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Art Deco French Black Lacquer Writing Desk, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
An impactful back color refinished Art Deco writing desk with walnut and chromed cast iron detailed
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$7,156 Sale Price
31% Off
French Jacques Adnet Brass Mounted Black Lacquered Writing Desk
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Queens, NY
French 1940s brass mounted black lacquered bureau plat /writing desk with tan leather inset top
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Donkey, Black Writing Desk with Leds, Made in France
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
distinctive writing desk is powered by an electric bridle.
Stubborn and secretive, it conceals sliding storage
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate, Wood
$5,577 / item
Art Deco Black Lacquer Blue Egg Writing Desk, France
Located in Lisbon, PT
artisan. This Art Deco writing desk features a walnut structure with a chromed cast iron detailed base
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$8,331 Sale Price
62% Off
18th Century Black Rococo Writing Desk Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A beautifully crafted French Rococo writing desk from the Late 18th Century or Early 19th Century
Category
Antique 1780s French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Boulle Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
Well-proportioned French black lacquer and Boulle writing desk with metal gallery raised back
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tortoise Shell
$9,750
Jacques Adnet writing desk in leather France 1950
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
This stunning avant-garde desk, designed by Jacques Adnet and crafted in his own atelier in France
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Black Lacquer Bronze Figural Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Black Lacquer Bronze Figural Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk. Item
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Desk with Leather Writing Pad, Black with Brass Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style desk, with leather writing pad top, from the 19th century. This antique
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Art Deco Modernist black lacquer, silver leaf desk/writing table / vanity
Located in New York City, NY
Striking French Art Deco desk/ vanity featuring a dramatic sculptural form finished in deep black
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Louis XV Style Leather Top, Bronze, Black Lacquer Writing Desk By Bodart
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a chic French Louis XV style black lacquer writing desk by Jacques Bodart. It is marked and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Modern Neoclassical Ebony
Leather Desk /Writing Table, JeanMichel Frank
By (after) Jean Michel Frank
Located in New York, NY
An elegant French Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical desk in the style of Jean-Michel Frank. The piece
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$7,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Impressive antique writing desk, ebonized/black around 1870, Napoleon III
Located in Berlin, DE
Impressive antique desk, ebonized around 1870, Napoleon III
Elegant bureau plat/desk Extremely
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$3,111 Sale Price
20% Off
French 1950s Black Metal and Wood Occasional / Writing Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
A French Mid-Century writing / side table with a wooden top, a black lacquered metal frame and
Category
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
20th Century Elegant Black Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in Louis XV, Beech
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century elegant black bureau plat / writing desk in Louis XV, beech
Exclusive bureau plat
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$5,059 Sale Price
20% Off
French Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical Desk /Writing Table by Jacques Adnet 1940
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Rare and important French mid-century 1940's desk or writing table by Jacques Adnet symbolizing the
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
Antique Black French Louis XV Lacquered Desk Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
The 18th century French Louis XV style is known for its luxurious and ornate design, featuring
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Black Design Desk by French Designer Charly Bounan
By Charly Bounan
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Design desk by French Designer Charly Bounan
Dimensions:
Height: 80 cm.
Width: 240 cm
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Resin
$74,177 / item
Jean Pascaud Art Deco French Black Lacquered Desk
By Jean Pascaud
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Deco black lacquered desk featuring an indented rectangular top pinched at the corners
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Designer Writing Desk / Bureau Plat in Louis XV Style, Piano Black and gold
Located in Berlin, DE
Black designer writing desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style
Piano black veneer on solid softwood
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$4,205 Sale Price
20% Off
Designer writing desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style Piano Black with silver
Located in Berlin, DE
Designer writing desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style Piano Black with silver
Piano black
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$4,671 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century French Provincial Black Painted “Mazarin” Pedestal Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PROVINCIAL EIGHT-LEGGED "MAZARIN" PEDESTAL DESK IN BLACK PAINT
France, circa last quarter of the
Category
Antique 18th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Black Ebonized Wood “Architect Desk” Table with drawer, France
Located in Miami, FL
Ebonized wood “architect desk” table, France, 19th century. On four tapered legs with a central
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
French Empire Style Ebonized Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style (19th Century) ebonized mahogany writing table desk with a leather top & claw
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
French Paper Mache Black Lacquered
Foliage Painted Writing Table, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
French black lacquered and foliage painted writing table with hinged interior compartment, original
Category
Antique 1820s French Louis Philippe Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Paper
French Art Deco Black Lacquered Executive Table Desk, 1930s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stunning French desk from the 1930s with an elegant design characterized by linear and symmetrical
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Asymmetrical French Art Deco Desk in Black Lacquer, circa 1930
Located in Ulm, DE
An exceptional original French Art Deco desk from the 1930s, featuring a striking asymmetrical
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
Jansen French Louis XVI Style Ebonized and Black Leather Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (1940s) ebonized
gilt bronze trim desk / cartonnier with 2 drawers and
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf, Ormolu
Black Lacquered Louis XV Style Writing Table
Located in Kent, Dover
A French Louis XV style black lacquered writing table or bureau plat. With three working drawers
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
20th Century Louis XIV Style French Piano-Black Writing Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Imposing French writing table in style of Louis XIV.
