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NATIONAL MT. AIRY Oak Campaign Style Kneehole Desk with Leather Writing Surface
By National Furniture Company
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Campaign style kneehole desk by National Mount Airy Furniture. Solid oak, embossed brown leather
Category
Mid-20th Century American Campaign Desks
Materials
Brass
arts and crafts double kneehole desk
Located in New York, NY
unusual partners desk with numerous dovetailed drawers retaining its old patina and original knobs.
Category
Early 20th Century American Desks
Materials
Wood
An Art Nouveau Polychrome Kneehole Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
An Art Nouveau desk in original paint. Marble top. Swing door at knees for storage.
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks
Rare 19th Century Mahogany Architect Kneehole Desk
Located in Gravenmoer, NL
The desk has a ricsing top and is made from Cuban Mahogany, original troughout including the
Category
Antique 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Stunning Queen Anne Walnut Kneehole Desk with Original Hardware c. 1710
Located in Heathfield, GB
This beautiful Queen Anne kneehole desk was made in around 1710 and is dressed in figured and burr
Category
Antique 18th Century Queen Anne Desks
Materials
Walnut
George III Black Japanned and Chinoiserie Decorated Kneehole Desk, circa 1790
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The 18th century black japanned thick pine carcass kneehole desk of diminutive size, having a
Category
Antique 1790s English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish Kneehole Desk in the Gustavian Style
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Swedish kneehole writing desk, circa 1890, with five reeded drawers and tapering square legs
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Desks
Materials
Wood
George II Brass-Inlaid Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Small George II mahogany desk with brass inlay and enclosed cabinet in the knee space.
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
A Late 19th Century Japanese Kneehole Desk.
Located in Macclesfield, Cheshire
The superstructure fitted with cupboards enclosed by two sliding and panelled doors. The top with a writing slide. Fitted cupboards behind doors.
28”wide 19.5”deep 48”high
28”wide 19.5”deep 48”high
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Desks
Modern Kneehole Desk, Attributed to Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Mahogany with chrome accents.
A related suite of furniture is found in Gio Ponti, Interni, Oggetti, Disegni, 1920 - 1976, by Laura Falconi pages 107 - 108.
A related suite of furniture is found in Gio Ponti, Interni, Oggetti, Disegni, 1920 - 1976, by Laura Falconi pages 107 - 108.
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Desks
Pierre Jeanneret Teak Kneehole Desk from Chandigarh, India
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Denver, CO
(Swiss, 1896-1967)
Crafted of solid teak with a red leather top, this desk has a single drawer
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Fine Chippendale Period Mahogany Kneehole Desk /Dressing Table
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
An exceptionally fine mid-18 century walnut bureau of large size. Beautiful and evenly faded color and patina. The interior with a wonderfully carved centre section that can be pulle...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
English George III Walnut Kneehole Desk/Dressing Chest
Located in Denver, CO
graduated drawers fitted with brass swan neck handles and raised on ogee bracket feet flanking the kneehole
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century George II Figured Walnut Kneehole Desk
Located in Louisville, KY
rectangular top with a matched and quartered top surrounded with cross-banding; over one long drawer and a cabinet door; flanked with three small drawers; raised on tall bracket feet.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Rococo Desks
Materials
Walnut
George II Miniature Walnut and Satinwood Banded Kneehole Desk
Located in Washington, DC
Rectangular top inlaid to the center with a mother of pearl and mahogany lozange, above a long drawer over two ranks of three short drawers flanking cental cupboard door, raised on b...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Desks
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th Century English, Mahogany and Satinwood, Tambour, Kneehole Desk
Located in New York, NY
Early 19th Century English Roll Top Desk
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
George III Mahogany Bow Fronted Dressing Table or Kneehole Desk
Located in Uppingham, GB
Small mahogany bow fronted dressing chest with satinwood line inlay, a central locking cupboard and six drawers, circa 1790.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Globe Wernicke Early 20th Century Oak Kneehole Desk Roll Top
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
An early 20th century oak Globe Wernicke kneehole twin pedestal desk with shallow tambour roll top
Category
20th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique Green Man Kneehole Desk Solid Oak Victorian 19th Century and Chair
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
A gorgeous antique early Victorian 19th century 'Green Man' oak kneehole writing desk in the
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century English Kneehole Oak Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A very charming and of small proportions, 18th century English kneehole desk, in oak, with a lovely
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Large 19th Century Serpentine Burr Ash Kneehole Desk by Taylor and Sons of 97 Ne
Located in Dallington, East Sussex
.
