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Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

BAROQUE STYLE

The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.

Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.

Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.

Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.

Find a collection of authentic antique Baroque tables, lighting, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Baroque
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....
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1770s Swiss Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Cherry, Kingwood

18th Century German Baroque Table
Located in Belmont, MA
Unique baroque table made in Southern Germany around 1750-60. The top, the apron and the foot of the table are decorated with an exquisite walnut and yew tree marquetry. The table is...
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1750s German Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut, Yew

Solid Walnut Spanish Baroque Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
An 18th century Spanish baroque desk, or writing table made of solid Walnut Wood with turned legs joined by a Two drawers with original iron drawe...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

19th Spanish Side Table with Cared Turned Legs and Iron Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
19th Spanish side table with cared Solomonic turned legs and iron stretcher. The top has a carved edges and a beautiful grain and patina.
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Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

Desk Swedish Baroque Period 18th Century Veneer Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Desk Swedish Baroque Period 18th Century Veneer Sweden. A stunning desk made during the Baroque period in Sweden. Veneered with elm and burl woo...
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18th Century European Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Desk Swedish Early 18th Century Baroque Period Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Desk Swedish Baroque Period Sweden. A rare Swedish Baroque desk in a stunning condition and patina from the Swedish King Fredrik I period. Structu...
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Late 17th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak, Walnut

Table Centre Desk Writing Walnut Double Dolphin Handle Genoa Baroque
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Unusally Large Italian Walnut Centre, Occassional or Writing Table, Genoa Unusual large size with classical elegance and form Conceived as a center table as the frieze decoration...
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1680s Italian Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

19th Spanish Side Table with Cared Turned Legs and Iron Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
19th Spanish side table with cared Solomonic turned legs and iron stretcher. The top has a carved edges and a beautiful grain and patina.
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Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

Italian Walnut Baroque Style Lyre-Leg Trestle Refectory Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Italian Baroque style desk, or writing table with lyre shaped legs and joint with a central drawer. Finished on all four sides enabling it to be used against a wall as well as a cent...
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Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Baroque Wood and Iron Spanish Folding Traveling Table
Located in Leesburg, VA
Baroque Wood and Iron Spanish Folding Traveling Table Anonymous Spain; 18th century Wood, iron Approximate size: 27 (h) x 38 (w) x 19.5 (d) in. An 18th-century Spanish folding tab...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

Domed Baroque Extension Table with Silver Leaf Details and Leather Top, Modenese
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Complete your office with this domed extension desk finely finished in natural walnut and silver leaf decorated carvings. Its curved baroque legs really...
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2010s Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Silver Leaf, Gold Leaf

Baroque Walnut Writing Desk with Gold Leaf Details by Modenese Gastone Interiors
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Complete your office with a high-end Italian baroque writing desk from the bespoke producer Modenese Luxury Interiors. This solid wood presidentia...
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2010s Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Silver Leaf, Gold Leaf

Domed Baroque Office Desk with Silver Leaf Details and Leather Top by Modenese
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Admire this domed presidential office desk finely finished in natural walnut and silver leaf decorated carvings. Its curved baroque legs reall...
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2010s Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Rustic 17th Century Baroque Walnut Desk / Writing or Library Table
Located in Troy, NY
17th Century Baroque Walnut Desk / Writing or Library Table, with a thick walnut one-plank top above a frieze containing four drawers with molded,...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Wrought Iron

19th Spanish Side Table with Cared Turned Legs and Wood Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
19th Spanish Side Table with cared turned legs and wood stretcher and also an iron stretcher The top has a carved edges and a beautiful grai...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Italy 18th Century Baroque Walnut Organic Shape Table Desk
Located in Brescia, IT
This walnut rectangular Tuscany table, has been hand made in Lucca (Tuscany, Italy) in 1760 circa. Its elegant shape, with the black border, makes this ...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Flemish Baroque Marquetry Decorated Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine 19th century Flemish ebony center or writing table having floral marquetry inlay inlaid bone insects on a walnut, ebony and faux tortoise backg...
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1860s Belgian Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Bone, Tortoise Shell, Ebony

Spanish 1880s Walnut Side Table or Lady Desk, Lyre Legs and Iron Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
A Spanish walnut side table with single drawer, scalloped apron, carved legs and iron side stretcher from the late 19th century. This elegant Spanish table features a simple, rectan...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

17th C Style Antique Reproduction Italian Chestnut CAPRETTA Writing Desk Custom
Located in Encinitas, CA
CAPRETTA table line - our 17th Century Italian refectory style rustic table with drawer, handcrafted in Old Chestnut with smooth, soft brushed surface t...
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2010s Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Chestnut

17th Spanish Refectory Table, Writing Desk, One Large Drawer
Located in Miami, FL
17th Spanish refectory table. Writing desk. One large drawer The top its circa 1680, the legs circa 1800. The table are completely restored.
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17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

17th C Style Solid Italian Walnut Refectory Writing Dentil Edge Table options
Located in Encinitas, CA
Old Walnut LIRA Scrivania writing table handcrafted in aged solid Italian walnut with a carved dentil edge under the top surface, lyre-shaped bases, and hand forged iron cross stretc...
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2010s Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

Catalan Spanish Lady Desk or Console Table in Carved Walnut and Iron Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Catalan Spanish lady desk or console table in carved walnut & iron stretcher with five up drawers and two in the base table. Very heavy and resis...
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Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

