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French Empire Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th C.
Located in Astoria, NY
French Empire Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th century, with gilt-tooled tan leather top with central
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century French Empire Style Desk with Ormolu Mounts by Saddier et Ses Fils
By Saddier et Fils
Located in Dublin, IE
A fabulous 19th Century French Empire style well figured mahogany office desk, finely hand carved
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Northern Italian Neoclassic Walnut
Ebonized Stenciled Leather Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular top with 3/4 gallery edge and a stenciled leather writing surface, with two
Category
Antique Early 1800s Italian Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Italian Empire Painted and Parcel Gilt Bureau Plat
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
The boldly proportioned painted and parcel gilt desk. Having 2 large drawers with fine carving
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique French Empire Revival Cylinder Bureau 19th Century
Located in London, GB
An Empire Revival mahogany and parcel gilt cylinder bureau, Circa 1880 in date.
The panelled roll
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Antique 1880s French Empire Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Mahogany Desk, circa 1850
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The rectangular top inset with a beige tooled leather writing surface and slide outs on both ends
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$8,640 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century, French Wood Travel Desk
Located in IT
19th Century, French Wood Travel Desk
Measures: cm H 103 x W 52 x closed D 9. Open D 59 cm
This
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Empire Mahogany Architects Table by Jean-Joseph Chapuis
By Jean Joseph Chapuis
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An elegant and attractive early 19th century Empire mahogany architects table by Jean-Joseph
Category
Antique 19th Century Belgian Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by Maison Forest, circa 1900
By Maison Forest
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Empire style gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat by Maison Forest.
Paris, circa 1900.
Bearing
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fine French Napoleon III Period Porcelain Plaque Mounted Ebonized Writing Table
Located in Forney, TX
period Napoleon III Second Empire French ebonized desk or writing writing, magnificently decorated
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Porcelain, Oak, Wood
$32,200 Sale Price
30% Off
Baker Furniture Egyptian Revival Rosewood Leather Top Executive Bureau Plat Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Egyptian Revival, Neoclassical, or Empire style executive writing desk or bureau plat
Category
Late 20th Century American Egyptian Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Tall Standing Desk / Table by Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdley
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XV style Second Empire (Napoleon III) small writing desk / table (lectern, stand, or podium
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Italian Empire Style Elegant Writing Desk
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Introducing this elegant Italian desk dating back to the 20th century. An extremely refined desk
Category
20th Century Italian Empire Desks
Materials
Bronze
$2,489 Sale Price
58% Off
Empire Revival Quarter Sawn Oak Single Drawer Writing Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
This desk was made at the turn of the 20th century.
Its made of quarter sawn oak. The legs are
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Empire Revival Desks
Materials
Oak
French Empire Style Mahogany Writing Desk W/ Red Leather Top
Located in Astoria, NY
Handsome mid-20th century French writing desk, made in French Empire style and sourced from
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Brass
Large Empire French Writing Desk with Embossed Brown Leather Top
Column Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large Empire French writing desk or bureau plat with embossed brown leather top, bronze dore mounts
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks
Antique American Empire Style Mahogany Library Table Writing Desk Harp Lyre Base
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 20th Century mahogany library desk featuring American Empire styling with a harp / lyre base
Category
Early 20th Century American American Empire Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
French Empire Desk Marquetry Inlay Harrods Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous French Empire style bureau plat or desk
Piece was originally purchased
Category
Vintage 1980s French Provincial Desks
Materials
Wood
Fornasetti Decorated Antique Italian Writing Desk
By Fornasetti
Located in Hudson, NY
pattern of gold and silver-colored skeleton keys. The desk features a drop down leather topped writing
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Empire Desks
Materials
Mahogany
American Empire Writing Table with Carved Acanthus Legs, circa 1840
Located in Southampton, NY
American empire writing table with carved acanthus legs, circa 1840
Casters, Missing ormolu on
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Antique Early 19th Century American American Empire Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$2,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 19th century warm brown oak Dutch Lectern or portable desk writing box
Located in Casteren, NL
integrity while maintaining its rich, historical character. Perfect as a writing slope, portable desk, or
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Dutch Empire Desks
Materials
Steel
$2,278 Sale Price
20% Off
Unique Austrian Empire Secretary/Writing Desk, Mahogany, 1820s Austria
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Empire secretary or writing desk, (Cylinder)
Material: Mahogany.
Completely restored, Shellac
Category
Antique 1820s Austrian Empire Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Lacquer
$6,821 Sale Price
40% Off
Unique Austrian Empire Secretary/Writing Desk, Material Mahogany, Wien 1820-1829
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Empire secretary or writing desk, (Cylinder)
Material: Mahogany.
Completely restored, Shellac
Category
Antique 1820s Austrian Empire Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
19th century victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope circa 1870.
