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18th French small scribal desk
Located in Isle sur la Sorgue, Provence
Elegant small cherry jam scriban and solid elm. Model of evolution of a flap on the top rack and
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks

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Cherry

Small Leather Topped Desk, French, Mid-20th Century
Located in London, GB
Lovely fruitwood desk with a tooled brown leather top. It has the original locks and keys to the
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Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Fruitwood

Small Antique Chestnut Desk
Located in Port Chester, NY
A small antique desk with one drawer from France. The chestnut has a beautiful grain and patina
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Chestnut

Small Painted Pine Desk
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
A small painted pine desk with one drawer, and turned & tapered legs
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Pine

A Small Writing Desk
Located in Madrid, Madrid
A small, mahogany and black leather writing desk.
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Vintage 1950s French Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany, Leather

French Provincial Small Desk with 1-Drawer
Located in Stuart, FL
This French antique Provincial desk with 1-drawer is varnished and in walnut wood.
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Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Desks

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Walnut

Small Antique Oak Wooden Desk
Located in Ulft, Gelderland
This antique oak desk is made in France during the 1900s. The wooden top has a nice used look. The
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Oak

Small Desk by Xavier Marbeau
By Xavier Marbeau
Located in Saarbrücken, DE
Small desk by Xavier Marbeau in black stained oak. Chip on edge at the base.
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Aluminum

Small French Drop Front Desk with parquetry detail.
Located in Seattle, WA
Small French Drop Front Desk with parquetry detail.
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Antique 19th Century French Desks

Small Sycamore Desk
Located in Southampton, NY
A small Sycamore desk with 3 drawers. Bottom drawer larger for files. Original black iron handles.
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Vintage 1950s French Desks

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Metal

Small metal desk
Located in Southampton, NY
Small metal desk with glass top and perforated metal shelf on right. Very nice double leg detail.
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Vintage 1950s French Desks

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Metal

French Louis XV Period Small Desk in Fruitwood Lacquered, circa 1740-1750
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
French Louis XV period small desk in fruitwood lacquered, circa 1740-1750. An elegant and
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Fruitwood

1930 s French Industrial Small Steel Table/Desk
Located in Port Chester, NY
A small industrial steel glass-top desk from 1930's France. The criss-cross back support and the
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Vintage 1930s French Desks

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Steel

Small Desk Attributed to Jean Royère
By Jean Royère
Located in Morbio Inferiore, CH
This desk is a little beauty full of spectacular details. It has a very nice dimension that can
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Small French Limed Oak, Art Deco Desk with Bronze Patinated Original Handles
Located in London, GB
A wonderful small French Art Deco, modernist limed oak desk, with one demilune end and three
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Jean Prouvé Small "Compas" Curve Desk
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Brussels, BE
Beautiful small "Compas" curve desk. Manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, circa1950
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

French Louis XVI Style Walnut End Table or Small Desk with Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
between two chairs, off by itself in a foyer, or as a small desk. Your imagination is the limit for using
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Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Small French Art Deco Cerused Oak Desk or Vanity
Located in Essex, MA
A well proportioned and beautifully detailed small French Art Deco period desk in cerused oak, the
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks

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Brass

Small French Writing Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
A nice early 19th century fruitwood one drawer side table.
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Painted Small Kidney Desk
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Painted Cherry Wood Table
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20th Century French Desks

Materials

Cherry

1940 s French ebonised desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A very stylish, and of small proportions, circa 1940s, French ebonised desk, with two single
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Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables

Small Writing Desk in the style of Rene Herbst
Located in New York, NY
Burl wood desk with three drawers and steel side supports
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Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables

French 1950 s Bronze Desk Objects
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bronze Letter opener, paper weight and small recepticle french 1950's desk set.
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Vintage 1950s French Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Country Small Writing Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
An antique writing table or small desk from France. One drawer with the original wood escutcheon
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Fruitwood

Antique French Desk or Side Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
Just a very pretty antique small desk from France. The walnut is a beautiful color with a nice
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

A small Louis 16th Style writing desk with leather top
Located in Hudson, NY
A small parquetre, bronze mounted writing desk with a black with gold embossed edges. It has three
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Leather

Antique Small French Cherry Writing Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
A small antique writing table from France. Made of cherry with a rich color and patina. This end
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cherry

Small Writing Table, French 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century mahogany table with 4 drawers (2 to each side) and inlaid checker board top. Center table or writing table.
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

French Elm Antique Smaller Size Writing Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
An elegant elm writing table or desk with tapered legs and two drawers, one with a small keyhole
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Elm

French Napoleon III Period, circa 1860 Small Desk Kingwood Venner and Ormolu
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
An handsome small “bureau plat” in the Louis XV style in parquetry kingwood veneer, with serpentine
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Fine French Louis XV Small Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
This fine French Louis XV period small writing table has a shaped top, with inset caramel colored
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Small desk or side table, solid oak, 19th century
Located in NANTES, FR
Solid oak small desk or side table with a drawer, late 19th century. Great waxed patina, nice
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks

Materials

Oak

Fine Small Fine French 18th C Vanity Chair
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Beautiful small desk or vanity chair with fine carved surfaces and worn painted finish this is
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Wood

Small 18thc. Writing Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Cabriole leg, goat hoof writing table with drawer.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables

Vintage Small Clear Resin Hourglass
Located in New York, NY
1970's French small clear resin hourglass.
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Vintage 1970s French Desk Accessories

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Resin

Small Antique Cherry Writing Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
An elegant smaller writing table or desk with tapered legs and a good apron height for knees at 25
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Cherry

Small Inlaid Writing / Dressing Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Napoleon II French rosewood writing table in laid with panels of burled amboyna wood
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Mirror, Amboyna

Small metal resin frame, c.1960
Located in Dallas, TX
Small metal & resin frame
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Vintage 1960s French Desk Accessories

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Metal

#3258 Small Louis XVI Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
Small Louis XVI Writing Table in Mahogany with Marble Top and Single Drawer.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble

Small Gilded Bronze Inkwell with the Bust of Silla, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
A small gilded bronze inkwell, France, late 19th century.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Inkwells

#3040 Louis XVI Style Small Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI Style Small Two Drawer Writing Table. Mahogany with Brass Details on sides and legs
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Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Small Empire Flame Mahogany Work And Writing Table
Located in London, GB
A small Empire flame mahogany work and writing table, a French Travaileuse. The top lifts to
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Small 19th Century Figured Walnut Writing Table
Located in Hungerford, Berkshire
Veneered in well figured walnut and the top double banded with kingwood, the table is further enhanced with ormolu mounts and a brass moulding around the top edge. The inset leather ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Antique Dark Pine Side or Small Writing Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
An elegant dark pine side table or small writing table with nice grain and patina. Classic tapered
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Pine

Antique Fruitwood Side Table or Small Writing Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
An elegant dark fruitwood side table or small writing table with nice grain and patina. Classic
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Fruitwood

Small French Louis XV Style Marquetry Bureau Plat, circa 1820-1840
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
rectangular form small desk, called “Bureau Plat” in a Classic French Louis XV style, walnut, and veneer
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Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Bronze

Antique Cherry Smaller Farm Table or Writing Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
A chunky cherry farm or writing table with lovely color, grain and patina. Pretty tapered legs and a Classic look. There is a slight bow on the top which adds character and does not ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cherry

Antique French Cherry Writing Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
An antique small desk from France. Made of cherry with an exceptionally beautiful color and a rich
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cherry

Mid Century English Walnut Desk
Located in Port Chester, NY
Lovely wood grain on this pretty smaller-size desk. French nickel-plated square knobs are new
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Vintage 1960s English Desks

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Nickel

ART DECO MACASSAR VENEERED SMALL WRITING TABLE After Ruhlmann
Located in San Francisco, CA
A FINE AND WELL-FIGURED FRENCH ART DECO MACASSAR VENEERED SMALL WRITING TABLE INLAID WITH IVORY
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Early 20th Century French Desks

Small Louis XV Blue Horn and Ormolu Table Clock
By J. D. Cornellis 1
Located in Braine-le-Chateau, BE
Small table clock from the Louis XV period, circa 1760, signed J.D. Cornellis à Paris. Single
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Antique 1760s French Louis XV Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

Late 18th Century Small Round Clock by Isaac Soret Fils
By Isaac Soret Fils
Located in Marseille, FR
Small round bronze clock signed Isaac Soret & Fils, late 18th century with a female bust on top
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Antique Late 18th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Small Desk/Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
A small antique desk with a tray top from France. The top is made of fruit wood with an interesting
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Antique 19th Century French End Tables

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Fruitwood, Chestnut

19th Century Napoleon III Walnut and Root Writing Table, 1870s
Located in Roma, RM
Small French writing desk, from the Napoleon III period, circa 1870. In walnut wood, Louis XV
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Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Antique French Rustic Small Cherry Desk
Located in Port Chester, NY
A rustic French dark cherry smaller desk, or an end or lamp table, with a single long drawer and
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Antique 19th Century French End Tables

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Brass

Small Desk Lamp.
Located in New York, NY
Brass & Black Lacquered Desk Lamp.
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Vintage 1940s French Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Small Desk Lamp
Located in Brambleton, VA
In the style of Mathieu Mategot with a pull cord/switch.
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20th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the small French desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each small French desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, steel and wood. If you’re shopping for a small French desk, we have 91 options in-stock, while there are 5 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect small French desk — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A small French desk made by Louis XV designers — as well as those associated with Art Deco — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one small French desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Jean Pauchard, Tolix and Charlotte Perriand produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Small French Desk?

Prices for a small French desk start at $613 and top out at $21,942 with the average selling for $2,500.
Questions About Small French Desk
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    A 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 ExpertMarch 3, 2023
    In 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.