Antique Italian Writing Desk

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1920s Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

Italian Inlaid Writing Desk/Table

$1,295

19th Century Italian Florence Renaissance Style Walnut Writing Desk, Lyre Legs

Located in Casale Monferrato, IT

Elegant and essential antique Italian writing desk. 19th century Renaissance style period with

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1890s Italian Renaissance Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

19th Century Italian Florence Renaissance Style Walnut Writing Desk, Lyre Legs

$1,780

Italian 19th walnut Writing desk

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Walnut writing desk with a pull out writing surface. My favorite!!!

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Italian 19th walnut Writing desk

Italian Faded Olivewood Writing Desk

Located in Dallas, TX

Beautiful Italian faded olivewood five-drawer writing desk. Having gorgeous inlaid top with

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Early 1900s Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

Italian Faded Olivewood Writing Desk

$3,950

19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Walnut Wood Writing Desk

Located in Casale Monferrato, IT

Elegant antique Italian writing desk. Rare and precious solid walnut wood. Comfortable size for a

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1850s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Walnut Wood Writing Desk

$8,307

19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Walnut Wood Writing Desk

Located in Casale Monferrato, IT

Elegant and essential antique Italian writing desk. Louis Philippe period with Classic shapely legs

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1880s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Walnut Wood Writing Desk

$1,780

19thc. Italian Ebonized Writing Desk

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Nice little place to scribble...

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Chestnut

19thc. Italian Ebonized Writing Desk

19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Walnut Wood Writing Desk

Located in Casale Monferrato, IT

Elegant and essential antique Italian writing desk. Louis Philippe period with Classic shapely legs

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1850s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Walnut Wood Writing Desk

$1,780

18th Century Italian Writing Table, Desk

Located in Round Top, TX

A very stunning 18th century writing table - Desk from the Veneto region of Italy. Beautifully

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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

18th Century Italian Writing Table, Desk

$8,500

Italian Renaissance Writing Desk With Drawer

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Classic Italian Renaissance writing desk with amazing hand carved wood details. Early 18th Century

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Early 18th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

Italian Renaissance Writing Desk With Drawer

$2,600

Italian 19th Century Walnut Writing Desk

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

This cheery little table or writing desk was made using solid walnut, in Italy, circa 1860. The

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Italian 19th Century Walnut Writing Desk

$2,895

19th Century Italian Cherry Writing Desk

Located in Carmine, TX

Writing desk / scrivania hand-made in Italy using cherry. The writing desk is very simple and

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Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Cherry

19th Century Italian Cherry Writing Desk

$4,200

Late 18th Century Italian Walnut Writing Desk

Located in Atlanta, GA

Late 18th Century Italian Walnut Writing Desk with Fitted Interior & Square Tapering Legs

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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Late 18th Century Italian Walnut Writing Desk

$4,250

18th Century Wallpaper Top Writing Desk, Italy

Located in New York, NY

writing desk. Can also be used as a console or dining table. Legs made of steel. Apron is wood.

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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

18th Century Wallpaper Top Writing Desk, Italy

$12,250

19th C. Italian Renaissance Walnut Writing Desk

Located in Dallas, TX

Elegant Italian Renaissance walnut writing desk with rich patina , featuring two large drawers

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19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Italian Writing Desk

19th C. Italian Renaissance Walnut Writing Desk

$7,800

Antique 19th Century Italian Inlay Writing Desk

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Step back in time with this vintage 19th Century Italian inlay writing desk. American-crafted with

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Late 19th Century Italian Bohemian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

Antique 19th Century Italian Inlay Writing Desk

$2,750

18th Century Italian Neoclassical Walnut Writing Desk

Located in Carmine, TX

Stunning writing desk hand-made in Italy in the mid 1700s using walnut. This really is the mother

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Mid-18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

18th Century Italian Neoclassical Walnut Writing Desk

$4,200

18th Century Neoclassical Italian Walnut Writing Desk

Located in Carmine, TX

Stunning writing desk hand-made in Italy in the mid 1700s using walnut. This really is the mother

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Mid-18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

18th Century Neoclassical Italian Walnut Writing Desk

$5,500

18th Century Italian Walnut Writing Table/ Desk

Located in Los Angeles, CA

18th century Italian Renaissance style walnut writing table with two drawers. The table stands on

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Late 18th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

18th Century Italian Walnut Writing Table/ Desk

$4,500

18TH CENTURY ITALIAN ROSEWOOD WRITING DESK, NAPLES

Located in Essex, MA

Period Mid-18th Century Italian Rosewood Writing Table. Drawers on one side, faux drawers on other

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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Ormolu

18TH CENTURY ITALIAN ROSEWOOD WRITING DESK, NAPLES

$9,800

Vintage Boho Italian Chevron Burl Ladies Writing Desk

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

An extraordinary vintage Boho ladies writing desk. Made in Italy over 100 years ago. The most

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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

Vintage Boho Italian Chevron Burl Ladies Writing Desk

$3,550

Rare 18th Century Italian Inlaid Walnut Writing Desk

Located in Debenham, Suffolk

Beautiful rare Italian desk circa 1770. Inlaid with figures, masks and foliage. 5 drawers.

