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Fruitwood Leather Top Writing Table
Located in Hudson, NY
A small writting table with one drawer in a fine honey color with a deep red leather top
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather
20th Century Scandinavian Fruitwood Pedestal Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Scandinavian fruitwood freestanding desk, circa 1980
Functional piece of modern furniture with a
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Charles X Style Fruitwood and Ebonized Writing Table
Located in Cypress, CA
Attractive French Charles X style stenciled and part ebonized fruitwood writing table with two side
Category
Late 20th Century English Charles X Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Giltwood, Fruitwood
19th Century Country French Fruitwood Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Called a bureau plat by the French, this intriguing antique Country French fruitwood desk carries
Category
Antique 1860s French Country Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
18th C. Antique French Fruitwood Writing Table with Drawer
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Eighteenth century French fruitwood writing table with full-width single hand-dovetailed drawer
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Romantic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Writing Desk by Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Bridgewater, CT
A Gio Ponti fruitwood desk.
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
French 19th Century Directoire Fruitwood Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
French 19th century Directoire style desk made using vibrant fruitwood. The leather top and slides
Category
Antique 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Louis XVI Ebonized Writing Desk
Located in Austin, TX
French vintage Louis XVI style ebonized fruit wood writing desk with gold leaf accents. A classic
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf
French Early 20th Century Directoire Style Fruitwood Writing Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This elegant Directoire-style writing table, was made in France circa early 1900s, of pegged
Category
Early 20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th C. French Writing Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
Small 19th century desk for a multitude of uses -- side table, vanity or night table. Full width
Category
Antique 19th Century French Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
18th Century Italian Inlaid Walnut and Fruitwood Desk
Located in Houston, TX
18th century neoclassical Italian desk, inlaid with walnut and fruitwood marquetry veneer, with
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
19th Century Faux Bamboo Writing Desk
Located in High Point, NC
19th century faux bamboo desk with a pitch pine top which has a molded edge of faux bamboo molding
Category
Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine, Fruitwood
Southwestern French 1730s Louis XV Fruitwood Crossbow Writing Table with Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period fruitwood writing table from the first half of the 18th century, with
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
A Fine Directoire Fruitwood Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
The rectangular top with a tooled leather surface
Over 3 drawers all resting on straight tapered legs ending in bronze sabots
Over 3 drawers all resting on straight tapered legs ending in bronze sabots
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Ornate 19th Century Inlaid Writing Desk
Located in Danville, CA
Extraordinarily detailed 19th century handcrafted writer's desk with exceptional floral marquetry
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
Italian Neoclassical Style Marquetry Inlaid Fruitwood Drop-Front Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
over a single drawer; the drop front revealing fitted interior and writing surface.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Drexel Mid Century Modern Writing Table Desk
By Drexel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice vintage writing table by Drexel
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Style Fruitwood Side Table or Writing Table
Located in Fayetteville, AR
green leather top and a drawer with a drop down pullout writing desk. Its drop down surface locks using
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Chippendale
Campaign Style Faux Bamboo Carved Fruitwood Desk Leather Top
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This has timeless appeal! It is a carved fruitwood faux bamboo desk with tooled leather top and
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinese Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Provincial Slate Top Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Distinctive 19th century French provincial writing table or desk featuring a black slate inset top
Category
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Slate
French Country Style Fruitwood One Drawer Work Table or Desk, circa 1840
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This charming French fruitwood work table or writing desk, dating to circa 1840, is of a beautiful
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Mid Century Traditional Baker Furniture Ming Style Mixed Fruitwood Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A vintage Baker Furniture Ming style office desk. This gorgeous mid century desk features a lovely
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Coen de Vries Industrial Writing Desk for Emmein Meubel
By Coen de Vries, Emmein Staal
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Mid-century Coen de Vries industrial metal desk with double stacked drawers.
