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English 19th Century Cornish Serpentine Stone Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
English 19th century cornish serpentine stone inkwell in the form of a neoclassical or Grand Tour
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Inkwells

Materials

Stone

René Lalique "Serpentine" Fruit Bowl 20th Century
By René Lalique
Located in Madrid, ES
Rene Lalique " Serpentine " French fruit bowl from the 20th Century, molded and relieved glass
Category

20th Century French Modern More Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

Lovely 1950s Serpentine Fronted Mahogany Chippendale Writing Bureau Claw Ball
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning Chippendale style 1950s drop panel serpentine
Category

Mid-20th Century British Early Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Chippendale Mahogany Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Chippendale style mahogany and flame veneered bureau plat desk, the serpentine brass bound top
Category

21st Century and Contemporary European Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique Cornish Marble Serpentine Model Font 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning 19th century Cornish "serpentine" marble model font with an octagonal reservoir
Category

Antique 1870s English More Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble

Antique Burr Walnut Serpentine Fronted Lowboy
Located in Benington, Herts
Quality Antique Burr Walnut Serpentine Fronted Lowboy. This very good quality oak lined lowboy has
Category

Antique Early 1900s English George I Desks

Materials

Walnut

Antique Quality Burr Walnut Shaped Writing Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique quality burr walnut shaped writing desk having a quality attractive burr walnut shaped
Category

Vintage 1920s English Desks

Materials

Serpentine, Brass

Burl Wood Venetian Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Three drawer, serpentine, Venetian desk in Burl Wood veneer with bronze hardware and accents.
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Original Painted Serpentine Bureau
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century Original Painted Serpentine Bureau. Danish c.1760.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Danish Desks

Hepplewhite Serpentine Kneehole Table, 18th Century
Located in Southall, GB
Hepplewhite serpentine kneehole table An 18th century Georgian mahogany Hepplewhite serpentine
Category

Antique 18th Century English Desks

Materials

Mahogany

English Inlaid Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late-Victorian English mahogany writing desk with four serpentine drawers flanking the knee hole
Category

Antique 1890s English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Italian Painted Slant Front Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
An Italian painted pine slant front desk with serpentine sides and arbalete front. Beautifully
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Pine, Paint

Antique Mahogany Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
This antique mahogany serpentine fronted desk has small proportions, but still has a generous sized
Category

Vintage 1930s English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Burr Walnut Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
still in good condition. The desk front is serpentine shaped and it sits on bracket feet. The drawers
Category

Vintage 1930s English George III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Antique Burr Walnut Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
the original brass handles, which are nicely detailed. This desk has a serpentine shaped front and
Category

Vintage 1930s English Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Antique Flame Mahogany Leather Top Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
desk is serpentine shaped. This desk has a wonderfully patterned flame mahogany all-over the front
Category

Vintage 1930s English Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

French Kingwood Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Impressive 19th century French Louis XV style Kingwood bureau plat desk. The serpentine shaped
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Governor Winthrop Mahogany Slant Front Serpentine Ball Claw Secretary
Located in Big Flats, NY
front doors opening to bookshelf with painted interior seated on slant drop front desk opening to reveal
Category

20th Century American Chippendale Desks

Materials

Glass, Mahogany

Desk Manufactured in Italy Second Half of 1800s
Located in Milano, IT
An elegant desk with serpentine legs. Three drawers, shaped sides and front. The shaped top shows a
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Other Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Tulipwood

Antique French Renaissance Mahogany Leather Top Vanity Table Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Renaissance mahogany leather top vanity table writing desk. Item features serpentine
Category

Early 20th Century European Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Antique French Writing Table Desk Bureau Plat, circa 1870
Located in London, GB
, circa 1870 in date. The desk has a serpentine top with a striking ormolu floral and foliate edge and
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Antique French Carved Rosewood Louis Philippe Rococo Desk Bureau Writing Table
Located in Portland, OR
front. The desk has a serpentine top with a tooled & gilded 'Ox Blood' leather, which has just been
Category

