Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Late 19th Century Renaissance Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Antique Italian Renaissance Revival Walnut Figural Carved Writing Desk 52"

$3,290 Sale Price

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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Style Cabinet with Writing Desk

Located in Casale Monferrato, IT

Elegant Italian Louis XV Style cabinet with desk 1910s. This cabinet is characterized by a refined

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1910s Italian Louis XV Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Style Cabinet with Writing Desk

$7,607 Sale Price

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18th Century Italian Louis XV Writing Table Inlaid Rosewood Center Desk

Located in Milano, MI

Elegant 18th century Italian rosewood center table from Tuscany, Italy, a rectangular shaped Louis

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Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Boxwood, Ebony, Rosewood

18th Century Italian Louis XV Writing Table Inlaid Rosewood Center Desk

$9,509

Italian Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Wood Console Table or Writing Desk

Located in Firenze, IT

This Italian early 20th century cherrywood console table or writing desk is a fine Art Nouveau

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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

Italian Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Wood Console Table or Writing Desk

$2,971

Antique Flap Writing Desk in Walnut, Carved Cross Legs, Early 18th Century Italy

Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)

Ancient flap, desk in solid walnut, with hand-carved legs and cross base, built, inlaid and briar

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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Antique Flap Writing Desk in Walnut, Carved Cross Legs, Early 18th Century Italy

$3,233 Sale Price

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Late 19th-Century French Walnut Bedside Cabinet with Hidden Writing Desk

Located in Atlanta, GA

writing desk function. The elegant serpentine front is fitted with three drawers, each adorned with finely

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Late 19th-Century French Walnut Bedside Cabinet with Hidden Writing Desk

$2,950

18th Century Poudreuse Writing Desk, Console Table Painted Piemont Italien

Located in Epfach, DE

18th Century Poudreuse Writing Desk, Console Table Painted Piemont Italien Small, Rare Poudreuse or

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1770s Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

18th Century Poudreuse Writing Desk, Console Table Painted Piemont Italien

$8,915

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

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1680s Italian Baroque Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Table Centre Desk Writing Walnut Double Dolphin Handle Genoa Baroque

$11,648

Original Louis XV Carved Sideboard with Writing Desk with Dark Patina Finish

Located in Cesena, FC

Original Louis XV carved sideboard with writing desk with dark patina finish. Louis XV sideboard

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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Original Louis XV Carved Sideboard with Writing Desk with Dark Patina Finish

$33,284

19th Century Italian Writing Desk and Drawer with Gray Marble Top from 1890s

Located in Florence, IT

19th century Italian writing desk and drawer with gray marble top and brass handles from 1890s

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1890s Italian Victorian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Marble, Brass

19th Century Italian Writing Desk and Drawer with Gray Marble Top from 1890s

$4,208

Writing Desk in Italian Walnut at Tre Cassetti 1820 Restored

Located in Bari, IT

Italian writing desk in walnut from circa 1820. The desk has three drawers each with its own

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Writing Desk in Italian Walnut at Tre Cassetti 1820 Restored

$1,188

Italian Walnut Library Writing Desk

Located in Winchcombe, Gloucesteshire

A superb decorative Italian writing desk, made in solid walnut with a black leather top. A

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Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Italian Walnut Library Writing Desk

$6,098

Italian Walnut Library Writing Desk

Located in Cheltenham, GB

Hutton-Clarke Antiques takes great pleasure in presenting this exquisite Italian writing desk

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19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Italian Walnut Library Writing Desk

$5,276

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 ,

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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Rare XVIIth century piemontese walnut writing desk

$12,500

Italian Writing Desk Table, Venice, 17th Century, Venetian Walnut Wood Inlay

Located in Varmo, IT

Writing desk - table in solid walnut, veneered with carob wood and inlaid with soft woods, Venice

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Late 17th Century Italian Louis XIV Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

Italian Writing Desk Table, Venice, 17th Century, Venetian Walnut Wood Inlay

$11,887

18th Century Louis XIV Walnut Wood Travel Italian Writing Desk, 1750s

Located in Wyboston Lakes, GB

This is like a travel desk, the legs below fall apart and split from the top. Is in solid walnut

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1750s Italian Louis XIV Antique Italian Writing Desk

18th Century Louis XIV Walnut Wood Travel Italian Writing Desk, 1750s

$28,529

18th Century Italian Louis XVI Walnut Writing Desk

Located in San Francisco, CA

An 18th century Italian Louis XVI walnut writing desk, finished on all sides, featuring a later

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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

18th Century Italian Louis XVI Walnut Writing Desk

$68,000

19th Century Italian Walnut Writing Desk with Drawers, 1890s

Located in Florence, IT

19th century Italian walnut writing desk with drawers, 1890s.

