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19th Century French Louis XV Style Floral Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Writing Desk
Located in Miami, FL
19th Century French Louis XV Style Floral Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Writing Desk
A very fine and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
$3,500 Sale Price
53% Off
19th Century French Writing Table
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality French Louis XVI style bureau plat, having an inset leather top, gilded ormolu mounts, a single frieze drawer, raised on elegant cabriole legs terminating in scro...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ormolu
$6,358 Sale Price
20% Off
A fine 19th c French Louis XV writing desk signed A . Beurdeley
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century French Louis XV writing desk by Alfred Beurdelay. Original leather top with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV End Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Rococo Style Louis XV Bonheur Du Jour or Writing Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
A wonderful Kingwood bonheur du jour or writing desk, with double doors to the top with book
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Revival Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
$1,904 Sale Price
70% Off
A kingwood, tulipwood, and pine writing table
Located in New York, NY
A kingwood, tulipwood, and pine writing table (scrivania) with five drawers, a leather writing
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Pine, Tulipwood
Early 20th Century, French Kingwood Writing Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
A highly decorative early 20th century two-drawer, French writing table veneered in Kingwood with
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Kingwood Freestanding Kidney Shaped Ladies Writing Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
An elegant superb quality 19th century kingwood freestanding kidney shaped ladies writing desk (or
Category
Antique 1880s English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Serpentine Shaped Kingwood Writing Table with Brass Mounts, circa 1800
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
Period
circa 1800
Wood
Kingwood
Top
Serpentine shaped, brown tooled leather, brass
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Beautiful Empire Style Writing Desk
Located in Chulmleigh, Devon
This is a freestanding writing desk that’s to say it is finished both sides. It is beautifully
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Desk by J Werner
By Jean Werner
Located in Antrim, GB
Exhibition quality antique French ormolu mounted Kingwood desk stamped by the important Paris
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Quality Antique Inlaid Satinwood and Kingwood Banded Kidney Shape Desk
Located in Antrim, GB
A stunning Quality antique Inlaid Satinwood and Kingwood banded kidney shape desk of Petite
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Fine and Rare 18th Century English Inlaid Satinwood and Kingwood Oval Desk
Located in Millbrook, NY
Fine and rare English 18th century inlaid satinwood and kingwood desk or writing table. Oval desk
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
French Kingwood Bonheur du Jour, circa 1860
Located in Edinburgh, GB
French kingwood, amaranth, marquetry, and porcelain mounted Bonheur du Jour, the superstructure
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Regence Kingwood Bureau Plat With Ormolu Mounts
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Franch regence ormolu-mounted kingwood bureau plat with leather writing surface
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Large, excellent quality, very elegant French kingwood bureau plat with brass Ormolu mounts, oak
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Sophisticated 18th Century French Louis XV Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A sophisticated 18th century French Louis XV kingwood and ormolu bureau plat desk, with one long
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
French 1940s Kingwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Excellent quality, 1940s kingwood bureau plat with rare fitted cabinet back and stunning ormolu
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Kingwood and Porcelain Bonheur Du Jour, circa 1860
Located in Edinburgh, GB
French kingwood, rosewood and porcelain mounted Bonheur du jour, circa 1860. The raised top with
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Porcelain, Kingwood, Rosewood
Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat With Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in New York, NY
A kingwood marquetry Louis XV bureau plat with gilt bronze mounts and cabriole legs, ending in gilt
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
A late 19th century Louis XV style Kingwood Bureau plat with cabriole legs, inset leather top and
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Outstanding Antique Tulipwood Writing Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5472 Outstanding 19th century tulipwood and ormolu writing desk, having new black tooled leather
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
18th Century Kingwood and Tulipwood Parquetry Serpentine Bureau-Plat
Located in London, GB
The shaped, moulded rectangular top inset with a green tooled leather writing surface above a long
Category
Antique 1760s Dutch Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Marquetry Writing Table
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A large French 19th century Louis XV style kingwood, tulipwood and ormolu desk or writing table
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood
Located in Paris, Sanit - Ouen
Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood bonheur du jour.
The superstructure of bombé form with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Late 19th Century by Au Gros Chene, Paris
By Au Gros Chene
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
for its age. An antique French parquetry and bronze Cartonnier writing desk with clock from the same
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Revival Writing Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A good quality, late 19th century French Kingwood and Tulipwood marquetry dressing / writting table
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
A fine example of a 19th c. French Bureau Plat writing table
Located in Miami, FL
A fine example of a 19th c. French Bureau Plat writing table. The bureau plat is decorated with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Petite Kidney-Shaped Writing Table, Paris, 1780
Located in Chicago, IL
French transitional period kidney-shaped desk. 18th century French transitional design between
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical writing table after a model by Jean-Henri Riesener, France, 1860
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Chicago, IL
French Neoclassical Louis XVI kingwood "table à écrire" or writing table after a model by Jean
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rococo Petite Desk with Gold Bronze Mounts by Edward Holmes Baldock, Paris, 1780
Located in Chicago, IL
Extraordinary Louis XV style bureau plat desk by Edward Holmes Baldock, with its petite portions
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Superb Quality Mid-19th Century Burr Walnut and Marquetry Kidney Shape Table
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Suffolk, GB
walnut mirror veneered shaped central panel with boxwood and kingwood banding.
