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French Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted, KingWood Console Table
Located in Tarzana, CA
A French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted King-Wood Console Table. The serpentine Brèche d'Alep Marble Top above the frieze centered by scrolling acanthus, flanked by four female busts ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Mid 19th Century Transitional St. Kingwood, Marble, and Ormolu Secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely French mid 19th century Transitional st. Tulipwood, Kingwood, ormolu, and Brèche Violette
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
A French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat. The
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
A fine late 19th century Kingwood Bureau Plat in the French Régence style
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Cressent
This fine bureau plat or writing table is decorated with quartered kingwood veneers except for on
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Kingwood Bureau Plat
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite quality French Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted tulipwood and kingwood bureau plat
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tulipwood, Kingwood
Black Lacquered Louis XV Style Writing Table
Located in Kent, Dover
A French Louis XV style black lacquered writing table or bureau plat. With three working drawers
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Mounted Writing Table of Fine Quality
Located in Benington, Herts
/ writing table.
French, circa 1870.
A very attractive and of the finest quality Kingwood bureau de
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Victorian Birch or Satinwood Writing Table, Attributed to Holland and Sons
By Holland
Sons
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian birch or satinwood writing table, attributed to Holland and Sons, the leather-inset top
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Leather, Birch, Kingwood, Satinwood, Tulipwood
Small Lady
s Desk, English Regency 1830
Located in Belmont, MA
1830. The desk features a pretty kingwood veneer on the outside. It has a flip up top which reveals a
Category
Antique 1820s English Restauration Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
$4,080 Sale Price
20% Off
French, 19th Century, Transitional Style Tulipwood and Kingwood Secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Transitional st. Kingwood, Tulipwood, ormolu, and Rouge Royale
Antique Louis XV Style Leather Top Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Louis XV style kingwood and tulipwood leather top desk with bronze mounts, circa 1920. The
Category
Vintage 1920s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fine Kingwood Parquetry and Gilt-Bronze Bureau Plat by Schmit
By Frédéric Schmit
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
mounted desk
Kingwood and mahogany veneer. Black leather writing surface,
three drawers, lock stamped
Category
Antique 1890s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood Inlaid Secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
secretary desk. The two door five drawer secretary is raised by fine cabriole legs with beautiful pierced
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Pair French Ormolu Marble Kingwood Rosewood Marquetry Desks Side Tables
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Identical Pair of French Single Drawer Kingwood Writing Desks or Side Tables of oval form
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Louis XV Style Desk a Rognon
By Muller Frères
Located in Montreal, QC
A very fine kingwood kidney- shaped desk (bureau a rognon) with original tooled leather surface
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$18,000
Early 20th C. French Louis XV Style, Inlaid, Ormolu Mounted, Kingwood Secretary!
Located in Austin, TX
perfect size for any room. The desk is inlaid with ormolu and has a beautiful kingwood finish. It is a
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 20th C. Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted-Kingwood
Plaque-Inset Bureau Plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exceptional and richly mounted Louis XV style bureau plat, crafted in kingwood with exquisite
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fine 19th C. French Louis XV Style Bronze-Trimmed Desk
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Century) ornate kingwood and bronze trimmed desk with inlaid drawers
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Maison Forest Signed French Louis XVI Style Writing Table - Late 19th Century
By Maison Forest
Located in Forney, TX
, brilliant finely chased and chiseled gilt bronze ormolu mounted matched mahogany inlaid kingwood fruitwood
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Side Table/Desk, Signed F. Linke
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
/writing desk, signed F. Linke. The table is raised by elegant slender cabriole legs with wrap around
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Style Marquetry Lady
s Desk
Located in Tarzana, CA
A very fine and well-proportioned 19th century French lady's desk, the case veneered with marquetry
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Louis XVI Style Ladies Desk, after Francoise Linke, 19th Century
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style ladies writing desk, having an inset
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Magnificent Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
proportions, this Louis XV style bureau plat makes a bold statement as an executive desk, writing table, or
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Small Louis XV Style Marquetry Desk, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
- Marquetry wood
- Gilt and chiseled bronze
- 1880 period
- Leather top
- Three drawers.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Desk, Signed
Escalier de Cristal, Paris
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. tulipwood, kingwood and ormolu desk, signed
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Rare Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener Marble Top Dore
Bronze Mounted Louis XV Desk
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
.
Designed as a bureau plat or writing desk, this rare masterpiece captures the grandeur and sophistication
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Lady
s Secretary Desk, Millet
By Maison Millet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Parquetry Kidney-Shaped secrétaire de dame (Lady's desk or writing table) with an enamel dial clock and
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Leather Top Walnut Partner Desk with Bronze Mounts
Located in Dallas, TX
partner desk. Crafted in France circa 1880, this Louis XV-style writing table is constructed of king wood
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Tall Standing Desk / Table by Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdley
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XV style Second Empire (Napoleon III) small writing desk / table (lectern, stand, or podium
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French 19th century Louis XV style ormolu-mounted mahogany and kingwood three
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Lady
s Secretary Desk, Millet
By Maison Millet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very fine French 19th century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood, Satinwood and Fruitwood
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
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, Early 19th Century, Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and most elegant French early 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, Rosewood, exotic
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century, Bureau Plat, by Francoise Linke.
