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An 18th Century Italian Inlaid Cylinder Desk in Frutiwood
Located in Woodbury, CT
An 18th century Italian fruitwood inlaid cylinder bureau desk with rectangular top over a curved
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks

Important Regency Rosewood Cylinder Desk with Brass Details, English, circa 1815
Located in New York, NY
# D274 - Important Regency rosewood cylinder desk in the neoclassical taste with distinctive gilt
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Antique 19th Century British Regency Secretaires

Materials

Rosewood

French Cylinder Top Desk
Located in Wainscott, NY
Brass Galleried Marble Top Small Scale Cylinder Desk Leather Desktop, Brass Trim
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Cylinder Marquetry Desk
Located in Bedford, NY
VERY DETAILED WALNUT INLAID MARQUETRY CYLINDER DESK...DETAIL WORK THROUGHOUT INSIDE ABD OUTSIDE
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

CLASSICAL CYLINDER TOP DESK
Located in Woodbury, CT
AN INLAID CYLINDER DESK RAISED ON TAPERING SQUARE LEGS, SLIDE OUT WRITING SURFACE, INTERIOR WITH
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Antique 19th Century French Desks

Materials

Ebony

Cylinder Bureau/Writing Desk
Located in Sarasota, FL
An excellent Cylinder Desk Directorie style with branded satinwood. Leather desk top which slides
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Antique 19th Century French Desks

Materials

Satinwood

Pair of Solid Marble Cylinder Desk Lamps with Brass Fittings
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Elegant pair of solid marble table lamps or desk lamps. The lamps have a modern streamline cylinder
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Cylinder Victorian Desk or Bureau
Located in Roswell, GA
English Victorian Mahogany Cylinder Desk with pull out writing section and sloped black tooled and
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Antique 19th Century English Desks

English 19th Century Cylinder Roll Top Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
a very handsome English Mahogany Roll Top Cylinder Desk c. 1850. Classic form with a gallery top
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Antique 19th Century English Desks

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Mahogany

Victorian Walnut Cylinder, Roll Top, Pedestal Desk, Scotland 1890, H1176
Located in Vancouver, BC
Victorian Walnut Cylinder Desk, Roll Top, Pedestals, Scotland 1890, H1176 Scotland 1890 Solid
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Antique 1890s Scottish Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Victorian Pedestal Desk, Mahogany Bureau
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn2878 fine example of Victorian, mahogany, twin pedestal cylinder desk, having moulded gallery to
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Antique 1870s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Empire roll top desk
Located in St. Louis, MO
Fine Empire burr arborvitae cylinder desk, the upper section with two glass doors opening to
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Antique 19th Century French Secretaires

Victorian Mahogany Cylinder Bookcase
Located in Stutton, GB
base with a lovely cylinder desk opens to reveal four drawers, below two-panel doors, standing on a
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Antique 19th Century European Victorian Bookcases

Materials

Mahogany

Satinwood Cylinder-Top Writing Desk
Located in Cambridge, GB
A small late Victorian / Edwardian satinwood cylinder-top writing desk in the manner of Sheraton
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20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Satinwood

George III Period Cylinder Top Desk
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A George III period mahogany cylinder top desk, the main structure in satinwood and Harewood, the
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier British George III Desks and Writing Ta...

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Kingwood

Cylinder shaped Cuban mahogany desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
20th century French cylinder shaped desk. Cuban mahogany.
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Vintage 1950s French Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Fine Quality Edwardian Bureau
By Maple Co.
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4216 An exhibition quality cylinder desk in mahogany, having brass gallery to top and three
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Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Desks

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood

DUTCH MARQUETRY CYLINDER TOP DESK
Located in Woodbury, CT
A BOMBE FORM CYLINDER TOP DESK WITH 4 DRAWERS, BRONZE HARDWARE, MARQUETRY ON ALL SURFACES ON WALNUT
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Antique 19th Century Dutch Desks

Materials

Bronze

Edwardian Mahogany Cylinder-top Desk
Located in Port Chester, NY
Charming small-size piece, very pretty color mahogany and subtle veneer banding. The interior is compact, cubbies and small drawers. The leather writing area slides out for a good ...
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Antique 19th Century English Desks

Materials

Brass

Antique British Edwardian Cylinder Writing Desk
Located in STOKE ON TRENT, GB
Cylinder roll top desk. Early 20th-century Edwardian mahogany cylinder roll top desk bureau
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Early 20th Century British Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Italian Marquetry Inlaid Cylinder-Top Desk
Located in New York, NY
Italian marquetry-inlaid cylinder top desk Ca. 1760
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks

Quality Heavily Inlaid Cylinder Fronted Bureau Desk
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
Measures: Width 124 cm 49 in. Depth 65 cm 65 1/2 in. Height 127 cm 50 in. Desk wood
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20th Century Desks

Early 19th Century George III Cylinder Tambour Desk
Located in Hallowell, US
Early 19th century George III cylinder Tambour desk.
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Antique Early 1800s British George III Desks

Materials

Mahogany

A Cylinder Bureau
Located in Mississauga, ON
A Fine English Late 18th Century Satinbirch Brass Mounted Cylinder Writing Table; the cylinder top
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Desks and Writing Tables

Late 19th-Early 20th Century Cylinder Bureau Writing Desk
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
A stunningly beautiful Antique late 19th-early 20th century cylinder roll top bureau, the roll top
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Antique Late 19th Century Desks

Impressive Heavily Inlaid Louis XV Style Cylinder Fronted Desk
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
Width 153 cm 60 in Depth 86 cm 33 3/4 in Height 136 cm 53 1/2 in Desk Style Louis XV
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20th Century Desks

Antique Walnut Desk, Inlaid Cylinder Writing Table, Scotland 1910s, B1458
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique walnut desk, inlaid cylinder writing table, Scotland 1910s, antique furniture, B1458
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Vintage 1910s Scottish Desks

Materials

Walnut

Victorian Walnut Cylinder Roll Up Desk with Secret Drawer, 1830s
By Antonio Sotomayor
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
Discover the timeless charm of a Victorian desk crafted in England in 1830. This elegant Cuban
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Vintage 1930s British Victorian Desks

Materials

Fruitwood

Elegant George III Inlaid Satinwood Cylinder Front Lady s Desk, Ca. 1800
Located in Great Barrington, MA
An elegant amber blond small lady's desk. The wood is outstanding and is nicely polished.
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Antique 19th Century English Hepplewhite Desks

Materials

Satinwood, Wood

Mahogany Cylinder Bureau
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Louis XVI brass mounted mahogany cylinder bureau, opening to reveal a fitted interior and leather
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks

Materials

Brass

Rare Sheraton Yew Wood Cylinder Bureau Cabinet
By Thomas Sheraton
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
The bureau is very close to a design on pl. 47 of Sheraton's Drawing Book. The roll-top cylinder
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Antique Late 18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Biedermeier Cylinder Top Bureau Sweden
Located in Santander, ES
Antique Biedermeier Revival* satin birch bureau with cylinder top and attractive interior of 9
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Antique 1890s Swedish Biedermeier Desks

Inlaid Cylinder Fronted Antique Style Bureau
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
commensurate with age Heavily inlaid Cylinder front opening to reveal compartments and drawers
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20th Century Desks

Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau De Cylinder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Neoclassic mahogany bureau de cylinder with mirror panels and leather writing surface.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Rare 19th Century, Miniature Cylinder Cabinet
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A rare rosewood mid-19th century miniature, cylinder bureau cabinet. With beautifully carved ripple
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Desks

Materials

Rosewood

A Mahogany Inlaid Edwardian Period Cylinder Bureau
Located in Darwen, GB
A mahogany inlaid Edwardian Period cylinder bureau. Having a rectangular mahogany top cross banded
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Early 20th Century English Desks

Kingwood Parquetry Vernis Martin Hand Painted Cylinder Bureau
Located in Poling, West Sussex
A lovely late 19th century French cylinder bureau. Well made in kingwood and rosewood and decorated
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks

Materials

Kingwood

Danish Biedermeier Secretary
Located in Hudson, NY
Period Danish Biedermeier Secretary bureau in mahogany with satinwood trim with cylinder desk
Category

Antique 19th Century Danish Biedermeier Secretaires

Antique Roll Top Desk Writing Table Mahogany Victorian 19th Century
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
A very elegant antique 19th century Victorian mahogany cylinder writing desk, the tambour slide
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Antique 19th Century Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Early 19th Century Cylinder Secretary, North Germany, circa 1800-1810, Mahogany
Located in Muenster, NRW
North Germany, circa 1800-1810 Mahogany veneered Extendable writing record with leather covered Nice inner life with rolling fastener and pushes Bulged out body Secret compartme...
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Antique Early 1800s German Empire Desks

