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Neoclassical Writing Table
Located in Hudson, NY
German Neoclassical writing table. Walnut with light fruitwood inlay. Replaced leather writing
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1850s German Antique German Desk

Materials

Fruitwood, Walnut

Biedermeier Birch Writing Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good satin birchwood writiing or game table made in Germany during the first half of the 19th
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19th Century German Antique German Desk

Materials

Metal

Biedermeier birch writing table
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Biedermeier birch writing table that could also be used as a games table.
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19th Century German Antique German Desk

Materials

Wood, Leather

Clerk s Safe
Located in Georges Mills, NH
Clerk's safe with original grain paint finish and original key pigeon hole interior. Ornate brass lion face (Very rare).
Category

1880s German Antique German Desk

Materials

Steel

Important Biedermeier Lyre-Based Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
A very large South German Biedermeier table of exceptional quality. This table's importance is 1
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19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Desk

Materials

Maple, Pine, Walnut

WMF Oval Pewter Frame
Located in Charleston, SC
Oval Shape Pewter Picture Frame with Art Deco Acending Peacock Feather Periphery and Interior Stylized Floral Oval on Easel. Stamped, "98."
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Early 20th Century German Antique German Desk

Materials

Pewter

Silver and Glass Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful silver and glass inkwell, stamped Julius Herz, with German hallmarks
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19th Century German Antique German Desk

Lorraine-Dietrich Racing-Car Inkwell.
By Kaiserzinn
Located in London, GB
, with driver at the wheel with co-driver at his side, German c1907. The bonnet lifts to reveal the
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Early 20th Century German Antique German Desk

Materials

Silver Plate

Art Nouveau Master Inkwell, Dore Bronze
Located in Bronx, NY
A stylish art nouveau master inkwell depicting a seductive water nymphet emerging from sleep in a pool of tranquil dreams. The inkwell, circa 1890, is finished in a high tone satin g...
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19th Century German Antique German Desk

Materials

Bronze

Saxony Style Porcelain Inkstand
Located in Hudson, NY
Saxony Style Porcelain Inkstand, with two covered pots and tray decorated with raised flowers and gilt.
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19th Century German Antique German Desk

Materials

Porcelain

Art Nouveau Inkwell After Hamlet by Shakespeare
By J.P. Kayser Sohn
Located in Hove, GB
An early 20th century Art Nouveau  silver plated inkwell by Kayser Germany with a seated figure
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique German Desk

Materials

Silver Plate

Black Forest Inkwell
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A handsome and whimsical vintage Black Forest inkwell of a bear cub motif. Hand carved and painted/stained with nice lifelike form and details. An elegant and fun desktop accessory.
Category

Early 20th Century German Antique German Desk

Materials

Wood, Paint

Art Nouveau WMF Pewter Calling Card / Dressing Table Tray
By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Brighton, GB
Art Nouveau pewter tray, depicting a maiden filling a ewer under a grapevine. WMF number 252 design in the 1906 catalogue. Great condition.
Category

Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique German Desk

Materials

Pewter

20th Century Art Nouveau Inkwell Signed
Located in Stamford, CT
20th century signed inkwell, bronze with original porcelain insert. * Signed Geschutzt
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Antique German Desk

Materials

Bronze

Alpina Art Deco Table Clock, 1920s
Located in Senden, NRW
great, functional specially made Art Deco desk clock from Germany. It is in good condition, with an
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1920s German Art Deco Antique German Desk

Early 19th Century Walnut Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19th Century Walnut Biedermeier Secretaire with gilt bronze hardware and an exquisite French Polish.
Category

19th Century German Antique German Desk

Materials

Walnut

Biedermier Vanity Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fine Biedermier vanity on footed tripod stand with removable mirror and 2 inlaid handkerchief drawers on top, and two additional drawers at the sides, and a turned spindle rail.
Category

19th Century German Antique German Desk

Materials

Wood

Museum Quality Biedermeier Secratire a Abattant, 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare find & museum quality in this very unique antique. A single, full width drawer over the drop front portion & two full width drawers below. The interior of the drop front hol...
Category