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1890s Italian Victorian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Brass

19th Century Italian Walnut Writing Desk with Drawers, 1890s

$1,664

18th Century Mazarin Writing Desk

Located in Vilnius, LT

A wonderful Italian inlaid bureau Mazarin in the style of Louis XIV The shaped front desk of

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18th Century Italian Louis XIV Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

18th Century Mazarin Writing Desk

$17,831

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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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Italian Neoclassical Writing Table

$8,750

Writing Table, Desk Louis XVI Late 1700

Located in Roveredo In Piano, IT

Second half XVIII sec. Writing table in solid walnut Louis XVI (late 1700) double sided

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18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood, Walnut

Writing Table, Desk Louis XVI Late 1700

$4,101

18th Century Italian Painted Louis XV Bureau Plat or Writing Desk in Walnut

Located in Firenze, IT

A charming Italian Louis XV bureau plat or writing desk. The desk in solid walnut wood features a

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Early 18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

18th Century Italian Painted Louis XV Bureau Plat or Writing Desk in Walnut

$4,517

Painted Italian Neoclassical Writing Table

Located in New Orleans, LA

A two drawer desk or writing table with a faux marble painted top over tall, square tapered legs.

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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Writing Desk

Painted Italian Neoclassical Writing Table

$4,400

19th Century Italian Writing Table.

Located in Morristown, NJ

19th Century Italian Marquetry Top Writing Table.

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

Materials

Oak

19th Century Italian Writing Table.

$5,400

Italian baroque walnut writing table

Located in San Francisco, CA

Italian baroque walnut writing table with single large drawer.

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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Italian baroque walnut writing table

$15,000

A Painted Italian Writing Table

Located in New Orleans, LA

A rococo style writing table with a shaped top over a scalloped apron with a drawer, all on

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood, Pine

A Painted Italian Writing Table

$2,800

Ernesto Petralli and Fratello Writing Desk-Bookcase, XIXth

By Ernesto Petralli Fratello

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Ernesto Petrallia and Fratello (1839 - fl.1853-1897) Writing desk-bookcase Stamped FRAT PETRALLI

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1890s Italian Napoleon III Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Oak, Walnut

Ernesto Petralli and Fratello Writing Desk-Bookcase, XIXth

$17,831

Italian Farm Desk

Located in DeSoto, KS

Small Italian antique desk.

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

Italian Farm Desk

$2,750

18th Century Italian Mahogany Writing Table

Located in San Francisco, CA

An 18th century Italian mahogany writing table with shaped apron and one drawer, the whole above

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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Mahogany

18th Century Italian Mahogany Writing Table

$92,900

Antique Italian Desk

Located in DeSoto, KS

This small antique desk from Tuscany has a wonderfully worn finish. The drawer has a simply

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

Antique Italian Desk

$2,500

17th Century Italian San Filippo Writing Table

Located in Antwerp, BE

A sophisticated San Filippo writing desk made of polished walnut, supported by two elegant lire

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17th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

17th Century Italian San Filippo Writing Table

$23,774

Italian Walnut Writing Table, 19th Century

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Rectangular top with molded edge over two frieze drawers, raised on turned baluster legs joined by a conforming H-form stretcher.

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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Italian Walnut Writing Table, 19th Century

$4,400

Italian Neoclassical writing table, 18th / 19th c.

Located in Hudson, NY

Italian, ebony inlayed fruitwood writing table. Late 18th, early 19th c.

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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Ebony

Italian Neoclassical writing table, 18th / 19th c.

$3,500

Exceptional Italian Inlaid Desk

Located in Bantam, CT

An exceptional 18th century inlaid desk, the front with a writing slide above two drawers and two

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1750s Italian Chinoiserie Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Exceptional Italian Inlaid Desk

$22,000

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

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Burl, Walnut

Italian Louis XVI Walnut burl Writing table

17th Century Italian Desk

Located in San Francisco, CA

This desk was discovered in Lecce, Italy after it was restored. Inlay and style refined Italian

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17th Century Italian Romantic Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

17th Century Italian Desk

$18,000

Italian baroque walnut desk

Located in San Francisco, CA

Italian baroque walnut desk, the later superstructure comprising six drawers around a central

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Italian baroque walnut desk

$15,000

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

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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Silver

Sicilian Writing Desk in Ebony Embellished with Tortoiseshell Inserts and Silver

$23,774

Northern Italian Neoclassical Walnut Desk

Located in Newport Beach, CA

A Very Fine Italian Provincial Walnut Writing Desk. Fitted with drawers and full width writing

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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Northern Italian Neoclassical Walnut Desk

$18,500

Beautiful Italian Three Drawer Desk

Located in New Orleans, LA

19thc walnut inlaid

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

Beautiful Italian Three Drawer Desk

$12,500

18th Century Italian Desk Baroque Period

Located in San Francisco, CA

Italian walnut desk with olivewood book match veneering and marquetry inlay. The upper section

