reading table with adjustable stem and
drawer, circa 1795.
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
George III Satinwood Bonheur du Jour
Located in Basildon, GB
A Satinwood Bonheur du Jour with painted panels and glazed doors, maroon leather writing fold, ebony inlaid square tapering legs and painted brackets. After a design by Hepplewhite. ...
Category
British George III Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
$2,221 Sale Price
68% Off
French 18th Century Writing Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Beautiful 18th century French Writing table made of walnut with 1 drawer.
Category
French Louis XIV Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th-C. French Louis XV Style Carved Oak Tooled Leather & Bronze Writing Desk
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a special piece! It is a late 18th century carved oak and gilt bronze writing desk. It has two drawers and two identical faux drawers. Each foot is capped in bronze. The felt...
Category
French Louis XV Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Neoclassical Desk, Austria
Located in New York, NY
An elegant Neoclassical desk featuring one drawer and a sliding tabletop. The piece is beautifully veneered and hand-polished. It stands on tall tapered square legs, accented with br...
Category
Austrian Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Italy Late 18th Century Regency Walnut Desk or Side Table
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an elegant gaming table, hand made in the Late 18th Century by master craftmenships. The spectacular top of this charming table, is handmade in walnut with fine briar root a...
Category
Italian Regency Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$3,496 Sale Price
46% Off
Italian Parquetry Inlaid Writing Table Desk, 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exceptional parquetry inlaid writing table with Neoclassical designs, inlay with satinwood, black walnut, and fruitwood. Having a single center drawer, and supported on tapering l...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Satinwood, Walnut
Read More
This 19th-Century Gilded Desk Displays a Fanciful Kingdom in Marquetry
The stately piece brings both gravitas and whimsy to any work space.
Ask an Interior Designer: Work-from-Home Edition
Leaping into a design project, whether it's refreshing the bedroom or redoing the whole house, can be overwhelming. Luckily, we know more than a few interior designers. You asked questions on Instagram, and now they're answering.
18 Home Offices for Workaholic Design-Lovers
Proof that working from home is a perk.