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality French kingwood and marquetry, ormolu-mounted Bureau plat, signed Linke.
Having
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
$49,590 Sale Price
20% Off
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
as a writing desk and as a decorative centerpiece table.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI style French bureau plat after Zweiner
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality, elegant late 19th century French Louis XV style Kingwood serpentine shaped bureau
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$13,224 Sale Price
20% Off
A Very Fine C19th Ormolu Mounted Bureau de Dame by Maison Mottheau
By Maison Mottheau et Fils
Located in London, GB
A French Ormolu Mounted Kingwood , Tulipwood and Parquertry Bureau De Dame dated C1880s
The mount
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
$24,244 Sale Price
20% Off
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and very high quality French 18th century Louis XV period Tulipwood, Kingwood, and
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Scrivania in ferro e laminato di palissandro di Mobiltecnica Torino anni
70
Located in Premariacco, IT
Importante scrivania direzionale italiana anni '70 circa, produzione Mobiltecnica Torino.
Si presenta con una struttura in ferro corredata di tre cassetti scorrevoli sul lato sinist...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
French 19th Century Floral Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Table
Located in London, GB
A ladies writing table in the Louis XV transitional manner.
Of freestanding form, constructed in
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Marquetry Ormolu Side Table 3 Drawer Cabinet Commode Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Portland, OR
An important antique French Louis XV transitional style gilt-bronze mounted amaranth & kingwood
Category
Antique 1870s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Large Regence Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
two masks to the sides, with three drawers and a leather writing surface
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Nice Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Long Island City, NY
gilt-tooled leather writing-surface within a molded border, above a quarter-veneered serpentine frieze
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Large Louis XV Style 19th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French kingwood parquetry inlaid Louis XV style freestanding
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with inset deep burgundy leather with bronze outer border over three drawers and opposing false drawers raised on cabriole legs and sabot feet. With key.
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood and Ormolu Center Table
By Maison Millet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
, ormolu, and Rouge Royale marble center table/desk by Theodore Millet. The table is raised by elegant
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century glossy ebonized Louis XV style bureau plat with lovely bronze ormolu and black leather top with gilded embossing.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French bureau plat featuring a high-gloss black" lacquer like" painted finish, bronze ormolu, black leather top and two drawers.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Frederic Schmit, Paris, Large Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
By Frédéric Schmit
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century marquetry inlaid French Louis XVI style bureau plat. Having an inset tooled leather top, an ormolu moulding around, three oak lined frieze drawers, with t...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Mahogany
$41,876 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Bureau Plat with Floral and Blue Porcelain Plaques
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in London, GB
.
English made, in the Louis XVth taste, constructed in kingwood, with purpleheart crossbanding and adorned
Category
Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Louis XV Style Bureau Plate, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Louis XV style bureau plat, having an inset leather top, gilded ormolu mounts, three frieze drawers to one side, dummy drawers to the reverse, raise ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood and Kingwood Ladies Writing Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XV St. tulipwood and kingwood ladies writing desk. The desk is
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th C. Louis XV Style Kingwood Marquetry
Ormolu Bonheur Du Jour Writing Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century French Louis XV Style kingwood and Walnut marquetry, ormolu mounted and galleried
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Bureau Plat French Inlay Desk Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Quality antique French desk or bureau plat
Classic look crafted from kingwood with original ormolu
Category
Vintage 1920s Desks
Materials
Kingwood
Elegant Bonheur De Jour Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Southall, GB
A elegant French bonheur de jour ladies writing desk in kingswood and rosewood, with bronze gilt
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks
Materials
Bronze
French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Tulipwood, Kingwood and Charmwood Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
charmwood two drawer writing desk with two pull outs. The desk is raised by slender square tapered legs with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Parquetry and Bronze Cartonnier Writing Desk with Clock
Located in London, GB
Cartonnier in the Louis XVI Manner after the Original by Simon Oeben
Constructed in kingwood and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Bronze
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Kingwood Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic kingwood writing desk available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, hardwood and metal, every kingwood writing desk was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a kingwood writing desk — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A kingwood writing desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Louis XV, Louis XVI and Victorian styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one kingwood writing desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Paul Sormani, François Linke and Frédéric Schmit produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Kingwood Writing Desk?
Prices for a kingwood writing desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $746 and can go as high as $210,617, while the average can fetch as much as $9,800.
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 Kingwood 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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