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Large Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4896 A large pedestal desk in mahogany with fielded panelled sides, having gadroon carved edge
Category
Vintage 1950s British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Large Oak Pedestal Desk
Located in Buckinghamshire, GB
Large oak pedestal desk having a green tooled leather top above three drawers with a further three
Category
Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
$1,604
Large painted French desk.
Located in Newport Coast, CA
Great painted French desk with hidden drawers. Beautiful grey/ blue color with matte black top.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Large Three Drawer Desk
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oak three drawer desk made by the Olsen Cie with its original pulls and label.
Category
Early 20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$2,200
Large Two Drawer Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Continental, or Spanish desk with scrolling lyre form supports and wooden stretcher. Two
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$7,800
Large Oak Partners Desk
Located in Buckinghamshire, GB
Oak double-sided desk having a leather inset top above nine drawers with two opposing doors having
Category
Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
$1,741
Large Library Table/Desk
Located in London, GB
Large Arts & Crafts Oak Library Table c.1900
Category
Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
$6,100
Large Regency Style Partners Desk
By Holland
Company
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An exceptionally fine late 20th century mahogany Regency style leather topped writing table or desk
Category
1990s American Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Large Art Deco Walnut Desk
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
An exceptional Art Deco, D shaped, pedestal desk in figured walnut, having generous writing surface
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$15,705
20th Century Large French Desk
Located in London, GB
Large French black desk from 1950s with metal base and six drawers.
Measures: 155 W x 74 H x 74
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Exceptional Large English Campaign Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Superb traditional large English campaign desk, with brass frame, handles and brackets ALL AROUND
Category
Vintage 1940s English Desks and Writing Tables
Large Victorian Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4086, a fine quality Victorian mahogany desk of large proportions, having original green tooled
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Large Louis XVI Style Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
Hand-carved Louis XVI style desk. Desk is carved out of solid wood, walnut and is painted in two
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Large 19th Century Pedestal Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Antique pedestal desk made of very dense grained oak. This desk is extremely well made with
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Illum Wikkelsø Large Rosewood Desk
By P. Schultz
Co, Illum Wikkelsø
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Illum Wikkelsø.
An impressive free-standing Brazilian rosewood desk, steel frame, front with two
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Large Rare Midcentury Glass Desk
By Gio Ponti
Located in Hudson, NY
This desk is a rare variation of the form designed by Gio Ponti, for the Societa Vetrococke
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass
Large Victorian Walnut Writing Table, Commode with Shelved Back
Located in Vancouver, BC
B370 large Victorian Walnut writing table, commode with shelved back.
Scotland, 1860
Original
Category
Antique 1860s Scottish Desks and Writing Tables
Large Early 19th Century Mahogany Desk
Located in London, GB
Large French Restauration period desk, mahogany and flame mahogany veneer over oak. Polished on all
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Large Early 20th Century Mahogany Desk
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
A large mahogany pedestal desk with panelled sides and back of good proportions (being 5ftx3ft
Category
Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Excellent Quality Large 1960s French Desk
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Impressive, large, 1960s French desk with excellent quality ormolu moulding and mounts. Very much
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Gio Ponti Large Desk, Library Table
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Rare, large desk - library table in mahogany with three drawers and brass sabots by Gio Ponti
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Unique Very Large Machine Age Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
A unique very large in the style of Machine Age desk. Using streamline design and stunning wood
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Machine Age Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Handsome Large Scale Mahogany Partner
s Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very large scale mahogany partner's desk with six drawers; original harware and beautiful embossed
Category
20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Large Mid-Century Modern Teak Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
A Danish Mid-Century Modern sculptural desk made of teak. The rectangular table top floats above a
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Jean Prouvé Large "Compas" Curved Desk
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Brussels, BE
Beautiful large "Compass" curved desk.
Manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, circa
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Large Desk by Dominique, circa 1930
By Dominique
Located in Paris, FR
Desk in wood veneer with a rectangular top, opening by two lateral drawers and an open box in the
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Large Louis XV Style Bureau Plat with Leather Writing Surface
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis XV style bureau plat desk in black lacquer with well chased ormolu mounts and sabots
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Very Large Early 19th Century Regency Mahogany Antique Writing Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Very large 19th century Regency mahogany library table. This library table is almost nine feet wide
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Large Mid-Century Modern Desk "Saturday Sale"
Located in Hudson, NY
A large, Mid-Century Modern Desk.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Large Vintage Desk by Globe Wernicke, 1931
Located in London, GB
Large vintage double pedestal desk by Globe Wernicke 1931.
Category
Vintage 1930s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Large Walnut Desk with Chrome Legs, 1960s
Located in Antwerpen, BE
A large directors desk, in walnut veneer with legs in chrome-plated steel. The desk has 2 drawers
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Large Machine Age Metal Desk/Dining Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Large Machine Age Metal Desk/Dining Table. Space between legs 61.75". Under counter 25.5" on longer
Category
Vintage 1920s American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Large Executive Desk Designed by Florence Knoll
By Florence Knoll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large executive desk designed by Florence Knoll for Knoll in 1952. Solid walnut top with steel
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Large 1950s French Leather Top Walnut Desk
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Very stylish, large, 1950s French walnut desk with original leather. Could be used as a dining
Category
Vintage 1950s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Large Stickley Brothers Arts
Crafts Desk, #2680
Located in Pasadena, CA
Beautiful quartersawn oak desk with original brass hardware.
