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French Louis XV Period Walnut One Drawer Table, Mid-Third Quarter 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular top with four breadboard ends and rounded corners, the case housing one wide drawer with steel pulls and backplates, raised on slender cabriole legs.
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Antique 1750s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Period Bureau Plat
Located in Montreal, QC
frieze drawers, it retains its original handles and sabots and has a tooled red leather writing surface
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
Louis XVI Center Drawer Table
Located in Washington, DC
A lovely hand-carved French, Louis XVI table with intricate details and one center drawer.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Rare Louis XV Fruitwood Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular top lined with gilt-tooled brown leather over contrasting diamond lozenge-inlaid drawers mounted with ormolu escutcheons ; the inlaid sides fitted with tirettes; rais...
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Fruitwood
Louis XVI Mahogany and Brass-Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular inset new finely tooled olive green leather top set within a conforming wood and brass frame, the case section with long central drawer flanked by a deep drawer enclosing...
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Italian, Toscana Carved Walnut 1-Drawer Table, Late 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Walnut table from Tuscany from the late 18th century with carved front apron and corners with
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Antique 1790s Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Italian 18th Century Louis XV Writing Table Neapolitan Rosewood Center Desk
Located in Milano, MI
18th century Italian Louis XV rosewood and Bois de Rose bureau-plat, an exclusive Neapolitan
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Italian Louis XVI Walnut Wood Antique Writing Desk
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Elegant antique Italian Louis XVI writing desk. The desk is made of walnut wood. Simple essential
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Antique 1780s Italian Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Italian Louis XVI Solid Walnut Wood Antique Writing Desk
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Elegant antique Italian writing desk of the period Louis XVI, 18th century. Rare and precious solid
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Antique 1780s Italian Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Louis XV Writing Desk
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
18th century writing desk, historical black worn paint. Various repairs. Solid and usable piece of
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Antique 18th Century French Side Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Painted Writing Desk
Located in London, Park Royal
18th century, French, Louis XVI writing desk/scriban decorated with hand carved, swathes of laurel
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Walnut Writing Desk / Console Table
Located in Carmine, TX
console table or a writing table, if that is what you are looking for. It has a small footprint, but
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
A late 18th century period Louis XVI Bureau Plat
Located in Larkspur, CA
A late 18th century period Louis XVI flame mahogany Bureau Plat. The rectangular top with original
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Walnut Period Louis XVI Walnut Table
Located in Larkspur, CA
Late 18th Century Walnut Period Louis XVI Walnut Table A Ecrire with parquetry inlay on top over
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
A late 18th century period Louis XVI Flame mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Larkspur, CA
A late 18th century period Louis XVI flame mahogany Bureau Plat. The rectangular top with original
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
18th C. Louis XV Provincial Chestnut Writing Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
French Louis XV Period Provencal Chestnut Writing Table,
exquisitely carved and with three
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chestnut
18th Century French Walnut Louis XV Writing Table
Located in San Mateo, CA
A gorgeous, Louis XV, solid French walnut Writing Table. The Table top has a lovely serpentine
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
French Fruitwood Writing Table or Desk, 18th or 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very nice French fruitwood writing table / desk standing on graceful curved legs with hoof feet
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
A Louis XVI Brass Mounted Rosewood Writing Table / Desk
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular gilt-tooled leather-lined top, above three drawers (the right side is one drawer composed of two drawer fronts) centering a kneehole below a central drawer, flanked b...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Anglo-Japanese Desk or Writing Table in European Lacquer, England, 18th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Desk or writing table, in lacquered painted black wood, "Martin" varnish, with architectural
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XV Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
A Louis XV Oak Writing Table with Single Drawer. French, 18th Century.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
$4,200
LOUIS XVI WRITING TABLE
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis XVI fruitwood marquetry writing desk on graceful cabriole tapered legs with one drawer.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
$7,950
18th Century Louis XVI Tulipwood Bureau Plat or Writing Table
Located in London, GB
The black leather inset top with cross-banded border and brass edging over a frieze veneered on all sides with cross-banded panels and having three raised on square tapering legs wit...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid 18th Century French Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique writing table in oak with center drawer. Mid to late 18th century. Carved and scalloped
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Louis XIV Writing Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Walnut single drawer writing table.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$3,200
French Louis XV Period Walnut Desk
Located in Austin, TX
An 18th Century Country Style French Desk from the Louis XV Period made of cherry wood with a
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Writing Table
Located in Somerville, MA
The top edge is trimmed on three sides with an upturned lip (or dish edge). The sides are teated with a serpentine edge and the legs are cabriole ending in a hoof foot. Underneath th...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
