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19th Rectangular Bouillotte Louis XVI Desk Table with Bronze Mounts
Located in Miami, FL
This important writing table is after Jean-Henri Riesener, perhaps the most important furniture
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Superior 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Parquetry/Marquetry Cylinder Desk
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This fine cylinder desk in the style of Louis XVI features a three-quarter pierced brass gallery
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Tessellated Fossil Stone
Marble Dressing Table
Located in Chicago, IL
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If used against a wall, it would also make a terrific writing desk, or deep console table.
Category
20th Century Colombian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Oval Marble Top Cafe or Bistro Table with Classic Superb Iron Base
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Exquisite French marble top oval cafe table or writing desk with a classic Provincial iron base
Category
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Iron
18th-century, Louis XV Rance Red Carved Marble
Gilded Iron Swan-legged Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This 18th-century French marble top table would be among the world's most lux desks, vanities or
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Spanish Marble Inset Carved Oak and Painted Dining Table
Located in Dallas, TX
scrolled cross stretcher. The top is dressed with three inset variegated grey marble slab panels with
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
19th Century, Spanish Baroque Marble Top Carved Oak and Iron Console Table
Located in Dallas, TX
wrought iron pulls. The top is dressed with a long thick variegated red and white marble surface with ogee
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Wrought Iron
Postmodernist Nero Marquina Marble and Glass Top Table
Located in London, GB
A Postmodernist Nero Marquina marble and glass top table, the two geometric and faceted marble
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XV Marble and Leather Top Bonhuer De Jour
Located in Westwood, NJ
Fine Louis XV inlaid and bronze mounted marble top Bonhuer de Jour with tooled leather top writing
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Italian 19th Century Painted
Faux Marble Top Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Italian spectacular faux marble top and painted table with continuous scalloped apron, cabriole
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century French Louis XV Style Table with Original Marble
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
marble top. Utilize this fine table as a stellar statement in the entry foyer, as a fine writing table in
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
French 19th Century Marble-Top Mahogany and Fruitwood Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A spectacular mahogany and fruitwood desk, with marble top, from 19th century, France. The marble
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Unusual Italian C.1970s Modernist Jewellery table
Located in London, GB
A late 1970s Northern Italian Modernist desk in marble, steel and leather
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Steel
Baker
s Table
Located in Culver City, CA
with marble top
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
$2,200
French Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood Louis XVI Tambour
Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This Louis XVI 'Bonheur du Jour' (ladies writing desk) features an upper part with gallery edged
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bruce Burdick For Herman Miller Component Office System
Located in Pasadena, TX
surfaces, including one of black marble and one white marble. One suspended file cabinet, one trash can
Category
Late 20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Aluminum
Paul McCobb
By Paul McCobb, Calvin Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
MC COBB for CALVIN "THE IRWIN COLLECTION" Rare desk, Features 3 drawers, pull-out shelf and a deep
Category
Vintage 1950s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Travertine, Marble, Brass
$9,500
PAUL MC COBB
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare desk: MC COBB for CALVIN "THE IRWIN COLLECTION" Features 3 drawers, pull-out shelf and a deep
Category
Vintage 1950s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Travertine, Marble, Brass
$8,000
Hand-Painted Hand-Carved Wooden Table with Original Paint
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Hand-painted hand-carved wooden table with original paint, under a marble top from the South of
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Louis Seize Dressing Table, France, early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
A cleverly designed Louis XVI vanity or dressing table. The piece, which can also be used as a desk
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Art Deco
wooden desk with elephant tusk legs
Located in Torino, IT
Important Art Deco Desk
Elegant wooden desk with glass top, two side drawers and wonderful elephant tusk legs with marble base.
The Art Deco style was delineated in the 1920s and s...
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Antique French Louis XV Revival Marquetry Bureau, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
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It has a beautiful inset Marmo Griotte marble top with a gilt brass three quarter gallery around it
Category
Antique 1870s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Store Counter Showcase Display Cabinet and Workstation
Located in Sheffield, MA
the counter.
Measures: 42" OAH / 34.5" Counter/desk heights.
showcase depth: 10" /
desk
Category
Early 20th Century American Country Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Bruce Burdick For Herman Miller Component Office System
Located in Pasadena, TX
legs with three work surfaces: one laminate, one glass, one marble. The overall dimensions of the first
Category
Late 20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Aluminum
Napoleon III Cabinet in Tortoiseshell and Brass Boulle Marquetry, 19th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
multiple molds.
White Carrara top marble. The interior part is in mahogany with one shelf.
In an
Category
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass, Bronze
Modern Marble and Chrome Writing Table Desk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An Italian marble topped desk with chrome "Saw Horse" Base. Sleek and sophisticated style, clean
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Desks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Chrome
JANSEN BLUE AND WHITE LADy
S WRITING DESK
Located in New York, NY
Elegant lady's writing desk or vanity table in painted wood with marble top by Maison Jansen
Category
Late 20th Century French Desks
Materials
Marble
Vintage 19th Century Carved Bamboo Writing Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Step back in time with this vintage 19th-century carved bamboo writing desk, a quintessential piece
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Marble, Metal
Writing Marble Bronze Napoleon I, Eagle and Crown, circa 1900
Located in Sofia, BG
Writing instruments with statuette Emperor Napoleon I, marble, bronze or bronze mounts, two
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Empire Desk Sets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Marble writing set, southern Italy, 2nd half of the 19th century
Located in Greding, DE
Grand Tour object writing set made of green marble. The open lid shows the Bay of Naples. The
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Marble
Rare French Louis XVI Mahogany Antique Cylindrical Writing Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A rare find in this form and condition, this fine Louis XVI cylindrical writing desk is a powerful
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Writing Set with Desk Clock, Carriage, Pendulette, Paris, Signed Moser, C. 1850
Located in Greven, DE
Antique writing set with inkwell and travel clock.