Materials

Mahogany

French Napoleon III Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A circa 1852-1870 charming jewel of a French Napoleon III Mahogany mechanical cylinder writing desk
Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks

Materials

Brass

19th Century Italian Barrel-Top Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Wonderful 19th century walnut cylindrical barrel top desk with mixed wood and brass inlays. Top
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Antique 19th Century Italian Desks

Materials

Brass

Desk Designed by Eliel Saarinen for Johnson Furniture Company
By Johnson Furniture Co., Eliel Saarinen
Located in San Francisco, CA
, six brushed aluminum handles and four cylinders holding up the desk top surface.
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Aluminum

ITALIAN ART DECO CLEAR WALNUT VENEERED DESK by Mario Quarti
Located in San Francisco, CA
A SLEEK ITALIAN ART DECO CLEAR WALNUT VENEERED DESK WITH CYLINDRICAL COPPER SUPPORTS AND EBONIZED
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Vintage 1930s Italian Desks

Antique Roll Top Desk Writing Table Mahogany, Victorian, 19th Century
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Antique 19th century Victorian mahogany cylinder writing desk, the tambour slide enclosing and
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Antique 19th Century Victorian Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Süe Mare, Chest of Drawers in Wood and Thuya Chest of Drawer, circa 1925
By Sue et Mare
Located in Paris, FR
completed with a cylinder desk and a pair of bedside tables. Bibliography: Florence Camard, "Süe et
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

Revolver Ink Well
Located in New York, NY
looking and a stand out way to hide the ink bottle on the desk. The revolving cylinder that would
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Early 20th Century American Inkwells

Materials

Brass

After Jean-Henri Riesener Louis XVI Cylindrical Secretary, Paris, 1880s
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
woods. Very beautifully proportioned and richly designed cylinder desk of the highest quality
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Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Secretaires

Materials

Rosewood

19th Century Biedermeier Cylinder Top Bureau Desk
Located in Santander, ES
, probably Hamburg. Entirely constructed of figured mahogany veneers with a cylinder top that once open
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Antique Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaires

Exceptional Sheraton Period Mahogany Satinwood Inlaid Secretaire Bookcase
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
centre of the secretaire cylinder desk is crossbanded in kingwood, with ebony and boxwood stringing and
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Bookcases

Beautiful And Rare Cylinder Bureau Cherry Wood 1790
Located in Senden, NRW
Rare Cylinder Bureau - Roll-top desk with top - Cherrywood veneer - Louis
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Louis XVI Cabinets

18th c Swedish Maquetry Desk
Located in Natchez, MS
Exceptional Swedish 18th c Louis XVI Desk with cylinder roll and tamboor door over drawers and a
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Secretaires

Materials

Wood

TAHAN Watch Holder, Napoleon 3 Period Rosewood and Ebony Marquetry, Good Cond.
By Tahan Paris
Located in VENDAYS-MONTALIVET, FR
filed a patent for the cylinder desk, as well as another for briefcases with translucent fronts in 1858
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Wood

Orange Lacquered Mod Desk Lamp by Arlus
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Orange lacquered desk lamp, cylindrical shade, and chrome stem base. By Arlus, French circa 1960
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Vintage 1960s French Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Swedish Steel Adjustable Height Desk Lamp, circa 1970s
Located in Essex, MA
A Swedish adjustable height desk lamp, with cylindrical brushed steel shade on a chromed metal post
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Vintage 1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Steel

English Regency Tea Caddy
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fashioned like a "cylinder roll" desk from the period. All the brass inlays are intact. Unusual
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Antique Early 19th Century English Tea Caddies

Materials

Brass

Antique French Louis XVI Style Neoclassical Mahogany Secretaire, circa 1820
Located in Houston, TX
unlocked the doors open to reveal a storage space with a shelf. When raised, the cylinder front to the desk
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Antique 1820s French Louis XVI Secretaires

Materials

Brass

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Cylinder Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the cylinder desk you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and metal, every cylinder desk was constructed with great care. There are 181 variations of the antique or vintage cylinder desk you’re looking for, while we also have 3 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect cylinder desk — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right cylinder desk, those designed in Louis XVI, Victorian and Mid-Century Modern styles are of considerable interest. A well-made cylinder desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Comatec, Elisa Ossino and Maple Co. are consistently popular.

How Much is a Cylinder Desk?

A cylinder desk can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $4,800, while the lowest priced sells for $170 and the highest can go for as much as $40,877.