The kneehole is 19 inches wide and 24.5 inches high.
The desk surface lifts off the pedestal
Category
Antique 1870s British Desks
Materials
Ash
Georgian Chippendale Serpentine Kneehole Desk or Chest of Drawers, 18th Century
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Richmond, London
A fine George III Chippendale period kneehole chest of drawers or desk in mahogany with serpentine
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century British Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Shanghai Desk
Located in East Hampton, NY
Late 19thC. Q'ing Dynasty Shanghai Ming Styled Kneehole Desk
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$3,500
Regency Rosewood Desk
Located in Bournemouth, GB
An elegant Regency Rosewood freestanding kneehole desk with leather top and decorative brass inlay.
Category
Antique 19th Century British Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$3,600
Antique desk
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
Kneehole desk. A superb walnut veneered kneehole writing desk, 1690 - 1720. Excellent colour
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$31,280
Hungarian Art Deco Desk
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Walnut kneehole desk on ball feet with leaded glass medallion on front door.
Category
Vintage 1930s Hungarian Desks
$4,900
Hungarian Art Deco Desk
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Walnut kneehole desk on ball feet with leaded glass medallion on front door.
Category
Vintage 1930s Hungarian Desks
$13,200
Hungarian Art Deco Desk.
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Walnut kneehole desk on ball feet with leaded glass medallion on front door.
Category
Vintage 1930s Hungarian Desks
$13,200
Art Deco Desk
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Hungarian Art Deco walnut kneehole desk on ball feet with leaded stained glass medallion on fron
Category
Vintage 1930s Hungarian Desks
$13,200
White Painted Desk
Located in Millwood, VA
Mahogany white painted kneehole desk with applied gesso decorative moldings and designs,green
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$2,850
18th Century Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
An 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Walnut Kneehole Desk with Writing Slide, Brass Escutcheons and
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks
Materials
Brass
$8,500
Kroehler Lacquered Desk
Located in New York, NY
Restored black lacquered Kroehler kneehole desk with original brass pulls circa 1940 - ivory
Category
Vintage 1940s American Desks
$6,800
Walnut and Leather Desk by Paul McCobb
Located in North Miami, FL
A rare top-of-the-line kneehole desk designed by Paul McCobb for H. Sacks & Sons. Beautifully
Category
Vintage 1960s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather
Art Deco Desk
Located in London, GB
Beautiful Art Deco Burr Walnut Kneehole Desk.
Very smart Art Deco Desk in a Burr Walnut, shelved
Category
Mid-20th Century Great Britain (UK) Desks and Writing Tables
$2,533
Kidney Shaped Desk with Leather Top
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Kidney shaped kneehole desk with leather top by Yorkshire House Inc, High Point North Carolina
Category
20th Century American Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century English Bamboo Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
English bamboo frame kneehole desk with enamel decorated edge to tooled leather top,enameled
Category
Antique 19th Century British Desks
Danish Modern Metamorphic Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
. Kneehole desk with two drawers on either side in front and two drawers and two shelves on the other side.
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Desks
19th century Louis XV style desk in the manner of Francois Linke
Located in Miami, FL
bronze-mounted kneehole desk with a leather top over a center drawer flanked by four drawers; the reverse
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Top Quality Chippendale Mahogany Kidney Desk
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Applyby Magna, Staffordshire
A top quality English mahogany kidney shaped kneehole desk in the Chippendale style, all solid
Category
Antique 1890s English Chippendale Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Chinoiserie Laquered Napoleon III Mahogany Desk
Located in London, GB
French Napoleon III Chinoiserie Lacquered Kneehole Desk with Mahogany & Oak Linings each side with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Art Deco Burr Walnut Desk
Located in London, GB
Beautiful Art Deco burr walnut kneehole desk.