$5,250
Louis XIV Period Chestnut Writing Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Chestnut writing table with turned legs, sinuous X form carved stretchers, one drawer and an
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chestnut
Cherry Louis XV Antique French Writing Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
A very classic Louis XV look, good color, shaped legs and apron. Two hundred and fifty years have
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Italian Late 18th Century Louis XVI Desk in Palisander, Walnut and Olive Wood
Located in Firenze, IT
An elegant Italian Louis XVI style desk or writing table in palisander, walnut and olive wood. This
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Olive, Palisander, Walnut
Fine French Louis XV Small Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
This fine French Louis XV period small writing table has a shaped top, with inset caramel colored
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XIV Style Oak Writing Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Late 18th century French Louis XIV style oak writing table with stretcher and center drawer, circa
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Louis XVI Inlaid Cherry Desk
Located in Moncalvo, IT
Inlayed Venician cherry desk, Louis XVI, 1790 circa
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
French 18th Century Louis XV Carved Pine Single Drawer Desk from the Jura Region
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exquisite French Louis XV style pine desk from the Jura region in Eastern France, bordering
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Louis XIII Chestnut Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Handsome Louis XIII three drawer desk in chestnut. Bold, square balustra shaped legs joined by "H
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chestnut
$22,750
LOUIS XV ITALIAN WALNUT DESK
Located in San Francisco, CA
An 18th Century Northern Italian walnut parquetry slant front desk on cabriole legs with scrolling
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$11,500
France Partners Desk/table 18th Century
Located in Sarasota, FL
This 2 persons desk PARTNERS DESK/TABLE with a drawer to each side, hand made and hand carved from
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Leather
A French Louis XIV Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
A Louis XIV Walnut Writing Table with Single Drawer. End of the 17th Century
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
A Magnificent Louis XIII Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent Louis XIII Writing Table with Os de Mouton Carving. French, 17th Century. Exceptional
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th c. Louis XV Bronze-mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Miami, FL
18th c. Louis XV bronze-mounted plum pudding mahogany bureau plat, with Chinoiserie mounts.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
#3258 Small Louis XVI Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
Small Louis XVI Writing Table in Mahogany with Marble Top and Single Drawer.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
18th Century Louis XIII Style Walnut Table, France
Located in San Antonio, TX
Lovely 18th century French walnut side table with one drawer in the Louis XIII style. The table
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
End Table Louis XIV, 18th Century
Located in Saint Helena, CA
Louis XIV writing table in walnut opening by one drawer in the belt.
Leg frame in baluster united
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century French Provincial Desk, circa 1750
Located in Houston, TX
Handmade 18th century country Provincial desk with hinged drop-front section in walnut. Planing
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Wood
Louis XVI Table/Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
Gorgeous Louis XVI Period Table in Mahogany with 3 drawers, the top one being a little desk
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
$3,500
Louis XIII style Walnut Desk or Table
Located in Charleston, SC
Louis XIII style Walnut Desk or Table
The top is bordered by a “Carderon”, molding
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Brass Mounted Leather Top Mahogany Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
Fitted with two frieze drawers; raised on turned tapering legs with brass strung fluting, ending in brass caps and casters.
Provenance: H.M. Luther Antiques, New York, NY.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Small French Louis XVI Mahogany Cylinder Desk
Located in San Mateo, CA
A beautiful, Mahogany Louis XVI Cylinder Bureau with an embossed leather pull out writing surface
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Late 18th C. French Louis XV Fruitwood WritingTable
Located in New Orleans, LA
LATE 18TH CENTURY FRENCH LOUIS XV FRUITWOOD WRITING TABLE WITH FINELY CARVED FRONT AND TWO DRAWERS
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Painted Desk
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Great Painted desk with original hardware.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century table.(writing table , desk, side table )
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
$2,800
French Louis XV Period Small Desk in Fruitwood Lacquered, circa 1740-1750
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
French Louis XV period small desk in fruitwood lacquered, circa 1740-1750.
An elegant and
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Louis XV Period Ebonized Desk with Gilt Bronze Mounts, Stamped
Bonnemain,
1760
Located in London, GB
Elegant Louis XV bureau plat by Pierre Bonnemain, circa 1760.
Ebonized bureau standing on cabriole
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century French Fruitwood Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
18th century French fruitwood table. Beautiful patina and all pegged.
Category
Antique 18th Century European Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
French 18th Century Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
An 18th century French bureau plat made of beautiful fruitwood with brass details and a distressed
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Period Architect
s Table
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A fine and original Louis XVI well figured mahogany architects/ draftsman’s table with writing and
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
A late 18th century flame mahogany veneered bureau plat, having a tooled red leather top with side
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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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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