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English 19th Century Mahogany Writing Desk with Fluted Legs and Leather Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
This English writing desk from the 19th century is a well-proportioned and finely crafted example
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Adjustable Oak Writing Table or Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Adjustable oak writing table/desk. Pictured: 40 in. tall (with desk surface at 34 in.) x 28 in
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20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
1800s New England Pine Writing Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
Small writing desk from the 1800s in New England. Original patina. Good steady condition
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Colonial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Rustic 17th Century Baroque Walnut Desk / Writing or Library Table
Located in Troy, NY
17th Century Baroque Walnut Desk / Writing or Library Table, with a thick walnut one-plank top
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
20th Century Italian Vintage Walnut Writing Desk
Armchair by Amleto Sartori
By Amleto Sartori
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century modern Italian office set of a writing desk and an armchair made of hand
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
19th Century French Renaissance Wall Desk with Extending Writing Surface
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Renaissance Wall Desk with Extending Writing Surface represents the height of
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing Ta...
Materials
Oak
Classic by Carpanelli Book Writing Desk
By Carpanelli
Located in Desio, IT
inlaid precious stone matches the briarwood corners with filleting. The desk has three drawers as well as
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$10,938 / item
Antique Gillows Style Birdseye Maple Writing Table Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a very attractive Antique Victorian Gillows Style Birdseye Maple writing table, circa 1880
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
Antique Victorian Writing Table Desk by Edwards
Roberts 19th Century
Located in London, GB
antique furniture cabinet makers of the second half of the eighteenth century. The company was founded in
Category
Antique 1850s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Mid Century Modern Vintage Afromosia Teak Writing Office Desk Danish Style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
At Mid Century Traders, discover the allure of our beautiful minimalist mid century desk believed
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Magnificent English 19th Century Faux Painted Marbleized Pedestal Writing Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
British desk with faux painted original surface and hand painted marbleized green banding. The
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Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Writing Desk in High Gloss Lacquer
Located in Norwalk, CT
This is a wonderfully versatile and useful piece of furniture. I personally used it as a desk in
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Antique Swedish Gustavian Writing Table / Desk Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian desk from Umeå Västerbotten, Northern Sweden.
A high-class
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Rare Early 19th Century American Baltimore Federal Parcel Gilt Writing Desk
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine and rare early 19th century American Baltimore Federal painted writing table with
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Antique Early 19th Century American Federal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Rustic Neogothic Desk ~ Writing Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Rustic Neogothic desk ~ writing table is a sturdy, timeless design made for daily use and
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Low Profile Kidney Shape Burl Wood Compact Desk Writing Table Vanity MINT Italy
By Henredon, Drexel, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Banded Inlayed Top Carved Legs Low Profile Kidney Shape Burl Wood Compact Desk Writing Table Vanity
Category
20th Century Italian Federal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl, Walnut
Louis Majorelle Writing Desk, France 1930
s
By Louis Majorelle
Located in New York, NY
Very Unusual Majorelle Art Deco writing desk, the modernist line are a departure from the organic
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Paul McCobb Planner Group Mid-Century Modern Black Lacquered Writing Desk
By Planner Group, Paul McCobb
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional minimalist Mid-Century Modern writing desk
By Paul McCobb for Winchendon Furniture
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian 19th Century Walnut and Mahogany Writing Table with Slant Front Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A petite Italian two-toned walnut and mahogany writing desk from the 19th century with slant front
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Felt, Mahogany, Walnut
20th Century, Ico Parisi Wooden Writing Desk with Two Drawers, 50s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Turin, Turin
desk has a wooden structure with two drawers, and it is very simple but elegant. Perfect as writing
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th century English antique oak wall desk/writing table on wheels
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This beautiful antique writing table comes from England from the 19th century. It is gracefully and
Category
Antique 19th Century Classical Roman Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak
18th century Louis XVI Writing Desk, cherry veneer, South Germany
Located in Belmont, MA
Rare Louis XVI writing desk, South German 1780, exquisite cherry and plum wood veneer on front back
Category
Antique 1780s German Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Small Ladies
Writing Desk From the Early 20th Century in Brown
Located in Opole, PL
Small Ladies' Writing Desk From the Early 20th Century in Brown
A small, simple ladies' writing
Category
Early 20th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$1,373 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Rosewood Executive Desk
By Gayeski Furniture Coordinates
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This exquisite mid-century rosewood desk, crafted by Gayeski Furniture Coordinates, Inc. in Panama
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Imposing French Writing Table/Desk in Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Imposing French Writing Table in Style of Louis 14th
Tulip Wood on Pinewood. Three part, straight
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple White
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple Green
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writ...