19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Desk

Materials

Birch

Antique Carved Wood Rolling Eye Dog Clock
Located in London, Nottinghill
This Amazing Art of timepiece clock is working and ticking well. With the eyes tells the time in which the left eye tells the hour and the right tells the minute. Please study the ph...
Category

1910s German Antique German Desk

Materials

Hardwood

Neoclassical Roll Top Painted Antique German Secretary, circa 1830
Located in Houston, TX
and see them first! This unusual painted roll top antique German desk circa 1830 is notable for its
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1830s German Neoclassical Antique German Desk

1920s German Art Deco Desk Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Elegant 1920s bronze finished desk lamp with adjustable position painted glass shade.
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1920s German Art Deco Antique German Desk

Materials

Spelter

Industrial Desk Lamp by Marianne Brandt for Kandem, Germany, 1930s
By Marianne Brandt, Kandem
Located in Noorderwijk, BE
Unique features of this workbench or desk lamp include a solid metal base with rotating ball joint
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Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Antique German Desk

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Green Bakelite Desk Lamp Bauhaus Style, 1920s, Germany
Located in Retie, BE
Art Deco green Bakelite desk lamp. This Bauhaus style desk lamp dates from the late 1920s and was
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Early 20th Century German Art Deco Antique German Desk

Materials

Brass, Nickel

German Secretaire
Located in New Orleans, LA
18c German Secretaire or Desk with original hardware.
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18th Century and Earlier German Antique German Desk

Materials

Wood

Biedermeier Butler s Desk
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A solid wood four drawer Biedermeier chest, the top most drawer pulling out to reveal a hinged writing surface and 13 drawers and compartments with ivory pulls and escutcheons.
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19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Desk

Materials

Metal

18th Century Bureau Desk
Located in Santander, ES
18th century figured walnut German bureau desk of small dimensions and of intricate serpentine
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Mid-18th Century German Baroque Antique German Desk

Biedermeier Period Table Writing Desk
Located in Santander, ES
Fine Biedermeier period table writing desk of great quality made entirely of bird's eye and burr
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19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Desk

Antique Biedermeier Mahogany Desk from 1830
Located in Senden, NRW
Unique large 1830s Biedermeier mahogany desk from northern germany. It offers a pyramid mahogany
Category

19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Desk

Materials

Brass

Bauhaus Table Lamp, Made in Germany, circa 1925
By Bauhaus
Located in Pambio Noranco, CH
architectural desk lamp by Bauhaus Weimar School Germany. Made in Germany circa 1925. Good condition.
Category

1920s German Bauhaus Antique German Desk

Materials

Brass

19th Century Biedermeier Cylinder Top Bureau Desk
Located in Santander, ES
Fine Biedermeier Bureau dating to the beginning of the 19th century and of north German origin
Category

Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Desk

Baroque Desk with Hutch "Tabernakelschreibtisch", Würzburg, Bavaria, 1790s
Located in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Baroque desk with hutch (a so-called "Tabernakelschreibtisch"), Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany, 1790s
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1790s German Baroque Antique German Desk

Materials

Walnut

Marianne Brandt Desk Lamp with Glass Base
By Kandem, Marianne Brandt
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Marianne Brandt Desk Lamp Glass Base The shade is in early plastic which is quite rare
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18th Century and Earlier German Art Deco Antique German Desk

19th Century Pine Shop Counter Waiter Station Kitchen Island Sideboard Desk
Located in Culverthorpe, Lincs
German pine shop counter in original paint to the front and later paint to the rear. It features a
Category

Late 19th Century German Antique German Desk

Materials

Pine

Bauhaus Desk Lamp by Christian Dell for Helo Leuchten
By Helo Leuchten, Christian Dell
Located in Vordingborg, DK
Bauhaus desk lamp with two adjustable pivot points, black lacquered metal shade. Designed by
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Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Antique German Desk

