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Beautiful Louis XV Style Desk in Marquetry of Exotic Wood Inlays, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Beautiful Louis XV style desk in marquetry of exotic wood inlays, 19th century. Height 72 x 65 cm
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Louis XVI Style 19th Century Walnut Desk with Cross-Banding and Marquetry
Located in Atlanta, GA
, floral marquetry and tapered legs. This exquisite 19th-century Italian Louis XVI style walnut desk
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mahogany and Tulipwood Mounted Writing Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Fine petite writing desk with curved sides and gracefully carved legs in mahogany and
tulipwood
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tulipwood, Kingwood
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mahogany and Tulipwood Mounted Writing Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Fine petite writing desk with curved sides and gracefully carved legs in mahogany and
tulipwood
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Wood
French Louis XV-Style Gilt Bronze Mahogany and Tulipwood Mounted Writing Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Fine petite writing desk with curved sides and gracefully carved legs in mahogany and
tulipwood
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tulipwood, Kingwood
Mahogany Satinwood Banded and Marquetry Desk by Edwards
Roberts
By Edwards
Roberts
Located in Cheshire, GB
Late Victorian mahogany, satinwood banded and marquetry desk The top with replaced brown leather
Category
Antique 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XVI Neoclassical Desk Mahogany Colored Marquetry, 1970s
By Mathieu-Guillaume Cramer, Maison Jansen
Located in Paris, IDF
This beautiful and unique bureau plat French writing desk was made in solid mahogany wood covered
Category
Vintage 1970s French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Small Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat or Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
A 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry bureau plat, with a brass banded tooled
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Leather Top Rosewood Marquetry
Bronze Ladies Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique rosewood table was crafted in France, circa 1860. The writing table with
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Bronze Antique Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
probably not original tooled leather writing surface within a rim of matched marquetry and surrounded by a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Italian Neoclassical Style Marquetry Inlaid Fruitwood Drop-Front Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Overall with marquetry and parquetry inlay; with foliate vines to front, and scrolls to sides all
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Marquetry Inlaid Wood Desk with Fluted Apron/Saber Legs
Located in North Miami, FL
This beautifully restored marquetry of honey colored woods is a desk with pullout drawer and a
Category
Vintage 1950s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Stunning Inlaid Mahogany Marquetry Bronze Mounted Directoire French Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This desk is absolutely stunning with gorgeous mahogany done in marquetry inlay and bright bronze
Category
Vintage 1920s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fine Oval Satin Wood and Marquetry Inlaid Partner Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine oval partner's desk having four graduated drawers on each side with swirled acanthus leaf
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Exceptional French Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour Desk
Located in Queens, NY
An exceptional quality French ormolu-mounted marquetry Bonheur du jour desk.
With painted panels
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
A Fine Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Bombe Desk, 18th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
Top lid, sides and front inlaid with flowers, urns of flowers and trailing vines. Three drawers with slant lid which opens to reveal a wonderful interior including nine drawers and t...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
French Louis XVI Style Figural Dore Bronze Marquetry Cylinder Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
The workmanship that was required to make this desk must have involved a large sum of money and
Category
Antique 1870s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Burr Walnut and Ebonised Marquetry Pedestal Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique Victorian burr walnut and ebonised twin pedestal desk, circa 1870 in date
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XVI Style Antique Writing Table Desk Bureau Plat by Schmit et Cie
Located in Shippensburg, PA
An exquisite little writing table by the firm of Schmit & Cie, it retains an original plaque on the
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Bombe French Marquetry Inlaid Desk
Located in Manhasset, NY
19th-20th century Louis XV style bombe French marquetry inlaid desk. Having bronze mounts. Having
Category
Vintage 1920s Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Fine Quality Coromandel and Marquetry Inlaid Victorian Period Kidney Lady Desk
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality Coromandel Victorian style kidney shaped writing table. The kidney shaped top having
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Italian Louis XV Kingwood and Inlaid Marquetry Bureau Plat Executive Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Italian Louis XV style executive writing desk or bureau plat desk.
Italy, circa Late
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
A 19th French Charles X Rosewood and Fruit Wood Marquetry Small Writing Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine and lovely small french writing table would also work well as a small console as it is
Category
Antique 19th Century French Charles X Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Rosewood
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut
Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour Desk 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a elegant Victorian burr walnut and marquetry Bonheur Du Jour, or Ladies writing desk
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Style Boulle Marquetry Desk with Two Drawers from 1860
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
. two mechanical opening drawers
. Boulle marquetry
. Louis XV style
. Gilt and chiseled bronze
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XV Marquetry Style Mahogany Brass Ormolu Mounted Bombe Leather Top Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Louis XV Marquetry Style Mahogany Brass Ormolu Mounted Bombe Leather Top Desk
A
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Post Modern Desk Signed Christophe Masson NYCTIPAO Odyssee de Meuble Marquetry
By Christophe Masson
Located in West Hartford, CT
Rare Postmodern desk from famed French artist Christophe Masson, circa 1987 and signed on the leg.
