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1950
s Stitched Leather Desk by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950's "Campaign Desk " all covered with stitched leather designed by Jacques Adnet.
France.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
André Sornay Formica desk table from the 1950s
By Andre Sornay
Located in Grenoble, FR
André Sornay Formica desk table from the 1950s
model made for Sonacotra fireplaces and available
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Formica, Wood
1960
s Raymond Loewy DF 2000 Sliding Top Desk
By (after) Raymond Loewy, Doubinsky Freres
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960's Raymond Loewy DF 2000 sliding desk top with drawers for Doubinsky Freres. In good vintage
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Lacquered Desk or Dining Table by Jacques Jarrige
By Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
desk or a small dining table. Hand-carved and finished in lustrous lacquer, the piece embodies
Category
2010s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Scrap Wood
Desk by Alain Richard edited by TFM, 1974
By Alain Richard
Located in PARIS, FR
Alain Richard (1926 - 2017) is a famous French designer who quickly established himself as one of
Category
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Unique Desk in Bronze by Jacques Jarrige, 2006
By Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
The Parade desk is a unique sculptural piece by Jacques Jarrige that merges function with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Ladies Desk or Table in Louis Quinze Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Ladies desk or table in Louis Quinze style.
Inlays on solid softwood. Ending high, curved
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood
Ladies Desk or Secretary in Louis Quinze Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Ladies desk / table / secretary in Louis Quinze style
Inlays on solid softwood. Ending high
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Empire Greek Vanity or Ladies
Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
figures, ribbons and foliage.
Beautiful early 19th century French Empire small desk or vanity fitting
Category
Antique 1810s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Large Louis XVI–Style Mahogany Double-Sided Flat Desk with Green Leather Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
writing desk in both traditional and transitional interiors.
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Desk in Black and white marquetry by Ginger Brown
By Ginger Brown
Located in Bourguebus, FR
brass handles.
The legs are in black polished marquetry.
It can be used as a writing desk or as a vanity
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$9,356 / item
Jean Prouve Style La Residence Universitaire Jean Zay Student Desk
By Jean Prouvé
Located in West Hollywood, CA
In the style of Jean Prouve a patinated eggshell blue student desk with single drawer and in inset
Category
Vintage 1950s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Beech
Antique Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted amaranth bureau plat, Circa
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Louis XVI style (19th-20th century) gilt bronze mounted 3-drawer bureau plat desk having a center
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Empire Style Gold Leaf Library Table / Desk
Located in Houston, TX
This 19th Century Empire Style Gold Leaf Library Table/Desk is a truly exquisite piece of furniture
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf
$4,225 Sale Price
35% Off
Louis XVI Style Brass Inlaid Mahogany Desk, 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
Louis XVI brass inlaid mahogany desk with parcel-gilt and green leather inset top. The mahogany
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Desk in the Style of Art Deco in Black Piano Lacquer
Located in Ulm, DE
Modernist desk in black lacquer
Writing desk
Piano lacquer, high gloss black
Metal fittings
in
Category
Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
French Roll-Up Secretary, 1890s
Located in Miami, FL
Unique French roll-up secretary/desk in the transition style from around 1890
Wood and bronze
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Boulle-styled panelled desk Napoleon IIV, late 1800s in bronze
Located in Milano, IT
bronze inlays, creating a harmonious dance between wood and metal. The edge of the desk is a treasure
Category
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Brass
$6,158 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century imperial Bureau Plat / Desk in the Style of Louis XVI
Located in Berlin, DE
completely veneered with exotic wood. It is a desk of superlatives and represents the highest class of
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Roll-Top Desk Attributed to P. Bernard
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
After the model by Jean-Henri Riesener (French, 1734-1806).
Of the Napoleon III period, in the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Desk with a Georges Frydman pedestal for EFA, 1960s, rosewood veneer and metal
By Georges Frydman
Located in Paris, FR
Rare Executive Desk, Georges Frydman EFA.
It appears to be made of rosewood veneer, from the 1960s
Category
Vintage 1960s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Old 19th Century School Bench with Cast Iron Frame and Desk
Located in Udenhout, NL
France.
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Modernist Wall-Mounted Console, France, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Modernist wall-mounted console or desk featuring a solid wood frame with a black Formica work
Category
Vintage 1960s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Formica, Wood
19th Century French Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th century French bureau plat featuring beautifully veneered wood surface and black leather top
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Desk table Patrice Maffei for Kappa brushed steel smoked glass 1970
By Kappa, Patrice Maffei
Located in Paris, IDF
A rare brushed stainless steel desk table designed by French designer Patrice Maffei for Kappa
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
1800s French Antique Patinated Ecritoire
Located in High Point, NC
This antique ecritoire was crafted in 19th century France. A heavily distressed wooden ecritoire
Category
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
21st Century Desk Wight Ebony and Black Leather with Metal Leg by Aymeric Lefort
By Aymeric Lefort
Located in SENLIS, OISE
A semi-circular black lacquered metal legged desk with a white ebony veneer top and black leather
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
21st Century Desk Wight Ebony and Black Leather with Metal Leg by Aymeric Lefort
By Aymeric Lefort
Located in SENLIS, OISE
A semi-circular black lacquered metal legged desk with a white ebony veneer top and black leather
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
21st Century Desk Wight Ebony and Black Leather with Metal Leg by Aymeric Lefort
By Aymeric Lefort
Located in SENLIS, OISE
A semi-circular black lacquered metal legged desk with a white ebony veneer top and black leather
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Rare Desk and Armchair by Jacques Adnet, Stitched Leather and Skaï, 1950s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Paris, FR
(the undelying structure of the desk is made of wood and the underlying structure of the armchair is
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Desk Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty , Sign: G. Keller Orfevre, 22 rue Joubert
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
The set includes, armchair, desk and desk accessories. It is from the first era.
