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Vintage Romweber Viking Oak Executive Kneehole Office Library Writing Desk
By Romweber Furniture Co.
Located in Dayton, OH
Romweber (R-10975) Viking oak executive desk circa 1980s. Features a large oak top with bowtie
Category
Vintage 1980s Gothic Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique Art Deco American Walnut Vanity Dressing Table Kneehole Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
American Art Deco Vanity or Writing Desk, Circa 1940s. Made from walnut with a contoured front
Category
Vintage 1940s Art Deco Desks
Materials
Walnut
Stow Davis Kneehole Credenza
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Great kneehole credenza by Stow Davis with floating aluminum legs and pulls. Extremely functional
Category
20th Century American Desks
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Country French Louis XV Provincial Style Walnut Kneehole Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Remarkable quality custom-made French country style knee hole writing desk. Item features a
Category
Vintage 1950s American French Provincial Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Kneehole Leather-Top Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Lafayette, IN
Rare, early kneehole writing desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. Desk features Mahogany and oak
Category
Vintage 1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Bauhaus Filing Cabinet Locking Tambour Door by Adolf Maier Germany
By Adolf Meyer
Located in Chula Vista, CA
matching blonde Bauhaus kneehole desk by Adolf Maier. Contact dealer for information.
Made in Germany
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Cabinets
Materials
Wood
A Fine Kneehole Library Table
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in London, GB
Constructed in thuyawood, with ebony stringing, and tulipwood cross banding; of kidney form, rising from a plinth base, having cupboard doors, each enclosing four interior drawers; t...
Category
Antique 19th Century British Georgian Desks
Materials
Tulipwood
$185,069
Hepplewhite Serpentine Kneehole Table, 18th Century
Located in Southall, GB
Hepplewhite serpentine kneehole table
An 18th century Georgian mahogany Hepplewhite serpentine
Category
Antique 18th Century English Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century, French, Wooden Secretaire Vitrine
Located in High Point, NC
inspiring curiosities, while two symmetrical lower cabinets form the outlines of a unique kneehole desk. The
Category
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Wood
George II Mahogany Kneehole Dressing Table, England, circa 1750
Located in Shippensburg, PA
the tiny door in the kneehole area, metal locks are secured with later cut nails and functional. The
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Great Britain (UK) George II Desks
Materials
Brass
George II Irish Mahogany Secretaire Kneehole Bookcase Att. C. Hearn
By O
Hearn Furniture 1
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
moulded kneehole desk with a large fitted drawer opening to an inset retractable leather writing surface
Category
Antique 18th Century English George II Bookcases
Materials
Brass
English Painted Pine Desk
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
19th C English painted pine 7 drawer desk. 1880.
Kneehole: 47w x 59h cms.
Dimensions
48
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
English Bleached Oak Desk
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Wonderful late 19th century bleached oak desk, 1890.
Kneehole dimensions:
25"(63cm) wide
24
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Wonderful Vintage Metal Watchmaker
s Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
desk.
Kneehole: 23w 16d 28h
(Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - with dealer)
Category
Vintage 1950s American Desks and Writing Tables
English Regency Bow Front Desk
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Pretty early 19th century English regency bow front painted pine desk. 1820.
Kneehole height: 25
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Italian Empire Revival Circular Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
Northern Italian Empire Revival circular correspondence or secretary's desk with diminutive
Category
20th Century Empire Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Birch, Burl
Carved mahogany kidney shaped desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
Carved mahogany kidney-shaped kneehole writing desk, having a tooled leather inset top over an
Category
Early 20th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Mahogany Leather Top Kidney Desk
Located in London, GB
locks. There's also an open storage compartment under the kneehole space and this desk sits on Queen
Category
Vintage 1920s English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Burr Walnut Desk / Dressing Table
Located in London, GB
walnut Queen Anne legs. It would work very well as a desk, because the kneehole height is as high as any
Category
Vintage 1920s English Queen Anne Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Mahogany Leather Top Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
and sides. It also has a generously wide kneehole space for a desk of this size. I would date it to
Category
Vintage 1950s English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Mahogany Leather Top Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
working desk, because of it’s size and generous kneehole space. This desk is very good quality. The
Category
Vintage 1930s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Mahogany Leather Top Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
pedestal. It also has a generous kneehole space. This desk lifts apart into three sections for easy
Category
Vintage 1920s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Georgian Style Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
wear.