The outer banding
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Walnut
VERY FINE LOUIS XV STYLE GILT BRONZE MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND KINGW
Located in New York, NY
VERY FINE LOUIS XV STYLE GILT BRONZE MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD BUREAUPLAT WITH GILT TOOLED RED
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
Rococo Style Bureau Plat with Gilt Bronze Mounts, France, 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
French Rococo Louis XV style kingwood bureau plat. Serpentine shape gilt top surface with gilt
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
English Edwardian Mahogany and Kingwood Carlton House Writing Desk
By Jas Shoolbred
Co.
Located in Macclesfield, GB
leather writing surface with letter compartments, central cupboard and drawers. The desk still retains its
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Edwardian Desks
Materials
Kingwood, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Continental King Wood and Gilt Metal Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
A free standing mid-19th century Continental king wood and gilt metal mounted bureau plat of Louis XV design.
The serpentine top with a burgundy blind and gilt tooled leather inset ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Louis XV Bureau
Located in London, GB
Napoleon III Bureau depicting scrolling acanthus leaves and flowers throughout. Inlaid in King and Tulipwood. Brass sabots and espagnolettes.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Mosman Park, AU
A good quality 19th century French Louis XV style parquetry and ormolu-mounted bureau plat of kidney and bombe shape, with five drawers. Very good condition, good quality mounts and ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Style Desk Writing Table Bureau Plat Kingwood
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous French Empire style desk or bureau plat.
Elegant piece handcrafted from Kingwood with
Category
2010s Empire Desks
French Empire Style Desk Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Wonderful French Empire style writing desk in kingwood with ormolu fittings.
Hope the photos do
Category
Vintage 1970s European Empire Desks
Louis XVI Style Mahogany with Kingwood inlay Bonheur du Jour
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Mahogany with Kingwood inlay Ladies Writing Desk with brass gallery around marble top faux book
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Louis XV Style Tulip Wood Chest of Drawers Writing Cabinet
Located in Macclesfield, GB
wood banded serpentine shaped escritoire writing cabinet still retaining its original white Carrara
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Kingwood Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Sensational 19th century French kingwood 3-drawer writing desk. Having gilt bronze hardware and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Rosewood and Kingwood Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
19th c Rosewood and Kingwood French Louis XV writing desk. Leather top surface
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique French Louis XIV Style Satinwood
Kingwood Writing Desk, Circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Louis XIV style desk offers satinwood and kingwood construction with shaped top
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Desks
Materials
Kingwood, Satinwood
Louis XV Style Kingwood Parquetry Writing Desk
Located in Milford, NH
A beautifully detailed Louis XV kingwood writing desk with applied ormolu, rectangle leather
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Louis XV Writing Desk Stamped J Schmitz
By Joseph Schmitz
Located in Benington, Herts
A fine Louis XV mid-18th century French kingwood writing desk stamped J Schmitz. Of serpentine form
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Kingwood and Bronze Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Superior quality small-scaled early 20th century French Louis XV style kingwood and leather top
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Kingwood Kidney Shaped Writing Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
French kingwood ladies writing table the raised pierced brass gallery to the kidney-shaped top
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French Louis XVI Kingwood Veneer, Ormolu, and Red Leather Writing Desk
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (19th century) writing desk with kingwood veneer, a rectangular red leather
Category
Antique 19th Century Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Kingwood
Bronze Mounted Leather Top Inlaid Kingwood Directoire Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
bronze ormolu everywhere. The desk is inlaid in tulipwood with a kingwood case. There are two leather top
Category
Vintage 1940s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
French 19th Century Kingwood and Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Benington, Herts
writing surface with a kingwood crossband and gilt brass moulded edge, having ormolu mounts to each corner
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Inlaid Kingwood and Rosewood Writing Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous desk and has eye appeal all over the place. Look at the gorgeous inlay and
Category
Vintage 1950s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
A Louis XVI Kingwood
Tulipwood Inlaid Writing Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
The rectangular top over two drawers and two pullouts, all on tapering legs ending in sabots
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
A Louis XVI Kingwood
Tulipwood Inlaid Writing Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
The rectangular top over two drawers with bronze mounts and two pullouts, all on tapering legs ending in sabots
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Fine 19th Century French Louis XV Bronze Mounted Kingwood
Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
plat. The writing desk has serpentine shape gilt banding around the top surface, three horizontal
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Belle Epoch Kingwood Center Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Late 19thc. Walnut/Kingwood Center Desk with Embossed Leather and Bronze Mounts
two 14' Pullouts
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Kingwood
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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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