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Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Cartonnier, Antoine Krieger
By Antoine Krieger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style bureau plat (Desk - Writing Table - Ladies Desk
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$32,955 Sale Price
61% Off
French Marquetry Slant Top Ladies Writing Desk, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
French marquetry ladies slant top three-drawer writing desk with floral motif inlay, flanking step
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Gold, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Marquetry Writing Desk/ Bonheur du Jour
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Louis XVI Style Marquetry Writing Desk / Bonheur du Jour—Circa 1900s
This exquisite French
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Diminutive Ebonized Writing Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic French diminutive ladies writing table or desk featuring a black lacquer ebonized finish
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Brass
OPENING WRITING TABLE SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant writing table for the center entirely veneered in fruit wood. This refined piece of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
French Louis Philippe Style Large Fruitwood Bookcase with Writing Desk
Located in Wichita, KS
Louis Philippe fruitwood cabinet featuring a sleek glass top. Adorned with window-pane style
Category
Mid-20th Century Cabinets
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Writing Desk Secretary
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very fine late 19th century French writing desk secretary with dore bronze mountings and Marble
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Parquetry Inlaid Writing Desk in Louis XVI Style
Located in New York, NY
Our exceptional writing table in the Louis XVI style features fine parquetry inlay on top, drawer
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Center Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fruitwood Writing Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This light fruitwood desk started its life as a piano-forte in the early 19th Century. At some
Category
Antique 19th Century German Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
$3,000
19th c French Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Katonah, NY
Restored French ladies fruitwood writing desk with cabriole legs, brass mounts and gallery.Drop
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Antique Georgian Walnut and Fruitwood Desk Writing Side Table, 18th Century
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
Antique Georgian walnut and fruitwood desk writing side table dating from circa 1780. A rare find
Category
Antique 1780s Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
Antique French Provincial Fruitwood Writing Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Provincial fruitwood writing table.
Category
Antique 1870s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Fruitwood Writing Table, Swiss 18th Century
Located in London, GB
Fine fruitwood writing table, the top with three decorative cross banded rectangles in contrasting
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Swiss Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Fruitwood Small Writing Table
Located in Bedford, NY
WRITING TABLE IN BIRCH WOOD WITH SMALL RAISED SHELF ON THE BACK. DRAWER IN APRON WITH BAIL PULL IN
Category
Vintage 1960s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch
Biedermeier Style Writing Desk
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Sleek Biedermeier style writing desk in French Polish finish. There is some damage to the finish on
Category
Antique Early 1900s Unknown Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Country French Fruitwood slanted fall front ladies writing table
Located in Tacoma, WA
Charming petite early 20th century French dark fruitwood ladies fall front fitted dressing/writing
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Louis XV Fruitwood and Marquetry Writing Table,
Mid-18th Century
Located in London, GB
A Louis XV ormolu-mounted bois satine and fruitwood marquetry writing table. Adjustable writing
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Small Fruitwood Desk with White Top from 1950s
Located in London, GB
Fruitwood desk with five drawers and brass details,
Italian, 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Napoleon III Writing Desk
Scrivania
Inlaid Escritoire
Located in Liverpool, GB
writing table),
made in the times and style of Napoleon III, probably on individual order, third quarter
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Carlo di Carli: Desk in Fruitwood, Brass, and Glass, Italy 1950s
By Carlo di Carli
Located in New York, NY
Carlo de Carli (1910 - 1999)
An important sculptural desk with six drawers by seminal Milanese
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Baroque Fruitwood Inlaid Desk / Cassone Chest, Mid-17th Century
Located in L
Etang, FR
Huge 17th century trunk crafted into a minister's desk in the 19th century
Paneled and inlaid
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Austrian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Louis XV provincial fruitwood bureau plat
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis XV provincial fruitwood bureau plat, the rectangular leather-inset top with molded edge above
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Fruitwood Work Table
Located in Wainscott, NY
Stunning 18th Century French Fruitwood Work Table with one side drawer at end of table.
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Biedermeier Desk
Located in New York, NY
Ashe, Elm and Fruitwood.
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm, Fruitwood
Neoclassical cylinder desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
marquetry german cylinder-front desk
Category
German Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
$18,750
Walnut, fruit wood and bone metamorphic writing table
Located in New York, NY
trifid feet.
A similarly shaped writing desk without the elaborate inlay is illustrated by Levy
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Fruitwood, Bone
Late 18th Century French fruitwood (cherry) entrance, serving, hall table C.1790
Located in Malvern, Victoria
Late 18th Century French fruitwood centre/serving/sofa/hall/entrance table.
Of good deep
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Fruitwood
Large Spanish Table / Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carved rustic Spanish fruitwood table. Drawers at each end of the table and on one side. 32" high
Category
Antique 19th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Small Liseuse Side Table Louis XVI French Mahogany and Fruitwood, 1780s
Located in Mönchengladbach, NW
Rare small furniture in very good condition. Grey Marble top plate with old brass gallery locks and fittings.
France, Louis XVI, approx. 1780.