18th Century Rustic Desk Table, Country Table, Original Pinewood Laquered Waxed
Located in Vigonza, Padua
18th century rustic desk table or country table, original pine wood laquered, restored the top and finished to wax. Drawer with functional lock, burnish...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Pine

Italian Baroque Walnut Writing Table with Hinged Top, c1700
Located in valatie, NY
An Italian Baroque walnut writing table with unique hinged top, the rectangular top with bread boarded ends, opening and turning to create a large writing surface, the frieze contain...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

17th C Style Italian Walnut 84" Table extends to 126" with end extension pair
Located in Encinitas, CA
Our classic Lira Style dining table expands with extension leaves- offering an option for entertainment seating: Old Walnut Refectory table with lyre-shaped bases, handcrafted in ag...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Wrought Iron

Italian Baroque Style Desk Lacquered by Artist Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical charming diminutive scale Italian writing table, desk, or vanity made in the Baroque taste. The table features a later lacquered finish by artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-...
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20th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

17th Century North Italian Ebonized Baroque Desk
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
An unusual late 17th century North Italian Baroque ebonized writing desk - of serpentine form. Featuring a knee-hole type design with a pull-out writing desk flanked by a pair of cup...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Pine

Italian, Tuscany, Baroque Style Carved Walnut 1-Drawer Table, 17th Cen and Later
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular top with molded edge and a dentil molded apron atop a paneled case housing one drawer, the case and top raised on columnar legs, the shaped bracket bases joined ...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Lombard Baroque writing desk second quarter 18th century
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Writing desk resting on wavy legs with goat's feet, drawer in the under-shelf band, top and riser with carved cimasa depicting phytomorphic motifs and central star. At the bottom, t...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Maple, Nutwood

Italian Baroque Style 1880s Walnut Desk with Inlaid Top and Carved Lyre Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Baroque style walnut desk table from the late 19th century, with inlaid top, two drawers, lyre-shaped legs and iron stretchers. Created in Italy during the last quarter of the 19th century, this walnut table features an unusual top inlaid with contrasting geometric motifs, sitting above two carved dovetailed drawers adorned with additional geometric motifs surrounding iron pulls. The table is raised on carved Baroque style lyre-shaped legs connected to the table's underside through scrolling iron stretchers. With its graceful lines, beautifully inlaid top and Baroque base...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Baroque 17th Century Italian or Maltese Marquetry Center table or Desk
Located in Troy, NY
Very unusual and rare small Bureau Plat, the frieze containing one drawer, finished all around and freestanding. Italian or possibly of Maltese Orig...
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Late 17th Century Maltese Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut, Olive

Table, 18th Century, Italian, Baroque, Walnut, Narrow, One Piece Top
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare, narrow, Italian, baroque, walnut, cabinet or sidetable. This table has unusual, narrow proportions and was probably originally conceived as a stand for a table cabinet or ...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

19th Catalan Spanish Cabinet on Stand in Carved Walnut and Iron Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
19th Catalan Spanish cabinet on stand in carved walnut with two doors in the cabinet.
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Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

Italian 17th Century Baroque Painted Walnut Centre Table
Located in Troy, NY
Strikingly decorative Venetian table of highly unusual and rare form, early 17th century. The oblong molded top enhanced with gilt decoration, above a double frieze with conforming ...
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Early 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Walnut

Baroque Table, South German, 1760
Located in Belmont, MA
Beautiful baroque table or desk, made in Southern Germany or northern Switzerland 1760, cherry veneer with marquetry in plum wood and elm. The table is in very good refinished condit...
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1760s German Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Cherry

Set of two Andalusian chairs in yellow ocre polychrome wood with birds
Located in BILBAO, ES
Set of two Andalusian chairs in yellow ocre polychrome wood with birds From the 1980´s Very Romantic with a chalky classic finish for interiors with ...
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1980s Portuguese Vintage Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Important Filipine Table of the 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Important FilipineIndo-Portuguese table of the 17th century, in Brazilian rosewood, with two drawers. Signs of use. Dim.: 82 x 86 x 133 cm.
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17th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood

1850s European Empire Mahogany Pair Armchairs with Griffin God Face and Feet
Located in BILBAO, ES
1850s European Empire Mahogany pair armchairs with Griffin God face and feet.. Upholstery with Osborne & Little with heraldic pattern in cross stich fabric. Dimensions Chair H...
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1880s Portuguese Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Table Centre Dining Library Dismantable X Trestles Oak Fruitwood
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A South German oak, shaped X' ended table with detachable fruitwood top with decorative cleated band This table is easily dismantled and retains the original pegs The cleated edge ...
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17th Century German Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Fruitwood, Oak

18th Century Baroque Table, Made in Czechia, Fully Restored
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
The table is made out of walnut and is inlaid. It has been fully restored by our team in Prague.
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Late 18th Century Czech Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Lacquer, Walnut

Baroque Desk / Dining Table / Kitchen Table in Solid Oak, 1770
Located in Lüdinghausen, DE
Desk restored baroque around 1770 solid oak dining table kitchen table Features: High quality Drawers pronged Original spring locks, k...
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18th Century Antique Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Baroque desks and writing tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Baroque desks and writing tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage desks and writing tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque desks and writing tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Spain pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original desks and writing tables, popular names associated with this style include Modenese Gastone, Europa Antiques, Ira Yeager, and Jim Peed. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for desks and writing tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,664 and tops out at $75,474 while the average work can sell for $5,925.

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