Antique 1840s French Louis Philippe Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Stunning Serpentine Top circa 1930s Burr Walnut Writing Bureau Brown Leather
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
sculptural to the top with a serpentine wave. The top cupboard and base drawers both have keys, the brown
Category

Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Desks

Materials

Leather, Walnut

19th Century Ornate French Boulle Inlay Bureau Plat Desk with Glass Top
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful and gorgeous 19th century serpentine shaped French Boulle desk with brass inlay. Rare and
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Fine 19th Century French Louis XV Bronze Mounted Kingwood Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
plat. The writing desk has serpentine shape gilt banding around the top surface, three horizontal
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French Louis XV Style Figural Maple Burl Writing Desk Napoleon Bureau Plat 72"
Located in Dayton, OH
Monumental Louis XV / Napoleon III style office desk. A serpentine form made from birdseye maple
Category

Vintage 1980s Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

18th Century, Fall Front Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Richly colored, circa 1790, three-drawer, serpentine, fall front desk from Sicily. The whole
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Italian Desks

Materials

Wood

Stone Forest Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Red Collection #: LS5801 Keywords: Table, desk, console, buffet, server
Category

20th Century Chinese Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Serpentine, Steel

An 18th Century Italian Veronese Desk
Located in CH
An 18th Century Italian Veronese Walnut and Burl Walnut Serpentine Front Slant Front Desk.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Rococo Desks

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Swedish Painted Desk / Bureau
Located in Doylestown, PA
19th century Swedish painted desk/bureau. The serpentine top over a drop-down desk flanked by six
Category

Antique 19th Century Scandinavian Desks

Materials

Wood

Antique Burr Walnut Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
still in good condition. The desk front is serpentine shaped and it sits on bracket feet. The drawers
Category

Vintage 1930s English Desks

Materials

Walnut

Antique Carved Mahogany Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
on the tops of the legs, plus it has ball & claw feet. This desk has a serpentine shaped front
Category

Antique 1890s English Chippendale Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Period 18th Century Northern Italian Baroque Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Period Italian Figured Walnut Serpentine Slantlid Desk. Marquetry Inlay in Edible Color and Patina
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks

Materials

Walnut

French Louis XVI Style Rosewood Bureau Plat Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Serpentine shape Louis XVI style desk inlaid with mahogany and rosewood, having robust brass mounts
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Brass

Antique Mahogany Governor Winthrop Secretary Desk Circa 1940
Located in Big Flats, NY
crest with central flame finial over double door bookcase, seated on lower with drop down desk over
Category

Mid-20th Century Desks

Materials

Mahogany, Glass

Antique French Louis XVI Boudoir Writing Desk 18th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Louis XVI ladies boudoir writing desk offers serpentine form with polychromed
Category

Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Wood

19th Century Northern Italian Rococo Writing Desk Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
exceptionally executed, impressive large scale antique writing desk surmounted by serpentine upper portion
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Desks

Materials

Pewter

Chippendale Style Mahogany Winthrop Secretary Writing Desk Bookcase Bureau 84"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Chippendale slant top secretary desk / bookcase. Made of mahogany featuring upper bookcase
Category

Early 20th Century American Chippendale Desks

Materials

Brass

20th Century French Walnut and Bronze Bonheur Du Jour Desk
Located in LEGNY, FR
Early 20th-century walnut writing table or Bonheur du jour desk of serpentine form, the raised
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Victorian 1880 Mahogany Leather Maple Co. Writing Table Desk Fully Stamped
By Maple Co.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
table desk with leather top. The desk has the original stamped plate which reads by Royal Appointment
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Desks

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Fine Georgian Style Burl Walnut Partners Desk with Gilt Tooled Leather Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality English Georgian style partners desk of serpentine form, the claret colored gilt
Category

Early 20th Century English Georgian Desks

Materials

Leather, Walnut

English Georgian Style Burl Walnut Partners Desk with Tooled Brown Leather Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautifully crafted English Georgian style burl walnut partners desk of serpentine form, the
Category