Although not a large desk, the kneehole width & height are a generous size.
Width – 46 inches
Category
Vintage 1950s English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather
A Karl Springer Style Rosewood Veneered Desk
Located in New York, NY
waterfall end with writing surface having a drawer above the kneehole. The desk is finished on both sides
Category
Vintage 1970s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Victorian Mahogany Leather Top Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
. The kneehole space is a generous width for a desk of this size & there is plenty of working space, due
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Burr Walnut Leather Top Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
useful about this desk, is the generously size kneehole area, especially for a desk of this size. The
Category
Mid-20th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
MAHOGANY GEORGIAN KNEE HOLE PARTNERS DESK CIRCA 1820
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
A BEAUTIFUL GEORGIAN KNEEHOLE PARTNERS DESK, FREESTANDING WITH CUPBOARDS ONE SIDE AND DRAWERS ON
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Large Desk-Table in Original Gray/Ochre Paint
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century desk table. Unpainted planked wood top, base in Original Grey Paint with Ocher painted
Category
Antique 19th Century North American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Pine, Paint
Arne Vodder, Rosewood Midcentury Executive Desk, Danish, 1960
By Sibast, Arne Vodder
Located in Austin, TX
-2009) for Sibast Furniture. L-shaped configuration. Primary desk with kneehole and stack of four
Category
Antique 1660s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Writing Desk
Located in Nantucket, MA
Small English George III-Style walnut kneehole writing desk.
Category
Antique 19th Century British George III Desks
Materials
Brass
$16,000
Antique Regency Style Mahogany Leather Top Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
& sides. It also has a generously wide kneehole space for a desk of this size.
I would date it to circa
Category
Vintage 1950s English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Grand Antique French Louis XVI Neoclassical Walnut Executive Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
the centered drawer, which appears over a much larger kneehole than typical antique desks. Cabinet
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Gorgeous Satinwood Baker Collector
s Edition Campaign Executive Desk Circa 1950
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
. The desk is absolutely stunning. Measures 72 wide x 42 deep x 30 inches tall with a 24 inch kneehole
Category
Vintage 1950s American Campaign Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Walnut French Country Provincial Executive Secretary Writing Desk Glass
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French executive kneehole library writing desk. Made of walnut featuring French Provincial
Category
Early 20th Century French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Ebonised writing desk
Located in London, GB
An ebonised kneehole writing desk, George II circa 1750, the blind tooled, red leather lined
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Desks
$16,360
Taliesin
Collection Mahogany Desk by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1955, Signed
By Frank Lloyd Wright, Heritage-Henredon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
that fits inside of the kneehole area of the desk, shown in the last photo of this listing. We have
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Georgian Revival Flame Mahogany Lion
s Head Partner
s Desk 20th C
Located in London, GB
foot, 2 inches - Kneehole dimensions
A partners desk
is an antique desk form, which is basically
Category
Vintage 1970s Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Satinwood
19th Century English Victorian Mahogany Kidney Shaped Desk by Maple
Co, London
By Maple
Co.
