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Antique French Empire Style Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Astoria, NY
A late 19th-century French writing desk or dining table crafted in the French Empire style and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique French Mahogany Game Table and Petite Woman
s Writing Desk or Table
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
top with gilding for when you chose to have a writing desk and finally, there is a faux mahogany
Category
Vintage 1910s French Empire Game Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Empire Walnut Greek Female Heads Secretaire à Abattant
Located in Berlin, DE
French 19th Century Empire Walnut Greek Female Heads Writing Desk or Secretaire à Abattant
A fine
Category
Antique 19th Century French Restauration Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Swedish Empire Writing Desk
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Freestanding writing table with one full width drawer with brass hardware, Sweden, circa 1890
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
A 19th Century Empire Writing Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
tapering feet with brass mounts.
This desk is typical of early nineteenth century furniture for its
Category
Antique 19th Century French Tables
Materials
Brass
Writing Desk, Empire Style
Located in Honiton, Devon
Truly stunning late 19th century mahogany and ormolu-mounted large Empire style writing table
Category
Antique 1880s French Empire Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$13,701
Empire Style Writing Desk
Located in Honiton, Devon
Truly stunning late 19th century mahogany and ormolu mounted large empire style writing table
Category
Antique 1880s French Empire Revival Desks and Writing Tables
$13,640
Empire Style Writing Desk
By Maitland Smith
Located in Southampton, NY
Maitland-Smith black leather writing desk with gold incised details and brass hardware. Marbelled
Category
Vintage 1960s American Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Large Writing Desk Empire Style
Located in Honiton, Devon
Truely stunning late 19th century mahogany and ormolu mounted large empire style writing table
Category
Antique 1880s French Empire Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Empire Style Writing Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
Swedish writing desk in the empire style, circa 1890, with turned legs and galleried top. Two apron
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Empire Style Walnut Writing Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Nashville, TN
This French Empire Style Writing Desk or Bureau Plat features a green tooled leather top with slide
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Empire Style Ormolu Desk
Located in London, GB
An elegant desk with ornate ormolu decoration in the Empire style. This exceptional desk features
Category
20th Century European Empire Desks and Writing Tables
$3,427
French Empire Style Desk
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
A fine quality late 19th century French Empire mahogany partners writing table with retractable
Category
Antique 1890s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$11,652
French Empire Style Writing Table
Located in Hudson, NY
French Empire style fruit wood writing table with extension leaves, ebonzied legs and decorative
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Empire Style Mahogany Flat Top Desk
Located in Washington Crossing, PA
Empire style mahogany flat top desk. Bronze mounts with privacy skirt.
Category
20th Century Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Imposing French Empire Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautifully restored French Empire Desk. Attributed to Jacob. Embossed leather top.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Empire Desk with En Suite Desk Chair
Located in Bournemouth, GB
A fine burr elm and leather Empire design desk with en suite desk chair. The freestanding desk
Category
Antique 1890s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Empire Style Flap Type Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Liverpool, GB
19th century Empire style flap type mahogany writing table
Empire style writing table - "flap type
Category
Antique 19th Century European Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Mahogany Combination Writing Card and Dressing Table, 1800
Located in Northwich, GB
A French Empire combination writing, card table and dressing table. Mahogany with finely inlaid cut
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Empire Mahogany Combination Writing Card and Dressing Table, 1800
Located in Northwich, GB
A French Empire combination writing, card table and dressing table. Mahogany with finely inlaid cut
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Writing Table, Syria, Ottoman Empire
Located in Paris, FR
Rare writing table that can serve also as a wooden console, inlay with mother-of-pearl and shell
Category
Antique 19th Century Syrian Islamic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Empire Style Mahogany and Gilt Brass Desk
Located in London, GB
A mid-20th century mahogany desk of good scale, the tooled leather overhanging top with side candle
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
American Empire desk 50% off
Located in Hudson, NY
American Empire mahogany desk with oil cloth surface.
Sutter Antiques is currently having a
Category
Antique 19th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Secrétaire Abbatant Desk Empire Style 19th Century
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Antique 19th century French Empire style Secretaire à abattant, circa 1850 with fall front
Category
Antique 19th Century Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Swedish Empire Slant Front Desk
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Period Empire writing desk, Sweden, circa 1860, with slant front and fitted interior. Below the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Secretaires
Materials
Bentwood
Small Empire Flame Mahogany Work And Writing Table
Located in London, GB
A small Empire flame mahogany work and writing table, a French Travaileuse.
