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19th Century Louis XV Style Painted Centre Table with Drawer
Located in Charleston, SC
A charming 19th century Louis XV style table/centre/desk has slender cabriole legs with carved
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Paint
Italian 19th Century Painted
Faux Marble Top Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Italian spectacular faux marble top and painted table with continuous scalloped apron, cabriole
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Vintage French Provincial Petit-Bureau de Dame
Located in Forney, TX
A beautiful petit-bureau de dame (also known as bonheur de jour or lady's secretary desk). Born in
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Beautiful 19th Century French Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Beautiful 19th century French painted table in the style of Louis XIV.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Louis XVI painted table with reversible marble top banded in marble
Located in New Orleans, LA
A Louis XVI painted table with reversible marble top - one side black, one side white/grey banded
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
18th Century French Louis XV Period Bureau Plat
Located in Charleston, SC
A elegant, slender leg Louis XV period writing table with two drawers dressed with elaborate bronze
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Drexel Heritage French Provincial Louis XV Carved Walnut Secrétaire À Abattant
By Drexel
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style carved walnut drop-front secretary desk with shell
Category
Vintage 1970s American French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Painted Kneehole Writing Desk
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Pretty little French painted knee hole writing desk. 1860.
Dimensions
36 inches (91 cms) wide
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Wood
Outstanding 18th Century Period Louis XVI Table
Located in Round Top, TX
An outstanding 18th century period Louis XVI side table - writing table in painted wood with marble
Category
Antique 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Dressing Table, circa 1780
Located in Greding, DE
An elegant Louis XVI-style dressing or writing table, crafted circa 1780. The table is newly
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Painted Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 19th century French Louis XVI style painted writing desk. This piece has a lovely patina
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Louis XIV Style Gold Gilt Vernis Martin Ladies Writing Desk, circa 1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Louis XIV style decorated ladies writing desk features a gold gilt wood finish with Vernis
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks
Materials
Bronze
John Widdicomb Vintage French Writing Desk
By John Widdicomb
Located in South Bend, IN
Offering a beautiful painted French writing desk or vanity by John Widdicomb. The desk features
Category
Vintage 1960s French Provincial Vanities
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique French Louis XVI Style Kidney Shaped Writing Desk Painted Vanity Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XVI style kidney shaped writing desk or vanity table. Item features a unique
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Vanities
Materials
Walnut
Vintage French Provincial Corner Cabinet Writing Desk Bookcase Hutch 80"
Located in Dayton, OH
Intriguing French Provincial Corner unit or writing desk, circa 1970s. Base features a central
Category
Vintage 1970s French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Signed Maison Jansen Paint Decorated Louis XVI Ladies Vanity Writing Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful signed Maison Jansen ladies vanity or writing desk The vanity does have some
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Vanities
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French "Bonheur Du Jour" Lady
s Writing Desk with Mother-of-Pearl
Located in Dallas, TX
lady's writing desk is delicate and decorative throughout. The secretaire is black lacquer with a mother
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Nineteen Hundreds French Secretaire
Located in High Point, NC
A twentieth century French writing desk in painted wood. Painted in moody charcoal and inscribed
Category
Antique Early 1900s French French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th Century French Painted Writing Desk
Located in London, Park Royal
18th century, French, Louis XVI writing desk/scriban decorated with hand carved, swathes of laurel
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Painted Writing Desk, France, circa 1850s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Charming and petite slant top writing desk with a secret little drawer hidden in the side. Lovely
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Romantic French Style Painted Writing Desk
By Habersham
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Lovely Habersham La Maison desk having a painted wood antiqued soft greyish green finish, with
Category
Early 2000s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Neoclassical Style Painted Desk/Writing Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century French neoclassical style painted desk/writing table. The desk stand on four fluted
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Louis XV Style Painted Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
Charmingly distressed French Louis XV Provincial style "table a ecrire" or writing table has a
Category
20th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Painted Writing Table Slant Top Desk, France, 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
French slant top desk and writing table, 19th century.
Both authentic and ergonomic
Good antique
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Poplar
French Painted Writing Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Small 19th C French painted 2 drawer writing table. 1890.
Clearance is 24".
Reference: 7020
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Theodore Alexander French Regency Louis XVI Painted Walnut Writing Desk
By Theodore Alexander
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Regency Louis XVI style bureau plat desk or writing desk
By Theodore
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Neoclassical Painted Writing Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Painted French neoclassical writing table with single drawer, marble top and cabriole legs.