Beautiful table top
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
19th Century Wood French Napoleon III Writing Desk, 1870
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French writing desk from the Napoleon III era. Furniture of exceptional size and quality in woods
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique Italian Neoclassical Walnut Marquetry Figural Writing Desk Library Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Italian marquetry writing or library desk, Made from walnut with carved inlays of oak and
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Fruitwood, Oak, Walnut
19th Century French Louis Philippe Low Writing Table or Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rustic 19th century French Louis Philippe writing table or desk featuring a painted or waxed canvas
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Canvas, Fruitwood, Oak
A Swedish Modern Writing Desk, Circa 1958
By Erik Mattson
Gösta Thorell
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish Modern beech and fruitwood inlaid writing desk by Gösta Thorell, Circa 1958. Stamped with
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
Canvas and leather Steamer Trunk Style Chrome Writing Table Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a unique desk made to look like an antique canvas steamer trunk with leather and a
Category
Early 2000s American Campaign Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Antique French Writing Desk Bureau Plat with Tiffany Blue Leather Top
Located in West Hartford, CT
Antique 19th century French writing desk has five dovetailed drawers and features a Tiffany blue
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Fruitwood
20th Century French Louis XVI Style Desk Writing Table Marquetry
Located in Madrid, ES
An elegant writing table, made in Sweden in the Louis XVI style, decorated with marquetry in a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
20th Century Inlaid Wood Italian Louis XVI Style Writing Desk, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian writing desk from 20th century. Furniture richly inlaid in Louis XVI style in walnut
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Maple, Palisander, Rosewood, Walnut
Cherry Wood Writing Desk with Kneehole Late 18th Century, Austria, circa 1790
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Splendid cherrywood writing desk with kneehole from the late 18th century in Austria, circa 1790
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Austrian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French 19th Century Louis XVI Marquetry Ormolu Writing Desk Table Linke
By François Linke
Located in Portland, OR
Superb antique French cross-banded walnut & fruitwood writing table with marquetry inlay and ormolu
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Inlaid Wood French Louis XVI Style Writing Desk Table, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Small French writing desk of the 20th century. Elegant Louis XVI style furniture nicely inlaid in
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Louis XVI Style Parquetry Writing Table or Desk with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Birmingham, AL
decorated with gilt bronze ornamentations and parquetry inlay from fruitwood trees. The attractive olive
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Fruitwood
Napoleon III Writing Desk Dining Table in Boulle Marquetry, France, 19th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
Stunning Napoleon III Violin table can be used as a writing desk or a dining table, made in Boulle
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Style Rosewood Marquetry Writing Table or Desk
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This mid-nineteenth century French Louis XVI style writing table or desk features a gold tooled red
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Stained Fruitwood Marquetry Secretaire
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XVI stained fruitwood and kingwood marquetry drop-front secretary or secretaire a abbatant
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Kingwood, Satinwood
20th Century Wood Italian Empire Style Demi Lune Writing Desk, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
, carved and gilded in cherry wood, fruitwood and ebonized wood. Writing desk equipped with a front drawer
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Directoire Writing Table
Located in Madrid, ES
Directoire writing table in solid cherrywood with a large side drawer and iron handle, classic legs
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Charming Early 19th Century Writing Table
Located in Buchanan, MI
Charming early 19th century French writing table made of fruitwood. Rectangular top with shaped
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Biedermeier Writing Table
By Biedermeier
Located in Pomona, CA
19th century Biedermeier writing table with bone inlay on each corner and a single drawer.
Category
Antique 1830s German Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bone, Fruitwood
19th Century Italian Writing Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
We love the carving on the legs of this table, but more than any single detail we appreciate the simplicity of the piece, the fact that the maker recognized the beauty of the wood en...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Early 19th Century French Empire Fruitwood Bureau Plat
Located in Atlanta, GA
The French Empire fruitwood bureau plat with embossed black leather top, 4 drawers, tapered turned
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Georgian early 18th Century cross banded walnut bureau desk writing tabl
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Georgian walnut and fruitwood drop well bureau desk writing table early 18th Century.
This
Category
Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Provincial Fruitwood Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
Provincial cherry wood five drawer Bureau Plat
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
French Bureau in Inlaid Walnut, Rosewood, Maple, Tulipwood and Fruitwood
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
, rosewood, maple, tulipwood and fruitwood. Bureau with two external drawers, writing desk, four internal
Category
Vintage 1930s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Maple, Rosewood, Tulipwood, Walnut
Victorian Ebonized and Fruitwood Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with a drawer below and fruitwood knob, raised on barley twist legs joined by a
Category
Antique Early 1700s European Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Paint
Louis XV Style Provincial Fruit Wood Writing Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XV provincial style fruit wood writing table, made from 19th century and later elements. With
Category
Vintage 1960s Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Swiss Louis XV Inlaid Writing Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bernoise (canton of Berne in Switzerland) Hand Carved Burlwood
Inlaid with Cabriolet legs & Bronze escushion.
Fitted with a Center drawer & locking device.
Inlaid with Cabriolet legs & Bronze escushion.
Fitted with a Center drawer & locking device.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swiss Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Directoire Fruit Wood Leather Top Writing Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Directoire fruit wood writing table, with engraved and ebonized decorations and a tooled leather
Category
Antique Early 1800s European Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Fruitwood, Paint
Large Neoclassical Italian Writing Table with Leather Top.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Large Neoclassical Italian writing table with leather top and gilt details. The desk dating 19th
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Large Shapely Italian Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A highly figural veneered 18th century French style desk.
Category
20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century French Desk
Located in Houston, TX
19th century French fruitwood desk with cabriole legs. Drawer are one end and a pull out shelf at
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
$4,000
An Art Nouveau Fruitwood Bureau Plat
Located in Sheffield, MA
The rectangular top with tooled leather over two sided frieze with one side having three drawers, while the other is faux fronted, all over cabriole legs ending with hoof feet.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
French Louis XVI Style Leather Top Walnut Writing Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic French leather top writing table or desk made in the grand Louis XVI taste. Features a
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Italian 1950s Desk
Located in London, GB
A walnut and fruit wood glass top desk, with an optional glass top
Italy, Circa 1950
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Fruitwood, Walnut
$9,310
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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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