Materials

Metal

Art Deco or Bauhaus Brass Desk Lamp by Hillebrand, 1930s
By Hillebrand
Located in Vordingborg, DK
Large Hillebrand brass desk lamp, made in Germany in the 1930s. Beautiful patinated vintage
Category

Early 20th Century German Art Deco Antique German Desk

Materials

Brass

An Early 20th-Century 3-inch Diameter French Terrestrial Desk Globe
Located in Firenze, IT
terrestrial desk globe, by Thomas
Category

Early 20th Century German Napoleon III Antique German Desk

Materials

Paper

Rare Racing Car Desk Piece by WMF, Germany, 1914
By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Eltville, DE
. Rare and wonderful piece by the Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik in really good condition, Germany
Category

1910s German Art Deco Antique German Desk

Materials

Tin

Rare German Art Deco/Secessionist Chromed Steel and Brass Geometric Desk Clock
Located in Port Hope, ON
This rare Art Deco desk clock has distinct style echoes of the prewar Secessionist Movement and yet
Category

1920s German Art Deco Antique German Desk

Materials

Chrome

Walnut Side Table or Desk, circa 1920
Located in Freiburg, DE
Cast-iron base, grounded and oiled table top, non-toxic woodworm treatment In the table top are age-related bumps that were not ground away.
Category

1920s German Antique German Desk

Materials

Iron

Art Deco Porcelain Bulldog Inkwell, Germany
Located in Retie, BE
Who doens't want to have this cutie on his desk? A porcelain French Bulldog Inkwell - Frenchie
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Early 20th Century German Art Deco Antique German Desk

Materials

Porcelain

Art Deco Porcelain Bulldog Inkwell, Germany
Located in Retie, BE
Who will place this cutie on his desk? A porcelain French bulldog inkwell - Frenchie Statue. This
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Early 20th Century German Art Deco Antique German Desk

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Desk Set Made of Red and Brown Marble
Located in Senden, NRW
Gorgeous vintage desk set made of red and brown marble and brass. From France, circa late 1920s. A
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1920s German Art Deco Antique German Desk

Materials

Marble

German Mahogany Ting Tang Bracket Clock by W&H
By Winterhalder and Hofmeier
Located in Macclesfield, GB
a slow-fast mechanism and has a German Winterhalder & Hofmeier eight day ting tang movement which
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Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique German Desk

Materials

Mahogany

German Mahogany Lancet Top Ting Tang Bracket Clock by W&H
By Winterhalder and Hofmeier
Located in Macclesfield, GB
mechanism and has a German Winterhalder and Hofmeier ting tang movement which strikes the quarters, half
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Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique German Desk

Materials

Boxwood, Mahogany

Very Decorative Round Micro Mosaic Desk Timepiece Clock, circa 1890
By Junghans Uhren GmbH
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very decorative round micro mosaic desk timepiece clock. This mosaic inlaid clock has 4000 inlaid
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19th Century German Jugendstil Antique German Desk

Materials

Bronze

Exceptional Continental Burr Walnut Secretaire
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4035, a very impressive, burr walnut, Biedermeier secretaire, having white veined marble top with frieze drawers below, fall front which opens to reveal leather writing surface, bu...
Category

1850s German Biedermeier Antique German Desk

Materials

Walnut

Staffordshire Porcelain Inkwell
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Staffordshire porcelain inkwell. Probably German.
Category

19th Century German Victorian Antique German Desk

Materials

Porcelain

Erhard Sohne Tray with Secessionist Brass Mounts and Inlay
By Erhard Söhne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gmünd, Germany. The company produced a range of trays, caskets, covered jars, frames, smoking and desk
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Early 20th Century German Vienna Secession Antique German Desk

Materials

Brass

Novelty Cat and Dog Carved Black Forest Writing Stand, 1900
Located in GB
This superb late 19th century black forest carved walnut writing stand was made in Triberg, Germany
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Early 1900s German Black Forest Antique German Desk

Materials

Wood

Large Tray and Pen Holder Pot Erhard Sohne Wood Inlay Brass Art Nouveau, 1900
By Erhard Söhne
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
brass showing floral leafy branch decoration, Germany circa 1900. The presented and chosen motifs
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Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique German Desk

