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Vico Magistretti Design Vintage Desk and Chair Light Maple Wood Color Italian
By Vico Magistretti
Located in London, GB
A vintage and rare 1950s desk with matching chair Italian Design by Vico Magistretti. Light maple
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Maple
French Charles X Style Marquetry Desk with Sliding Surfaces in Both Side
Located in Miami, FL
An elegant writing table in the Charles X style, 20th century. The top is adorned with an foliate
Category
Early 20th Century French Charles X Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Executive Large Desk by Vittorio Dassi with Floating Glass Top
By Dassi
Located in North Miami, FL
Exceptional original piece, green glass lower level and thick shaped top glass in perfect vintage condition by Vittorio Dassi. Four drawers and brass sabots to feet.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Napoleon III Period Lady
s Desk with Inlay and Bronze Ormolu
Located in Fayetteville, AR
. Revealed on the inside is a writing surface covered in red felt and three interior drawers with a shelf
Category
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat with Blue Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XV style writing table / bureau plat, fruitwood with ormolu trim, three drawers, green blue
Category
Vintage 1940s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Italian Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat in the Manner of G. Maggiolini
By Giuseppe Maggiolini
Located in Berlin, DE
A freestanding writing table or bureau plat veneered in marquetry of fruitwood, walnut and other
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Tulipwood, Walnut
French Directoire Secrétaire á Abattant
Located in Sheffield, MA
hardware, late 18th-early 19th century. The writing surface is lined with leather. The interior has two
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Italian Neoclassical Style Square 2-Drawer Game Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
The square top centering a parquetry inlaid star above an apron fitted with 2 drawers; raised on square tapering supports with waisted neck.
Category
Vintage 1910s Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Baker Modern Petite Secretary Tall Bookcase on Slim Legs
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid century modern design Baker secretary with leather pull out desk.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Fruitwood
Exceptional Quality Holland and Sons Centre Library Table
By Holland
Sons
Located in Benington, Herts
An exceptional quality burr walnut Victorian ormolu-mounted centre / writing / library table in the
Category
Antique 1870s English Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis Philippe Fruitwood Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exquisite 19th century French Louis Philippe period writing table or desk. Constructed from
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Circassian Walnut Inlaid Aesthetic Movement Bonheur du Jour/Writing Desk
Located in Portland, OR
Antique Circassian walnut inlaid aesthetic movement Bonheur du Jour/writing desk, circa 1875, in
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Desks
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
French Louis XVI Style Antique Bureau Plat Writing Desk c. 1920-40
Located in Shippensburg, PA
true to the spirit of Louis XVI furniture. A French Louis XVI Style Antique Writing Desk executed in
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Fruitwood, Leather
French Louis XVI Leather Top Bureau Plat Antique Writing Desk, 19th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
An early and very well crafted bureau plat, this fine writing desk is likely a product of the first
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century French Fruitwood Petite Bureau Plat
Located in Larkspur, CA
Early 20th Century French Fruitwood Petite Bureau Plat in the Louis X V I Style with One Continuous
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Late 18th Century Baltic Petite Writing Table
Located in Larkspur, CA
Late 18th century Baltic petite beechwood and fruitwood parquetry writing table, the top with inset
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Baltic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech, Fruitwood
Art Deco Writing Table/ Desk by Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in New York, NY
Fruitwood Art Deco writing table / desk by Jules Leleu with three drawers and original gilt bronze
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Country French Antique Fruitwood Writing Desk
Located in Coral Gables, FL
Charming small writing desk features a hinged lid opening into storage compartment above a one
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Antique French provincial fruitwood "bureau plat" w/2 pull-out panels
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French provincial fruitwood writing desk with 2 pull-out panels.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
18th century French fruitwood partner
s writing desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
18th century French provincial inlaid fruitwood partner's writing desk.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Fruitwood Writing Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Single drawer fruitwood writing table.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
$1,760
French Fruitwood 3 Drawer desk with extra writing board
Located in Sheffield, MA
This gorgeous writing desk has everything. Three drawers, with original brass pulls. plenty of leg
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Fruitwood Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
Fruitwood Desk; two side leather pull outs
Category
Vintage 1940s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
$2,100
Italian Fruitwood Writing Table
Located in Stamford, CT
Circa 1950s Italian Fruitwood writing table desk with three drawers on one side. The table is large
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique French Fruitwood Writing Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
An antique writing table from France with one drawer. The fruit wood of this desk has a lovely
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Fruitwood Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
French Provincial style fruitwood writing table with one drawer and scalloped apron.
