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Stylish Mercier Frères, Paris Nutwood and Gilt Bronze Ladies Writing Desk
By Mercier Freres
Located in Lisse, NL
Finest quality and stunning design Louis XVI style desk, circa 1890.
Owning and using top quality
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Bronze
Spanish Writing Slope Box in Walnut and Leather
Located in Barcelona, ES
Elegant hand crafted walnut writing slope with marquetry stripe details
Leather writing surface on
Category
20th Century Spanish Regency Desk Sets
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Leather
$1,139 Sale Price
20% Off
Rolltop Desk after Jean-Henri Riesener Attributed to Maison Beurdeley
By Maison Beurdeley
Located in Paris, FR
Remarkable Louis XVI style rolltop writing desk with marquetry latticework pattern. The front of
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Bronze
Sheraton Revival Cylinder Bureau, writing Desk with marquetry, circa 1890
Located in Miami, FL
sliding inset leather writing tablet, above five drawers, each with their original brass drop handles
Category
Early 20th Century European Sheraton Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
$5,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Quality Bronze Mounted Cherubs Putti Marquetry Inlaid Kingwood Writing Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This fine quality writing desk exemplifies the elegance and refinement of French neoclassical
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Center Tables
Materials
Bronze
$3,196 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood Galbée Commode by Pierre Roussel
By Pierre Roussel
Located in Miami, FL
‑marquetry writing desk stamped “P. Roussel” (inventory OA 6745)
Small kidney table - Petit Palais - Paris
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Breccia Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Linley Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
A classically inspired pedestal desk with dentils featured under the desk top. The two pedestal
Category
2010s British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
$36,913 / item
Victorian Mahogany and Marquetry Writing Desk by Edward Roberts
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Late Victorian ormolu-mounted mahogany and marquetry ladies writing desk, circa 1880. The
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XV Style Marquetry Writing Table
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A large French 19th century Louis XV style kingwood, tulipwood and ormolu desk or writing table
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French marquetry desk by Linke
By François Linke
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Flat desk, called in French "bureau plat de milieu", with inlaid cubes in rosewood veneer frames
Category
Antique 1890s French Régence Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Dutch Marquetry Cylinder Desk, circa 1830
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Unusual Dutch marquetry cylinder topped desk, circa 1830. The rectangular shaped desk is in a
Category
Antique 1730s Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Napoleon III Lady
s Writing Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well proportioned boudoir writing desk with flip out, brown leather writing surface. The upper
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
$3,500 / set
Marquetry Desk/Game Table
Located in Summerland, CA
Circa 1880-1890
Found in a Michigan lodge. Geometric
inlay design. Wonderfully crackled surface.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
$12,500
Mid-18th Century Cuban Mahogany Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Writing Table
Located in Uppingham, Rutland
Very pleased to offer you this absolutely stunning and very original 18th century Dutch marquetry
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Sycamore, Holly
Louis XV Style Marquetry Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis XV Style walnut and marquetry desk. Center clock flanked with bookcase facade compartments on
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Magnificent Art Deco Palisander and Satinwood Marquetry Desk, Belgian, 1930
Located in South Yarra, AU
A magnificent Art Deco Palisander and satinwood marquetry pedestal desk, Belgian, circa 1930 with a
Category
Vintage 1930s Belgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Palisander
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
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th French Satinwood and Marquetry Inlaid Desk
Located in London, GB
A French satinwood and marquetry inlaid Bonheure du Jour, late 18th century. The upper portion
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Louis XV French Inlaid Bureau Plat
Writing Desk
Located in Tricase, Italia
An elegant "bureau plat" in French Louis XV style inlaid with rosewood and various precious woods.
