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Italian Louis XVI Walnut burl Writing table
Located in Vancouver, BC
Beautiful Louis XVI writing table in Burled Walnut and solid walnut with Black tooled inset leather top
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Burl, Walnut

18th Century Walnut Kidney Shape Desk
Located in Milan, IT
Very beautiful kidney shape walnut and inlaid desk, open in the front with a serpentine form
Category

Late 18th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

Rare XVIIth century piemontese walnut writing desk
Located in Marseille, PACA
North italian writing desk, dating back to the end of XVII th century , horses carvings on doors ,
Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Italian Writing Table Attributed to Gabriele Capello
By Gabriele Capello
Located in Moncalvo, IT
Italian city of Moncalvo. 14 March 1806-20 August 1877. Gabriele Capello was an expert cabinetmaker and
Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Charles X Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Walnut

Italian Pietra Dura Inkstand
Located in Mississauga, ON
A late 19th century Italian Pietra Dura inkstand; with two removable blown glass inkwells with
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Marble, Brass

Early 19th century roll top desk
Located in Nice, Cote d Azur
Roll top opening by 4 drawers and 2 little doors ,on cabriolet leggs. Cherry and marquetry of flowers and attributs
Category

19th Century Italian Biedermeier Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Wood, Cherry

Italian Putti Holding a Mirror
Located in Natchez, MS
Italian 19th century painted putti holding a mirror on a shell form base. Putti is painted and
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

Figural Desk with an Extension, 18th / 19th Century
Located in Liverpool, GB
Richly carved cabinet - dressing table in the style of the Italian Renaissance. Dated at the turn
Category

Early 19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Nutwood

Italian Gucci Style Bronze Equestrian Dish
By Gucci
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic equestrian inspired catchall is very much in the manner of pieces created by Gucci and Hermes. Note: The cast bronze piece is detailed with a horseshoe, jocke...
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Early 20th Century Italian Other Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Bronze

Sculptural Ceramic Inkwell, Italy, circa 1800
Located in New York, NY
Ceramic sculpture of a child on a couch, hiding a very artistic inkwell.
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Ceramic

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
Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Walnut, Fruitwood, Bone

Italian 1940s Wood Typewritter
Located in Pasadena, CA
The base: 13 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches.
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Wood

Italian bureau plat, possibly Genoese
Located in San Francisco, CA
The rectangular leather-lined top with moulded edge above a shaped frieze fitted with three drawers, the reverse with simulated drawers, the sides mounted with a classical male beard...
Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Desks

Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat With Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in New York, NY
A kingwood marquetry Louis XV bureau plat with gilt bronze mounts and cabriole legs, ending in gilt bronze sabots with acanthus leaf ornamentation; the original leather inset top bor...
Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Ormolu

18th Century Italian Two-Drawer Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
An elegant Italian polychrome commode, with a shaped and molded top and two drawers over tall
Category

Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Wood

18th Century Italian Bureau from Verona
Located in Formigine Modena, IT
A very elegant rare italian bureau, overall veneered and inlaid with walnut and burl walnut; the
Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Rococo Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Walnut, Burl

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Plaque
Located in Nashville, TN
This is an excellent quality 19th century Italian Grand Tour micro mosaic plaque within slate with
Category

Early 19th Century English Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Marble

A 18th c. italian walnut bureau Emilia - Veneto
Located in Formigine Modena, IT
An italian walnut and burl walnut bureau , banded and cross banded overall , the fall front
Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Rococo Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Walnut, Burl

Italian Silver-Gilt and Lapis Lazuli Clock, Circa 1930
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, AR
This is a highly decorative and finely executed Italian Silver-Gilt and Lapis Lazuli Clock. Circa
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Silver

Northern Italian Marquetry and Ivory Inlaid Bureau, Circa 1750
Located in Louisville, KY
the top with a classical figure holding a torch and pointing to a book, the slant lid with floral marquetry and ivory classical figures, above three serpentine floral marquetry drawe...
Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Ivory

An Very Unusual and Rare Italian Carved Walnut Bureau 18th Century
Located in Formigine Modena, IT
feets. Italy ,Parma, second half of 18th century. cm 76 x 80 x 44 inc. 29,92 x 31,49 x 17,32
Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Rococo Antique Italian Desks

