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19th Century Louis XV Roll Top Cylinder Desk
Located in Miami, FL
19th c. Louis XV roll top cylinder desk, the rectangular marble top with three quarter pierced
Category

19th Century French Louis XV Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Vintage Mid Century Modern Walnut Writing Desk With Roll Top by Sligh-Lowry
By Sligh-Lowry Furniture Co.
Located in San Marcos, CA
's. This refinished and exquisite desk features a vibrant wood grain, a large smooth rolling top
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Walnut

Fine Quality Late 18th Century Satinwood Roll Top Writing Desk
Located in Wiltshire, GB
A fine quality late 18th century satinwood roll top writing desk Dimensions Height 39" 99cm
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1780s English George III Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Satinwood

Roll Top (Tambour) with Top Gallery
Located in Manhattan Beach, CA
Eastlake era tambour cylinder roll top walnut desk. 4 turned legs, pair of drawers each side
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19th Century American Eastlake Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Brass

A 19th Century Directoire Period Walnut Cylinder Roll Top Writing Desk
Located in Toorak, VIC
An Early 19th Century Directoire Period Walnut Cylinder Roll Top Writing Desk. Handsome in
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Early 19th Century French Directoire Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Marble, Brass

Teak Roll Top Secretary, 1960s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
and get to work—or maybe just daydream about your next big adventure. With a smooth roll-top design
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1960s Taiwanese Scandinavian Modern Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Teak

19th Century French Brass Inlay Rosewood Writing Desk with Cylinder Roll Top
Located in South Newfane, VT
applied to the feet. This museum-worthy piece has a Tambour cylinder roll-top that opens as the main
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Early 19th Century English Regency Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Bronze

Fine French Directoire Inkstand
Located in London, Middlesex
Naples in 1790. The King of Naples then commissioned a lacquer roll top desk using the same mounts in
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Early 19th Century French Directoire Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Bronze

Scandinavian Roll Top Secretary Desk
Located in New York, NY
Attractive modern roll top secretary with a pull-out desk surface and small drawers and slots for
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20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Teak

Danish Writer s Desk in Teak by Andreas Hansen
By Andreas Hansen
Located in Hadley, MA
Andreas Hansen roll top teak desk, manufactured by Form75 in Hadsten, Denmark. Featuring a locking
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Teak

English Antique Oak Bureau Tambour Roll-Top Writing Desk Chest Edwardian
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive Edwardian solid oak roll-top writing bureau. The tambour fall flap enclosed
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Early 20th Century English Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Oak

Biedermeier Rolled Top Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
Extremely handsome rolled top desk with 3 sided gallery top, 6 drawers under rolled top and 2 large
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19th Century German Used Roll Top Desks

Industrial Roll Top Desk
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Great old Oak roll top desk with beautiful patina.
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20th Century American Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Oak

Oak Roll Top Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oak Roll Top Desk with locking mechanism which lock all drawers when top is closed. Locking Top.
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1940s French Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Oak

Vintage Refinished Metal Roll Top Desk
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage Refinished Metal Roll Top Desk with gun metal finish.
Category

20th Century American Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Metal

Modernist Cylindrical Roll-Top Desk
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An innovative teak roll top desk of cylindrical shape having a unique desk surface that emerges
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Teak

Oak Pedestal Roll-Top Desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
Oak double pedestal roll-top desk, the high back with fully fitted interior of pigeon holes and
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Late 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Victorian Used Roll Top Desks

Oak pedestal roll top desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
Oak double pedestal roll top desk, the high back with fitted interior of pigeon holes and drawers
Category

Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Used Roll Top Desks

Roll Top Desk By Helman Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome roll-top desk by Herman Furniture.
Category

1950s American Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Brass

Oak Pedestal Roll Top Desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
Oak double pedestal roll top desk, the high back with fitted interior of pigeon holes and drawers
Category

19th Century English Victorian Used Roll Top Desks

Oak Pedestal Roll Top Desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
Oak double pedestal roll top desk, the high back with fitted interior of pigeon holes and drawers
Category

Early 20th Century British Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Oak

Walnut Pedestal Roll Top Desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
Walnut double pedestal roll-top desk, the high back with fully fitted interior of pigeon holes and
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Early 20th Century British Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Walnut

Oak Pedestal Roll Top Desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
Oak double pedestal roll-top desk, the high back with the fitted interior of pigeon holes and
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Early 20th Century British Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Oak

Wormley for Dunbar Roll Top Desk
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A classic E.Wormley for Dunbar roll-top desk (#912C). Desk features three drawers, two tambour
Category

1960s American Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Walnut, Rosewood, Leather

Roll Top Desk By Helman Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Walnut roll-top desk in a medium finish with brass hardware and stretchers. Two pencil drawers for
Category

1960s American Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Brass

Oak Pedestal Roll Top Desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
Oak double pedestal roll top desk, the high back with fitted interior of pigeon holes and drawers
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Early 20th Century British Used Roll Top Desks

Dutch Neo Classic Marquetry Roll Top Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine Dutch Neo Classic marquetry inlaid roll top desk with leather top sliding writing surface
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18th Century and Earlier Dutch Used Roll Top Desks