The edge of the serpentine profile is embellished by a detailed brass and also the...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
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
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Neoclassic Desk, Console-Marquetry Hand-Carved Details, 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century neoclassic stylish small desk writing table or console with carved and inlay wood
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Marquetry Italian Desk - STORE CLOSING MAY 31ST
Located in San Mateo, CA
writing surface and two raised drawers above. The desk is supported by four inlaid and tapered legs that
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Writing Desk Walnut Gilt Leather Table Louis VI
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
Walnut marquetry adorned writing desk in the Louis VI manner.
The carved top with gilt tooled
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Inlaid and Marquetry Burr Walnut Kidney Shaped Table Desk
Located in Antrim, GB
Super quality antique inlaid and marquetry burr walnut kidney shaped table desk
Surmounted with
Category
Antique 1860s European Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Marquetry
Guilt Bronze Desk Table, France, circa 1850
Located in Roubaix, FR
One drawer little desk or center table, Louis XV style in very fine marquetry on oak and original
Category
Antique 1850s European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Extraordinary Desk in Straw Marquetry with Chair Attributed to Blanche Klotz
By Blanche Klotz
Located in Paris, FR
Extraordinary and unique modernist desk and chair in straw marquetry and chrome metal on all sides
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Marquetry Table
Located in Seattle, WA
A late 19th or early 20th century Louis style table with marquerty word top.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$5,600
Boulle Style Desk
Located in Estepona, ES
tortoiseshell. A very robust piece, with three drawers in perfect condition. The top of the desk is covered with
Category
Early 2000s European Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$5,815
Gallé Art Nouveau Lady
s Desk
By Émile Gallé
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Extremely rare desk in mahogany and precious wood veneer, the fretted and inlaid top decorated with
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Satinwood Carlton House Desk
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
A fine quality late 19th century satinwood and rosewood banded Carlton house desk.
Category
Antique 1890s British Adam Style Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
$14,084
18th Century Italian Desk
Baroque Period
Located in San Francisco, CA
Italian walnut desk with olivewood book match veneering and marquetry inlay.
The upper section
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Olive
Courtly Rococo Revival Desk, France, 1850s
Located in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
drawers. The entire desk is covered in elaborate rhombic marquetry.
A rare and fine desk of the best
Category
Antique 1850s French Rococo Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Dutch Marquetry Fall Front Escritoire, circa 1820
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Exhibition quality Dutch marquetry fall front escritoire, circa 1820. With solid oak top and simple
Category
Antique 1820s Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Dutch Walnut Marquetry Inlaid Bureau, circa 1860
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Dutch walnut marquetry inlaid bureau, circa 1860. The flap has a large marquetry urn with flowers
Category
Antique 1860s Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Italian Desk In The Giuseppe Maggiolini Style - 20th Century
By Giuseppe Maggiolini
Located in RUEIL-MALMAISON, FR
Desk in precious wood and finely executed marquetry, inspired by the work of Giuseppe Maggiolini
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Dutch Marquetry and Inlaid Walnut Bureau
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Dutch marquetry and inlaid walnut bombe fronted bureau, circa 19th century. Covered all over with
Category
Antique 19th Century Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Second Half of the 19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Desk
Located in Liverpool, GB
Second half of the 19th century Italian Renaissance style desk
An Italian Renaissance style desk
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bone, Ebony, Oak, Pine
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat and Cartonnier
By Mathieu-Guillaume Cramer
Located in London, Middlesex
Veneered in rosewood and stained wood of hearts and diamonds intertwined, ornamentation ormolu; the bureau plat, having a rectangular top with a black Moroccan leather, the frieze ha...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Superb Quality Mid-19th Century Burr Walnut and Marquetry Kidney Shape Table
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Suffolk, GB
A superb quality mid-19th century burr walnut and marquetry freestanding kidney shaped table in the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Walnut
19th Century Rococo Louis XV Style Mahogany Flat Desk by James Winter and Sons
By James Winter
Sons
Located in Groningen, NL
Kingdom.
