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American Mission Wicker and Oak Desk
Located in Queens, NY
American Mission natural wicker and oak top desk with upper gallery and side shelves.
Category
20th Century American Mission Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wicker, Oak
Stickley Mission Arts and Crafts Oak Desk
By Gustav Stickley
Located in Atlanta, GA
Clean Lined Stickley desk, originally designed in the 1910s by Gustav Stickley, this example is
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mission Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
American Mission Heywood Wakefield Natural Wicker Oak Desk
Located in Queens, NY
American Mission natural wicker and golden oak desk with side shelves and upper section (attributed
Category
20th Century American Mission Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wicker, Oak
Antique Mission Oak Craftsmen Library Table With Pullout Writing Desk
Ink Well
Located in Monrovia, CA
Antique Mission Oak Craftsmen Library Table With Pullout Writing Desk & Ink Well.
Beautiful Quarter
Category
Early 20th Century American Mission Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Limbert Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Turtle-Top Cutout Desk, Circa 1910
By Charles Limbert
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period quarter sawn oak turtle-top cutout
Category
Vintage 1910s American Mission Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Limbert Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk or Library Table, Circa 1910
By Charles Limbert
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period library table or writing desk
By Charles P
Category
Vintage 1910s American Mission Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Limbert Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk, Newly Refinished
By Charles Limbert
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period library table or writing desk
By Charles P
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Antique Stickley School Arts
Crafts Mission Oak Lady’s Desk c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Stickley School Arts & Crafts Mission Oak Lady’s Desk C1920
Measures - 44 3/8" x 29 1/2" x
Category
Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Limbert Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk, Circa 1910
By Charles Limbert
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period writing desk or postcard desk
By Charles P
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk, Newly Refinished
By L.
J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By L. & J.G
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Stickley Brothers Style Antique Mission Arts
Crafts Mahogany Secretary Desk
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Mission or Arts & Crafts drop front secretary desk
In the manner of Stickley
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Imperial Furniture Grand Rapids Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk
By Gustav Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
In the manner of
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Imperial Furniture Grand Rapids Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
In the manner of
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Stickley Brothers Style Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk, Newly Refinished
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period writing desk or library table
In the manner
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Stickley Brothers Style Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk, Circa 1900
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period writing desk or library table with built-in
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Gustav Stickley Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk, Circa 1900
By Gustav Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By Gustav
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Early Gustav Stickley Ebonized Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk
By Gustav Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission oak Arts & Crafts writing desk
By Gustav Stickley
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Stickley Brothers Style Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk, Circa 1910
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts
Crafts period writing desk or library table with built
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Lifetime Furniture Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Drop Front Secretary Desk
By Lifetime
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period petite drop front secretary desk
By
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Limbert Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk or Library Table
By Charles Limbert
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts library table or writing desk
By Charles P
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Gustav Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Drop Front Secretary Desk
By Gustav Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional Mission or Arts & Crafts period drop front secretary desk
By Gustav
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Limbert Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Turtle Top Writing Desk, Refinished
By Charles Limbert
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period "Ebon-Oak" library table or writing
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Limbert Style Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Drop Front Secretary Desk
By Charles Limbert
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period drop front writing desk
In the manner of
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Stickley Brothers Style Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk, Circa 1900
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period quarter sawn oak writing desk or library table
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Gustav Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Drop Front Secretary Desk
By Gustav Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional Mission or Arts & Crafts drop front secretary desk
By Gustav Stickley
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Gustav Stickley Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk or Library Table
By Gustav Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period writing desk or library table
By Gustav
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Stickley Brothers Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk, Circa 1900
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period writing desk
By Stickley Brothers
USA, Circa
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Stickley Brothers Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Drop Front Secretary Desk
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts slant front writing desk
By Stickley Brothers
USA
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk or Library Table
By L.
J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By L. & J.G
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Limbert Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk or Library Table
By Charles Limbert
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts library table or writing desk
By Charles P
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Lifetime Furniture Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk or Library Table
By L.
J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By Lifetime
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Early 20th Century Boho Arts and Crafts Mission Style Oak Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional vintage Boho desk. A chic Mission style desk from the Arts and Crafts period
Category
Early 20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Gustav Stickley Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk or Library Table
By Gustav Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By Gustav
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Gustav Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Drop Front Secretary Desk
By Gustav Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts drop front secretary desk
By Gustav
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Gustav Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Drop Front Secretary Desk
By Gustav Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts drop front secretary desk
By Gustav
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Gustav Stickley Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk or Library Table
By Gustav Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By Gustav Stickley
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Lifetime Furniture Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk or Library Table
By Lifetime, L.
J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By Lifetime
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Lifetime Furniture Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk or Library Table
By Lifetime
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By Lifetime Furniture
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Stickley Brothers Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk or Library Table, Restored
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By Stickley Brothers
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Limbert Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk or Library Table, Refinished
By Charles Limbert
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts library table or writing desk
By Charles P
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Stickley Brothers Style Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Drop Front Desk
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mission or Arts & Crafts slant front writing desk or secretary desk
In the manner of
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Gustav Stickley Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk or Library Table
By Gustav Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By Gustav Stickley
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Stickley Brothers Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk or Library Table
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By Stickley Brothers
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk or Library Table, Refinished
By L.
J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By L. & J.G
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Arts
Crafts Mission Style Black Solid Oak Desk with Side Shelves
Located in North Miami, FL
Arts & Crafts Mission Oak Desk. Original black painted. This beautiful Mission style desk
Category
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$2,520 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Stickley Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk or Library Table
By Charles Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By Charles
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Signed Gustav Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk, Circa 1900
By Gustav Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk
By Gustav Stickley (original
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Stickley Brothers Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk or Library Table, Restored
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By Stickley
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Globe Wernicke Style Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Drop Front Secretary Desk
By Globe Wernicke
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period quarter sawn oak drop front secretary desk with
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Stickley Brothers Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk or Library Table
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By Stickley
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Antique Stickley Brothers Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk, Newly Restored
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission oak Arts & Crafts writing desk
By Stickley Brothers
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Limbert Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk or Library Table, Circa 1910
By Charles Limbert
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts
Crafts period library table or writing desk
By
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Limbert Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Drop Front Secretary Desk, Circa 1900
By Charles Limbert
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period drop front writing desk
By Charles P. Limbert
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Early Gustav Stickley Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Writing Desk or Library Table
By Gustav Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period quarter sawn oak writing desk or library
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Gustav Stickley Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Spindle Writing Desk or Library Table
By Gustav Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts spindle writing desk or library table
By
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
L.
J. G. Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk, Newly Refinished
By L.
J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By L. & J.G
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Limbert Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk or Library Table, Circa 1910
By Charles Limbert
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts library table or writing desk
By Charles P
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
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Mission Desks For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of mission desks is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, oak and metal, all mission desks available were constructed with great care. Mission desks have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Mission desks are generally popular furniture pieces, but Arts and Crafts, mid-century modern and neoclassical styles are often sought at 1stDibs. If space is limited, there are small mission desks measuring 14.97 inches across. Mission desks have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Gustav Stickley, L.
J.G. Stickley Inc. and Stickley Brothers are consistently popular.
How Much are Mission Desks?
Prices for mission desks start at $325 and top out at $61,488 with the average selling for $3,995.
Finding the Right Desks And 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 Mission Desks
- What is a mission style desk?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021Mission style desks feature sturdy slats and stable legs. Although mission furniture is often made from oak, it comes in a variety of other wood types, as well. The straight lines of this furniture style are known for highlighting the natural grains in the wood. Shop a range of antique and vintage mission style desks on 1stDibs.
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