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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

Rare 18th Century Italian Inlaid Walnut Writing Desk

$11,844

Vintage Italian Georgian Style Trestle Writing Desk 1960s

Located in Bridgeport, CT

style trestle oak writing desk from the 1960s, beautifully hand-carved standing on four imposing lions

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Early 20th Century Italian Georgian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Oak, Walnut

Vintage Italian Georgian Style Trestle Writing Desk 1960s

$1,800

Italian Rococo Style Venetian Painted Folding Writing Desk

Located in Firenze, IT

This lovely petite Italian Louis XV style slant-top writing desk is entirely decorated with hand

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Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Bronze

Italian Rococo Style Venetian Painted Folding Writing Desk

$2,254

19th Century Italian Hand Painted Writing Desk

Located in Dallas, TX

Beautiful Italian painted desk with original leather top and bronze hardware. Nicely aged patina

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1850s European Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

19th Century Italian Hand Painted Writing Desk

$10,780

18th Century Italian Inlaid Walnut Writing Table Desk

Located in Debenham, Suffolk

18th century walnut free standing five-drawer Italian desk, profusely inlaid, standing on cabriole

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Mid-18th Century Italian Georgian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

18th Century Italian Inlaid Walnut Writing Table Desk

$12,316

Writing Desk Neoclassical Maple Walnut Italy 19th Century

Located in Milano, IT

Writing desk veneered and inlaid in Brazilian rosewood, walnut, maple, green stained maple, and

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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Maple, Rosewood, Walnut

Writing Desk Neoclassical Maple Walnut Italy 19th Century

$17,563

19th Century Italian Walnut Kitchen Table / Writing Desk

Located in Carmine, TX

a kitchen table to prep food and eat or as a writing desk. Its warm, yet light, color will help it

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Early 19th Century Italian Rustic Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

19th Century Italian Walnut Kitchen Table / Writing Desk

$4,250

19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Cherry Wood Antique Writing Desk

Located in Casale Monferrato, IT

Elegant antique Italian writing desk. Rare and precious solid cherry wood. Comfortable size for a

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1840s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Cherry Wood Antique Writing Desk

$5,696

An Italian Baroque Pinewood Two Drawer Writing Desk

Located in Atlanta, GA

having a rectangular top above two drawers with iron ring pulls, the half-lyre form trestle supports connected by a later angled footrest

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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Iron

An Italian Baroque Pinewood Two Drawer Writing Desk

$4,660

A Northern Italian Neoclassical Fruitwood 4-Drawer Writing Desk

Located in San Francisco, CA

An elegant northern Italian neoclassical fruitwood 4-drawer writing desk with inset leather top and

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

A Northern Italian Neoclassical Fruitwood 4-Drawer Writing Desk

$22,000

Antique Writing Walnut Desk

Located in Alessandria, Piemonte

Antique Piedmontese walnut writing desk, simple and useful. It didn't have handles and I don't

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Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Antique Writing Walnut Desk

$2,610

Late 19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Writing Table Desk

Located in Debenham, Suffolk

Large carved walnut desk circa 1890. Typical Italian trestle ends depicting mythical beasts

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1890s Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

Late 19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Writing Table Desk

$3,765

18th Century Bleached Italian Walnut Writing Desk / Scrivania

Located in Carmine, TX

Writing desk hand-made in Italy in the mid 1700s using walnut and pegged construction. The desk has

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18th Century Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

18th Century Bleached Italian Walnut Writing Desk / Scrivania

$2,500

18th Century Bleached Walnut Italian Desk / Scrittoio / Writing Table

Located in Carmine, TX

Writing desk handmade in Italy in the late 1700s using walnut and pegged construction. This is a

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Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

18th Century Bleached Walnut Italian Desk / Scrittoio / Writing Table

$3,250

Writing Desk Marco Calestrini Neoclassical Florence, Italy, Late 1700

Located in Milano, IT

Rectangular desk table supported by four truncated pyramidal legs that end with a spinning top

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18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Cherry, Chestnut, Maple

Writing Desk Marco Calestrini Neoclassical Florence, Italy, Late 1700

$10,917

Gaetano Borsani Varedo Elegant writing desk in Italian Rationalist Style

By Gaetano Borsani

Located in Milano, IT

COD-2740 Gaetano Borsani Varedo Elegant writing desk in Italian Rationalist Style with lateral

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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood

Gaetano Borsani Varedo Elegant writing desk in Italian Rationalist Style

$14,715

19th C. Italian Walnut Writing Table/Desk with Bun Feet

Located in Los Angeles, CA

19th C. Italian Walnut writing table with bun feet and center stretcher that attaches to all four

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

19th C. Italian Walnut Writing Table/Desk with Bun Feet

$4,800

19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Writing Table Desk

Located in Dallas, TX

Bring the Italian elegance in your office with this important, antique Renaissance revival writing

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Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Writing Table Desk

