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Collector’s Edition by Baker Chippendale Style Mahogany Executive Writing Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Topeka, KS
Very handsome vintage Chippendale style executive writing desk in mahogany with gold trimmed
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Edwards and Roberts Desk Mahogany Chippendale Writing Table Antique
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A finely carved mahogany desk in the Thomas chippendale style
Supported on cluster legs with a
Category
20th Century Edwardian Desks
Materials
Mahogany
English Writing Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale mahogany knee hole writing desk with pull out brushing slide/ writing surface.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Desks
$12,000
Antique Flame Mahogany Chippendale Style Writing Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality antique flame mahogany Chippendale style writing table, the gadrooned
Category
Early 20th Century English Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Baker Furniture Historic Charleston Georgian Writing Desk, Refinished
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style writing desk, console table, or sofa table
By Baker
Category
Late 20th Century American Georgian Desks
Materials
Brass
Baker Furniture Georgian Carved Mahogany Executive Writing Desk, Refinished
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style executive writing desk
By Baker Furniture, "Collector's
Category
Vintage 1980s American Georgian Desks
Materials
Brass
Vintage Pennsylvania House American Cherry Chippendale Secretary Writing Desk
By Pennsylvania House
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Pennsylvania House secretary desk. Features a slant front that opens to a writing surface
Category
Late 20th Century Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Cherry
Antique Mahogany Chippendale Serpentine Oxbow Secretary Library Writing Desk 40"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Chippendale secretary or writing desk. Made of mahogany featuring serpentine form with drop
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Chippendale Glen Eagle Brown Cherry Secretary Library Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Chippendale style secretary library writing desk. Made of brown cherry featuring inlaid
Category
Late 20th Century Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Cherry
Antique Chippendale Serpentine Oxbow Mahogany Secretary Library Writing Desk 40"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique early 20th century Chippendale style secretary or writing desk. Made of mahogany featuring
Category
Early 20th Century Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Chippendale Georgian Style Mahogany Kneehole Vanity Writing Desk Mirror
Located in Dayton, OH
Circa 1940s mahogany knee hole writing or vanity desk featuring seven drawers with colonial brass
Category
Vintage 1940s Chippendale Vanities
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany
Antique Chippendale Style Walnut Drop Front Secretary Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
An antique early 20th century ladies' secretary desk. Made from walnut with a maple writing surface
Category
Early 20th Century Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Theodore Alexander Chippendale Style Burl Wood Arch Top Writing Secretary Desk
Located in Toledo, OH
Theodore Alexander Chippendale style ladies burl wood secretary writing desk. Historical
Category
20th Century Unknown Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Burl
19th Century Chippendale Writing Desk
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Hixson, TN
A handsome 19th century Chippendale style writing desk with a leather top. The leather has
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Goatskin, Walnut
Baker Solid Mahogany Chinese Chippendale Writing Desk Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Southampton, NJ
Midcentury Chinese Chippendale style mahogany writing desk or console table with two drawers, solid
Category
20th Century American Chinese Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Early English Chippendale Chinoiserie Decorated Writing Desk, circa 1830
Located in Big Flats, NY
An early antique English Chippendale writing desk offers hand painted and gilt chinoiserie
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Chippendale Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood, Giltwood
Large Mahogany Chippendale Style Partners Desk
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality Mahogany Chippendale style partners desk, having an inset leather top, carved
Category
20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
English Chippendale Mahogany Writing Desk. Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale mahogany three drawer leather top writing desk with tilt writing surface
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Chippendale Desks and Writing T...