A North Italian walnut and ebonized bureau , Lombardy first half 18.th c.
Located in Formigine Modena, IT
A north italian walnut bureau, decorated with framed panels on the drawers and with ebonized and
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Rococo Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Walnut

Micromosaic Onyx Paperweight, Signed Barberi, Italy, 1783-1857
Located in Rome, IT
Micromosaic plaque depicting the Spring. Dimension 130 x 95 cm, plaque dimension 38 x 45 mm. Item condition grading: **** good.
Category

Early 19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Onyx

Micromosaic Onyx Paperweight, Signed Barberi, Italy, 1783-1857
Located in Rome, IT
Micromosaic plaque depicting the Winter. Dimension 125 x 95 mm, plaque dimension 40 x 45 mm. Item condition grading: **** good.
Category

Early 19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Onyx

Micromosaic Onyx Paperweight, Signed Barberi, Italy, 1783-1857
Located in Rome, IT
Micromosaic plaque depicting the Summer. Dimension 95 x 127 mm, plaque dimension 38 x 45 mm. Item condition grading: **** good.
Category

Early 19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Onyx

Micromosaic Onyx Paperweight, Signed Barberi, Italy, 1783-1857
Located in Rome, IT
Micromosaic plaque depicting a dog with a anchor. Dimension 145 x 117 mm, plaque dimension 44 x 55 mm. Item condition grading: ****good.
Category

Early 19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Onyx

19th Italie(Naples) Golden Picture Frame
Located in Paris, FR
19th Italie(Naples) Golden Picture Frame internal dimensions 60x50 cm.
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

19th Century, Ebony Writing Cabinet
Located in Wels, AT
A elegant writing cabinet, ebony Wood all-over with bone inlays, the tabletop with hinged draw, retractable top Panel.
Category

1860s Italian Antique Italian Desks

Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Neoclassic
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

Inkwell
Inkwell
$2,450
19th Century Table with Carved Foliate Gilt Decoration
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful Italian table with honed marble top and gilded carved decoration on the graceful legs
Category

19th Century Italian Regency Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Marble

magnifying glass
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bone hand carved handle with figurines
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

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
Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Olive, Maple, Walnut

18th Century Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Very early 18th century table with stretcher and single center drawer
Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Desks

Inlaid Coffee Table with Opening, Solid Walnut, Walnut Burl and Bois De Rose
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Inlaid table with opening on the top from which it is possible to access the contents of the drawer. In solid walnut, walnut burl and bois de rose. With brass decorations. Late 1800s...
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Brass

Grand Tour Micormosaic Onyx Paperweight, Italy, Mid-19th Century
Located in Rome, IT
Micromosaic plaques depicting San Peter and the Colosseum, with a gilted wooden frame. Dimension 145 x 205 mm, plaque dimension 120 x 55 mm. Item condition grading: **** good.
Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Onyx

Vitange Hand Cut Crystal Drinking Set
By Marcolin Art Crystal
Located in Grantham, GB
Beautiful vitange hand cut crystal vine set made in italy bottle with stoper 32 cm tall nd 6
Category

1860s Italian Art Deco Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Crystal

19th Century Horn and Silver Quill Holder with Unicorn Figure on Marble Base
Located in Nashville, TN
19th century horn and silver quill holder with unicorn figure on marble base.
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Marble

Ardesia Paperweight with Micromosaic Roman Views Gran Tour, 1850s
Located in Niella Tanaro, IT
An ardesia slate paperweight decorated with 5 micromosaic Roman views (San Pietro, Colosseo, Fori imperiali, Pantheon, Tempio di Apollo) Grand Tour souvenir, 1850s.
Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Italian Desks

19th Century Marble and Bronze Tazza
Located in Nashville, TN
19th Century marble and bronze tazza.
Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique Murano Glass Renaissance sofiato Bottles
By Antonio Salviati
Located in Grantham, GB
Beautiful set of 2 antique murano glass Renaissance sofiato decanters to 25cm tall and 24 cm tall by Antonio Salviati years 1860 perfect condition.
Category

1860s Italian Art Deco Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Murano Glass

Chinoiserie Style Painted Chest
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fabulous painted desk, hidden drawer, leather top.
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Wood, Leather