Mahogany wood in Marquetry finish with Bronze Mounts in exellent quality. The desk top is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Infinity Squares-Table in 1, 200 Year Old Bog Oak with Hand-Turned Legs
By Vladimir Krasnogorov, Thomas Newman
Located in Hoboken, NJ
and arranged in a
marquetry pattern of squares is what this tabletop presents about as
well as one
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bog Wood
Louis XV Cartonnier with Clock
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A highly unusual Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted marquetry cartonnier. France, 18th century. This
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Victorian Franglais Walnut Bureau de Dame
Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
A Victorian Franglais figured walnut Walnut Bureau de Dame with tulipwood and fruitwood marquetry
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Tulipwood
Bureau Rognon after Paul-Charles Sormani
By Paul-Charles Sormani
Located in Bergen, NL
A gilt bronze-mounted kingwood parquetry and fruitwood floral marquetry bureau rognon after Paul
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Kingwood
ESCRITORIO Antonio Ferretti
By Antonio Ferretti
Located in MADRID, ES
Antonio Ferretti
Escritorio en madera de roble y latón con metalpintado.
Italia, años 60,
Medidas: 79x96x60 cm.
Marca de producción
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Louis Majorelle French Art Nouveau Table
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Charlevoix, MI
A fine Louis Majorelle desk or table with a single drawer, constructed of fruitwood. The straight
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Mother-of-Pearl
French Early 19th Century Elm Bureau Plat
Located in Sydney, AU
French early 19th century solid elm bureau plat with five drawers to front pull-out slides and fruitwood inlaid to top and back standing on tapered legs
France, circa 1820.
Category
Antique 1820s French First Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm, Sycamore
Secretary of Louis XV, Stamped by Jean Baptiste Saunier, 18th Century
By J. B. Saunier
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Upholstered secretary with curved front and decorated sides inlaid with geometric butterfly wing patterns in rosewood and violet wood, opening with two drawers, a flap revealing six ...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Set of Islamic Furniture. 1880
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
A Table, a bench, a shelf.
Walnut, ebonized wood, mother of pearl.
Turned wood moucharabieh.
Made in Cairo. Egypt.
Category
Antique 1880s Egyptian Islamic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Silk, Walnut, Wood
$5,340 / set
Superb Stickley Style Mission Desk Writing Library Table Marquetry Top
By Gustav Stickley
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
desk with an elaborate multi-color marquetry wood inlay top in mahogany, oak and walnut with original
Category
Early 20th Century American Mission Desks
Materials
Oak, Walnut, Mahogany
Walnut Marquetry Inlaid Bonheur Du Jour Writing Desk
Located in Detling, GB
This superb quality writing desk is in showroom condition and an absolutely stunning piece of
Category
Antique 1880s Desks
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ladies Writing Desk Marquetry Inlay
Located in Wells, ME
marquetry inlay in boxwood and satinwood. This diminutive, bombay, elegant writing desk has delicate
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Writing Cabinet with Marquetry, Alsace, France, 18th Century
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Delightful writing cabinet in marquetry in massive cherry tree. Keyholes and handles are in bronze
Category
Antique 18th Century French Desks
Materials
Bronze
Large Boulle Louis XVI Desk Writing Table Bureau Plat Marquetry Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
cast and original to desk.
Red tooled leather writing surface in great shape.
Just a stunning work of
Category
Vintage 1980s Louis XVI Desks
19th c French Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Katonah, NY
Restored French ladies fruitwood writing desk with cabriole legs, brass mounts and gallery.Drop
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Courte Jean-Babtiste Louis XVI Period Secretary, Dijon, Francr, Late 18th Century
By Jean-Baptiste Courte
Located in Basel, BS
fluting by rosewood and violet marquetry. The writing desk folds down, and reveals 3 niches and 10 drawers
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Boulle Bureau Plat / Library Table, Late 18th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Charleston, SC
marquetry writing desk is finished on both sides with three drawers on the front and faux drawers on the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
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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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