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19th Century Satinwood and Marquetry Kidney-Shaped Writing Desk with Leather Top
By Maple
Co.
Located in London, GB
A satinwood and marquetry kidney-shaped writing desk
in the manner of Maple & Co
The moulded
Category
Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Desks
Materials
Leather, Satinwood, Wood
Mahogany writing table with detailed floral marquetry
carved decoration
Located in London, GB
A fine quality freestanding mahogany desk, with detailed floral marquetry and carved decoration the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Burr Walnut
Marquetry Writing Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a 19th Century English Victorian burr walnut & marquetry inlaid writing table, of
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Desks
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XV Style Inlaid Kidney Form Writing Desk, 19th Century
By François Linke
Located in Shippensburg, PA
An exquisitely crafted kidney form writing desk in the Louis XV taste, the desk is a vision of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
19th Louis XVI Century King Wood and Ebony Leather Top Writing Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
Louis XVI Style Ebony and Kingwood Bureau Plat or Writing Desk
Laurel Ormolu Drawewr Handles
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ebony, Kingwood
Vintage Italian Walnut Chatol / Writing Desk, Inlaid Marquetry
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
writing desk, featuring amazing little compartments for creative endeavors.
Its versatile size makes it
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Side Table Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
French 19th century Louis XV style marquetry inlaid side table writing desk.
Stock number: F129.
Category
Antique 19th Century Side Tables
Materials
Wood
A Rare 19th Century Killarney Ware Marquetry Writing Slope, Ireland Circa 1875
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome & relatively rare Killarney Ware marquetry writing slope / lap desk, the yew wood
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Irish Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other
19th Century Dutch Marquetry Abatant Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exceptional example of a Dutch marquetry secretary type desk. Writing height when opened is 35.5
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Dutch Secretaires
Walnut Writing Table or Extendable Game Table by Maison Leleu
By Maison Leleu
Located in New York, NY
Walnut marquetry writing table with gilt bronze accents and a leather writing surface, which opens
Category
Vintage 1950s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
1940
s French Style Marquetry Writing Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1940's French Style Marquetry Writing Desk w/ Leather blotter and ornate escutcheons
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th C French Ladies Marquetry Writing Desk with Ormalou
Located in Stamford, CT
19th C French Ladies Marquetry Writing Desk with Ormalou
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
English Edwardian Satinwood and Marquetry Writing Desk
Located in Bridport, CT
A superb quality English Edwardian satinwood and marquetry writing desk, with a tooled leather top
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Italian Marquetry Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
Italian Desk with Marquetry Top and Cabriole Legs with Small Pencil Drawer
39.5" L x 20" D x
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Desks
SWISS WALNUT MARQUETRY WRITING DESK
Located in Essex, MA
A fine quality Swiss writing desk on stand, the top decorated with geometric marquetry in richly
Category
Antique 19th Century Swiss Desks
Materials
Steel
Italian Marquetry Writing Desk with Drawer
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Italian Marquetry Desk
with Cabriole Legs and
Three Small Drawers
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Desks
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
George III Writing Desk with marquetry
Located in Kensington, MD
Petite Writing Desk in the manner of Pierre Langlois. Inlay of floral sprays, moths/butterflies
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Victorian Walnut Marquetry Gilt Bronze Writing Table Desk
Located in Roma, RM
English Victorian desk in walnut burl, bronze appliqués and finely inlaid with floral motifs, Louis
Category
Antique 1850s English Early Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Marquetry Writing Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century William and Mary style one drawer writing table. Very intricate and extremely detailed
Category
Antique 19th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XVI Style Marquetry Writing Table
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A writing desk with gilt gilt bronze (i.e. ormolu), veneered in satinwood and marquetry depictions
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables Walnut Marquetry, 1860
Located in Roma, RM
English Victorian walnut center table with a well figured inlaid top in a blend of floral and French Rococo inlay.
The shape and appearance are typical of early 19th century English...
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut, Mother-of-Pearl, Fruitwood
Italian marquetry writing table
Located in Hudson, NY
Italian marquetry writing table.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
20th Century France Louis XV Kingwood Inlaid Marquetry Desk and Writing Table
By Charles Topino
Located in Roma, RM
Purple ebony centre desk - France, 20th century, in the manner of CHARLES TOPINO, XIX century
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Kingwood
Marquetry Writing Slope on Stand
Located in Southampton, NY
A Great Writing Slope with Beautiful Marquetry Detailing and a Brass Plaque. Great Storage with
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Cylinder Marquetry Desk
Located in Bedford, NY
VERY DETAILED WALNUT INLAID MARQUETRY CYLINDER DESK...DETAIL WORK THROUGHOUT INSIDE ABD OUTSIDE
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
$5,900
Exceptional Dutch Marquetry Writing Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rare form, scale and workmanship featuring elaborate inlays, serpentine sides, and large central drawer.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Early 19th Continental Marquetry Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
ROCCOCO STYLE WRITING TABLE FROM THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY. CABRIOLE LEGS, 3 DRAWERS ACROSS WALNUT
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Ebony
18th Century Italian Marquetry Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th Century Italian Marquetry Writing Table with one central drawer.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
17th Century Flemish Marquetry Writing Table
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A 17th century Flemish marquetry writing table with a hinged fold-over top centered by a marquetry
Category
Antique 17th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Marquetry Work Desk or Dressing Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Marquetry table with an adjustable mirror and five drawers plus a secret folding compartment
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Marquetry Desk With Chair
Located in Miami, FL
Very fine 20th c Marquetry single drawer desk with matching chair, finished on all 4 sides
Category
20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Italy Walnut Marquetry Desk
Located in Newburgh, NY
Chevron patterned two tone walnut desk with flushed drawers.