Materials
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple Black
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writ...
Materials
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Navy
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writ...
Materials
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Yellow
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writ...
Materials
Steel
$840 / item
Mid Century Danish Modern Teak Executive Desk or Writing Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful and simply designed teak desk from Scandinavia circa 1970's. It features teak
Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Antique very fine quality small 19th Century mahogany writing side table desk
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique very fine quality small 19th Century mahogany writing side table desk. Lovely age colour
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$1,716 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Vintage Bespoke Kneehole Desk, English, Oak, Writing Table, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage kneehole desk. An English, oak panelled writing table, dating to the late
Category
Vintage 1970s British Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
An Expanding Dark Cerused Oak Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This elegant writing desk is crafted from dark cerused oak, featuring three spacious drawers and
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21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple Pink
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Writing Desk Maple Rose Copper
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Mustard
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Red
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut White
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple Yellow
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Pink
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple Navy
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple Gray
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Orange
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
$840 / item
Elegant women
s writing desk, France, circa 1900.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Elegant women's desk, France, circa 1900.
Very good condition.
Wood: walnut
Dimensions: height
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian quality rosewood inlaid writing desk
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality rosewood inlaid writing desk, having the original brass gallery, bevel
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$2,212 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$5,048 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Antique Walnut Marquetry Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian antique desk writing table with great veneer wood marquetry decorations
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Biedermeier Writing Desk/ Side Table, Nutwood, Austria, circa 1830
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
One of a kind, rare 19th century Biedermeier writing desk out of Austria veneered in fine nutwood
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Antique Mid-19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Marble Top Writing Table/Desk with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Essex, MA
!9th century French Belle Epoque writing table with gilt ormolu mounts on the feet corners and
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Antique 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
High-Quality Antique Oak Writing Table - Early 18th Century Desk Side Dressing
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Introducing an antique quality early 18th Century oak writing table, versatile as a desk or
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$1,907 Sale Price
30% Off
Coen de Vries Petite Writing Desk, 1954
By Coen de Vries, Devo
Located in Dronten, NL
Beautiful designed, original Mid-Century Modern petite writing desk with black dye birch X-base
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Formica, Birch
Vintage Hooker Furniture Solid Wood Archivist Desk
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Victorian style Hooker Furniture archivist desk. Made out of solid wood that looks like mahogany
Category
20th Century High Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$600 Sale Price
40% Off
Guillerme et Chambron, Desk Table, Oak Writing Desk, Height Adjustable
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, desk table, oak writing desk, height adjustable. "Edition Votre Maison"
This
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Midcentury Style Brass Base Walnut Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic mid-century modern space age designed desk featuring a spider leg polished brass base
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
17th Century Spanish Writing Desk with Drawer and Original Iron Lock
Located in Marbella, ES
17th Century Spanish writing desk with drawer and original iron lock.
Category
Antique 18th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine Quality Antique Carved Oak Writing Table - 19th Century Desk Side Dressing
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Presenting an antique quality 19th Century carved oak writing table, serving as a desk or dressing
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak
$1,907 Sale Price
30% Off
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An assortment of century furniture writing desks is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct century furniture writing desks — often made from wood, metal and hardwood — can elevate any home. We have 25587 antique and vintage century furniture writing desks in-stock, while there are 1138 modern editions to choose from as well. There are all kinds of century furniture writing desks available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Century furniture writing desks bearing mid-century modern or Victorian hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Century furniture writing desks have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Paul McCobb, Arne Vodder and George Nelson are consistently popular.
How Much are Century Furniture Writing Desks?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $4,072, while they’re typically $1 on the low end and $15,675,000 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.
Questions About Century Furniture Writing Desks
- 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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