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
two panels on the sides of the kneehole of the desk. Standing on elegant squat cabriole feet the desk
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Empire Desk and Armchair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
desk and matching armchair are of French origin, the desk with central kneehole drawer flanked by a
Category
20th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$3,207
Black Leather Top French Directoire Style Writing Desk Bureau Plat, Circa 1960
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
vintage desk. The desk measures 51 wide x 27 inches deep x 30 tall and has a kneehole of 23 inches. The
Category
Vintage 1960s American Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Original Victorian Knee Hole Desk, Lovely and Small with Leather Writing Surface
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Victorian circa 1880 kneehole writing desk
A
Category
Antique 1860s British Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
drawer in the kneehole (see the photo). The desk is in 1 large section and doesn't dismantle. The swan
Category
Antique 1760s English George III Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Taliesin
Mahogany Desk with Pull-Out Table by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1955, Signed
By Heritage-Henredon, Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Los Angeles, CA
inside of the kneehole area of the desk and works great as a laptop table, TV dinner table, side or
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Belgian Bleached Oak Desk
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden desk made in Belgium, circa 1900. This ‘kneehole’ type desk, a style first made in England
Category
Vintage 1960s Belgian Country Desks
Materials
Oak
Richard Schultz For Knoll Executive Desk And Credenza
Located in Pasadena, TX
A mid century modern executive desk and kneehole credenza designed by Richard Schultz for Knoll
Category
Vintage 1970s American Desks
Materials
Chrome
Midcentury Faux Tortoise Leather Topped Desk by Maitland-Smith
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Midcentury kneehole five-drawer desk with a faux tortoise frame featuring a paneled and tooled
Category
20th Century Philippine British Colonial Desks
Materials
Faux Bamboo
19th Century English Birdseye Maple Partners Desk with Tooled Leather Top
Located in Milford, NH
A great size rectangular kneehole partners desk in birdseye maple with tooled green/yellow leather
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Painted Bureau Plat
Located in Charleston, SC
the front in faux partner desk style
Kneehole: 24" H
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Painted Bureau Plat
Located in Charleston, SC
front in faux partner desk style.
Kneehole: 23.50” H.
France, circa 1880.
Surprising pieces and objects
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paint
19th Century Painted Bureau Plat
Located in Charleston, SC
partner desk style.
Kneehole: 24” H.
France, circa 1880.
Surprising pieces and objects, authentic
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Chippendale Georgian Style Mahogany Kneehole Vanity Writing Desk Mirror
Located in Dayton, OH
Circa 1940s mahogany knee hole writing or vanity desk featuring seven drawers with colonial brass
Category
Vintage 1940s Chippendale Vanities
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany
Antique Mahogany Vanity Kneehole Writing Desk Dressing Table w Mirror 70"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique vanity desk or dressing table. Made of mahogany featuring rectangular form with seven
Category
Early 20th Century Vanities
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany
Antique French Empire Mahogany Office Set
Located in Dallas, TX
x 31.5; extends to 87.
Desk's kneehole measures 24 x 24.
Bookcase measures 78 x 74 x 17.
Chair
Category
Early 20th Century Desks
Finely Made Georgian Style Mahogany Kneehole Credenza
Located in North Salem, NY
Bench-made Georgian style Mahogany kneehole credenza/desk from England. Ideal for an important
Category
Antique 18th Century English Georgian Credenzas
Materials
Brass
Thuya Burl Console Desk Table
Mirror By John Coleman Minimalist 1993
Located in Norwich, GB
.
Additional dimensions information:
Mirror 60cm x 60cm total. Kneehole of desk is 62cm high x 60cm wide.
Category
Late 20th Century English Post-Modern Console Tables
Materials
Burl
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vanity / Desk by G-Plan, Part of Their Fresco Range
By G Plan Furniture
Located in Houston, TX
kneehole suitable for a desk chair. The piece has a beautiful teak grain, warm tones, and rich colors
Category
Vintage 1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vanities
Materials
Teak
18th Century Cherrywood Chair with Maple Inlays Josephinism, Austria, circa 1790
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
perfect to our cherrywood Kneehole writing desk from the same era.
In case you would like to change the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Austrian Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Cherry, Maple
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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.
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- 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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