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Continental Walnut Writing Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A continental walnut writing table with side drawer fitted for writing.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier European Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Sicilian Writing Desk in Ebony Embellished with Tortoiseshell Inserts and Silver
Located in Barletta, IT
Writing desk in ebony embellished with tortoiseshell inserts and silver finishes. Drawers along
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Silver
Antique Gustavian Pine Table, Sweden, Late 18th Century
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
Sweden, late 18th century.
Gustavian pine table with tones of white and green.
Measures: H 76 x W
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Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Italian baroque walnut writing table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Italian baroque walnut writing table with single large drawer.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Louis XVI Bureau Plat
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular shape bureau, mahogany and mahogany veneer.
It comprises three drawers on the front and simulates three on the back. It stands on octogonal legs à facettes, which en...
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Early 18th c. Mahogany Centre Writing Table / Bureau Plat .
Located in Milan, IT
Very elegant ,early 18th France centre bureau plat, with leather top, also in the two pull out
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XIV beechwood writing table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis XIV beechwood writing table with inlaid leather top.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech, Leather
18th Century Desk in "Barocco Piemontese" Style Sculptured on Four Sides
Located in Lentate sul Seveso (Mb), IT
18th century desk in "Barocco Piemontese" style sculptured on four sides
Baroque painted
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20th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Oak Bureau
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Wonderful 18th century English oak bureau in oak, with a great colour and patina, of small and
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Antique Late 18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$4,244
French Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is a lovely 1780's writing desk with a single drawer and replaced leather top.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Leather
$2,800
English 18th Century George III Inlaid Mahogany Kneehole Desk/Dressing Table
Located in GB
This fine quality Georgian small kneehole desk was made with well figured mahogany veneers inlaid
Category
Antique 1770s British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Spanish Writing Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Spanish writing table with rectangular top on pierced double scroll-end-supports, joined by double
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Antique 18th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Desks and Writing Tables
$10,000
Rare Georgian Mahogany Kneehole Desk Lift Up Top, 18th Century, circa 1780
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Rare Georgian mahogany kneehole desk lift up top, 18th century, circa 1780
A rare 18th century
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Antique 1780s English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XIV Desk
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Louis XIV oak desk hand crafted with four turned legs, cross stretcher at the bottom
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$10,000
Inlaid walnut, olivewood, and maple neoclassical writing table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Italian (Lucchese) inlaid olivewood, maple and walnut neoclassical writing table with single drawer
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Olive, Maple, Walnut
18th Century Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Salisbury, GB
Mahogany bureau bookcase. Oak drawer linings, secret drawers, swan pediment with finial. Has roundels and finely executed dentil moulding, Kingwood crossbanding to interior cupboard ...
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Antique 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Desk in Flower Marquetry, Louis XVI Period, Stamped C. Topino, 18th Century
By Charles Topino
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Desk with flaps in Louis XVI period flower marquetry stamped C. Topino and JME (on the rear right
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Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Louis XV Walnut Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Louis XV Walnut Desk. France. Fourth Quarter of the 18th Century. With Carving, Two Drawers at
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$12,500
Fine Spanish Walnut Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine Spanish walnut desk, the rectangular top above three short carved drawers with wooden knobs
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Antique 18th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
$46,430
Writing Table Stamped RVLC
By Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix
Located in Paris, FR
Writing table inlaid with amaranth and tulipwood, ornamented with chiselled and gilt bronze.
Work
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Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
$65,269
An Irish 18th Century Side Table
Located in Dublin, IE
An Irish 18th Century Mahogany Side Table on Cabriole Legs with Trifid Feet and Frieze with Shell
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Irish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Neoclassical Writing Table
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A handsome and useful Italian walnut one drawer writing table with tapering reeded legs. The drawer
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Gustavian Pine Table with Green Paint, Sweden, Late 18th Century
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
Sweden, Late 18th Century
Antique genuine gustavian table from Sweden made around 1790. Painted in
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Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Pine
Late 18th/Early 19th C. Louis XV Style Desk in Rosewood
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 18th/Early 19th C. Louis XV Style Desk in Rosewood in Rosewood
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Italian Walnut 18th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Natchez, MS
Italian Louis XVI walnut bureau plat with three drawers, having carved rosette and swag decoration on the sides and fluted legs.
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Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mahogany Centre or Writing Table
Located in Salisbury, GB
Early George III mahogany two drawer centre or writing table
Evenly finished and polished
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Antique Mid-18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
An Eighteenth Century Mulberry Roll Top Desk
Located in London, GB
An Austrian cylinder desk dating from the Late Eighteenth Century. This neo-classical desk is a
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Austrian Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century Baroque Walnut Trestle Table
Located in Alella, ES
Rectangular thick single plank top raised on ring turned legs joined by undulating stretchers secured by later wrought iron supports ending on bun feet.
Exceptional patina.
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Antique Late 18th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Late 18th Century English Mahogany Architect’s Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
front pulling out to form a sliding writing surface, enclosing fitted compartments and a lateral sliding
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Antique Late 18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Painted Table, Attributed to George Brookshaw
By George Brookshaw
Located in Richmond, London
A very decorative late 18th century painted table, attributable to George Brookshaw. English, circa
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Rare 17th Century Spanish Chestnut Knee-hole Desk / Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
A stunning 17th century Spanish chestnut knee-hole desk with massive single plank chestnut top over
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chestnut
18th Century Red and Gilt Japanned Lacquer Bureau
Located in London, GB
18th century red and gilt Japanned lacquer Bureau.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Walnut Cabriole Leg Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
A Charming and delicate French Cabriole leg desk with carved hoof feet, leather writing surface and
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$2,650
18th Century, Baroque Secretaire
Located in Wels, AT
Charming small desk on high legs with hinging cover and tabernacle cabinet.