Category
20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$14,000
Late 19th Century Marquetry Ladies Writing Table
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A most attractive and well-made marquetry ladies writing table with a shaped inset leather top
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Oak and Pine Marquetry Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
Oak and Pine Marquetry Desk
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Pine
Neo-classical Italian marquetry desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
Magnificently detailed Italian neo-classical marquetry kneehole desk on four square tapered legs
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Maple
Quite Exceptional Late 19th Century Marquetry Decorated Pedestal Desk
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A quite exceptionally fine pedestal desk. With marquetry, decoration on four sides with beautifully
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Neo-Classical Marquetry Baned Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian Neo-Classical Marquetry Baned Desk, walnut c1960
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
French Heavily Gilt Bronze Mounted Desk With Marquetry and Parquetry
Located in Redding, CA
This Curvy little desk is big on style, loaded with gilt bronze mounts
And so beautifully shaped
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XV French Rosewood Writing Desk
Located in Sarasota, FL
This French Louis XV sytle rosewood tilt top Writing Desk has marquetry inlay flower design to the
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century France Napoleon III Rosewood Desk Writing Table
Located in Roma, RM
Fantastic and rare French centre desk, completely inlaid on every part, we are faced with a small
Category
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Rosewood
Maggiolini Style Northern Italian Neoclassical Inlaid Writing Table or Desk
By Giuseppe Maggiolini
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th-19th Century Northern Italian neoclassical marquetry inlaid writing table / desk, Maggiolini
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Fine Marquetry French Antique Desk Signed Grimard
Located in Coral Gables, FL
French Antique Desk Signed GRIMARD, Meubles d'Arts 5, Rue de Charonne, Paris, From Villa Sanary
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Mid-19th Century Walnut Inlaid Floral Marquetry French Writing Table
Located in Firenze, IT
Mid-19th century French writing table Inlaid floral marquetry decoration of walnut and ebonized
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Napoleon III in Boulle Marquetry Writing Table
By Napoléon III
Located in Waedenswil, CH
This beautiful second generation desk in Boulle marquetry was produced in France in the 19th
Category
Antique 19th Century French Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Zwiener Jansen Successeur Ormolu Mounted
Marquetry Tiered Desk
By Zwiener Jansen Successeur
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
-shape form, the desk decorated on all sides with magnificent kingwood and satinwood marquetry, enhanced
Category
20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
English 19th Century Marquetry Style Drop Front Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1900s antique neoclassical style drop front desk is made of walnut wood in its original light
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Small English George III Style Rosewood Marquetry Desk
Located in Denver, CO
This small lady's writing table has a pair of galleried superstructures with drawers at each corner
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
François Linke, Louis XV Style Desk in Marquetry and Gilt Bronze, Napoleon III
By François Linke
Located in NONANCOURT, FR
Louis XV style flat desk richly decorated with chiseled and gilded bronzes with in particular large
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Rare marquetry French desk with gilded bronze candle holders
Located in Vancouver, BC
Rich Louis XV style writing desk of ovoid form inlaid all round, one long drawer below a leather
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Petite Writing Table with Leather Top, Bronze Mounts and Marquetry Inlay
Located in Toronto, ONTARIO
A beautiful European walnut French writing table with inlay Marquetry decoration on all four sides
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century Louis XV Kingwood Rosewood Writing Desk Table Vernis Martin Style
By Vernis Martin
Located in Roma, RM
Fantastic and rare writing desk table in the style of Vernis Martin, Napoleon III era, circa 1860
Category
Antique 1860s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century France Louis XV Revival Walnut Writing Desk Table Inlay Bronze, 1890
Located in Roma, RM
Small French writing table, in Louis XV style, but from the late 19th century. In walnut wood and
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fine Quality Coromandel and Marquetry Inlaid Victorian Period Kidney Desk
Located in Darwen, GB
A fine quality Coromandel and marquetry inlaid Victorian period kidney shaped writing table. The
Category
Antique 1880s Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Napoleon III French Marquetry Drop-Leaf Salon or Writing Table with Drawer, 1860
Located in San Francisco, CA
A mid-19th century Napoleon III drop-leaf salon or writing table with drawer, displaying
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Louis XIV Style writing table
Located in Hudson, NY
Louis XVI style writing table, 19th century. Fine marquetry inlay, brown leather top with gold
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
A Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood and Marquetry Desk
Located in Riverdale, NY
the ormolu-moulded kidney shaped top inlaid with flowering vines above a conforming similarly inlaid frieze fitted with three drawers, on cabriole legs with foliate cast sabots
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
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Marquetry Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the marquetry writing desk you’re looking for. A marquetry writing desk — often made from wood, metal and hardwood — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for a marquetry writing desk, we have 310 options in-stock, while there are 4 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect marquetry writing desk — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each marquetry writing desk bearing Louis XV, Louis XVI or Victorian hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one marquetry writing desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but François Linke, Aymeric Lefort and André-Charles Boulle produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Marquetry Writing Desk?
Prices for a marquetry writing desk start at $495 and top out at $1,844,713 with the average selling for $5,995.
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 Marquetry 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 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 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 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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