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18th Century Italian Provincial Circassian Walnut Secretary Slant-lid Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
writing desk, it embodies the sophistication of 18th century Italian design and remains a treasured
Category
Antique 1790s Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$3,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Italy Mid-18th Century Olive Root Wood Desk with Drawings in Regency Style
Located in Brescia, IT
level of the commission. Mid-18th century olive root wood antique Italian desk with drawings.
With
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Olive
18th c. French Bureau de Dame
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant 18th-century French lady’s writing desk, or bureau de dame, crafted in warm walnut with
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century French Louis XV Period Walnut Chateau Bonheur Du Jour or Secretary
Located in Birmingham, AL
A rare 18th century French Louis XV period chateau bonheur du jour or secrétaire handcrafted of
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Antique 1750s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
18th Century French Walnut Barley Twist Library Table
Located in High Point, NC
18th century walnut library table from France. The top is made from two planks and is banded with a
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Fine Louis XVI Mahogany Leather-Top Table Attributed to Canabas
By Joseph Canabas
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine Louis XVI Mahogany
Leather Top Table
Attributed to Canabas
Joseph Canabas maitre 1766
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XV Tulipwood and Kingwood Bureau Plat
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in Miami, US
refined addition to any elegant interior.
This bureau plat serves not only as a functional writing desk
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI French Fruitwood Architect’s Table
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A Louis XVI period French architect’s table in fruitwood with an adjustable leather-inset drafting
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Majestic French Bureau Plat Desk antique According to Andre C. Boulle bronzed
Located in Berlin, DE
Root veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Slightly protruding, profiled tabletop and gold-imprinted leather insert, flanked by a grotesque mask on each c...
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Amaranth Bureau Plat
By Philippe Claude Montigny
Located in Kittery Point, ME
In the style of Montigny (Philippe-Claude Montigny, mai^tre in 1770), the rectangular tooled leather-lined top surrounded with a later ormolu border, above two frieze drawers and sim...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$20,000 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century French Louis XVI Writing Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
Handsome late 18th Century French Louis XVI style writing desk with leather insert on top. Desk
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Antique 18th Century French Directoire Desks
Materials
Wood
$3,450 Sale Price
25% Off
Ebonized Leather top Bureau Plat
Located in Huntington, NY
Ebonized Leather top Bureau Plat/Desk, Louis XV period
3 working drawers on one side. Back side
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
"Roller" desk Louis XVI from the late 1700s with floral inlays
Located in Cesena, FC
Emilian "roller" writing desk of great quality, the manufacture is along the lines of Rolo, late 1700s Louis XVI.
Entirely veneered in walnut, with beautiful floral inlays, Bois de ...
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Mahogany and Ormolu Desk/Writing Table
By Conrad Mauter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period mahogany and ormolu desk or writing table
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Writing Desk Book Detail / Pull-Out Writing Surface
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Writing Desk Book Detail / Pull-Out Writing Surface
Beautiful piece
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Marble
18th Century Italian Louis XV Writing Table Inlaid Rosewood Center Desk
Located in Milano, MI
Elegant 18th century Italian rosewood center table from Tuscany, Italy, a rectangular shaped Louis
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Center Tables
Materials
Boxwood, Ebony, Rosewood
French Original Black Painted Portable 18th Century Writing Desk
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An original black painted portable desk from the end of the 18th century. With owner initials, the
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Original Louis XV Carved Sideboard with Writing Desk with Dark Patina Finish
Located in Cesena, FC
Original Louis XV carved sideboard with writing desk with dark patina finish.
Louis XV sideboard
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Sideboards
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Italian Louis XVI Walnut Writing Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
An 18th century Italian Louis XVI walnut writing desk, finished on all sides, featuring a later
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Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century French Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Elegant French ladies writing table, or desk made in the Louis XVI style.
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Mazarin Writing Desk
Located in Vilnius, LT
A wonderful Italian inlaid bureau Mazarin in the style of Louis XIV
The shaped front desk of
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Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Writing Table, Desk Louis XVI Late 1700
Located in Roveredo In Piano, IT
Second half XVIII sec. Writing table in solid walnut Louis XVI (late 1700) double sided
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Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
18th Century Louis XV Walnut Writing Table
Located in Lannebert, FR
18th century Louis XV walnut writing table.
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Italian Painted Louis XV Bureau Plat or Writing Desk in Walnut
Located in Firenze, IT
A charming Italian Louis XV bureau plat or writing desk.
The desk in solid walnut wood features a
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Bureau-Plat, Paris 1785, Lebesque, 18th Century Writing Desk, French, Signed
Located in Bamberg, DE
renewed, gold-stamped leather writing surface. The desk with strikingly beautifully grained veneer has
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
7 Louis XVI Period Cylinder Desk, 18th Century
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
A small but elegant Louis XVI desk in molded mahogany and Caribbean mahogany veneer, engraved and
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Louis XV Desk
Located in London, GB
The Aquitaine desk is shown in Cherry wood with a Prune finish and top in Leblon. It has rounded
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21st Century and Contemporary French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone
18th Century Writing Desk with Leather Top and Golden Fused Bronzes
Located in Arezzo, IT
An important writing desk made of walnut wood and blond rosewood root with leather top and embossed
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Antique 1750s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XIV beechwood writing table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis XIV beechwood writing table with inlaid leather top.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech, Leather
Louis XV Fruitwood and Marquetry Writing Table,
Mid-18th Century
Located in London, GB
A Louis XV ormolu-mounted bois satine and fruitwood marquetry writing table. Adjustable writing
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Antique Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XIV Desk
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Louis XIV oak desk hand crafted with four turned legs, cross stretcher at the bottom
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$10,000
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
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century Louis XIV Walnut Wood French Desk, 1790s
Located in Wyboston Lakes, GB
This desk has a drawer. It is made of walnut wood. It is French, 18 century. It has to be restored.
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Antique 1780s French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Bureau-Plat, Paris, J.-B. Fromageau, c. 1760, Large Writing Desk, French, 18th
By Jean-Baptiste Fromageau
Located in Bamberg, DE
as writing furniture. The original leather top has a finely embossed border. Fromageau is considered
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Antique 1760s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine Louis XVI Mahogany and Bronze Mounted Desk, France, 18th Century
Located in Hollywood, FL
The inset embossed leather top surrounded by mahogany and bronze frame with 5 drawers over fluted round tapering legs with fine bronze mounts. The back finished with faux drawer fronts.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Small Desk
Located in Geneva, CH
Rare small desk, wooden shape of finely decorated with mouldings and sculptured beech.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
A Louis XV Walnut Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Louis XV Walnut Desk. France. Fourth Quarter of the 18th Century. With Carving, Two Drawers at
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$12,500
Writing Table
Located in Geneva, CH
A Louis XVI rectangular-shaped amaranth and citronwood writing table, with a three-quarter pierced
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Louie xv table a
ecrire, writing table 18th c.
Located in Hudson, NY
Louie xv, blue painted oak writing table [ a' ecrire] with bronze drawer pull and sabots and a
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Louis XVI Bureau Plat
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular shape bureau, mahogany and mahogany veneer.
It comprises three drawers on the front and simulates three on the back. It stands on octogonal legs à facettes, which en...
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Italian Small Louis XVI Cherry Desk
Located in Moncalvo, IT
Little cherry inlayed desk from Venice, Louis XVI 1780 Circa
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Mazarin Desk, Louis XIV Period
Located in Biarritz, FR
Rare Mazarin desk , Louis XIV period with turbulent shape, curved sides and 7 drawers in front
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Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century Louis XIV Style Table
Located in Montecito, CA
18th century Louis XIV style cherrywood writing table, stenciled leather inset with a centre
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Antique 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Cherry
Late 18th/Early 19th C. Louis XV Style Desk in Rosewood
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 18th/Early 19th C. Louis XV Style Desk in Rosewood in Rosewood
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Rare Lombard Desk from the 18th Century
Located in Alba, IT
Rare Lombard desk from the 18th century.
This rare center desk was made in Lombardy around the end
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Rosewood, Walnut
18th Century Italian Desk in Walnut LXV Neapolitan
Located in Paris, FR
18th Italie Desk In Walnut LXV Neapolitan five drawers,from center sitting height cm.53
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Desk in Flower Marquetry, Louis XVI Period, Stamped C. Topino, 18th Century
By Charles Topino
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Desk with flaps in Louis XVI period flower marquetry stamped C. Topino and JME (on the rear right
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Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Walnut Dressing Table or Desk, 18th Century
Located in Houston, TX
Country French walnut dressing table with one long drawer- perfect for a small desk. Notice the
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV "Dos D
ane" Desk Stamped by Peridiez
Located in Paris, FR
Louis XV "Dos d'ane" desk inlaid with amaranth and tulipwood, floral marquetry and
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Antique 18th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Important Louis XVI Bureau a Cylindre, French, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
as two drawers containing a "Coffre Fort" (safe), each side with a writing slide. Louis XVI, French
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XV Dos d
âne Desk Stamped I.C. Saunier
Located in Paris, FR
These kingwood desk opens with an inlaid of flowers flap and two front drawers.
The flap opens on
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Antique 18th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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
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Antique Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Louis XVI Mahogany Metamorphic Table
Located in Louisville, KY
This rare form features a removable top with a leather inset writing surface on one side and a
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone
Secretary of Louis XV, Stamped by Jean Baptiste Saunier, 18th Century
By J. B. Saunier
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
small drawers and two leaves at the bottom.
Veined red marble top.
Stamped twice "J.B. SAUNIER"
Louis
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Late 18th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 18th century to early 19th century writing table.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Exquisite Louis XVI Desk and Game/Card Table
Located in Chicago, IL
, for use as a writing desk, the other with green felt for card playing. Removing the tabletop reveals a
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th century Louis XIII walnut center table with crosspiece Lyon
Located in Lyon, RH-Alps
original louis XIII walnut center table
can also be used as a desk
very typical flat crosspiece
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
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An assortment of louis 18th writing desks is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique louis 18th writing desks was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, walnut and metal. Louis 18th writing desks made by Louis XVI designers — as well as those associated with Louis XV — are very popular at 1stDibs. Many louis 18th writing desks are appealing in their simplicity, but Conrad Mauter, Hazard and Jean-Baptiste Fromageau produced popular louis 18th writing desks that are worth a look.
How Much are Louis 18th Writing Desks?
Prices for louis 18th writing desks start at $950 and top out at $181,692 with the average selling for $6,800.
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.
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