The top lifts to
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th French Empire Mahogany and Gilt Mounted Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in London, GB
Early 19th century French Empire flame mahogany and gilt metal mounted with inset rectangular black
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Maitland Smith French Empire Style Desk
Located in Sarasota, FL
A French Empire style desk with 2 drawers upholstered in gold tooled leather, ormolu mounted winged
Category
Late 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
An Empire Mahogany Writing Table Attributed to Jacob-Desmalter
By Jacob-Desmalter
Located in New York, NY
The inset leather writing surface within a brass molded edge, the frieze drawer fitted with handles
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Exquisite Empire Style Demi Lune Coromandel Desk
Located in Uppingham, Rutland
Empire Style Coromandel Demi-Lune Writing Table, Circa 1900's. Satinwood cross banded borders
Category
Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Empire Style Mahogany Desk with Bronze Mounts
Located in Asheville, NC
A French Empire mahogany console desk with finely cast gilt bronze mounts. A finely veneered, gilt
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Empire Mahogany Desk with Bronze Mounts
Located in Paris, FR
19th French In Feather Desk Empire Mahogany Bronze With, Since Center five drawers,sitting height
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE INLAID MAHOGANY DESK WITH LEATHER TOP
Located in New York, NY
FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE INLAID MAHOGANY DESK WITH LEATHER TOP
C. 1900
55.5W X 29.75D
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Mahogany and Ebony Neo-Grec Pedestal Desk, circa 1850
Located in London, GB
An impressive French Empire neoclassical pedestal desk in mahogany with ebony details, circa 1850
Category
Antique 1850s French Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century French Empire Drop Front Secretary
Located in Fairhope, AL
A 19th century French Empire drop front secretary. Has a marble top and side columns with bronze
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
French Empire Bureauplat
Located in Kirkland, WA
French Empire Bureauplat
This is a wonderful two drawer French Empire style Mahogany
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Granite, Ormolu
$12,000
Empire Bureau Plat
Located in New Orleans, LA
Three drawer veneer and ormolu mounted bureau plat with leather top.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather
$5,800
Early 19th Century Empire Period Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century mahogany bureau plat, having a tooled leather top, with side slides of the same, with drawers, one fitted with a till for coins, all raised on square tapering l...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Leather
Early 19th Century Empire Period Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century plum pudding mahogany bureau plat, having a leather top above a central long drawer and two flanking drawers, all raised on square tapering legs with brass sabo...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Empire style bureau plat
Located in New Orleans, LA
Empire style bureau plat with lyre-shaped legs and distressed leather top
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Leather
$7,000
French Empire Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A leather top French Empire Bureau Plat with two drawers and a slide out work surface on either
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Empire Lady
s Work Table
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
A French Empire period work table with interior writing compartment and drawer underneath, circa
Category
Antique 1820s French Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Empire Gilt Bronze-Mounted Mahogany Library Table, Early 19th Century
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fine French Empire gilt bronze-mounted mahogany bureau-plat or library table dating to the early
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Large French Empire Doctor
s Suite
Located in Pasadena, CA
. Embossed green leather on desk showing a caduseus along with accompanying master and side chairs. Desk
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Leather, Velvet, Mohair
Empire Mahogany Bureau Plat France Circa 1810
Located in London, GB
Empire bureau plat on four column legs, Mahogany and mahogany veneer over oak with original worn
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Early 19th Century French Empire Mahogany Architect
s Table
Located in New York, NY
An early 19th century French Empire mahogany architect's table
with ratcheted mechanism, fitted
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Empire Style Mahogany Bureau Plat, France, Late 19th c.
Located in New York, NY
Fine Empire Style Flame Grain Mahogany Bureau Plat, Gilt Bronze Mounts, Two "Tirette" Slides
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
English Leather Top Library Table, circa 1940s
Located in Stamford, CT
escutcheon. Comes with two keys for working drawers. Desk is refinished there are some ink marks to interior
Category
Early 20th Century Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Carved Canines Library Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This fantastic table would be right at home at Downton Abbey! The four carved hunting dogs faithfully stand sentry while supporting the carved wood and marble top surface. The carvin...
Category
Vintage 1930s British Empire Desks and Writing Tables
French Empire Antique Desk Writing Table Bureau Plat, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Exquisite French Empire desk or bureau plat.
We date this to circa 1860 and it really is a
Category
Antique 1880s French Empire Desks
Antique French Empire Bonheur Du Jour Writing Desk Bureau Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Stunning antique French Empire Bonheur Du Jour, or writing desk.
Such a lovely piece, a real feat
Category
Vintage 1910s Empire Desks
Empire Style Writing Table
Located in Norwalk, CT
A writing table of burled wood veneer with a center frieze drawer and two side drawers (the right
Category
Vintage 1930s English Desks
Materials
Brass
French Boulle Writing Desk Table Bureau Plat Ormolu Kingwood
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Exquisite French Empire style writing table or desk in kingwood.
Classic Empire style with
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Vintage 1980s Empire Desks
Fine Quality French Burr Elm Desk and Chair
Located in Wiltshire, GB
A very good quality French Empire burr elm free standing writing desk and original ensuite armchair
Category
Antique 19th Century English Empire Desks
Materials
Elm
$4,455 / set
German biedermeier High Writing Secretary
Located in Sarasota, FL
Early German Empire Biedermeier mahogany tall secretay writing desk. Simple box form with flanking
Category
Antique 19th Century German Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Empire Leather Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Remarkable Antique French Empire Writing Desk finely handcrafted out of mahogany wood that has
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Empire Style Bureau Plat or Writing Desk
Located in San Antonio, TX
Lovely Empire style bureau plat with green top and painted black finish. The front of the desk
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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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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