Bibliography
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
A 19th Century Lady
s Desk in Marquetry and Gilt Bronze, Louis XV Style.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
III period lady's desk with a clock and two ormolu candelabras in precious wood marquetry and ormolu
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Directoire Style Desk Solid Cherry with Leather Pad and Covered Storage Space
Located in Landivy, FR
very high quality.
The solid wood comes from sustainably managed French forests.
We offer a 5 year
Category
2010s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Cherry, Oak, Lacquer
18th Century Louis XV Marquetry Ladies
Desk Manner of J.C. Ellaume
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century Louis XV Marquetry Ladies' Desk Manner of J.C. Ellaume
A mid-18th century ladies
Category
Antique 1750s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fine Mid-19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Desk by Guillaume Lexcellent
By E. Guillaume-Edmond Lexcellent
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fine Mid 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Desk By Guillaume-Edmond
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Diminutive Leather Top Desk with Pull-Out Sides and Bronze Mounts Stamped Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
An early Louis XVI style leather top desk with pull-out sides and bronze mounts with a single
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Spectacular 19th Century French Marble Table
Located in Newmanstown, PA
This incredible French table is a combination of finely carved wood and beautiful metalwork with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
18th Century Louis XV Red Chinoiserie Bureau de Dame Desk By Pierre Migeon
By Pierre Migeon
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
XV Red Chinoiserie Bureau de Dame Desk By Pierre Migeon is absolutely breathe taking! If you look at
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Gothic Style Mahogany Dining Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A striking, French, gothic revival dining table, constructed from dark mahogany, featuring a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
A Nineteenth Century French Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
A mid nineteenth century French bureau plat of good scale, in mahogany with kingwood veneer
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Style Blackened and Gilt Bureau Plat
Located in TOURCOING, FR
This elegant bureau plat features a beautifully shaped serpentine form, crafted in blackened wood
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French wooden rectangular customizable console table
By Éric Gizard
Located in Landivy, FR
100% made of solid ash wood from sustainably managed and PEFC certified French forests.
Collection
Category
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Ash, Lacquer
$3,961 / item
Charlotte Perriand, Mid-Century Modern, Wood Metal Cansado Table, circa 1950
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table designed by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1950.
Wood, metal frame legs.
Provenance: Cansado
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
A French Gilt-Metal Bureauplat, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A French Gilt-Metal Bureauplat, 19th Century
Provenance:
Private Australian Collection Acquired
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Marquetry
Bronze Dressing Table
Located in Marbella, ES
Antique 19th century French marquetry and bronze dressing table.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Petite French Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an fine and beautiful petite French Louis XV Revival goncalo alves and ormolu mounted
Category
Antique 1850s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fine quality 19th Century French, Louis XV Style bureau plat.
With ormolu mounts and moulded
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Furniture Art Deco, 1930 with Drawers
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Art Deco Desk
Year 1930
French
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer
It is an elegant and sophisticated
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Sea Blue Large and Design Secretaire in Ash Wood by Eric Gizard, Paris
By Éric Gizard
Located in Landivy, FR
This large secretary desk is mounted in our French workshops and delivered fully assembled.
The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writi...
Materials
Wood, Ash, Lacquer
Rustic Primitive Working Bench, France, Early 19th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
decades, if not centuries, of use. Made from solid, heavy wood, the bench features a sturdy rectangular
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Boulle Louis XVI Style Mazarin
Located in Houston, TX
desire for symmetry in its design. As a masterpiece of French furniture, this Mazarin desk embodies the
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
French architect
s table, known as "à La Tronchin, Louis XVI
By Fidelys Schey
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind French Louis XVI architect's table with a rectangular profile, made of mahogany and
Category
Antique 1790s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Chinoiserie Jansen Style Vanity Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Lovely 20th mid-century French Chinoiserie Jansen style vanity table with eglomise mirror top. So
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century French Black Lacquered Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An impressive early 19th Century French Louis XVI style, black lacquered bureau plat.
With is
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Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
"Brenne" Bean-shaped Burl Wood Coffee Table by Christiane Lemieux
Located in New York, NY
We are excited to introduce an extension of our ever-popular Brenne desk design. The Brenne coffee
Category
2010s Vietnamese French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
$1,124 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Francois Linke Louis XV Carved Wood
Marble Top Console
By François Linke
Located in Tarzana, CA
FRANCOIS LINKE LOUIS XV CARVED WOOD MARBLE TOP CONSOLE TABLE, CIRCA 1890, By Francois Linke.
The
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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French Wood Writing Desks For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of French wood writing desks available for sale. Frequently made of wood, metal and animal skin, all French wood writing desks available were constructed with great care. There are 894 antique and vintage French wood writing desks for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 31 modern editions to choose from as well. French wood writing desks have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Louis XV, Louis XVI and Mid-Century Modern French wood writing desks are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made French wood writing desks over the years, but those made by Maison Jansen, Jean Prouvé and Charlotte Perriand are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are French Wood Writing Desks?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $5,315, while they’re typically $1 on the low end and $1,844,713 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 French Wood Writing 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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