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Louis XVI Period Secrétaire 18th Century
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
activities and letter writing, as well as providing storage for collectors’ items, documents or diaries in
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Regency Rosewood Bonheur du Jour Antique Writing Desk, English circa 1820
Located in Shippensburg, PA
as a desk for letter writing, the drawer opens, upon which the writing surface is flipped and rests
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Desks
Materials
Brass
George III Period Brass-Bound Campaign Writing Slope "Captain
s Box", circa 1790
Located in Shippensburg, PA
antique boxes, but also for the decorator looking for a tidy way to organize check and letter writing
Category
Antique 1790s English Campaign Desk Sets
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Mahogany, Oak
Early to Mid 19th Century American Walnut Plantation Desk 2-pc
Located in Louisville, KY
The 19th Century was known as a golden age of letter writing and diary keeping. As such, desks were
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Folk Art Desks
Materials
Walnut
Gucci Vintage Brown Leather Travel Letter Holder Writing Set Cover
By Gucci
Located in Rome, Rome
Rare vintage travel letter holder/case by GUCCI, crafted in brown leather with green leather
Category
20th Century Italian Tech Accessories and Cases
Victorian Lady
s Necessaire Table Top Toiletry Box, American, circa 1900
Located in Incline Village, NV
, including a drawer at the base for additional items such as jewelry and/or letter writing implements. The
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Victorian Decorative Boxes
Buffalo Bill Signed Letter Collage
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
features an original typed letter signed by Cody and dated to April 21, 1897.
In the letter, Cody is
Category
Antique 1890s Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
The Letter-Writer, Cairo, Egypt: Original 19th C. Lithograph by David Roberts
By David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "The Letter-Writer" by David Roberts
Category
1840s Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
French Art Deco Bronze Bookends Man Writing Lady Reading Pierre Le Faguays, 1930
By Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Antwerp, BE
Hard to find pair of Art Deco bronze bookends with a young man writing a letter and a young woman
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Cupid Cherub Angel Austrian Vienna Bronze Writing I Love You Ich liebe Dich 1907
Located in New York, NY
Bronze) of Cupid with wings and his quiver of arrows on his back writing a letter saying "Ich liebe Dich
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Gilded Age Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gilded Age Desk Accessory
Located in Northampton, MA
, guests staying in homes such as Ther Breakers would have owned sumptuous fountain pens. Letter writing
Category
Antique 1880s American Gilded Age Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Four-Piece 1970s Italian Leather Desk Set
Located in Austin, TX
Four-piece 1970s Italian leather desk set - includes leather writing surface; letter holder; 1970s
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets
Materials
Leather
Flame Mahogany Empire Secretary
Located in New York, NY
, featuring a sturdy, fall-front writing surface, six letter-sized and one wide drawer, surrounding an
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Empire Secretaires
Materials
Fir, Mahogany
Antique Original Danish Interior Oil Painting, Signed Gerhart Blom
Located in Round Top, TX
scene of a woman at a desk writing a letter. Mounted in a giltwood frame with a name plaque Gerhart Blom
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Paintings
Woman - Original Pencil Drawing - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
, reading a letter or writing. Remembering the Vermeer's women in their pose and in their waiting, this is a
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
19th Century Antique Olivewood Stationery Box
Located in Northampton, GB
that reads: “Payne & Son. Lowndes St.”
This lovely Writing Olivewood Letter Box is the perfect item
Category
Antique 19th Century British Desk Sets
Materials
Olive
Antique Double Ink Well, English, Mahogany, Desk Tidy, Aesthetic Period, 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
drawer for storing writing instruments and letter paper to base
Dressed with a dashing small drop handle
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century English Mahogany Divided Carry Tray
Located in Forney, TX
- silverware holder, elegant fine dining serveware, decorative table box, desk letter stand or writing
Category
Antique 18th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Tiffany
Co. 14 Karat Yellow Gold Bamboo Pen
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
just to say hi. Writing - a letter, a memo, a book or a love note - is an art and with this pen, the
Category
Vintage 1970s Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
St. Paul to Corinthians – Resurrection Proven, Antique Engraving c.1735
Located in Langweer, NL
Paul writing his letter while receiving divine inspiration about the certainty of resurrection and the
Category
Antique 1730s English Prints
Materials
Paper
Travel Pharmacy for Apothecary, Tuscany, First Quarter of the 19th Century
Located in Milano, IT
drawers.