Typical Austrian Maria
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Antique 1730s Austrian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century Louis XVI Mahogany Metamorphic Table
Located in Louisville, KY
This rare form features a removable top with a leather inset writing surface on one side and a
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone
George II Partners Writing Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
George II period mahogany partners writing table with olive green gilt-tooled writing surface
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier British George II Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
English Regency Drop-Leaf Writing Table
Located in Fulton, CA
A period English Regency drop-leaf writing table, desk or sofa table, circa 1790-1820. Some older
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Antique Late 18th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century French Walnut Table with Turned Legs
Located in Carmel, CA
This beautiful 18th Century French walnut table has finely turned legs and a beautiful deep
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Geo III mahogany freestanding writing table
Located in Vancouver, BC
Freestanding mahogany writing table
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Walnut Writing Table, circa 1700
Located in San Francisco, CA
French walnut writing table with incredible turned legs and stretcher, single drawer, circa 1700.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Georgian Partners Writing Table, circa 1800
Located in Sheffield, MA
George III mahogany partners writing table/desk, the rectangular top with molded edge, having ten
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier British George III Desks and Writing Ta...
Materials
Brass
George III Mahogany Partners Writing Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
Georgian mahogany partners writing table with a black gilt-tooled leather writing surface, three
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Important Louis XVI Bureau a Cylindre, French, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
arrangement of compartments and drawers, with a writing slide over a kneehole drawer, the right drawer faced
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Superb Early 18th Century Spanish Baroque Period Walnut Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 18th century Spanish Baroque walnut table (circa 1720) with thick rectangular top over four
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
18th Century Satinwood Table with William Penn Family Connections
By Thomas Sheraton
Located in Wendover, GB
This 18th century painted oval satinwood writing table in the style of Thomas Sheraton once
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique 18th Century Bureau In Cuban Mahogany ( REF AF-3093 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
: 102.5cm Width x 57cm Depth x 105cm Height ( 76cm Desk Height )
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Antique Early 18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
A kingwood, tulipwood, and pine writing table
Located in New York, NY
A kingwood, tulipwood, and pine writing table (scrivania) with five drawers, a leather writing
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Pine, Tulipwood
Antique 18th Century Heavily Carved Bureau In Oak ( REF AF-3520 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
This exceptional 18th-century antique oak bureau is a remarkable piece of furniture, featuring
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Antique 18th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique 18th Century Great Quality Bureau In Oak ( REF AF-3519 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
This impressive 18th-century antique oak bureau is a stunning example of classic craftsmanship and
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Antique 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Olivewood William
Mary Desk
Located in Kensington, MD
original 17th century Olivewood Marquetry Chest, which was remade into a 7 drawer knee hole desk at
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Olive
Althorp Carlton Desk
Located in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
Regency style Carlton desk in finest crotch mahogany veneers with 11 oak lined drawers and two
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Antique 18th Century Vietnamese Regency Desks and Writing Tables
$9,132
18th century Louis XIII walnut center table with crosspiece Lyon
Located in Lyon, RH-Alps
original louis XIII walnut center table
can also be used as a desk
very typical flat crosspiece
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Regency Desk
Located in Paris, FR
French Regency desk opening by three drawers inlaid with kingwood and decorated with ormolu
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Antique 18th Century Regency Desks and Writing Tables
$51,622
Italain Gilded Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Gilded Desk with Carrera Marble Top
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
$7,200
Walnut, fruit wood and bone metamorphic writing table
Located in New York, NY
trifid feet.
A similarly shaped writing desk without the elaborate inlay is illustrated by Levy
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Fruitwood, Bone
A Tuscan Style Walnut Single Drawer Desk
By Derapage Design
Located in San Francisco, CA
The shaped plank top is hand-planed and doweled to a carved and shaped apron that houses a drawer. The apron also has carved scrolls in the corners which surmount exagerated cabriol...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique 18th Century Bureau of Small Proportions In Mahogany ( REF AF-3506 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
This exquisite 18th-century antique bureau in rich mahogany is a perfect blend of elegance and
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Antique 18th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the 18th century writing desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A 18th century writing desk — often made from wood, walnut and mahogany — can elevate any home. Find 788 options for an antique or vintage 18th century writing desk now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer 18th century writing desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Each 18th century writing desk bearing Georgian, Louis XVI or Louis XV hallmarks is very popular. Gillows of Lancaster
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The average selling price for a 18th century writing desk at 1stDibs is $6,796, while they’re typically $797 on the low end and $212,272 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Desks-writing-tables for You
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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- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024To identify 18th-century furniture, you can research your piece in the context of the prevailing styles of the period or consult a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer. To identify your item on your own, look over it for maker's marks, such as carvings, stamps, brands and labels. Researching the marking can help you determine the maker of your piece, and from there, you can search further to learn more about your particular item. Without a maker's mark, the best approach is to consider the characteristics of the dominant furniture styles during the 18th century. In England, these included William and Mary, Queen Anne, Georgian, Chippendale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton. Some French furniture styles of the 1700s include Louis XV, Louis XVI and Régence. Find a diverse assortment of 18th-century furniture on 1stDibs.
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