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
$3,900
Fruitwood Writing Table
Located in Norwalk, CT
Fruitwood writing table, English colonial, with turned legs and three apron drawers with brass
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
$2,795
18th-19th Century Italian Fruitwood Writing Table / Desk with One-Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th-19th century Italian fruitwood writing table / desk with one-drawer
Measures: 49.75" W x
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood
Late Victorian Fruitwood Writing Table, French, 19th Century, Desk, Bureau
Located in South Cotswolds, GB
Lovely French fruitwood wrting table,bureau, late 19th century, victorian, restored
Amazing patine
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
18th-19th Century Italian Fruitwood Writing Table or Desk, One Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th-19th century Italian fruitwood writing table or desk, one drawer
Measures: 37" W x 18.25" D x
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood
Antique French Fruitwood Writing Table
Located in Culver City, CA
A very nice French, early 19th century, fruitwood, table having one drawer and standing of square
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Pine
Italian Mid Century Fruitwood Writing Table
Located in Toronto, ON
Italian mid century writing table with bevelled glass writing surface.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Glass
French Fruitwood Writing Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome fruitwood leather topped two drawer writing table made in France late in the 19th
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather
Italian Fruitwood Writing Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very nice late 18th century Italian fruitwood one drawer writing / dressing table with a pull out
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Fruitwood Writing Table or Desk, 18th or 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very nice French fruitwood writing table / desk standing on graceful curved legs with hoof feet
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Fruitwood Italian Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome inlaid fruitwood desk made in Italy during the 19th century. This would be great as a
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$6,950
Antique Italian Fruitwood Writing Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome Italian walnut one drawer writing table made during the first half of the 19th century
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Fruitwood Regency Petite Desk by Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Regency style writing desk has curved top, a single drawer and openwork legs. Could function as an
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Fruitwood Side Table or Small Writing Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
An elegant dark fruitwood side table or small writing table with nice grain and patina. Classic
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century Fruitwood Writing Table with Leather Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite Italian workmanship with reeded legs and a wide reeded apron on all four sides.
The piece is fitted with a single drawer and appointed with an embossed leather top.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Beautiful French Fruitwood Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautiful antique French desk made during the first half of the 19th century.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather
Very Good Looking 19th Century French Fruitwood Desk
Located in York, GB
Very good looking 19th century French fruitwood desk, originally from an estate office in France
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century French Bleached Walnut and Fruitwood Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A good quality and of elegant proportions late 19th century, French bleached writing desk in walnut
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
An Edwardian Fruitwood Kidney Shaped Writing Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
The kidney shaped top with tan tooled leather and brass gallery; above conforming apron centering one long drawer flanked by two smaller ones; with lyre supports joined by a crescent...
Category
Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
A Fruitwood Desk by Paul McCobb
By Paul McCobb
Located in San Francisco, CA
Simple fruitwood desk with natural finish designed by Paul McCobb. Conical legs with brass
Category
Vintage 1950s American Desks and Writing Tables
Early Art Deco Writing Desk by Speich Freres
By Speich Freres
Located in New York, NY
A free-standing exceptional and early Art Deco writing desk
With amboyna and fruitwood inlays
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Amboyna
18th/19thc French Fruitwood Writing Table With One Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th/19thC FRENCH FRUITWOOD WRITING TABLE WITH ONE DRAWER
An Atlanta Resource for Fine Antiques
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
1960s Italian fruitwood desk with bronze detail
Located in London, GB
1960s Italian fruitwood desk with bronze detail
Category
Mid-20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
English Arts
Crafts Writing Desk by Shapland
Petter
By Shapland
Petter
Located in Stratford Upon Avon, GB
This is a beautiful English Art Nouveau/ Arts& Crafts writing desk by the Barnstable, Devon
Category
Antique 19th Century British Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Fruitwood, Glass
Louis XVI Fruitwood Desk with Leather Top
Located in Stamford, CT
Louis XVI fruitwood desk with leather top. Re-finished on all sides so it can placed in any
Category
20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
An Early Art Deco Writing Desk by Speich Freres
By Speich Freres
Located in New York, NY
WT 22092
A free-standing exceptional and early Art Deco writing desk
With amboyna and
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Amboyna
Antique French Walnut and Fruitwood Side Table/Desk
Located in Port Chester, NY
A large walnut side or lamp table/desk from France, with a very pretty and complimentary fruitwood
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XV Period Small Desk in Fruitwood Lacquered, circa 1740-1750
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
French Louis XV period small desk in fruitwood lacquered, circa 1740-1750.
An elegant and
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century French Fruitwood Veneered Desk with Bronze Ormolu
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century French Fruitwood Veneered Desk with Bronze Ormolu
51"W x 27.5"D x 29.5"H (23.5
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century French Fruitwood Veneered Desk with Bronze Ormolu
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century French Fruitwood Veneered Desk with Bronze Ormolu
51"W x 27.5"D x 29.5"H (23.5
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century Victorian Walnut Marquetry Gilt Bronze Writing Table Desk
Located in Roma, RM
English Victorian desk in walnut burl, bronze appliqués and finely inlaid with floral motifs, Louis
Category
Antique 1850s English Early Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Rococo Revival Walnut Bone Inlaid Desk Writing Table Lombardy
Located in Roma, RM
Inlaid desk writing table - Lombardy, 19th century
Made of ebonized walnut wood and inlaid with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bone, Fruitwood, Walnut
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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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