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Rustic Painted Farm Table or Writing Desk with Drawer
Located in New York City, NY
Rustic french farm table or writing desk. Made of beautifully painted wood with an excellent patina
Category
Early 20th Century French Country Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Charming Vintage French Provincial Style Writing Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Romantic French Provincial style hand painted writing desk having beautifully rendered swags of
Category
Vintage 1970s North American French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Ebonized Writing Desk with Embossed Leather Top
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant French bureau writing desk (or table) of ebonized mahogany, in the Louis XVI style
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze
Swedish 19th Century Gustavian Style Painted Writing Desk with Two Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian Style painted writing desk from the 19th century, with two drawers and tapered
Category
Antique 19th Century French Gustavian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique French Regency Louis XV Ladies Writing Desk and Gold Gilt Desk Chair
By Vernis Martin
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique French Regency Louis XV style bureau de pente roll top ladies writing desk with
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Distress Painted Louis XVI Style Carved Writing Desk or Console, circa 1920
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Elegant French Distress Finished Writing Desk or Console table in the Louis XVI taste. Item
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Louis XV Painted Desk
Located in Tarrytown, NY
A Louis XV painted desk with brass ormolu hardware and mounts. Writing sides at each end. Brown
Category
Vintage 1960s Desks and Writing Tables
French Carved and Paint Decorated Writing Table or Console
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Louis XV style writing table or console with a shaped top. The whole in antiqued gray paint with
Category
Early 20th Century French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI French Country Style Painted Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
This painted rectangular shape Louis XVI style desk stands on four fluted tapered legs. The writing
Category
Antique 19th Century Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century French Painted Bamboo Desk
Located in Almelo, NL
A good quality early 20th century French painted bamboo desk, of elegant design, that would work
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fabric
Late 19th Century Painted, Hand-Carved Louis XVI Style Writing Desk with Drawer
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late 19th century writing desk features intricate hand-carved Louis XVI motifs of rosettes and
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Primitive Painted Desk
Located in Culver City, CA
Two-drawer desk in worn period finish with remnants of the original paint.
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$4,800
Auffray French Country Paint Decorated Desk and Chair
By Auffray Furniture
Located in Bridgeport, CT
By Auffray & Co. Louis XVI style desk in cream paint with carved shaped apron with foliate
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Painted Writing Table
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is an upscale casual Louis XV style cream/pale blue painted writing table enhanced with green
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French 18th Century Painted Louis XV Table / Small Desk
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful small Louis XV table /desk with stunning patina.
France, 18th century.
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis Xvi Style Writing Table Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Southampton, NJ
A fine French writing table desk of Satinwood, in the Louis Xvi style featuring gold embossed
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Carved and Painted Ladies Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Fabulous 19th century French Louis XVI style carved and painted ladies desk. Beautiful carved
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Confidence of a Cloud Writing Desk by Thomas Dariel
Located in Geneve, CH
Confidence of a Cloud Writing Desk by Thomas Dariel
Dimensions: D 43 x W 120 x H 147 cm
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Empire Black Writing Desk with Original Tooled Leather Top
Located in Wichita, KS
French 1940s ‘Louis XVI Style’ ebonized desk with original leather top and key.
Dimensions 27" x
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Small Writing Table, France around 1800
Located in Greding, DE
Small desk on high square legs with rectangular black table top and one drawer. The painting of the
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Painted Wood Skai
Brass Side Table Writing Table One Drawer, circa 1910
Located in Labrit, Landes
French antique side or writing table, circa 1910.
Louis 16 style
One large drawer
The top is
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Painted French Louis XV Style Carved Salon Table Desk
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Early 20th century painted French Louis XV style carved salon table desk.
Beautiful salon table
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Signed Maison Jansen Painted French Louis XVI Style Ladies Vanity Desk, C1930
By Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This signed Maison Jansen desk or ladies vanity is so sophisticated and beautifully done, it can
Category
Vintage 1930s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Neoclassical Style Hand Painted Twin Pedestal Partners Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
A superb double pedestal three-part desk with 6 large drawers, 2 smaller drawers and 1 small
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Grand Gray Painted Desk
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French Antique grand Louis XVI style gray painted desk with important proportions and five
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Italian Hand-Painted Slant Front Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Exceptional diminutive
antique Italian slant front desk with hand-painted florals and gilt
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian French Provincial Desks and Writing Ta...
Designer Writing Desk/Bureau Plat in Louis XV Style, high gloss white and gold
Located in Berlin, DE
Designer Writing Desk/Bureau Plat in Louis XV Style, high gloss white and gold
white polished
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Designer Writing Desk/Bureau Plat in Louis XV Style, high gloss white and silver
Located in Berlin, DE
Designer Writing Desk/Bureau Plat in Louis XV Style, high gloss white and silver
white polished
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Rococo Style Black Lacquered Writing Table, Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
The French rococo style black lacquered writing table featuring embossed red leather top, 3 drawers
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Directoire Period Hand Carved Painted Bureau De Pente or Secretary Desk
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This exceptional rare Directoire period bureau de pente or writing desk features intricately
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the French painted writing desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A French painted writing desk — often made from wood, metal and animal skin — can elevate any home. Find 180 options for an antique or vintage French painted writing desk now, or shop our selection of 4 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a French painted writing desk — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right French painted writing desk, those designed in Louis XVI, Louis XV and Mid-Century Modern styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one French painted writing desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Maison Jansen, Aymeric Lefort and Auffray Furniture produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a French Painted Writing Desk?
Prices for a French painted writing desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $595 and can go as high as $78,500, while the average can fetch as much as $3,950.
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 French Painted Writing Desk
- 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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