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19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Parquetry Inlaid Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Long Island City, NY
A very nice late 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted parquetry inlaid mahogany bureau
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Rosewood Parquetry Bureau Plat
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
and gilt bronze edged black leather writing-surface above a shaped front fitted with three drawers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Important Ormolu-Mounted Louis XV Style Desk Stamped Beurdelay
Located in New York, NY
A very unusual and important ormolu-mounted Louis XV style writing desk signed A. Beurdeley
Stock
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Donald Ross Style Walnut Roll Top Bureau Desk
By Donald Ross
Located in London, GB
its exterior. Inside the desk there is a central, leather writing surface and six smaller drawers. To
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Louis XVI Style French Bureau Plat with Brown Leather Top and Parquetry Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Louis XVI style French bureau plat with brown leather top, parquetry inlay and bronze mounts
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Italian Neoclassical Architect
s Table
Located in Dallas, TX
a fine and rare Neoclassical walnut parquetry architects table
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing ...
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Style Gilt Metal and Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Gilt Metal Mounted Kingwood and Parquetry Bureau Plat, early 20th century, the
Category
Early 20th Century European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century French Kingwood parquetry inlaid Bureau plat. Having ormolu mounts
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French Neoclassical Demilune Parquetry Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
style desk features a lovely demilune form that allows it to present powerfully in the center of a room
Category
Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Bronze
Handcrafted Art Deco-Style Belgian Parquet Wood Top Table, circa 1920
Located in Houston, TX
serpentine-shaped black wooden base. Great size for a small desk or accent table.
Category
Vintage 1920s Belgian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Bentwood
19th Century French Louis XV Marquetry and Bronze Bureau Plat with Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France, circa 1890, and built of walnut with marquetry motifs, the large antique desk
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau a Cylindre by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
An excellent quality late 19th century gilt bronze mounted marquetry and parquetry bureau a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Leather Top Marquetry and Bronze Bureau Plat
By François Linke
Located in Dallas, TX
parquetry, the large antique desk stands on elegant cabriole legs decorated at the shoulder with bronze
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Exceptional 19th Century Geometric Parquetry Writing Slope
Located in Benington, Herts
An exceptionally good quality 19th century geometric marquetry and parquetry writing slope of good
Category
Antique 1870s English High Victorian More Desk Accessories
Materials
Rosewood
George IV Calamander and Specimen Parquetry Writing Slope
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A George IV calamander and specimen parquetry writing slope, in the manner of Gillows, of wedge
Category
Antique 19th Century British George IV More Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
19th Century Fine French Louis XVI Neoclassical Style Center Writing Desk
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Fine and rare French Louis XVI neoclassical style center writing desk, 19th century
In the manner
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Louis XV Herringbone Parquetry Commode à Secrétaire or Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century French Louis XV Tulipwood Herringbone Parquetry Commode à Secrétaire or Writing Desk
Category
Antique 1760s French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique English Satinwood Parquetry Writing Desk circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Satinwood Parquetry Writing Desk circa 1890
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Baker Louis XV Style 3-Drawer Parquetry Writing Desk or Table in Walnut
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Southampton, NJ
Walnut Louis XV style desk having stunning lines with hand carved accents throughout and detailed
Category
Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th Century Writing Desk with Cube Parquetry Decoration
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A dainty and very stylish veneered 18th century writing desk, with a slim and elegant frieze drawer
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Walnut
Italian Carved Walnut Writing Desk with Inlaid Parquetry Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Gorgeous carved walnut writing desk with inlaid parquetry top, made in Italy for Bloomingdales in
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Diminutive Louis Philippe Style Parquetry Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Elegant writing table or desk made on a diminutive scale in the French Louis Philippe taste. The
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Antique Ormolu Mounted Parquetry Writing Table, after Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
This antique ormolu-mounted writing table was crafted with intricate parquetry detailing, and was
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Magnificent French Parquetry Partners Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Truly outstanding French kingwood and mahogany parquetry partners desk. Having tasteful bronze
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Kingwood Parquetry Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Good quality French bureau plat, circa 1870.