Walnut writing table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Italian neoclassical walnut writing table with drop-flaps to each side, three drawers and two doors
Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Table Clock Gilded Burnished Bronze Charles X Enamel Dial, 1830s
Located in Torino, Torino
Empire table clock of Italian origin, plinth-shaped case surmounted by a Rampant horse and cupid
Category

19th Century Italian Charles X Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Bronze

Decoupage Slant Front Bureau
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lacca povera, or laquered bureau consisting of a slant top over drawers and doors surrounding a knee-hole.
Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Wood

17th Century Pair of Marble Consoles
Located in Genova, IT
Pair of consoles in polychrome marble, shaped tops also in polychrome marble inlaid with scrolls and flowers, Rome, 17th century.
Category

17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Marble

18th Century Pendulum Clock by JP Antoine Tassaert
Located in Milan, IT
JP Antoine Tassaert: “Arion and the dolphins” marble statue of the second half of the 18th century clock in gilded bronze.
Category

1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Louis XVI Worktable
Located in Genova, IT
Louis XVI worktable with two drawers, a removable writing tablet and tabletop below. Veneered in violet wood and threaded, tap foot in gilded bronze. Genoa last quarter of the 18th ...
Category

Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Bronze

Louis XV Console
Located in Genova, IT
Louis XV console in finely carved and gilded wood, Bardiglio marble-top. Genoa, mid-18th century.
Category

Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Marble

Louis XV Game Table
Located in Genova, IT
Louis XV triangular game table with two drawers, removable central leg veneered in violet wood and inlaid in rosewood with the typical heart motif. Opening top covered in leather. Ge...
Category

Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Leather, Rosewood, Wood

Louis XV Pair of Half Moon Consoles
Located in Genova, IT
Louis XVI pair of half moon consoles in lacquered and gilded wood with central mask truncated pyramid legs and marble top veneered, Napoli, second half of the 18th century.
Category

Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Marble

Louis XVI Table
Located in Genova, IT
Louis XVI table with a drawer and pyramidal legs, veneered in maple, rosewood and stained woods. Richly inlaid with neoclassical motifs, Lombardy, late 18th century.
Category

Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Maple, Rosewood, Wood

Louis XVI Console
Located in Genova, IT
Louis XVI console in finely carved and gilded wood with veneered floor in antique yellow marble, Rome, second half of 18th century.
Category

Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Marble

Louis XVI Console and Mirror Couple
Located in Genova, IT
Louis XVI console and mirror couple in finely carved, gilded and polychromed wood; finials with cornucopias and floral motifs in vivid blue and red polychromy; scagliola table top, N...
Category

Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Mirror, Scagliola, Wood

Italian Painted Table or Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
The painted table/desk has a full front drawer. Decorative painting on all four sides of the apron
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Wood, Paint

Antique Italian Bronze Desk Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Italian bronze desk lamp with glass shade.
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Bronze

Italian Painted Slope-Top Lap Desk
Located in Natchez, MS
Italian Painted Slope Topped Lap Desk. 18th century
Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Desks

Italian Memphis Style Desk Lamp, 1980s
By Memphis Group
Located in MIJDRECHT, NL
This desk lamp is made in the famous Memphis style. The Italian Memphis Group was a design and
Category

1890s Italian Modern Antique Italian Desks

Materials

Metal

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Antique Italian Desks For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique Italian desks available for sale. Each of these unique antique Italian desks was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, walnut and metal. Antique Italian desks have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Neoclassical, Baroque and Louis XVI antique Italian desks are consistently popular styles. Antique Italian desks have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Antonio Pandiani, Osvaldo Borsani and Carlo Bugatti are consistently popular.

How Much are Antique Italian Desks?

Prices for antique Italian desks start at $99 and top out at $180,010 with the average selling for $5,472.
Questions About Antique Italian Desks
  • 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 ExpertAugust 29, 2024
    To tell an antique Italian pottery apart from other pieces, do some research using trusted online resources. First, identify the maker by looking for marks on the bottom or interior. Once you know who produced your pottery, you can then explore the styles and types of pieces they produced over the years and use this information to estimate your piece's age. For pottery to be antique, it must be at least 100 years old. If you'd like assistance with the dating process, talk to a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer. Shop a collection of antique Italian pottery 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.