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Northern Italian Abete-wood 4-Drawer Foldover Writing Table, 2nd half 19th cen.
Located in Atlanta, GA
supported by two retractable sliding posts, the lower section housing one larger drawer, raised on square
Category
Antique 1860s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fir
Edwardian Walnut and Marquetry Writing Table
Located in Astoria, NY
with gallery and writing compartment above a central frieze drawer, on square tapering legs with
Category
Early 20th Century Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
English 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Writing Table
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A very smart 19th century kingwood and ormolu mounted writing table with square tapering legs below
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Directoire Mahogany and Ormolu-Mounted Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
bronze escutcheons, back finished, raised on square tapered legs headed by a bronze mount, ending on
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Chippendale Mahogany Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
above five drawers creating a kneehole, on square fluted legs.
Dimensions: 55" W x 30" D x 30" H
Ships
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$8,880 / item
Vintage French Provincial Corner Side Table Library Writing Desk 47"
By Kindel Furniture
Located in Dayton, OH
drawer and work surface Supported by square tapered legs. Believed to be Kindel Furniture out of Grand
Category
Vintage 1970s French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Chrome and Brass Glass-Top Dining Table
Located in New York, NY
Elegant chrome and brass, glass dining table. Thick (.75") plate glass top rests on squared brass
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Dining Room Tables
Materials
Chrome
Large Italian Neoclassic, 19th Century Geometrically Veneered 1-Drawer Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
edge above an inlaid case housing one drawer with a brass pull, the square tapering legs with carved
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Pine, Walnut
Mid-Century Metal Desk By Norman Bel Geddes
By Simmons Company Furniture, Norman Bel Geddes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
square handles. Newly refinished in a bare metal style finish.
Kneehole: 31w 19d 24h
(Please confirm
Category
Vintage 1960s American Desks and Writing Tables
Patinated Brass and Glass Architectural Dining Table
Located in Phoenix, AZ
shown is 40" square.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Dining Room Tables
Materials
Brass
George III Mahogany Architects Table
Located in Essex, MA
on square tapered legs with casters.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British George III Desks and Writing Ta...
A Swedish Modern Writing Desk, Circa 1958
By Erik Mattson
Gösta Thorell
Located in New York, NY
with triangular inlay, raised on square tapered legs.
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
Scandinavian Style Desk with Black Metal Structure, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
structure squared sectioned, wooden top with drawer and open compartment in the lower part.
Good conditions
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Custom Solid Walnut Dining Table attr. Johan Tapp
By Johan Tapp
Located in Danville, CA
Magnificent quality Deco Modern Dining Table with Tapering square legs and pullout leaf rests by
Category
Vintage 1950s American Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
Norman Bel Geddes Designed Desk For Simmons
By Simmons Company Furniture, Norman Bel Geddes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage metal desk by Simmons. Classic Norman Bel Geddes design with original large square hardware
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
A Unique French Neoclassical Walnut 4-Seater Schooldesk
Located in Atlanta, GA
construction and raised on square tapering legs ending in large carved feet, the interiors retaining inkstains
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
George III Style Partners Writing Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
leather top, 3 frieze drawers with brass hardware on each side of desk, resting on square marlborough legs
Category
Late 20th Century George III Desks
Materials
Brass
Italian Painted Writing Table, Desk, Side Table, Early 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
square tapering legs,
Northern Italian, circa 1820.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Side Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Late Gustavian Console Table with Hand Painted Porphyry Top
Located in Wichita, KS
table is raised upon square tapered and channeled legs.
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Polished Aluminum Saw Horse Desk
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
detail on the finishing of the base. Also have a pair of small square etageres that match and a larger
Category
Vintage 1970s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-Century Apeldoorn
Attr
Douglas Fir Dining Table
By Houtwerk Hattem
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-century Ate van Apeldoorn (attr) square leg dining table with inset Douglas fir top. In good
Category
Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Fir
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
drawers and raised on square tapered legs. Provenance ; Waldorf Towers NYC. L. Supplied by Alavoine & Co
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Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Spanish, Pamplona, Neoclassic Rustic Oak Side Table, Late 18th-Early 19th Cent.
Located in Atlanta, GA
, likely a work or kitchen table, the rectangular top above a case housing one-drawer, raised on square
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Spanish Neoclassical Side Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Swedish Painted Writing Table Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
pulls, the whole standing on square tapering legs.
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Art Deco Style Caviar Leather Inset Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
rectangular writing surface, the front with three short drawers above tapering square legs.
Dimensions: 29" H
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Mahogany Inlay Console Game Table Writing Desk Louis XV
Located in West Hartford, CT
craftsmanship, circa 1920s, France. Table flips open to expand to a square game table or breakfast table. The
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Game Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Chinese Teak Wood Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
on either side of a long center drawer, reticulated corner brackets and square Chinese style legs
Category
Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Brass
$1,750
Art Deco Leather Desk In Pewter Grey
Located in Westwood, NJ
trim, three frieze drawers with modern round pulls, and raised on square tapered legs.