Shaped writing surface with green leather writing
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French Parquetry Bureau Plat Partner Desk, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Exquisite and Rare French Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted parquetry partner desk, 19th century
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Kingwood Parquetry Writing Table
Located in Dallas, TX
A 19th century French Louis XV style kingwood veneered parquetry writing table with bronze fittings
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Italian Parquetry Desk with Curvaceous Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian Parquetry Desk with Curvaceous Legs, Italy, circa 1950's. This piece is a versatile size
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Ormolu Parquetry Dressing Table or Small Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Lovely French Louis XV ormolu parquetry dressing table or small desk. Drop front exposing small
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Exceptional 19th Century Italian Inlaid Parquetry Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Sensational 19th century Italian exotic wood inlaid five-drawer desk. Having wonderful parquetry
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Writing or Side Table with Parquetry, Leather and Ormolu
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
cabriole legs and one-drawer. This Belle Époque table which likely served various duties, as a writing
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th to 19th Century American Walnut Parquetry Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th to 19th century American walnut parquetry desk
Antique American writing desk with six full
Category
Antique Late 18th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Style Bronze-Mounted Parquetry Inlaid Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Bronze mounts and hardware. Parquetry inlay.
Category
20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Italian Rococo Burl
Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Rococo style (late 19th Century) burl & walnut parquetry bureau plat / writing desk a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Tomlinson Italian Style Desk with Parquetry Burled Veneer Top
By Tomlinson
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Italian Provincial style desk with parquetry burled walnut by Tomlinson. Wear and marks to the
Category
20th Century French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
English Museum Quality 18th Century Highly Carved Walnut Desk with Parquetry Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
This magnificent British hand carved walnut desk from the 18th century depicts floral and scroll
Category
Antique 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
A Fine Quality Régence Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood and Satinwood Parquetry Writing Table
with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Satinwood
19th Century French Writing or Dressing Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century French parquetry inlaid freestanding ladies writing or
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Rosewood and kingwood parquetry bombé bureau de dame
Located in Cheshire, GB
Rosewood and kingwood parquetry bureau de dame, with shaped bombe sides and front having floral
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
French Ormolu-Mounted Louis XV Style Tulipwood Parquetry Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
A French ormolu-mounted tulipwood parquetry bureau plat, rectangular ormolu moulded top with gilt
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Tulipwood, Brocade
Stunning Rare 19th Century Demilune, Crescent Shaped Desk
Located in Benington, Herts
A stunning rare 19th century demilune, crescent shaped French desk in the Louis XVI style.
This
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV 2 Sided Desk or Bureau Plat with Original Embossed Leather Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A beautiful French Louis XV style bureau plat desk having original tooled burgundy leather top
Category
Vintage 1930s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Satinwood
Early 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gentleman
s Bureau Dressing Table Vanity Desk
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Forney, TX
mirrored gentleman's bureau dressing table / writing desk (poudreuse coiffeuse de toilette d’homme) in the
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Italian Neoclassical Style Square 2-Drawer Game Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
The square top centering a parquetry inlaid star above an apron fitted with 2 drawers; raised on
Category
Vintage 1910s Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century French Library Table
Located in High Point, NC
19th century French library table with a beautiful parquet top made from oak, mahogany, ebony and satinwood. The top is banded in oak and has a beveled and gadrooned edge. The apron ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and elegant 19th century Louis XV style parquetry Bonheur du Jour (lady's writing desk) with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Secretary, Attributed to Millet
By Maison Millet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted kingwood and tulipwood parquetry
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Country Provincial 1 Drawer Writing Desk Parquetry Inlaid Walnut Top
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Country Provincial one drawer writing desk with parquetry inlaid top. Item features
Category
20th Century American Country 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
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
Late 18th Century Baltic Petite Writing Table
Located in Larkspur, CA
Late 18th century Baltic petite beechwood and fruitwood parquetry writing table, the top with inset
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Baltic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech, Fruitwood
Louis XV Rosewood Parquetry Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
Very rare Louis XV parquetry writing desk. The fall front opening to reveal a fitted interior and
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Rosewood
French Parquetry Writing Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Crescent shaped French parquetry desk with gallery and the unusual feature of drawers on both sides
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Parsons Style Parquetry Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Custom made parsons style parquetry desk with two small drawers.
Category
Vintage 1970s Unknown Desks and Writing Tables
Outstanding Parquetry French Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Applyby Magna, Staffordshire
An outstanding satinwood and tulipwood writing desk, parquetry inlaid, with gilt mounts and handles
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood, Tulipwood
Rococco Style Walnut Parquetry Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
A SHAPED TOP PARQUETRY WRITING TABLE, CABRIOLE LEGS, ONE DRAWER
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables
Writing desk
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
old hardwood writing desk,parquetry top with two drawers.Can be ordered.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,650
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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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