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Rustic French Fruitwood Bureau Plat, circa 1840
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rustic French fruitwood bureau plat, circa 1840; with single drawer.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
French Mahogany and Fruitwood Inlaid Bureau Plat
Located in San Francisco, CA
French Mahogany and Fruitwood Inlaid Bureau Plat circa 1870
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Coppertone Desk / Secretaire in brushed copper, olive wood and tempered glass
By Cristina Jorge de Carvalho
Located in Lisboa, PT
The Coppertone desk defies the laws of perception with its distinctive and sophisticated design
Category
2010s Portuguese Minimalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Italian Vintage Desk in Polish Wood by Ico Parisi for MIM, circa 1955
By Ico Parisi, Mobili Italiani Moderni (MIM)
Located in Belgium, Brussels
Large vintage desk in polish wood with drawers full drawers and two open sides and lateral elements
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
19th Century Victorian Franglais Walnut Bureau de Dame
Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
A Victorian Franglais figured walnut Walnut Bureau de Dame with tulipwood and fruitwood marquetry
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Tulipwood
Bureau Rognon after Paul-Charles Sormani
By Paul-Charles Sormani
Located in Bergen, NL
A gilt bronze-mounted kingwood parquetry and fruitwood floral marquetry bureau rognon after Paul
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Kingwood
A PROVINCIAL LOUIS XV DRESSING TABLE. FRENCH
Located in New York, NY
THE RECTANGULAR TOP CONSISTS OF THREE HINGED PANELS OPENING TO A WELL DIVIDED INTO THREE COMPARTMENTS, ABOVE A FIEZE WITH A DRAWER, RAISED ON CABRIOLE LEGS AND MOUNTED WITH GILT-BRON...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis Majorelle French Art Nouveau Table
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Charlevoix, MI
A fine Louis Majorelle desk or table with a single drawer, constructed of fruitwood. The straight
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Mother-of-Pearl
Italian Vintage Dresser in Clear Wood with Drawers Attributed to Osvaldo Borsani
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Belgium, Brussels
Vintage dresser in polished lemon tree wood with shelves and a lot of drawers, brass handle attributed to Osvaldo Borsani, Italy, circa 1940.
Measures: 38.58in width, 18.5in depth, ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
An Exceptional French Fruitwood Writing Table, circa 1830
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exceptional French fruitwood writing table or desk, circa 1830. It stands on graceful curved
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Napoleon III Writing Desk Inlaid with Fruit Wood, Gilded Bronze
Located in PALERMO, IT
Elegant desk in walnut wood, finely inlaid with a floral motif with fruit wood. Important
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks
Materials
Bronze
Italian Mid-Century Indian Rosewood Desk By Dassi
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This stunning Italian Mid-Century Desk is crafted in Indian Rosewood with a satin finish. The piece
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV fruitwood writing desk with green leather inlay. Slight cabriole legs capped with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
$8,500
20th Century Satinwood Rosewood Maple Fruitwood French Writing Desk, 1920
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
. from Nice (brand present in a drawer), made of satin wood, rosewood, maple and fruitwood. Writing desk
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Leather, Fruitwood, Maple, Rosewood, Satinwood
French Louis XV Desk Plat Writing Table
Located in West Hartford, CT
A magnificent antique fruitwood writing desk adorned in bronze and featuring a green leather top
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fruitwood Faux Bamboo Writing Desk with Adjustable Writing Surface, circa 1920
Located in Charleston, SC
Fruitwood writing desk with adjustable writing surface with greenish crown leather. Faux bamboo
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
20th Century Inlaid Wood French Writing Desk, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
, palisander, kingwood, ebonized wood and fruitwood. Writing desk with shelf adorned with gilded and chiseled
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Pair of Midcentury French Louis XVI Style Fruitwood Writing Desk Side Tables
Located in Fayetteville, AR
drop down pullout writing desks with gold tooled cognac leather tops. Each drop down surface locks
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Side Tables
Materials
Bronze
English Provincial Fruitwood Leather Top Ladies Writing Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous English Provincial style ladies writing desk
circa 1960s
Fruitwood, with tooled
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Federal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Fruitwood
Campaign Style Fruitwood Desk Writing Table Three Drawer
Located in West Hartford, CT
Coveted three drawer Campaign desk with great scale and better lines. Features handles at end, see
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Fruitwood Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
French fruitwood bureau plat or writing table with encircling scalloped apron and paneled sides
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Kittinger Fruitwood and Leather Top Writing Desk Writing Table
By Kittinger
Located in West Hartford, CT
Rare signed Kittinger light colored fruitwood desk with black leather top and very unusual brass
Category
Vintage 1920s American Desks and Writing Tables
Hammary Maisonette French Louis XV Fruitwood Ladys Provincial Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
"Vintage Hammary Maisonette French Louis XV ladies writing desk. Made of fruitwood featuring a
Category
Late 20th Century French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Fruitwood writing table
Located in New Orleans, LA
A fruitwood kneehole writing table with two drawers, brass pulls
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
$7,800
20th Century Inlaid Walnut Mahogany Maple Fruitwood French Writing Desk, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
20th century French writing desk. Furniture, finished for the center, nicely inlaid with mahogany
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
A Northern Italian Neoclassical Fruitwood 4-Drawer Writing Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elegant northern Italian neoclassical fruitwood 4-drawer writing desk with inset leather top and
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
French Fruitwood Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
French fruitwood writing table with 2 drawers.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Writing Desk Veneered Wood Solid Fruitwood Brass Beech Argentina 1950s
Located in Milano, IT
Writing desk with open compartment under the top, side drawers column; veneered wood and solid
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
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Fruitwood Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the fruitwood writing desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each fruitwood writing desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, fruitwood and hardwood. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect fruitwood writing desk — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each fruitwood writing desk bearing Louis XVI, Louis XV or Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular. A well-made fruitwood writing desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Coen de Vries, Dassi and Emmein Staal are consistently popular.
How Much is a Fruitwood Writing Desk?
Prices for a fruitwood writing desk start at $695 and top out at $78,400 with the average selling for $4,500.
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 Fruitwood 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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