Materials

Brass

Continental Porcelain Flower-Encrusted Inkwell, 19th Century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Continental porcelain flower-encrusted inkwell, 19th century, the body of pointed foliate form, issuing a handle to center, the entire surface encrusted with carnations, roses, morni...
Category

19th Century German Rococo Antique German Desk

Materials

Porcelain

Art Nouveau Inkwell by Deutsches Reich Geschmacksmuster
By D. R. G. M.
Located in Fairfax, VA
Stunningly beautiful, this Art Nouveau piece transcends its simple use as inkwell and becomes something much greater: an amazing work of art. Multicolored art glass interjects a ...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Antique German Desk

Materials

Bronze

Biedermeier Cylinder top Bureau Secretaire
Located in Santander, ES
Imposing Biedermeier bureau of flame mahogany and of North German origin with cylinder top. The
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1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Desk

Kangaroo Mystery Clock
By Junghans Uhren GmbH
Located in Lyngby, DK
Junghans kangaroo mystery clock Germany, circa 1910. Wooden base supports a cast metal kangaroo in
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1910s German Other Antique German Desk

Materials

Metal

Antique Oswold Rolling/Google Eye Terrier Clock
By J. Oswald Company
Located in Antrim, GB
area, in Germany’s Black Forest, from the early 1920s 6 ins x 6 ins x 3ins Declaration: This item
Category

1920s German Black Forest Antique German Desk

Materials

Resin

Cylinder Top 18th Century German Bureau Secretaire Desk
Located in Santander, ES
Outstanding 18th century Bureau Secretaire of German origin with cylinder top that rolls open
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18th Century German Antique German Desk

German Art Deco Chrome Cigar Desk Ashtray with Mechanical Clock
Located in Port Hope, ON
This unusual German Art Deco chrome cigar ashtray features a circular chrome dish with a black
Category

1920s German Art Deco Antique German Desk

Materials

Chrome

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Antique German Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic antique German desk available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and walnut, every antique German desk was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique German desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each antique German desk bearing Art Nouveau, Victorian or Art Deco hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one antique German desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik, Marcel Breuer and Winterhalder Hofmeier produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Antique German Desk?

The average selling price for an antique German desk at 1stDibs is $2,447, while they’re typically $13 on the low end and $240,000 for the highest priced.
Questions About Antique German Desk
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    An antique Davenport desk is a small writing desk, usually with four drawers on one side. The desk would have elaborately decorated supports and a recessed space for adequate legroom. Shop a collection of Davenport desks from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
    1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A Davenport desk is a type of small desk with a distinct inclined desktop. The desktop covers a large storage compartment meant for keeping paper and other writing materials. Popular in the 19th century, Davenport desks are still sought after today. On 1stDibs, you’ll find a collection of antique Davenport desks from some of the world’s top sellers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023
    What antique desks are called depends on their design. A desk with chair cutouts on both sides is a partner desk, while one with a pull-down writing surface is a secretary. On a Davenport desk, the desktop lifts to reveal a storage area. Find a variety of antique, vintage and contemporary desks on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    To tell if a roll-top desk is an antique, look closely at the materials. Real antiques feature hardwoods like cherry, mahogany and black walnut. If you detect the use of engineered woods, the desk is a reproduction. Also, early pieces show off irregular dovetail joints. Joints that appear perfectly uniform indicate that a roll-top desk is a more recent mass-produced piece. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of expertly vetted antique roll-top desks.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A variety of factors can determine the exact age of an antique roll top desk. Some things to look for is the type of wood and craftsmanship used to create the desk. Typically, older desks will be made from heavier wood. You can also check for a maker’s marks to determine the age. When in doubt, work with a certified appraiser to determine the authenticity of your roll top desk. You’ll find a variety of expertly vetted roll top desks on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021
    An antique secretary desk will range in value depending on its authenticity and condition. The price can range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. On 1stDibs find the antique secretary desk you’re looking for today.