Piano black polished veneer on solid pinewood
Category
20th Century Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Bureau Plat 20th C. with Black Gilt Trim Writing Surface
Located in Houston, TX
This exquisite desk is very well made with beech wood and oak with
Kingwood marquetry decorative
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
Elmwood B40 Desk by Pierre Chapo in Black Ash, France, 1970s
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pierre Chapo; B40 desk; Elm; France; 1970s; Mid-Century Modern, Rustic; Postmodern; Cabinets; Black
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
1930s Art Deco Black Ebonised Desk
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
Art Deco Desk
An exceptionally handsome 1930s Art Deco desk, finished in a luxurious ebonised black
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French 1970’s designer desk
By Roneo, Paris
Located in London, GB
A chrome and metal French designer 1979’s desk by Roneo, Paris.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Demi-Lune Art Deco Desk in Black High Gloss Lacquered Wood, France 1930s
Located in Ulm, DE
table in a living space
– as an elegant writing desk in a study or guest room
– as a reception or
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
Art Deco French Black desk or office table, after Léon
Maurice Jallot
By Léon Jallot
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a Kind and very refined Blck large desk or office table, original from the period and Art
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bakelite, Wood
$6,951 Sale Price
20% Off
1930s French Art Deco Desk in Black Lacquer with Nickeled Metal Applications
Located in Ulm, DE
Desk
Piano lacquer, black high gloss
Metal applications, freshly nickel-plated
Non-functional
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Carrara Marble Small Organic Shape Desk with Black Steel Base Made in France
By Slash Objects
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Celebrating nature's inherent beauty, the Oni Desk embraces the irregular shape of a found Carrara
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Steel
Elegant Black Stained French Style Bureau Plat or Desk by Kittinger
By Kittinger
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Black Stained French Style Bureau Plat or Desk by Kittinger, American, circa 1960s. It has
Category
Vintage 1960s American Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Baker Country French Black Lacquer Gold Trim Leather Desk Console
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Black lacquer embossed green lather top French Provincial writing table or desk with three drawers
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Classic Desk, Black Lacquered Wood, Refined Design.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Classic desk, black lacquered wood, refined design.
Add a touch of sophistication to your
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$5,111 / item
French Art Deco Leleu Mahogany Kneehole Desk
By Jules Leleu
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Deco large mahogany kneehole desk with bronze column design trim and leather top. (JULES
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Tolix Flap Desk Indoor Painted in Black
By Sebastian Bergne, Tolix
Located in Shakopee, MN
- The flap desk, imagined by Sebastian Bergne, is the ideal size for small spaces. Store documents
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Art Deco Walnut Black Lacquer Desk, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
An Art Deco walnut black color varnish desk with a side door, four side drawers and a central
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$5,272 Sale Price
25% Off
Design Desk, French Designer Charly Bounan
By Charly Bounan
Located in Geneve, CH
Charly Bounan, is a Parisian designer renowned for its refined creative style and the important eclecticism of its influences.
As an art dealer and designer he worked closely with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Resin
$64,857 / item
French Louis XV Style Black Lacquered Desk with Red Tooled Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
French Louis XV style black lacquered desk with a red tooled leather top and bronze hardware.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
20th Century antique Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Piano Black
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat writing table in the style of Louis XV style, silvered bronze fittings. Piano lacquer
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
Dainty Art Deco desk France around 1925. Root wood and black lacquer.
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
In the exquisite world of 1925s French Art Deco design, a dainty desk emerges as a testament to the
Category
Vintage 1920s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Amboyna
French Art Deco Desk and Chair Set
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Elegant Art Deco desk and chair set, in ebonized wood, carved with bold foliate motifs. The desk
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$10,460 / set
Metal and Leather Writing Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This French writing table combines industrial precision with a refined material palette. The sleek
Category
Vintage 1970s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Napoleon III Black Lacquer Desk with Bronze, Early 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
Napoleon III early 20th Century black lacquer writing desk with stamped bronze
Height: 90 cm
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
$7,227 Sale Price
30% Off
20th Century French Bureau Plat Desk in the Louis XV Style Black Ebonized Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Black ebonized, four-sided passively curved frame base on high, elegantly curved squares. Encased
Category
20th Century German Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
A " Washington " Desk by Jean Michel Wilmotte France 1980s
By Jean-Michel Wilmotte
Located in HYÈRES, FR
An important desk by Jean Michel Wilmotte France 1985s
Editor : Academy
Radical and Industrial
Category
Vintage 1980s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Desk in Black and white marquetry by Ginger Brown
By Ginger Brown
Located in Bourguebus, FR
brass handles.
The legs are in black polished marquetry.
It can be used as a writing desk or as a vanity
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$9,375 / item
Guillerme
Chambron Corner Desk in Dark Oak and Black Stone
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, corner writing desk, oak, stone, France, 1960s
A design by
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone
Stunning French Art Deco Two-Tone Desk
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Gorgeous French Art Deco two-tone desk table. Having beautiful Deco lines and silver hardware. All
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Desk in the Style of Art Deco in Black Piano Lacquer
Located in Ulm, DE
Modernist desk in black lacquer
Writing desk
Piano lacquer, high gloss black
Metal fittings
in
Category
Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the black French writing desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A black French writing desk — often made from metal, wood and steel — can elevate any home. Find 292 options for an antique or vintage black French writing desk now, or shop our selection of 16 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer black French writing desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Each black French writing desk bearing Mid-Century Modern, Louis XVI or Art Deco hallmarks is very popular. Maison Jansen, Jacques Adnet and Tolix each produced at least one beautiful black French writing desk that is worth considering.
How Much is a Black French Writing Desk?
Prices for a black French writing desk start at $1 and top out at $95,000 with the average selling for $7,360.
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.
Questions About Black French Writing Desk
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023In French, the term for a writing desk that often featured a drop-down writing surface is secretaire. This type of desk is called a secretary desk in English. Simply put, a secretary desk is a multifunctional piece of furniture with a hinged writing surface that folds open or drops down. When the leaf is folded out, small inner storage compartments, which are called pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers, are revealed. On 1stDibs, shop antique secretary desks from some of the world's top sellers.
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