Very smart Art Deco desk in a burr walnut, shelved
Category
Vintage 1930s Great Britain (UK) Art Deco Desks
Materials
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Solid Pine And Leather Top Desk
Located in Bedford, NY
BLACK LEATHER TOP -BROWN STAINED PINEWOOD NINE DRAWER KNEEHOLE DESK- EIGHT INCH OVERLAP OF BACK
Category
Antique 19th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
A petite Louis XVI French cherry writing desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
This unusual kneehole desk has a plank top with molded edge and slide. The desk has two drawers
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Antique Desk Writing Table Mahogany Victorian19th Century Spillman
Co
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
A beautiful Victorian mahogany five drawer kneehole desk with three-quarter gallery and brass swan
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks
Robert Mouseman Thompson Oak Partners Desk, England, 1930
By Robert Thompson
Located in Macclesfield, Cheshire
kneehole desks £22 each”
Measures: 152 cm wide x 104 cm deep x 72 cm high.
Category
Vintage 1930s English Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Victorian Burl Walnut Pedestal Desk .19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Handsome Victorian burl-walnut kneehole desk of breakfront design. The shaped top with an inset
Category
20th Century English Desks
Jens Risom Early 3 drawer Desk Ca. 1950
s
Located in New York, NY
label. Nicely detailed and useful kneehole desk that looks great from all angles and can be used in an
Category
20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Hepplewhite Style Knee Hold Desk, circa 1880
Located in Stamford, CT
George Hepplewhite style kneehole desk with seven drawers and boxwood lined inlay circa 1880. The
Category
Antique 1880s English Hepplewhite Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Boxwood
Fine Victorian Walnut Arts
Crafts Nine-Drawer Desk
Located in London, west Sussex
This beautiful and finely crafted Walnut Arts & Crafts kneehole desk features carved decoration to
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Brass
Neo-classical Italian marquetry desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
Magnificently detailed Italian neo-classical marquetry kneehole desk on four square tapered legs
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Maple
A Late Regency Mahogany Desk. English Circa 1830
Located in New York, NY
A Late Regency Mahogany Kneehole Desk.With a moulded leatherette lined top above a panelled frieze
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks
George IV Leather-Top Pedestal Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
swivel based armchair; but was a standard size for period kneehole desks of the 18th and 19th centuries
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Desks
A Rare Writing Desk in Walnut with Assistants Area by Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
assistant kneehole desk area with four small side drawers, each featuring x shaped brass drawer pulls and a
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Desks
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Georgian Style Burr Walnut Knee-hole Desk
Located in Poling, West Sussex
A splendid late 19th century period burr walnut kneehole desk in the George II style. Very well
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Georgian Desks
Materials
Walnut
JOHN KELLY Black Cherry
Black Walnut Secretary Desk J1 Series J-22A
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Mission / Arts & Crafts style kneehole desk by John Kelly Furniture, the J-22A Secretary Desk
Category
Late 20th Century American Mission Desks
Materials
Cherry, Walnut
Victorian Walnut Kidney-Shaped Desk. Circa 1850
Located in New York, NY
kidney kneehole desk makes it's first appearance in drawings published by Sheraton in 1793 and continued
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Walnut Kidney Desk . C 1840
Located in New York, NY
on the reverse.
The Kidney kneehole desk makes it's first appearance in drawings published by
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks
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Kneehole Desks For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of kneehole desks for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct kneehole desks — often made from wood, mahogany and metal — can elevate any home. Kneehole desks have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Kneehole desks made by Georgian designers — as well as those associated with Mid-Century Modern — are very popular at 1stDibs. T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Heywood-Wakefield Co. and Widdicomb Furniture Co. each produced beautiful kneehole desks that are worth considering.
How Much are Kneehole Desks?
Prices for kneehole desks can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, kneehole desks begin at $580 and can go as high as $191,111, while the average can fetch as much as $4,550.
Questions About Kneehole Desks
- What is a kneehole desk?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A kneehole desk refers to the type of desk that has a recessed, or “knee hole,” underneath between sets of drawers. The design leaves ample room for your legs when you are in a seated position. Shop a selection of antique kneehole desks on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The kneehole desk was invented at the beginning of the 18th century in England. The design is still beloved by interior designers to this day. On 1stDibs, you’ll find a collection of antique kneehole desks from some of the world’s top sellers.
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