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French Louis XVI Inlay and Mahogany Lady s Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Elegant French Louis XVI lady's roll top desk of mahogany and inlay, marble top has a pierced brass
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Roll Top Desk with Five Drawers
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century elegant roll top desk is made from walnut and oak veneer. The desk has five
Category

Antique 19th Century French Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

Louis XVI Mahogany Roll-Top Desk
Located in Austin, TX
French antique, Louis XVI style, mahogany roll-top "secretaire" with red marble top. An exquisite
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Louis Philippe Mahogany Roll Top Desk, Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis Philippe mahogany roll top desk ~ Secretary features a tambour cover that
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Secretaires

Materials

Brass

18th Century Louis XVI Roll Top Writing Desk
Located in Belmont, MA
Rolltop writing desk with nine interior drawers, the exterior with two drawers, raised on cabriole
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Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Louis XVI Style Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century Louis XVI style French bureau à cylindre, or roll top desk, made of solid and veneer
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires

Materials

Marble, Brass

French 19th Century Walnut Roll Top Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An impressive antique walnut desk, with roll top, from 19th century, France. This handsome desk
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks

Materials

Brass

French Directoire Roll-Top Writing Desk From Savoy Hotel In London
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Antique cylinder desk from the London Savoy Hotel, label no 968.
Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique French Oak Roll Top Desk, Late 19th Century
Located in Nijmegen, NL
This desk was made around the late 19th century in France. It is made from solid oak with a roll
Category

Antique 1890s French Industrial Desks

Materials

Oak

French Napoleon III Tambour Roll-Top Desk in Rosewood, circa 1860
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
Museum quality Napoleon III pedestal base with tambour roll-top desk in rosewood, France, circa
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks

Materials

Rosewood

18th Century Louis XVI Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine 18h century Louis XVI period bureau à cylindre, or roll top desk, made of solid walnut with
Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

18th Century Louis XVI Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine 18th century Louis XVI period bureau à cylindre, or roll top desk, made of solid walnut with
Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Very Fine 19th Century Louis XVI Roll Top Desk by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century French Louis XVI kingwood and tulipwood marquetry rolltop desk. Fine gilt
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique French Walnut Tambour Top Desk
Located in Denton, TX
Rare 19th century French walnut roll top desk in the style of Louis XV. The tambour door locks with
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak, Walnut

Mahogany Louis XVI Style Roll Top Desk Attributed to Jansen Finished Back
By Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Louis XV style marble-top roll top desk, attributed to Maison Jansen, with a brass gallery, 7
Category

Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Carrara Marble

French Roll top desk
Located in Hudson, NY
Mahogany French roll top desk with leather surface and gold tooling.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany, Leather

French Roll Top Desk in Wood and Marble from 19th Century
Located in Florence, IT
French roll top desk in wood and marble from 19th century.
Category

Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Carrara Marble

Large Walnut French Roll-Top desk, circa 1810
Located in New York, NY
A large French desk in three pieces that exemplifies the movement from Directoire to First Empire
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks

Materials

Walnut

French Tambour Roll-Top Fruitwood Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
French tambour/roll-top fruitwood desk. Interior fitted with 3 small drawers and 3 cubby holes
Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks

Materials

Fruitwood

French Moderne flame grained roll-top desk
Located in Stamford, CT
Diminutive French Moderne desk with beautiful flame grained drawers and marquetry top.
Category

French Desks

Materials

Brass

Napoleon III Ebonized Roll -Top Desk
Located in Vancouver, BC
Napoleon III ebony roll-top antique desk with brass, bone, and mother of pearl inlay. Fitted lemon
Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Empire Period Roll Top Desk
Located in Chamblee, GA
Rare French Empire Period Flame Mahogany roll top desk of exceptional quality with original marble
Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks

19th Century French Empire Period Roll Top Desk
Located in Chamblee, GA
roll top desk of exceptional quality with original marble top over a frieze holding three drawers. An
Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks

19th Century Francois Linke Roll Top Desk
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
A 19th century Louis XVI style roll top desk by Francois Linke (1855-1946) with rich gold gilding
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Gold

Directiore Style Roll Top Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish French Directoire style roll top desk was acquired from a Palm Beach estate and dates
Category

Mid-20th Century Spanish Directoire Desks

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Louis XVI style bronze-mounted oak roll top desk
Located in Miami, FL
Louis XVI style bronze-mounted oak roll top desk, French 19th century
Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Vintage Louis XV Style Roll Top Ladies Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Louis XV style roll top ladies desk with pull leather writing surface and bronze accents
Category

20th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Bronze

Small, Fine Detailed French Art Deco Lady s Desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
This small, elegant French Art Deco Lady's roll-top desk opens / closes by moving the drawer
Category

20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

Empire roll top desk
Located in St. Louis, MO
Fine Empire burr arborvitae cylinder desk, the upper section with two glass doors opening to
Category

Antique 19th Century French Secretaires

19th century French Provincial Cylinder Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
19th century French Provincial pine Cylinder roll top desk with drawers and interior drawers and
Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks

Antique French Directoire Miniature Roll Top Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
Made of fruit wood with a marble top (cracked). Brass gallery surrounds the marble top. Brass pulls
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire End Tables

Materials

Fruitwood

Pine cylindar desk
Located in Hudson, NY
19th century French Provincial pine cylindar (roll top) desk, with 7 interior drawers under the
Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks

Materials

Pine

Louis XVI Style Roll-top Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Louis XVI style desk with roll-top and skeleton key drawer. Brass inlay throughout.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

French Louis XV Bureau Du Roi Roll Top Desk Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
French Louis XV style desk - or Bureau Du Roi - handcrafted from kingwood. This is based on the original
Category

1990s Louis XVI Desks

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French Roll Top Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic French roll top desk available at 1stDibs. Each French roll top desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and mahogany. There are many kinds of the French roll top desk you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A French roll top desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Louis XVI, Empire and Neoclassical styles are sought with frequency. A well-made French roll top desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Gervais Durand, Henri-Auguste Fourdinois and François Linke are consistently popular.

How Much is a French Roll Top Desk?

The average selling price for a French roll top desk at 1stDibs is $7,267, while they’re typically $2,200 on the low end and $63,779 for the highest priced.
Questions About French Roll Top Desk
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    To tell if a roll-top desk is an antique, look closely at the materials. Real antiques feature hardwoods like cherry, mahogany and black walnut. If you detect the use of engineered woods, the desk is a reproduction. Also, early pieces show off irregular dovetail joints. Joints that appear perfectly uniform indicate that a roll-top desk is a more recent mass-produced piece. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of expertly vetted antique roll-top desks.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A roll top desk kept small essentials and paperwork organized. The roll top design was ideal for business people to secure their desks at the end of the day without filing away their work. Browse a variety of roll top desks on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A roll top desk is a piece of furniture that has a wooden cover that can be pulled down when the desk is not in use. Shop a collection of roll top furniture from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Roll-top desks are originally from the late 18th century in the Georgian era of England. By the middle of the Victorian era, they were found in most offices and produced on a large scale. Shop a range of antique roll-top desks on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Sometimes, roll-top desks are called tambours, sliding roll desks or roll-up desks. However, roll-top is the most commonly used name. The style of desk became popular during the 19th century. You can find a range of roll-top desks on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A variety of factors can determine the exact age of an antique roll top desk. Some things to look for is the type of wood and craftsmanship used to create the desk. Typically, older desks will be made from heavier wood. You can also check for a maker’s marks to determine the age. When in doubt, work with a certified appraiser to determine the authenticity of your roll top desk. You’ll find a variety of expertly vetted roll top desks on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    A roll top desk can be worth anywhere between $3,000 to $6,000, depending on the condition, materials used and time of manufacturing. Roll top desks are expensive, as they are very popular on the antique furniture market and are considered timeless collectibles. Shop a range of antique and vintage roll top desks on 1stDibs.