Baker Furniture Chippendale Mahogany Writing Desk Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in West Hartford, CT
From one of the most well respected American furniture makers, this Baker Furniture writing desk is
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Double Sided Thomas Chippendale Revival Twin Pedestal Partner Desk Regency Blue
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
original Thomas Chippendale desk, double sided with full drawers both sides as apposed to one side with
Category
20th Century English Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
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Banded Chippendale Regency Sligh Furniture Writing Desk
By Sligh Furniture
Located in Pasadena, TX
84? Banded Chippendale Regency sligh furniture writing desk
Traditional mahogany writing desk
Category
Late 20th Century North American Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Writing Desk of Chippendale Design
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany writing desk, of Chippendale design, the inset tooled leather writing surface, within an
Category
Early 20th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Mahogany Chippendale Serpentine Oxbow Secretary Library Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Chippendale secretary, bureau or writing desk. Made from mahogany featuring a flip top that
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
English Chippendale Style Ball and Claw Executive Writing Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
English Chippendale style bleached walnut ball & claw carved executive writing desk having rope
Category
Vintage 1980s North American Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Antique English Chinese Chippendale Style Writing Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Chinese Chippendale Style Writing Desk. Edwards and Robert, maker.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
American Chippendale Maple Antique Slant-Front Writing Desk, Massachusetts
Located in Shippensburg, PA
American Chippendale maple slant-front writing desk
Massachusetts, circa 1780
Item # 010KIO06M
Category
Antique 18th Century American Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Iron
Councill Furniture Chinese Chippendale Style Inlaid Mahogany Desk Writing Table
By Councill
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a lovely Chinese Chippendale style inlaid mahogany writing desk by Councill Furniture. It
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinese Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Baker Stately Homes Chippendale Walnut Writing Desk Ball
Claw Feet 45"
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Dayton, OH
20th century Baker Stately Homes English Georgian Chippendale Style Writing Desk. A rectangular
Category
Late 20th Century Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
American Chippendale Secretary Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Chippendale style drop front dresser with hidden desk. Cherry wood dresser with brass
Category
20th Century Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Modern Chippendale Faux Bamboo Desk Writing Table in Chinoiserie Style
Located in Saddle River, NJ
Vintage Modern Chippendale Faux Bamboo Desk Writing Table
Vintage: 1970s Vintage Modern
Category
Vintage 1970s American Chinoiserie Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Small vintage Chinese writing desk
Located in Milano, IT
Small Chinese writing desk in black lacquered wood, dating back to the 1940s-50s, an example of
Category
Vintage 1940s Central Asian Chinese Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Chinese Chippendale Style Desk by Baker
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Chippendale style desk with dark green leather inserts on top by Baker Furniture Co. Lion's
Category
20th Century American Chinese Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique Chippendale Style Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
A top quality antique Chippendale Style leather top desk, dating from around the 1890-1910 period
Category
Antique 1890s British Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Chippendale Style Solid Mahogany Colonial Williamsburg Kittinger Writing Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
in the Chippendale style. The desk measures 42 wide x 30 tall x 21 deep.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Chippendale Style Partners Desk by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Toledo, OH
Chippendale Partners Desk by Maitland Smith. Circa 20th Century. Designed to evoke the refined
Category
20th Century Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Chippendale Carved Mahogany Leather Top Desk
Located in West Hartford, CT
Handsome antique mahogany writing desk with five drawers and brown leather writing surface with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Fine Antique Chippendale Style Slant Front Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
loss on top, writing surfaces worn and with old stains, all mentioned for accuracy as the presentation
Category
Antique 19th Century Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
English Chinese Chippendale Chinoiserie Style Bamboo Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic English Chinese Chippendale style bamboo desk featuring a case made of rich tortoise
Category
20th Century Chinese Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Lovely Classic Mahogany Single Drawer Writing Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Classic and simple mahogany writing table having bowed front and single drawer with lovely aged
Category
Vintage 1920s English Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
20th Century Chippendale Nostell Priory Walnut Partners Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Here we have a late 20th century replica of the world famous Nostell priory desk by Thomas
Category
1990s British Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
English Chinese Chippendale Chinoiserie Style Bamboo Pedestal Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic bamboo pedestal writing table or desk made in the English Chinese Chippendale chinoiserie
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Chippendale Style Faux Partners Desk
Located in New York, NY
UK circa 1800
Category
Antique 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Henredon Folio 10 Walnut Chippendale Bowfront Secretary and Bookcase Desk
By Henredon
Located in Dayton, OH
