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Fruitwood Writing Table, Swiss 18th Century
Located in London, GB
Fine fruitwood writing table, the top with three decorative cross banded rectangles in contrasting
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Swiss Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Italian Louis XVI Satinwood parquetry bureau plat
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Italian Louis XVI Satinwood parquetry bureau plat with oblong black leather inlaid writing surface
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Desk
Located in New York, NY
A rich beautiful quarter sawn mahogany desk or dining table with inset black feet.
Category
20th Century European Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$8,900
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
Rococo Petite Desk with Gold Bronze Mounts by Edward Holmes Baldock, Paris, 1780
Located in Chicago, IL
Extraordinary Louis XV style bureau plat desk by Edward Holmes Baldock, with its petite portions
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Bureau Rognon after Paul-Charles Sormani
By Paul-Charles Sormani
Located in Bergen, NL
cupboard doors opening to a satine and ebony cube parquetry veneered interior with one shelf, the desk
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Kingwood
19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Mosman Park, AU
A good quality 19th century French Louis XV style parquetry and ormolu-mounted bureau plat of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Four to the Floor - Limited Edition Table by Francois Gustin for Spolia
By Spolia.
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Our collaboration with Francois Gustin launches the spolia. Edition. Gustin, who has to date been engaged by such international manufacturers as Dior, Bene or Phillips, took on an ex...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
French Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Late 19th Century by Au Gros Chene, Paris
By Au Gros Chene
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
for its age. An antique French parquetry and bronze Cartonnier writing desk with clock from the same
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Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Bronze-Mounted Kingwood Parquetry Writing Desk
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This exceptional French Louis XV style kingwood parquetry writing desk or bureau plat features a
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Phenomenal Parquetry Writing Desk
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Phenomenal parquetry writing desk from Syria circa 1920's. This highly detailed example has
Category
Early 20th Century Syrian Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Oak Parquetry Writing Desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
French oak writing desk, having foliate carved three quarter gallery above two short drawers. The
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Parquetry Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
With a leather top and six small drawers above and three larger drawers below, on four parquetry
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Country Parquetry Writing Desk
By Baker Furniture Company, Old Hickory Furniture Company
Located in Southampton, NJ
An elegant French Country writing desk or work table with three dovetailed drawers & striking wood
Category
20th Century American French Provincial Desks
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Parquetry Writing Desk
Located in Pembroke, MA
An elegant, high-quality French parquetry ladies writing desk, in arbalete form with cabriole legs
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Kingwood Parquetry Writing Desk
Located in Milford, NH
A beautifully detailed Louis XV kingwood writing desk with applied ormolu, rectangle leather
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Inlaid Parquetry Desk or Writing Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Elegant French Louis XV style parquetry writing desk with fitted interior and gilt mounts. Leather
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Louis XV Writing Desk by Francois Linke
By François Linke
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XV mahogany and parquetry writing desk. Fine gilt bronze mounts signed F
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Fine 19th Century Louis XVI Desk by Francois Linke
By François Linke
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine Louis XVI mahogany and parquetry writing desk. Fine gilt bronze mounts and a leather
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Baker Furniture Walnut Parquetry Neoclassical Writing Library Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Dayton, OH
Neoclassical inspired desk by Baker Furnireu, circa 1960s. Made from walnut with a parquetry
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Vintage 1960s Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Louis XVI Style Parquetry Writing Table or Desk with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Birmingham, AL
decorated with gilt bronze ornamentations and parquetry inlay from fruitwood trees. The attractive olive
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Fruitwood
Theodore Alexander Signed Althorp Parquetry Work Box Writing Desk Table
By Theodore Alexander
Located in West Hartford, CT
Theodore Alexander Althorp parquetry work box writing desk table featuring hinged top decorated
Category
Early 2000s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
Midcentury French Woven Parquetry Veneer Inlaid Writing Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Superb midcentury French woven parquetry veneer inlaid writing table. The piece has one drawer and
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Rococo Walnut and Parquetry Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Wood top with inlaid alternating bands over a long drawer flanked by two drawers, raised on cabriole legs, headed by bronze mounts, metal sabots.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Drexel Heritage French Country Manor Collection 60" Parquetry Inlay Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drexel Heritage French Country Manor Collection 60" Parquetry Inlay Writing Desk with Removable
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th C Style Parquetry Inlaid
Giltwood Bureau Plat Writing Table Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
18th C Style Parquetry Inlaid & Giltwood Bureau Plat Writing Table Desk
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Early 20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century Freestanding French Parquetry and Kingwood Kidney Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century freestanding French parquetry and Kingwood kidney desk, the kidney shaped top having a
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French Transitional Parquetry Inlaid Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Fantastic French transitional kingwood two-drawer desk with parquetry inlays. Having lovely
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Antique Early 1900s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Ladies Writing Desk Vanity
Located in West Hartford, CT
Antique French ladies kingwood secretary desk with parquetry pattern all around. Front drops down
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Kingwood Parquetry Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiful Parguetry Desk with Bronze Grill and Original Leather
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Bureau Plat Parquetry Writing Table
Located in London, GB
This is an antique bureau plat parquetry writing table of French manufacture dating from Around
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Baker Furniture Parquetry Maple Console Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
Baker Parquetry Maple Console Desk, 20th Century.