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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Olive

18th Century Italian Desk Baroque Period

$20,000

19th Century Italian Writing Table Attributed to Gabriele Capello

By Gabriele Capello

Located in Moncalvo, IT

Incredibly well kept writing table attributed to Gabriele Capello, a famous figured from the small

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Mid-19th Century Italian Charles X Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

19th Century Italian Writing Table Attributed to Gabriele Capello

$53,493

Blue Architects Desk, Italian, 19th Century

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Blue architects desk - Italian, 19th century 36.5" W x 29" D x 48.5" H. Measures: Door frame

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19th Century Italian Country Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

Blue Architects Desk, Italian, 19th Century

$4,200

Italian Small Louis XVI Cherry Desk

Located in Moncalvo, IT

Little cherry inlayed desk from Venice, Louis XVI 1780 Circa

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18th Century and Earlier Italian Louis XVI Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Cherry

Italian Small Louis XVI Cherry Desk

$10,579

Italian Carved Walnut Desk Table, Italy 17th Century Baroque

Located in Varmo, IT

Entirely in walnut with turned legs and in front of a drawer.

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Mid-17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Italian Carved Walnut Desk Table, Italy 17th Century Baroque

$3,566

Small Italian Walnut Inlaid 19th Century Desk

Located in Moncalvo, IT

Beautiful small Italian 19th century desk made of walnut with front draw

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Small Italian Walnut Inlaid 19th Century Desk

$4,636

Italian 19th Century brown walnut inlaid Desk

Located in Wyboston Lakes, GB

This is a elegant 19th century restored Italian desk. It is a walnut inlaid desk.

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1880s Italian Charles X Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Italian 19th Century brown walnut inlaid Desk

$5,943

19th Century Italian Neoclassical Inlaid Walnut Desk

Located in Atlanta, GA

19th century Italian neoclassical inlaid walnut desk Measures: 49.5" W x 28.25" D x 32.5" T, Apron

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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

19th Century Italian Neoclassical Inlaid Walnut Desk

$6,750

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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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut, Fruitwood, Bone

Walnut, fruit wood and bone metamorphic writing table

$105,000

18th Century Italian Desk in Walnut LXV Neapolitan

Located in Paris, FR

18th Italie Desk In Walnut LXV Neapolitan five drawers,from center sitting height cm.53

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18th Century and Earlier Italian Louis XV Antique Italian Writing Desk

18th Century Italian Desk in Walnut LXV Neapolitan

$5,943

Italian Double Wooden Desk with Pigeonholes from 19th Century

Located in Florence, IT

Italian double wooden desk with pigeonholes from 19th century, the writing top could be lift to

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1890s Italian Louis XIV Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

Italian Double Wooden Desk with Pigeonholes from 19th Century

$4,873

Italian Desk In The Giuseppe Maggiolini Style - 20th Century

By Giuseppe Maggiolini

Located in RUEIL-MALMAISON, FR

Desk in precious wood and finely executed marquetry, inspired by the work of Giuseppe Maggiolini

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Early 20th Century Italian Directoire Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

Italian Desk In The Giuseppe Maggiolini Style - 20th Century

$2,971

18th Century Marquetry Italian Desk - STORE CLOSING MAY 31ST

Located in San Mateo, CA

Very rare and unusual walnut and satinwood inlaid Italian desk. There are two drawers below the

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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Brass

18th Century Marquetry Italian Desk - STORE CLOSING MAY 31ST

$18,000

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

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1860s Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

19th Century, Ebony Writing Cabinet

$41,605

Italian Mahogany and Brass Desk with Drawers from 19th Century

Located in Florence, IT

Italian mahogany and brass desk with drawers from 19th century the eventual restoration of the top

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1850s Italian Biedermeier Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Brass

Italian Mahogany and Brass Desk with Drawers from 19th Century

$4,992

Second Half of the 19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Desk

Located in Liverpool, GB

Second half of the 19th century Italian Renaissance style desk An Italian Renaissance style desk

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19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Bone, Ebony, Oak, Pine

Second Half of the 19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Desk

$9,471

Venetian Desk

Located in Petworth, GB

AN ITALIAN POLYCHROME PAINTED KNEEHOLE DESK LATE 18TH CENTURY A rare Venetian painted desk

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1790s Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

Venetian Desk

$32,204

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Antique Italian Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique Italian writing desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each antique Italian writing desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, walnut and hardwood. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique Italian writing desk — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each antique Italian writing desk bearing Neoclassical, Louis XVI or Baroque hallmarks is very popular. Osvaldo Borsani, Carlo Zen and Franco Albini each produced at least one beautiful antique Italian writing desk that is worth considering.

How Much is a Antique Italian Writing Desk?

The average selling price for an antique Italian writing desk at 1stDibs is $6,021, while they’re typically $243 on the low end and $183,750 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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