The apothecary cabinet described here falls within the production of travel cabinets, writing
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Other Apothecary Cabinets
Materials
Porcelain, Walnut
Minimalist Abstract Bronze Sculpture German American Woman Artist Ruth Vollmer
By Ruth Vollmer
Located in Surfside, FL
writing a letter to the museum's director, Thomas Messer. In 1976, she had a large one-person exhibition
Category
20th Century Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Un Bouquet de Fleurs Spectaculaire
By Marcel Dyf
Located in St. Albans, GB
whilst he was drawing. He likened it to a person looking over his shoulder while he was writing a letter
Category
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Inlaid Drop Front Secretary
Located in Larkspur, CA
on the Sides Opening to a Fitted Interior with Inlaid Flowers and Trompe L'oeil Letter Writing
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Materials
Boxwood, Satinwood
$34,800
Third Quarter 19th Century Inlaid Marquetry Viennese Secretary
Located in Larkspur, CA
on the Sides Opening to a Fitted Interior with Inlaid Flowers and Trompe L'oeil Letter Writing
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Secretaires
English Walnut Letter Writing Valet
Located in New York, NY
Walnut Burl Letter Writing Valet
original glass ink wells, drawer, removable writing tablet
Category
Antique 19th Century English Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Hickory White Burl Wood Desk with Brass Legs
By Hickory White
Located in Oberstown, Lusk, IE
Herbst. A two-drawer letter writing or home office sized desk with sloping brass leg.
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Brass Hand Chased Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful antique hand chased brass box with velvet lining, probably used for letters and letter
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Decorative Objects
Midcentury Danish Teak Writing Desk Cabinet by G. Nielsen Tibergaard for Ikast
By Gunnar Nielsen Tibergaard
Located in Maastricht, NL
drawers below set on straight teak legs. Ideal for craft work, letter writing or scrapbooking and features
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Vintage Mahogany Folding Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Mahogany Folding Writing Desk with Letter Holder, Lifting Top and 1 Drawer
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather
Rosewood and Brass Console Table or Writing Desk with Chair
Located in North Hollywood, CA
letter writing desk, or dressing room vanity table. We also have a complimentary set with a darker
Category
Vintage 1950s Console Tables
Six Drapery Panels of Fortuny
By Fortuny
Located in Houston, TX
known for her letter-writing, especially to her beloved daughter.
Coloration is melon and silvery
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Louis XIV Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Cotton
Regency period walnut writing box on a stand from England c.1820
Located in Houston, TX
. This box was used for travel and was a standard part of luggage as letter writing was a daily activity
Category
English Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Jacques Ruhlmann Art Deco Desk in Macassar Ebony
By Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Located in North Hollywood, CA
can hold papers for letter writing, or for other narrow objects. The desk is in very fine condition
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Macassar
19th Century Academic Portrait, "Young Lady Writing a Letter"
By Victor Gabriel Gilbert
Located in Washington, DC
Steeped in the influence of Charles Baudelaire’s The Painter of Modern Life, Victor-Gabriel Gilbert drew his subject matter from the contemporary life of French cities. Gilbert recei...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rare English elmwood letter box
Located in Hudson, NY
English Elmwood letter box with embossed leather writing surface and drawer with brass pull. circa
Category
Antique 19th Century British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Elm, Leather
South of Hope
By Jodi Hays
Located in Nashville, TN
, letter writing, reading, teaching and managing distance learning for three children.
In my head (and
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Ink, Oil
Superb Mahogany American Writing Desk with Leather Holder and Drawers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This is a very nice antique Mahogany writing desk, letter holder and drawers above three side by
Category
20th Century American Desks
Materials
Mahogany
A Biedermeier walnut centre table from Vienna, Austria c1820
Located in Houston, TX
spent time with loved ones and friends became a centre of activity where eating, reading, letter writing
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Center Tables
Materials
Walnut
Leather and Brass Desk Set by Simon Hasan
Located in Queens, NY
Boiled Leather and Brass Desk Set by Simon Hasan consisting of: writing mat, letter holder, file
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Empire Secretaire Chest, circa 1830
Located in BOSTON, MA
over a fall-front natural birch writing surface, six letter drawers and a locking center cabinet. The
Category
Antique 1830s Swedish Empire Secretaires
Mid-Century Modern Danish Teak Secretaire
Located in Leiden, NL
Danish teak midcentury secretaire by Johannes Sorth for BM Mobler with pull-out writing surface
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Bamboo Drop-Front Desk, England, c. 1875
Located in New York, NY
; Interior Fitted with Leather-Covered Writing Surface, Letter Boxes and Small Bracket-Shelves. England, c
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Bamboo, Leather
George Nelson Custom Thin Edge Teak Cabinet
Located in Berkeley, CA
door concealing one adjustable shelf and one drop-front door concealing five drawers, a letter
Category
Vintage 1960s Cabinets
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Original Vintage Great Northern Railway Poster - G.N.R. For The Business Man
Located in London, GB
to an open briefcase and the other smoking a cigar and writing a letter, more men visible in each
Category
1920s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Cornelis Bloemaert, II Northern European Renaissance Drawing
Located in San Francisco, CA
seems to be writing a letter -- or gospel. See the pen and the long scrolling paper, which earns the the
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Drawings
Materials
Pen
Victorian Maple
Co Satinwood Bonheur du Jour, c. 1890
Located in Heathfield, GB
spend a lovely hour writing a letter to a friend or corresponding with family. It was the height of
Category
Antique 19th Century Victorian Desks
Materials
Satinwood
Superb Brass Bound Burr Walnut Antique Letter Writing Box
Located in Antrim, GB
Stunning brass bound burr walnut antique letter writing box
Complete with ink wells, wax seal
Category
Antique 1870s Victorian Desk Sets
Materials
Walnut
Elegant French Art Deco Desk and Chair
By Maurice Dufrêne
Located in North Hollywood, CA
. The desk is larger than most letter writing varieties, yet slightly more petite than the larger
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
Danish Modern Teak Desk Top Letter or Paper Organizer, Pedersen
Hansen, 1960s
By Pedersen
Hansen
Located in Hudson, NY
Equipped with two drawers, shelves and letter dividers this teak desk top organizer is made in
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Antique Red Chinoiserie Writing Desk
Located in Houston, TX
fitted interior having 4 drawers, shaped letter slots and leather writing surface. The case has two small
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Georgian Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
. Inside its fitted with drawers and letter compartments. great Bureau writing desk with the original
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Meissen Letter Writer with a Little Pug, circa 1740-1741
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Weinheim, DE
beneath, writing a letter: “Monsieur/ Les nouvelles assurances/ que vous m´avez donné/ de votre amitie
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Leather Desk Set
Located in Summerland, CA
reversible writing pad, large letter holder, note pad, pen cradle, blotter and letter opener with scissors
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
$1,450
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Letter Writing For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the letter writing you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each letter writing for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, brass and glass. There are many kinds of the letter writing you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Each letter writing bearing Art Nouveau, Scandinavian Modern or Victorian hallmarks is very popular. A well-made letter writing has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Drexel and Pedersen
Hansen are consistently popular.
How Much is a Letter Writing?
Prices for a letter writing start at $437 and top out at $96,000 with the average selling for $1,636.
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