Category
Early 20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Large Early 19th Century Antique Pedestal Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Very fine quality early 19th century mahogany antique partners desk. This desk has drawers one side
Category
Antique 19th Century English William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Large 1940s French Double Sided Ebonised Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A good quality and of great proportions, circa 1940s, French ebonised desk, of simple, yet elegant
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
A Large and Elegant Desk by Dominique
Located in New York, NY
An elegant and outstanding desk by Dominique in mahogany, with elegantly tapered legs, three
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Glamorous Large Regency Moderne X Base Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This wonderfully stylish desk is ivory lacquered wood with a very substaintial chrome X base. The
Category
20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Extra Large Bauhaus Desk with a Macassar Veneer
Located in Senden, NRW
Antique Bauhaus CEO-desk extra large with a formed body from architect’s office.
Wonderful
Category
Vintage 1950s American Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Macassar
Large Victorian Walnut and Writing Slope with Secret Drawers Dated 1877
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
A lovely good quality brass bound walnut writing slope, possibly by Parkins & Gotto London
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Italian Large Desk from the 50ties
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Brussels , BE
Italian large desk from the 50ties
Very unique design that offer a confortable and large table top.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Large Louis XVI Style Double-Sided Ebonized Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A very smart and unusually large, circa 1920s French ebonized double-sided partner's desk in the
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Large Rosewood Secretary Desk by Arne Wahl Iversen
By Arne Wahl Iversen, Vinde Møbelfabrik
Located in Long Beach, CA
A fantastic large-scale secretary desk designed by Arne Wahl Iversen for Vinde Mobelfabrik of
Category
Mid-20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Large Scaled Rosewood Desk by Formanova with Return
By Forma Nova
Located in New York, NY
Large scaled L shaped rosewood desk by Formanova, Italian-1968. Elegant floating pedestals on solid
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Exceptionally Large English Partners Desk, An Attorney
s Dream
Located in Miami, FL
Superb very large, double sided partner's desk, with two drawers on each length and one on each end
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Vintage Mid-Century Large Former Headmasters Desk, 1960s
Located in Ely, GB
A beautiful vintage, mid century oak desk with two drawers, circa 1960s.
The desk is in good
Category
Vintage 1960s British Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
ITALIAN WALNUT DESK WITH LARGE DRAWER ca 1810
Located in Los Angeles, CA
primitive italian desk with oversized drawer. the desk is made of italian walnut and the drawer
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Large Rosewood Desk Designed by Roger Sprunger / Dunbar
By Dunbar Furniture, Roger Sprunger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine, eight foot (8') long rosewood & chrome executive desk by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
English Burled Walnut Large Leather Top Pedestal Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
This beautiful walnut pedestal desk is English-made by hand as a Georgian period reproduction. The
Category
2010s English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Large Oak Panelled Roll Top Desk, Scotland 1920, H1182
Located in Vancouver, BC
Large Oak Panelled Roll Top Desk, Scotland 1920, H1182
Scotland 1920
Solid oak
Original Finish
Category
Vintage 1920s Scottish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Large 1950s Italian Executive Desk in Rosewood and Brass
By Osvaldo Borsani, Paolo Buffa, Vittorio Dassi
Located in London, GB
A fabulous 1950s rosewood desk attributed to Italian designer Paolo Buffa.
On tapered legs with
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1940
s Art Moderne Steel and Aluminum large desk
Located in Hudson, NY
Large black steel and aluminum desk with one drawer.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Aluminum
English Partner
s Desk or Large Table, Early 19th Century
Located in San Antonio, TX
A handsome and beautifully proportioned English partner's desk or large game table with two drawers
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
Large Neoclassical Solid Oak French Desk with 2 Drawers
Located in NANTES, FR
This large oak desk has a real neoclassical look, because of its proportions. The lenghth and width
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Desks and Writing ...
Materials
Oak
Large Teak and Metal Executive Desk, the Netherlands, 1950s
By Cees Braakman, Pastoe
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Beautiful large exuctive desk with a black metal frame and teak veneer top and drawers. The drawers
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Large Kroma Desk by Antonia Astori for Driade, 1980s
By Antonia Astori, Driade
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Large Kroma Desk by Antonia Astori for Driade, 1980s
Designer - Antonia Astori
Producer - Driade
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
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Large Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the large writing desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A large writing desk — often made from wood, metal and mahogany — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for a large writing desk, we have 341 options in-stock, while there are 14 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer large writing desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A large writing desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern, Modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made large writing desk over the years, but those crafted by Jens Risom, &New and Forma Nova are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Large Writing Desk?
A large writing desk can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $5,880, while the lowest priced sells for $212 and the highest can go for as much as $181,692.
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 Large 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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