Paris
Brass, marble
Around 1850
Dimensions
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Continental Serpentine Marble Top Fruitwood Commode with Fitted Writing Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
-out writing desk. Interior with fitted drawers including two secret ones. Original shaped marble top.
Category
Antique 1860s French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood
Sleek Black and White Marble and Wrought Iron Console Writing Table Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A versatile rectangular console, writing table or desk having glamorous black and white marble
Category
Vintage 1980s American Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Wrought Iron
Mid-Century Brass Vanity/Writing Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-Century modern brass and marble vanity/writing desk with articulating beveled mirror. Excellent
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Vanities
Materials
Marble, Brass
Mosaic Dining Table Writing Desk Gold and Marble Tile Bronze Bases, circa 1958
By Genaro Alvarez
Located in Camden, ME
Mexican mosaic dining table / writing desk covered in mirrored gold tile and white marble tile in
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Gustavian painted Secretaire Writing Desk, 18th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
lists. Properly made by a Stockholm master. The top is composed of white Carrara marble, accompanied by
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Carrara Marble
By Diehl Black French Cabinet and writing desk Boulle Marquetry Napoleon III
By Charles-Guillaume Diehl, André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
rare support piece of furniture forming a writing desk, two doors, with a high drawer and a sliding top
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
French Louis XVI Marble-Top Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French Louis XVI style two-drawer marble-top table or writing desk with nicely-carved details
Category
Vintage 1910s Louis XVI Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Directoire Secretary
Located in New York, NY
top. Writing desk with drawer interior in side.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Directoire Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
$6,200
A George IV Mahogany Writing Desk with a Fossil Marble Top
Located in Conwy, GB
The marble top above twin frieze drawers with turned handles, raised on tapering reeded leg with
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Italian Antique Walnut Rustic Table Desk Writing Table with Portoro Marble Top
Located in Carimate, Como
Very charming and elegant small Italian antique desk writing table or console table with stylish
Category
20th Century Italian Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique quality C1900 mahogany marble writing side dressing table desk washstand
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique quality C1900 mahogany marble writing side dressing table desk washstand. Lovely age colour
Category
Antique Early 1900s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Writing Desk Made by Mangiarotti for Skipper
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Milano, IT
Writing desk 1970s made by Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper Furniture with side table for accessories
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Marble Top Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
French marble top desk, France, circa 1940s. Retains warm original patina. This piece is a
Category
Vintage 1940s French Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
$3,250
Marble Desk for Knoll
By Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Carrara marble-top with brushed steel base.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
$4,500
Dakota Jackson Attr. Marble Top Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
Dakota Jackson Attributed Marble Top Desk, with veneered bentwood brass inlay supports and two
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
19th Century Louis XV Style Writing Table with Marble Top
Located in New Orleans, LA
Small writing table in the Louis XV style. Blonde oak, red/gray marble top, one drawer.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Victorian Marble Top Desk, 1870s
Located in Doylestown, PA
An American Victorian period writing desk circa 1870, with 5 small drawers with brass pulls and an
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Charming Vintage Iron and Marble Bistro Table Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
base and elegant grey and cream marble writing or eating surface.
Note: Many other imported vintage
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Vintage 1930s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron
Nicos Zographos Marble and Stainless Steel Desk
By Nicos Zographos
Located in Chicago, IL
This rare custom ordered Thirty - Five Series desk by Nicos Zographos. Zographos designed the
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
Marble Top Elephant Decorated Kidney Desk
Located in Manhasset, NY
An intriguing mid-century desk, the dark charcoal tasselated kidney shaped marble atop a narrow
Category
20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
RJ Horner
Co French Marble Top One-Drawer Writing Table with Ormolu
By R.J. Horner
Co.
Located in Milford, NH
A beautiful French mahogany one-drawer rectangular writing table with green variegated marble top
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Stefano Mastuzzi Boomerang Desk
Zero
in Walnut and Marble
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Stefano Mastuzzi, freestanding desk 'Zero', walnut, metal, marble, leatherette, brass, Italy, 1971
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
French Marble and Frosted Glass Bank Desk
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is an early check writing desk from the 1930s. The style is as simple and elegant as it gets
Category
Early 20th Century French Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Pair Early 20th C English Ebonised Side Desks with Marble Tops
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1900 pair of English writing desks with single locking center drawer and newly ebonised
Category
Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Old Painted
Faux Marbleized Louis XV Style Desk
Located in Rochester, NY
dry cream white / pale taupe gray paint & faux marbleized top. Beautiful desk with a large writing
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gesso, Pine
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Marble Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic marble writing desk available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of marble, stone and wood, every marble writing desk was constructed with great care. There are 178 variations of the antique or vintage marble writing desk you’re looking for, while we also have 18 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect marble writing desk — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each marble writing desk bearing Mid-Century Modern, Louis XVI or Louis XV hallmarks is very popular. A well-made marble writing desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Florence Knoll, Leon Rosen and Maitland Smith are consistently popular.
How Much is a Marble Writing Desk?
The average selling price for a marble writing desk at 1stDibs is $5,950, while they’re typically $450 on the low end and $75,000 for the highest priced.
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 Marble 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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