20th Century English Georgian Desks

Materials

Walnut, Leather

Serpentine Fall Front Secretary Desk
Located in Asheville, NC
Fine serpentine shaped front on this reproduction mahogany secretary from the turn of the 20th
Category

Antique Early 1900s American Georgian Secretaires

Materials

Brass

Wonderful Late 19th Century Walnut Carlton House
Located in Benington, Herts
A wonderful late 19th century walnut serpentine fronted Carlton house desk. This extremely
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Vintage Governor Winthrop Mahogany Secretary by Maddock Colonial, circa 1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
front desk having serpentine long drawers, raised on cabriole legs terminating in claw and ball feet
Category

Mid-20th Century American American Colonial Desks

Materials

Metal

Georgian Mahogany Serpentine Butler’s Desk or Library Cabinet
Located in Milford, NH
A fine hand carved Georgian mahogany butler’s desk with conforming molded edge top surmounting a
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Cabinets

Materials

Brass

Antique Walnut Serpentine Secretary Desk Chippendale Style Bookcase Oxbow
Located in Dayton, OH
A gorgeous serpentine front one piece secretary desk. Made from American walnut. Interior opens to
Category

Vintage 1940s Chippendale Secretaires

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Antique Maddox Walnut Serpentine Secretary Desk Chippendale Bookcase Oxbow
By Maddox Furniture
Located in Dayton, OH
A gorgeous serpentine front one piece secretary desk by Maddox Tables of Jamestown NY. Made from
Category

Vintage 1940s Chippendale Secretaires

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Antique Mahogany Chippendale Serpentine Oxbow Secretary Library Writing Desk 40"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Chippendale secretary or writing desk. Made of mahogany featuring serpentine form with drop
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chippendale Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Chippendale Serpentine Oxbow Mahogany Secretary Library Writing Desk 40"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique early 20th century Chippendale style secretary or writing desk. Made of mahogany featuring
Category

Early 20th Century Chippendale Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany

North Italian Serpentine Front Banded Walnut Rococo Style Secretary Desk
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This fine North Italian Austrian inspired fall front banded walnut secretary desk features a fall
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Secretaires

Materials

Bronze

Continental Serpentine Marble Top Fruitwood Commode with Fitted Writing Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
-out writing desk. Interior with fitted drawers including two secret ones. Original shaped marble top.  
Category

Antique 1860s French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Fruitwood

Antique French Louis XV Serpentine Rococo Walnut Dining Table Library Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French Louis XV dining table or library desk. Made of walnut featuring burl matchbook top
Category

Early 20th Century Louis XV Conference Tables

Materials

Walnut

Antique George III Flame Mahogany Serpentine Buffet Sideboard Chest Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
A beautiful antique George III sideboard. Features a mahogany frame with serpentine front over
Category

Antique 19th Century George III Buffets

Materials

Brass

Antique Italian Venetian Olive Burl Serpentine Secretary Slant Desk Bureau Chest
Located in Dayton, OH
An impressive antique Italian Venetian drop front secretary desk. Made from olive burl with a
Category

Early 20th Century Neoclassical Secretaires

Materials

Olive, Burl

Edwardian Serpentine Console Table of Mahogany with Tapered Legs
Located in Austin, TX
A Edwardian-era serpentine console or writing table (desk) of mahogany featuring a moulded-edge top
Category

Early 20th Century English Console Tables

French Brass Desk Lamp
Located in Aspen, CO
French brass desk lamp with serpentine base and geometric cut out detail to shade.
Category

Vintage 1940s French Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

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Serpentine Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the serpentine desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A serpentine desk — often made from wood, mahogany and walnut — can elevate any home. There are 239 variations of the antique or vintage serpentine desk you’re looking for, while we also have 7 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a serpentine desk — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A serpentine desk, designed in the louis xv, Georgian or Victorian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one serpentine desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Bevan Funnell Ltd., Maple Co. and Edwards and Roberts produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Serpentine Desk?

Prices for a serpentine desk start at $29 and top out at $15,675,000 with the average selling for $3,946.