Category
Vintage 1980s French Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Sycamore
Antique Louis Revival Kingwood Marquetry Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb antique 19th century French kingwood, marquetry and ormolu mounted bureau plat, circa 1860
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Italian Marquetry Center Table
Located in Dallas, TX
a highly decorated 19th century Italian marquetry center table, inlaid with intricate decoration on
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bone
French Cylindre Desk, 19th Century in Walnut with Marquetry Very Fine Quality
Located in Houston, TX
. The curved Cylindre rolls back to open the desk. Four drawers with fine satin wood
Marquetry are
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Louis XVI Style Blond Mahogany Geometric Marquetry Side Table, Desk
Located in Fayetteville, AR
writing desk great interest. Its simple beveled apron allows the mahogany wood grain to take prominence
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Louis XVI Desk And Dressing Table With Fine Marquetry, circa 1800
Located in Greven, DE
Louis XVI Desk and Dressing Table
Italy
Walnut, plum, cherry tree
Louis XVI circa 1800
Dimensions
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Fruitwood, Walnut
Louis XVI Stained Fruitwood Marquetry Secretaire
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XVI stained fruitwood and kingwood marquetry drop-front secretary or secretaire a abbatant
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Kingwood, Satinwood
French 19th Century Writing Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French 19th Century writing table.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Walnut
1800
s Antique Fine French Napoleon III Marquetry, Drawers, Bonheur Du Jour Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous 1800's Antique Fine French Napoleon III Marquetry, With Drawers, Bonheur Du Jour Desk
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Louis Revival Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour
Located in London, GB
writing desk, circa 1860 in date.
The bonheur du jour comprises a pair of serpentine cupboard doors which
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis Revival Marquetry Bureau, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French goncalo alves & walnut marquetry Louis Revival secretaire a
Category
Antique 1830s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Dutch Marquetry table
Located in MILL, NL
A 19th century Dutch marquetry bureau / center tavle, rectangular shape with inlaid bone edge.
The
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bone, Wood, Satinwood
$9,256
19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Writing Table
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique writing table, circa 1880 in date.
The desk is crafted from
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
19th Century Satinwood and Marquetry Inlay Desk in the Adam Manner by Maple
Co
By Maple
Co.
Located in London, GB
patinated satinwood, with fine marquetry pictorial and foliate inlays utilising specimen woods including
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Adam Style Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Kingwood and Marquetry Bureau Plat
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Gilt Brass Mounted Kingwood and Marquetry Bureau Plat, 20th century, the scalloped
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Antique French Louis XV Revival Marquetry Bureau, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French kingwood and walnut marquetry Louis XV Revival secretaire a
Category
Antique 1870s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Louis XV Bureau Plat In Rosewood Marquetry And Gilt Bronze
Located in BARSAC, FR
Magnificent Louis XV flat desk made of rosewood marquetry treated in frieze on an oak frame
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Walnut and Marquetry Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an absolutely beautiful Louis Revival walnut, specimen marquetry, and ormolu mounted bureau
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Kidney Shaped Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French Louis XVI style kidney-shaped desk with book-matched kingwood veneer and the original
Category
Vintage 1920s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th Century French Louis XV Marquetry Mechanical Table, "Secrétaire à Culbute"
Located in Berlin, DE
literally translated into "somersault desk": standing on four slender cabriole legs with rectangular and
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Style Marquetry Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lovely marquetry Bureau plat with dark red leather top and excellent ormolu mounts and pulls.
Category
20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century Marquetry Table with Drawer Baroque Revival, Austria, circa 1850
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
, elegant writing desk, decorative side table or coffee table, this exceptional maquetry table comes with a
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Austrian Baroque Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Maple, Nutwood, Walnut
Victorian Burr Walnut Marquetry and Ormolu Bonheur de Jour Bureau, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique Victorian burr walnut and inlaid Bonheur Du Jour, or Ladies writing desk
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Napoleon III Cabinet in Tortoiseshell and Brass Boulle Marquetry, 19th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
Gorgeous Napoleon III cabinet in Boulle marquetry with brass and tortoiseshell. The marquetry has
Category
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass, Bronze
20th Century French Louis XV Carved Leather Top Marquetry
Bronze Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Created in Italy circa 2000 by Josephine Homes, this elegant antique desk stands on cabriole legs
Category
Early 2000s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
20th Century French Louis XV Carved Marquetry Bronze and Leather Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Created in France circa 1920, this elegant antique desk stands on cabriole legs decorated with
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Revival Poudreuse Writing Table, circa 1860
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French Louis XV Revival marquetry ormolu-mounted Poudreuse or writing
Category
Antique 1860s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis-Phillipe Period Desk
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French Louis-Phillipe Period desk.
It has 2 extensions on each side. Each extension is 23.5inches
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Napoleon III Drop Leaf Marquetry Table with Exotic Woods and Bronze
Located in Fayetteville, AR
exquisite piece would be an ideal writing desk or center table to be placed in the middle of a room or in a
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century French Desk
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Early 19th century French desk, Louis XVI style. The wood is in flamed mahogany.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Rosewood and Marquetry Bureau De Dame
Located in Cheshire, GB
French rosewood and marquetry bureau de dame, the top with a cast brass three quarter gallery over
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
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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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