Vintage Steel Roll Top Desk
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage Industrial Roll Top Desk Overall Dimensions: 28" x 60" x 42" high Desktop Dimensions: 23
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Early 20th Century American Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Steel

Solid Teak Danish Roll Top Desk
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Solid teak roll top desk from Denmark, circa early 1970s. This all original example has two roll
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1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks

Midcentury Lucite and Aluminum Roll Top Desk
Located in West Hartford, CT
Midcentury aluminum roll top desk with a Lucite base. Writing area pulls out once top rolls open
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Aluminum

"Sheraton" English Mahogany Roll Top Desk, circa 1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Sheraton" English mahogany roll top desk, circa 1870.   
Category

19th Century Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Large And Rare Double Roll Top Desk
By Derby Desk Company
Located in Peekskill, NY
We have all seen large roll top desks but I have never come across one as impressive as this Darby
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19th Century American Schoolhouse Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Oak

19th c. Campaign Style Roll Top Desk
Located in Wilton, CT
Antique English oak roll-top desk with gilt embossed leather pull-out writing surface, adjustable
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19th Century English Campaign Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Brass

Rare Walnut Roll-Top Desk by George Mulhauser
By George Mulhauser
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Walnut Roll-Top Desk by George Mulhauser
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Walnut

French Forties Roll-top Desk and Chair
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Roll Top Desk with Hand-caned Chair Influenced by Art Deco and Modern Classical Tradition
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1940s French Used Roll Top Desks

Adam Style Roll Top Desk with Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautiful English Adam style roll top desk, late 19th Century, gorgeous floral satinwood, rosewood
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19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Mid Century Walnut Roll Top Desk
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Mid century walnut roll top desk Desk measures: 55.25 wide x 22.75 deep x 38 inches high All
Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Walnut

Executive Roll-Top Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Executive roll-top desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks

Modernist Roll Top Desk by Heywood Wakefield
By Ico Parisi, Heywood-Wakefield Co., Gio Ponti
Located in Peabody, MA
Roll top desk by Heywood Wakefield, circa 1960s. The sleek modernist form, clearly influenced by
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Wood

Roll Top Desk, By Derby, Circa 1920
By Derby
Located in Doylestown, PA
A nice “S-scroll” roll top desk in golden oak by Derby Co. of Boston, circa 1920, with double banks
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Early 20th Century American Late Victorian Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Oak

Vintage Italian Roll Top Desk by Proserpio
By Figli Di Antonio Prosperio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique roll-top desk is a compact mix of style an function. With plenty of work and storage
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks

Vladimir Kagan Roll-Top Desk and Plexiglas Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
roll-top desk and plexiglas chair handmade in The Workshops of Vladimir Kagan, Vladimir Kagan
Category

1960s American Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Chrome, Steel

Antique Mahogany Roll Top Desk
Located in London, GB
This antique mahogany roll top desk is a nice compact size and in good original condition, dating
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1910s English Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Rosewood Roll Top Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
A rosewood tambour roll top desk with brass feet and leather trim. Designed by Edward Wormley for
Category

1960s Used Roll Top Desks

George Nelson Action Office 1 Roll Top Desk
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in Dronten, NL
This is the first series of the Action Office roll top desk designed by George Nelson in the 1960s
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Aluminum

George Nelson Roll Top Desk, Herman Miller
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
variation on the traditional roll-top desk design. This functional design allows for all of your documents
Category

1960s American Used Roll Top Desks

Rosewood Roll Top Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
A rosewood tambour roll top desk with brass feet and leather trim. Designed by Edward Wormley for
Category

1950s Used Roll Top Desks

Rosewood Roll Top Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
A rosewood tambour roll top desk with brass feet and leather trim. Designed by Edward Wormley for
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1950s Used Roll Top Desks

Rosewood Roll Top Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley
Located in Pawtucket, RI
A rosewood tambour roll top desk with brass feet and leather trim. Designed by Edward Wormley for
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Brass

Edward Wormley For Dunbar Roll Top Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
An executive roll top desk designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. The desk is in excellent all
Category

1960s American Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Brass

Roll Top Desk with Five Drawers
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century elegant roll top desk is made from walnut and oak veneer. The desk has five
Category

19th Century French Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Walnut

Antique Derby School Oak Paneled Roll Top Desk C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
School Oak Paneled Roll Top Desk C1900. Measures - 49 1/2" x 50" x 32". This antique roll top desk, in
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Early 20th Century Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Oak

Russian Brass Trimmed Mahogany Roll Top Desk, circa 1790
Located in Queens, NY
Russian mahogany roll top desk with a brass gallery top and brass handles and trim. The piece rests
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18th Century and Earlier Russian Neoclassical Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Brass

Early Modernist George Nelson Tambour Roll Top Desk, 1964
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early modernist George Nelson roll top desk. Purchased from prominent Buffalo New York architect
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Aluminum

Late 19th Century Gunn Furniture Co Roll Top Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing 19th century roll top desk was manufactured by the Gunn Furniture Company. established
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Late 19th Century American American Craftsman Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Maple, Oak, