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French 18th Century Writing Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French 18th century writing table.
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Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French 18th Century Writing Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Beautiful 18th century French Writing table made of walnut with 1 drawer.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French 18th Century Writing Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French 18th century writing table.
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Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables
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Leather, Walnut
18th Century Walnut Writing Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Queen Anne era Walnut writing table, with bordered edge and book matched burl walnut veneer with
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Antique Mid-18th Century Unknown Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Louis XVI Period Italian Desk
Located in Round Top, TX
A very handsome 18th century period Louis XVI two-drawer desk from Northern Italy. Wonderfully and
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Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French 18th Century Writing Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Consistant writing table with thick twisted legs and a warmth honey color. The extensions has been
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th C Style Parquetry Inlaid
Giltwood Bureau Plat Writing Table Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
18th C Style Parquetry Inlaid & Giltwood Bureau Plat Writing Table Desk
Additional information
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Early 20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century French Country Louis XV Desk
Located in Doylestown, PA
A charming 18th century Louis XV style bureau plat in cherrywood, with 2 large drawers on cabriole
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Antique Late 18th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
French Louis XVI Period 18th Century Walnut Desk with Carved Fluted Apron
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI period walnut desk from the 18th century, with single drawer, carved fluted
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
French 18th Century Writing Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Nice twisted legs, the table stands on 5 feet with a thick hardware.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Louis XVI Pine Painted Desk
Located in Charlottesville, VA
This is a beautiful painted desk. A nice worn patina with carved details.
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Antique 18th Century Swedish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Superbe 18th Century, French Writing Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Superbe 18th century, French writing table.
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Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Charming 18th Century French Writing Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Charming 18th century French writing table, wonderful patina and magnificent twisted legs.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Gorgeous Rare 18th Century Louis XV Walnut Slant Front Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful antique French Louis XV slant front desk with cabriole legs, original leather writing pad
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
Early 18th Century French Writing Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Early 18th century French writing table.
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Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
18th Century Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition Period Desk with Tooled Leather Top
Located in Birmingham, AL
Provincial 18th century Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition period bureau plat or writing desk
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Oak, Pine
French Louis XV Period Oak Three-Drawer Writing Table, 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular galleried top open on one side, the conforming case housing three drawers with brass pulls and raised on tapering cabriole legs.
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Antique 1760s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XIV Period Desk
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louis XIV period desk
In veneer, burr walnut and solid walnut on the base
The top is decorated
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Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$5,933
A French Mid 18th Century Louis XV Period 1-Drawer Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
the rectangular top in several sections above a conforming case housing one drawer with space for an inkwell and papers having an elegantly shaped apron and raised on tapering cabri...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Mid-18th Century Spanish Carved Walnut and Iron Writing Table Desk with Drawers
Located in Dallas, TX
Add an elegant focal point to your study or library with this antique Spanish carved fruitwood desk
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Antique Mid-18th Century Spanish Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables
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Wrought Iron
French 18th Century Louis XIII Style Side Table or Writing Table
Located in Round Top, TX
A very handsome French Louis XIII style side table or writing table. Beautifully constructed from
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Antique 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Louis XV Leather Top French Desk with Carved Detailing
Located in Houston, TX
Gorgeous 18th century Louis XV leather top French desk with carved detailing and cabriole legs made
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Antique 18th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
18th Century French Louis XIV Walnut Center Writing Table on Barley Twist Legs
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A rich and wonderful writing table from the first half of the 18th-century, this absolute
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
French Louis XVI Mahogany Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
French Louis XVI mahogany bureau plat with gilt a tooled black leather top and two leather top
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XV Solid Walnut Writing Table
Located in Austin, TX
French antique Louis XV writing table in solid walnut with a traditional wax finish. Graceful lines
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century French Walnut Desk
Located in High Point, NC
18th Century French writing desk made from walnut. The top is octagonally shaped and has a beveled
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Unusual Louis XV Writing Table, 1780s
Located in Doylestown, PA
A very unusual Louis XV bureau plat in light walnut with deer form "pied de biche" legs, a large
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Writing Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
An elegant side table made of cherry. Center dovetailed drawer with bronze handle. Scalloped edge apron with four cabriolet legs and a three plank top.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$2,850
Louis XV Provincial Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Provincial oak bureau plat, mid 18th century, the top with inset tooled leather above the
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Antique Mid-18th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Marquetry Desk with Leather Top
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late 18th century French Louis XVI period writing table or desk features a gold tooled green
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century small Ladies Desk or Dressing Table, Louis XVI Poudreuse, c. 1780
Located in Greven, DE
Small make-up and writing desk
South Germany
Louis XVI circa 1780
Dimensions: H x W x D: 74 x 96
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Antique Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Swiss Louis XV Inlaid Writing Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bernoise (canton of Berne in Switzerland) Hand Carved Burlwood
Inlaid with Cabriolet legs & Bronze escushion.
Fitted with a Center drawer & locking device.
Inlaid with Cabriolet legs & Bronze escushion.
Fitted with a Center drawer & locking device.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swiss Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century French Louis XV Carved Bombe Cherry Desk with Five Drawers
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique fruitwood desk was created in the Poitou region of France, circa 1790. Made of
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Bureau Plat, 18th Century
Located in Westwood, NJ
Louis XV ebonized leather top Bureau Plat with serpentine sides and bronze mounts.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Italian Louis XV Period Veneered
Inlaid 2-Drawer Writing Table, Mid-18th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian provincial version of a Louis XV-period writing table. Having cabriole-shaped legs, and
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Antique Mid-18th Century Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Elegant Mid-18th Century Italian, Genovese, Walnut Scrivania or Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Finished on all sides and having a rectangular top with a molded edge above a conforming case housing one locking drawer and with fruitwood inlays at the front sides, the sides of th...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century French Louis XIII Carved Oak Barley Twist Table Desk with Drawer
Located in Dallas, TX
carved motifs around the edges. The masculine Louis XIII desk is in excellent condition commensurate with
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
c.1740 Louis XIII Writing Table
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Petite Louis XIII antique walnut writing desk or library table with drawer. Superb turned legs and
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Walnut Writing Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
The proportions of this table are very appealing. Note the bullnose edge of the table top, the arabesque carving of the apron, the elegant silver drawer pull, and the light and shape...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Walnut Reading or Writing Table, c1770
Located in valatie, NY
Louis XV c1770 walnut reading or writing table with adjustable leather tooled reading slope. The
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
Executive Desk, Second Half of the 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Large executive desk on eight tapered feet with small bases and a carved scale pattern. The desk
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Antique Late 18th Century European Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century French Bronze-Mounted Writing Desk w/single Drawer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very Fine late 19th Century French writing desk with single drawer. Bronze-mounted.
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Italian Walnut and Ebonized Carved Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Boldly carved and ebonized top and apron with four drawers raised on four shaped and carved legs with hoof and split toe feet.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Provincial Cherrywood Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with tooled brown leather over a single drawer, raised on straight square tapered legs, brass sabot.
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Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
A Transitional Ormolu Mounted Ladies Writing Desk or
Bounheur du Jour
Located in Berlin, DE
A small bonheur du jour or writing desk with a raised back section with a fall front opening
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Louis XVI Provincial Table
Located in Madrid, ES
French Louis XVI style in the country provinces, manufactured in walnut with one-drawer and ribbed
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century French Louis XV Style Table with Original Marble
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Phenomenal eighteenth century French Louis XV style center hall or writing table retaining not only
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Exceptional Period Louis XVI Desk and Armchair
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louis XVI carved desk with matching chair and original embossed leather.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Tulipwood and Marquetry Ormolu Mounted Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Marquetry showing two fruit bowls, Ormolu mountings, single drawer, leather top, tapered square legs
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
A Louis XV Oak Provincial 1-Drawer Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
of pegged construction, the rectangular molded edge top above one drawer and a shaped apron resting on cabriole legs. Height 2 is the height to the bottom of the apron.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Mid 18th Century French Provincial Slant Top Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
The slant top opening to reveal a fitted interior with two drawers and six compartments, with one frieze drawer, the mounts elaborately cast with rocaille and leaves, on cabriole leg...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Southwestern French 1730s Louis XV Fruitwood Crossbow Writing Table with Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period fruitwood writing table from the first half of the 18th century, with
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Early 18th Century French Walnut Louis XIII Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 18th Century French Walnut Louis XIII Table
One of a kind piece. Please take a look
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Late 18th Century "Bureau Plat" - French Provencal Two Drawer Desk
Located in Round Top, TX
Late 18th century "Bureau Plat" - French Provencal Louis XV desk. This lovely desk has two drawers
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
French 18th Century Louis XVI Mahogany Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
Louis XVI mahogany bureau plat or writing desk. The rectangular brass banded top accentuated by
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Period Provincial Bureau Plat, 18th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
A Louis XV period writing table in fruit-wood, with a molded top over a scalloped apron containing
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Louis XVI Brass-Mounted Mahogany Architect
s Table, Late 18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The top lays flat or can be raised as a slant top. There are pull-out inset leather slides on each side the central drawer with compartments for ink.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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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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