Category
20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese Parquetry Desk, Mid 19th century
Located in San Marino, CA
An unusual Japanese lacquer desk with random geometric parquetry, having two painted cupboard doors
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Desks and Writing Tables
Pierre Paulin Birdseye Maple
Walnut Parquetry Writing Table
By Baker Furniture Company, Pierre Paulin
Located in Chicago, IL
Exceedingly rare Pierre Paulin reception desk or writing table for Baker. Birdseye maple veneers
Category
Late 20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
Antique French Walnut
Parquetry Bureau De Dame Desk, 19th C
Located in London, GB
A superb Victorian burr walnut parquetry and ormolu mounted Bureau De Dame, circa 1870 in date
Category
Antique 1870s French Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany, Amaranth and Walnut Parquetry Roll Top Antique Desk
By Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix
Located in London, GB
gilt tooled brown leather writing surface beneath eight small drawers and a filing compartment, fitted
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Magnificent Japanese Marquetry and Parquetry Cylinder Desk
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
section with the roll top opening to reveal a pull out writing slide, pigeon holes, small shelves and
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Desks and Writing Tables
Fine Louis XV Writing Desk Stamped J Schmitz
By Joseph Schmitz
Located in Benington, Herts
A fine Louis XV mid-18th century French kingwood writing desk stamped J Schmitz. Of serpentine form
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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
French Louis XVI Style Parquetry Desk, circa 1900
Located in Fulton, CA
Early 20th century parquetry desk or writing table with bronze ormolu detail and tooled leather
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Kingwood Parquetry
Ormolu Mounted Writing Table
Located in Benington, Herts
-mounted ladies writing table. Circa 1890-1900.
The cubed parquetry inlaid rectangular top with outset
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine French 19th Century Victorian Parquetry and Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine French 19th century Victorian parquetry and ormolu-mounted bureau plat desk. This exceptional
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Charles Pfister Birdseye Maple
Walnut Parquetry Executive Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
In the art deco revival style of Charles Pfister's exclusive designs for Baker, to whom this desk
Category
Late 20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Victorian Ormolu-Mounted Parquetry Desk by Donald Ross
By Donald Ross
Located in London, GB
On tapered legs with ormolu mounts, the rectangular mahogany desk decorated extensively with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage French Louis XVI Style Leather Top Writing Desk, 20th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A most attractive writing table from the second quarter of the 20th century, this desk was crafted
Category
Mid-20th Century European Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Style Burl
Mahogany Parquetry Ladies Desk
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Louis XV ladies writing desk offers burn and mahogany construction in serpentine
Category
20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Kingwood Parquetry Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
gold tooled black leather inset writing surface. The decorative frieze with parquetry inlay, three oak
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Parquetry Inlaid Desk with Leather Top and Inset Clock
Located in Houston, TX
Nicely inlaid parquetry and marquetry with ornate bronze mounts. Black leather top
Three drawers
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Ormolu-Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
corner cartouches and an inset gold tooled green leather writing surface.
Above three frieze drawers
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Modern Yost
Co. Parquetry Black and White Cerused Single Drawer Desk
By Yost
Co.
Located in Houston, TX
Modern parquetry patterned desk with a single drawer by Yost & Co. with a lovely black and white
Category
Vintage 1970s Modern Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century French Louis XIV Leather Top Carved Parquetry Oak Eight-Leg Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
at the base, the large writing table is decorated with parquetry inlaid on the sides. It features
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Parquetry Inlaid Bureau Plat
Located in Long Island City, NY
A very nice late 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted parquetry inlaid bureau plat
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
1920s French Rosewood Writing Side Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Superb quality French side or ladies writing table, circa 1920.
Stunning mahogany parquet top
Category
Early 20th Century French Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Louis XVI Parquetry Bureau À Cylindre
Located in Chicago, IL
This desk features a galleried, coromandel lacquer inset top depicting a river village scene. The
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
A Satinwood
Parquetry Bureau Plat, Stamped Soubrier
Located in Sheffield, MA
The top set with a gilt tooled leather writing surface, above
a frieze decorated with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Fine Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Writing Table by Maison Millet
By Maison Millet
Located in Long Island City, NY
A very Fine late 19th century gilt bronze-mounted Louis XVI style mahogany and sycamore writing
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Cypress, CA
A beautiful French Louis XV style bureau plat desk.
Mid-20th century.
The tooled red leather
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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Parquetry Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the parquetry writing desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each parquetry writing desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and hardwood. If you’re shopping for a parquetry writing desk, we have 116 options in-stock, while there are 1 modern editions to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a parquetry writing desk — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right parquetry writing desk, those designed in Louis XV, Louis XVI and Victorian styles are of considerable interest. A well-made parquetry writing desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by François Linke, Baker Furniture Company and Paolo Buffa are consistently popular.
How Much is a Parquetry Writing Desk?
Prices for a parquetry writing desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $695 and can go as high as $212,346, while the average can fetch as much as $7,600.
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 Parquetry 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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