Dimensions: 48
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
$2,526 / item
Large 19th Century Partners Library Table
Located in Dublin 8, IE
top sits above three cross banded drawers complete with brass swan neck handles. Raised on four square
Category
Antique 19th Century Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Empire Ormolu Mounted Mahogony Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
surface and two front drawers on square tapering legs.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Desk Partner Swedish Gustavian Black Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Sweden. Painted in our Laserow black. Brass hardware on the eight drawers, four on each side. Square legs
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Desks and Writing Tables
Rustic Pine Work Table or Farmhouse Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
by a single drawer and supported by square legs. The pine has a beautifully distressed wax finish
Category
Antique 19th Century American Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Art Deco French Colonial Rosewood Desk
Located in San Marino, CA
two squarely shaped ends of this Art Deco desk taper very slightly at the bottom, and stand on
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Exceptional 18th Century Table in Original Paint from Finland
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
features a square table top with curved edges, decorative carved stretcher with the carving going all
Category
Antique 18th Century Finnish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Arts
Crafts Stickley Bros. School Mission Oak Library Table circa 1910
By Gustav Stickley
Located in Big Flats, NY
supported by pegs and raised on square and straight legs having lower mortise and tenon shelf, circa 1910
Category
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Tables
Materials
Oak
Italian Neoclassical Inlaid Walnut Table with Drawer
Located in San Francisco, CA
crossbanding and bow and arrow decoration at the corners, over a single drawer, supported on square tapered
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Boxwood, Walnut
Scandinavian Modern Teak and Veneer Writing Table by Arne Vodder, Denmark, 1960
By Arne Vodder
Located in Madrid, ES
conical legs, two drawers with a lock and a storage unit on one side, and two built-in square shelves on
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Swedish Grace Console, circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
top with and inlaid frieze and three drawers raised on square out curved tapered and channeled legs
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Console Tables
English Inlaid Mahogany Leather Top Partner
s Writing Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
leather top over 3 drawers, the back identically configured, the square tapered legs inset with paterae
Category
Early 20th Century British Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Boxwood, Satinwood
Desk Featuring Greek Key Motif, USA, circa 1940
Located in Norwalk, CT
table/bar. Very Fine quality construction with heavy square brass pulls. Fitted interior drawers behind
Category
Vintage 1940s American Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
19thc Oyster Painted Farm Table With Turned Legs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wonderful turned legs.The construction is square nails and a great worn surface.The condition is very good
Category
Antique 19th Century American Farm Tables
Materials
Pine
Art Deco Mirrored Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
paneled top above three drawers with brass handles, on mirror inset square tapering legs. Inspired by a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
$4,905 / item
French Louis XVI Style Verre Eglomise Desk by Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
panels. Raised on squared tapering legs ending in brass caps. By Jansen.
Category
Vintage 1940s Argentine Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany French Directoire Style Desk Stamped Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
squared tapering legs ending in capped feet. Stamped Jansen.
Category
Vintage 1930s Argentine Desks
Materials
Bronze
Ebonized Writing Table Stamped Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
and patera decoration, standing on squared tapering legs. Stamped Jansen.
Category
Vintage 1940s Argentine Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Ebonized Writing Table Maison Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
drawers, raised on tapering squared legs, ending in casters. Maison Jansen
Category
Vintage 1940s Argentine Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Continental Empire Style Karelian Birch Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
to each side, raised on square tapering legs ending in sabots.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Maison Jansen Mahogany Vanity
Located in Manhasset, NY
squared tapering legs ending in brass toupie feet. Stamped Jansen.
Category
Vintage 1940s Argentine Vanities
Materials
Marble
Antique Mahogany Carlton House Desk
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
Surface And Two Frieze Drawers Raised On
Elegant Square Tapered Legs Terminating On Spade Feet
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Vintage Nanna Dietzel Wooden Desk
Located in Oakville, CT
square inch. Each of the draws are 26 1/2" deep. Left and right are 15 1/2" wide and the center draw is
Category
Danish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Hollywood Regency Style Mirrored Vanity or Writing Table with Antique Patina
Located in New York, NY
This mirrored vanity features serpentine beveled sides, squared corners and tapered "Directoire
Category
20th Century American Modern Vanities
Materials
Mirror
French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Writing Table Desk by Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
on tapering squared legs ending in bronze toupie feet. Stamped JANSEN underneath.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Mahogany Architects Desk Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
Surface & Detachable Slope Concealing Interior Compartments & Drawers, Raised On Square Chamfered Legs
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Mahogany Architect‘s Table (Table A La Tronchin)
Located in Kittery Point, ME
paneled square tapering legs headed by fluting and ending in sabots and casters.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Campaign Style Leather Clad Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
desk, from top to legs is entirely clad in warm brown leather and trimmed with very decorative square
Category
Mid-20th Century American Campaign Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
Maison Jansen French Directoire Style Writing Desk
Located in Manhasset, NY
decorated with bronze mounts, raised on squared tapering legs ending in capped feet. By Jansen.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Arts
Crafts Stickley Bros. Mission Oak Desk with Bookshelves, c1910
By Stickley Brothers
Located in Big Flats, NY
square and straight legs, c1910
Measures - 30'' H x 44'' W x 28'' D.
Category
20th Century Arts and Crafts Desks
Materials
Oak
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Square Desks For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of square desks is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and glass, all square desks available were constructed with great care. There are 17 antique and vintage square desks for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 11 modern editions to choose from as well. There are all kinds of square desks available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of square desks to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Modern, Mid-Century Modern and Art Deco square desks are of considerable interest. Not every interior allows for large square desks, so small square desks measuring 19.5 inches across are available at 1stDibs. Many square desks are appealing in their simplicity, but Paolo Rizzo, A. G. Fronzoni and Cappellini produced popular square desks that are worth a look.
How Much are Square Desks?
Square desks can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $4,856, while the lowest priced sells for $637 and the highest can go for as much as $29,478.
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.
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