A Chippendale style bow front secretary desk by Henredon from their Folio 10 collection. Made of
Category
Late 20th Century Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Vintage Chippendale Style Double Sided Leather Top Executive Partners Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chippendale Style Double Sided Leather Top Executive Partners Desk. Item featured separates
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Maitland Smith Mahogany Green Leather Top Chippendale Executive Partners Desk
By Maitland Smith
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stately Mahogany 3 part executive partners desk with green tooled leather top by Maitland-Smith
Category
Late 20th Century Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Faux Bamboo Red Leather Top Writing Desk, Mid-20th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
Faux bamboo English writing desk. Gold gilt accent on red leather top. Chinese Chippendale style
Category
Mid-20th Century European Chinese Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Leather
Antique English Chippendale Mahogany Kidney Shaped Leather-Top Desk, Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Chippendale Mahogany Kidney shaped leather-top desk, Circa 1880.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
Antique Mahogany Leather Top Chippendale Style Desk
Located in London, GB
An excellent antique mahogany desk, in the Chippendale style. This was made in England & dates from
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Henkel Moore Chippendale Carved Mahogany Slant Front Architect
s Desk
By Henkel Harris
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style slant front standing desk or architect's desk
By Henkel
Category
Late 20th Century American Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique 1940s Wood Kneehole Desk with Chippendale Style Pulls
Located in New York, NY
This antique 1940s desk features a center drawer and eight side drawers. Comes with Chippendale
Category
Vintage 1940s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Ca. 1780s English Writing Desk in Oyster Burl and Mahogany, Leather Top
Located in Peabody, MA
An antique 18th century English writing desk in oyster burl and crotch mahogany, ca. 1780s. It
Category
Antique 1780s English Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Burl
Vintage Mahogany Chippendale Nostell Priory Partner
s Desk, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
the desk supplied by Thomas Chippendale to Sir Rowland Winn in 1767 for his residence Nostell Priory
Category
Vintage 1960s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian English Chinese Chippendale Mahogany Carved Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese chippendale style. Absolutely incredible desk having 3 drawers on each side over 2 cabinets which
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Maitland Smith Black Lacquer Chinese Chippendale Style Burnt Bamboo Desk
By Maitland Smith
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is always a favorite find! This is a Chinese chippendale style desk by Maitland-Smith. The
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Aesthetic Movement Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Two-Sided Desk in the Chippendale Type, after circa 1945
Located in Opole, PL
We present you a big wooden two-sided desk in the Chippendale type.
It was manufactured before
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Architect
s Table circa 1760 in Mahogany with Mechanism Chippendale Period
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Chippendale style and period in mahogany.
the hinged, easel top with an articulated sprung book ledge
Category
Antique 18th Century British Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Chinese Scholar
s Desk
Located in Wilton, CT
Fine antique Chinese elmwood Scholar's desk. Bread board top, double side drawers with brass
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
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Chippendale Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic chippendale writing desk available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and animal skin, every chippendale writing desk was constructed with great care. There are 109 variations of the antique or vintage chippendale writing desk you’re looking for, while we also have 4 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer chippendale writing desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A chippendale writing desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Georgian, Regency and Victorian styles are sought with frequency. Baker Furniture Company, Thomas Chippendale and John Widdicomb each produced at least one beautiful chippendale writing desk that is worth considering.
How Much is a Chippendale Writing Desk?
The average selling price for a chippendale writing desk at 1stDibs is $4,950, while they’re typically $612 on the low end and $225,000 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.
Questions About Chippendale Writing Desk
- What is a writing desk?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
A writing desk may refer to a desk with a top, often sloping, for writing on or to a portable case with compartments to hold writing materials and a surface for writing.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A small writing table is also called a davenport table or davenport desk. They normally feature a sloped or inclined top attached with hinges to the back of the table. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage davenport desks.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021A writing desk with drawers is also called a secretary. It is a desk with drawers, one of which can be pushed out and the front of the desk lowered to create a flat writing surface. These writing desks have been made in a variety of styles over the years. Shop for a variety of writing tables with drawers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023What an old-fashioned writing desk is called varies by design. Pieces with drop-down fronts are secretary desks (these are typically made of two parts: a chest of drawers on the bottom and a hutch or cupboard with shelves on the top), while ones that rest on two pillars, cabinets or bookcases are pedestal desks. A desk with a small writing surface positioned in front of drawers and cubbies is a bureau à gradin. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of 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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