Fine quality english made
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Empire Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th Century Miniature Writing Desk Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This vintage miniature wood box has six drawers and lots of character and patina. Some of the drawers are lined in faux marbleized paper. We see this wonderful piece being used to st...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Empire Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
$382 Sale Price
49% Off
Empire Writing Desk by Johann Reimann, Vienna, Dated 1803
By Johann Reimann
Located in Vienna, AT
the high quality of furniture-making in Vienna around 1800. The 1803 dated desk from Johann Reiman
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Austrian Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood, Yew
1790-French Empire Writing Desk Secretaire Gilt Ormolu-manner Thomire/Desmalter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Empire Napoleonic Desk of the finest detail and refined restraint, in the manner of ebeniste Master Jacob
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Beautiful Empire Style Writing Desk
Located in Chulmleigh, Devon
This is a freestanding writing desk that’s to say it is finished both sides. It is beautifully
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Black Ebonized French Empire Desk with Green Leather Writing Surface
Located in Antwerp, BE
Black ebonized French Empire desk with green leather writing surface .There are additional pull-out
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century Writing Desk in Empire Style Enriched with Gold Bronze Parts
Located in Arezzo, IT
Writing desk Empire style, in mahogany feather with leather top finished with gold embellished
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Writing Table
Located in Seattle, WA
women. Small mahogany writing table, or ladies writing desk. Flat-topped rectangular table with a single
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Empire Style Writing Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple but elegant writing table is supported by an unusual Empire Style base. The nicely
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$12,500
19th Century French Empire Writing/Center Table
Located in Dallas, TX
finest. Extravagant combinations of materials, this desk is certainly no exception. Burl wood table with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Empire Walnut Writing Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
French Empire walnut writing table with tapered legs, brass trim, and original leather top.
Category
Antique 1890s Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century Second Empire Style Desk
Located in Boston, MA
Empire style desk with leather top, bronze mounts and slides.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
A Small Birch-wood Empire Partner
s Desk
Located in Djursholm, SE
A small birch-wood and birch-root empire partner's desk made in Stockholm c:a 1830.
This item is
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Antique 19th Century Swedish Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch
French 19th century Empire style double-sided writing table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French 19th century Empire style double-sided writing table with side tirettes.
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20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Empire Gilt Bronze-Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat with a Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
A Empire gilt bronze-mounted mahogany bureau plat, the top with a green leather writing surface
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
1900s Empire-Style Desk with Gorgeous Veneer Wood Grain Detail
Carved Legs
Located in Memphis, TN
1900s Empire-style desk with gorgeous veneer wood grain detail and graceful carved legs. Dress up a
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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Velvet
Unusual Demilune Writing Table
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
An unusual mid-19th century mahogany and gilt metal mounted demilune writing table with a pierced
Category
Antique 1880s French Empire Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Empire Style Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
An elegant 19th century mahogany writing desk with inlaid leather writing pad in tabletop, with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Quality Mahogany and Brass Banded Writing Table
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
A superb quality 19th century French Empire style mahogany and brass banded writing table.
Category
Antique 1890s French Empire Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Period Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very elegant desk from with gilded decorations and leather inlay.
Also has extensions similar to a
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
$8,500
French Mahogany Desk, circa 1850
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The rectangular top inset with a beige tooled leather writing surface and slide outs on both ends
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Second Empire Figured Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Asheville, NC
19th century French Second Empire figured mahogany bureau plat, black tooled leather top, turned
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Fine and Highly Mounted Empire Style Mahogany Cylinder-Bureau
By G. None
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine Empire style ormolu-mounted mahogany Cylinder-Bureau. A marble toped rectangular top above
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Writing Table/Bureau Plat Bronze-Mounted with Matching Chairs French late 19th C
Located in Uppingham, GB
French bronze-mounted mahogany writing table/bureau plat (19th century)
A superb 'Stand Alone
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Antique 1890s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Russian Imperial Style Desk, Chair, and Mirror
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
, leather chair and a three-drawer bureau plat with an inlaid leather writing pad in the tabletop. Gilt
Category
Antique 19th Century Russian Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Desk by J Werner
By Jean Werner
Located in Antrim, GB
Exhibition quality antique French ormolu mounted Kingwood desk stamped by the important Paris
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Circa 1890-1900 Wonderful Foyer Table or Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
This was a grand piano that has been turned into a wonderful writing table.
It is rosewood and is
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Antique 19th Century American American Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Early 20th Century Carl Malmsten Desk in Rosewood Veneer
By Carl Malmsten
Located in Chicago, IL
This superb desk, circa 1920. is featured in the Anna-Greta Wahlberg book on Carl Malmsten. It's in
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Empire Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE BRONZE MOUNTED AND PARCEL GILT MAHOGANY TABL
Located in New York, NY
FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE BRONZE MOUNTED AND PARCEL GILT MAHOGANY TABLE
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Antique French Empire Brass-Bound Mahogany Kidney-Shaped Table, circa 1815
Located in Houston, TX
Antique French Empire mahogany kidney-shaped writing table; having a rectangular scalloped top with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
American Mahogany Empire Side Table/ Sewing Table, Attributed to Duncan Phyfe
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in Hollywood, FL
The cuban mahogany top above 3 drawers with original pulls, surrounded by fine line inlaid banding. The base in dark walnut richly carved with four animal legs, terminating in animal...
Category
Antique 1820s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Contemporary Empire Console in Marble with Brass Details by Boca Do Lobo
By Boca Do Lobo
Located in New York, NY
The Empire is a sublime console built in marble with polished brass details. Its cracks are hand
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Empire Style Desk Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Wonderful French Empire style writing desk in kingwood with ormolu fittings.
Hope the photos do
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Vintage 1970s European Empire Desks
French Empire Style Desk Writing Table Bureau Plat Kingwood
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous French Empire style desk or bureau plat.
Elegant piece handcrafted from Kingwood with
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2010s Empire Desks
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Empire Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the empire writing desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. An empire writing desk — often made from wood, metal and mahogany — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer empire writing desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. An empire writing desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Empire, Modern and Neoclassical styles are sought with frequency. Baker Furniture Company, Jean Joseph Chapuis and Lysberg, Hansen
Therp each produced at least one beautiful empire writing desk that is worth considering.
How Much is a Empire Writing Desk?
The average selling price for an empire writing desk at 1stDibs is $6,544, while they’re typically $400 on the low end and $65,000 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 Empire 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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