$6,950

19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Writing Table Desk

Located in Dallas, TX

Bring the Italian elegance in your office with this important, antique Renaissance revival writing

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Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Writing Table Desk

$5,200

18th Century Italian Louis XV Walnut Writing Desk, Cabriolet Legs

Located in Casale Monferrato, IT

Elegant and essential antique Italian writing desk. 18th century Louis XV period with classic

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1740s Italian Renaissance Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

18th Century Italian Louis XV Walnut Writing Desk, Cabriolet Legs

$2,966

Antique Writing Desk in Walnut, Spiked Legs, Late 18th Century Italy

Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)

Antique writing desk in walnut, carved with spiked legs and 3 drawers, hand-built in the late 18th

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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Antique Writing Desk in Walnut, Spiked Legs, Late 18th Century Italy

$2,610

19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Carved Oak Desk or Writing Table

Located in Casale Monferrato, IT

Beautiful antique rare Renaissance style writing table in carved oakwood. The sides present a

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1880s Italian Renaissance Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Oak

19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Carved Oak Desk or Writing Table

$5,933

Antique Italian Neoclassical Walnut Marquetry Figural Writing Desk Library Table

Located in Dayton, OH

Antique Italian marquetry writing or library desk, Made from walnut with carved inlays of oak and

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Early 20th Century Neoclassical Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Leather, Fruitwood, Oak, Walnut

Antique Italian Neoclassical Walnut Marquetry Figural Writing Desk Library Table

$3,000

Mid-19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Writing Table Desk

Located in Dallas, TX

Bring the Italian elegance in your office with this important, antique Renaissance revival writing

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Mid-19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Mid-19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Writing Table Desk

$7,900

Italian, Toscana, Walnut and Inlaid Metamporhic Writing Table/Desk, circa 1800

Located in Atlanta, GA

This desk has a line inlaid and central medallion inlaid rectangular top with a gallery edge, the

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1790s Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Italian, Toscana, Walnut and Inlaid Metamporhic Writing Table/Desk, circa 1800

$7,600

18th CENTURY MAZZARINO TYPE WRITING DESK

Located in Firenze, FI

Elegant desk with folding top, supported by a base with truncated pyramid legs joined by

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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood, Palisander

18th CENTURY MAZZARINO TYPE WRITING DESK

$6,313

Italian Neoclassical Writing Table

Located in New York, NY

An elegant neoclassical Italian writing table with beautiful marquetry detail on all sides and top

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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

Italian Neoclassical Writing Table

$6,800

Italian antique wooden writing desk with drawer and decorated legs, late 1800s

Located in MIlano, IT

Italian antique wooden writing desk with drawer and decorated legs, late 1800s Wooden desk or

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1890s Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Metal

Italian antique wooden writing desk with drawer and decorated legs, late 1800s

$1,483

Ornate 19th Century Inlaid Writing Desk

Located in Danville, CA

Extraordinarily detailed 19th century handcrafted writer's desk with exceptional floral marquetry

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Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Fruitwood, Walnut

Ornate 19th Century Inlaid Writing Desk

$6,500

Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Period Walnut Writing Table or Desk

Located in Birmingham, AL

An elegant Italian Louis XVI period writing table or desk handcrafted of solid walnut with a

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Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Period Walnut Writing Table or Desk

$6,100

19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Mahogany Wood Writing Desk

Located in Casale Monferrato, IT

Elegant and essential antique Italian writing desk. Rare and precious veneered Mahogany wood

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1850s Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Mahogany

19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Mahogany Wood Writing Desk

$1,780

19th Century Italian Charles X Walnut Wood Writing Desk

Located in Casale Monferrato, IT

Elegant antique Italian writing desk. Rare and precious solid walnut wood. Comfortable size for a

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1820s Italian Charles X Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

19th Century Italian Charles X Walnut Wood Writing Desk

$2,966

Italian, Veneto, Neoclassic Walnut Inlaid Writing Table or Desk, 2ndq 19th cen

Located in Atlanta, GA

from the late neoclassical period this desk features a veneered top in a lozenge pattern atop a

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1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Walnut

Italian, Veneto, Neoclassic Walnut Inlaid Writing Table or Desk, 2ndq 19th cen

$11,160

Sublime circa 1840 Italian Hand Carved Walnut Venetian Writing Table Desk Dragon

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

We are delighted to offer this lovely hand carved Italian venetian walnut writing table desk with

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1840s Italian Early Victorian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Leather, Walnut

Sublime circa 1840 Italian Hand Carved Walnut Venetian Writing Table Desk Dragon

Italian 19th C. Smaller-Sized Desk with Leather Writing Pad Top Single Drawer

Located in Atlanta, GA

An Italian smaller-sized desk, with leather writing pad top, from the 19th century. This antique

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood, Leather

Italian 19th C. Smaller-Sized Desk with Leather Writing Pad Top Single Drawer

$3,640

Carved Italian Painted Writing Table

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Carved Italian Painted desk/writing table with center drawer.

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Early 20th Century Italian Other Antique Italian Writing Desk

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Wood, Paint

Carved Italian Painted Writing Table

$6,800

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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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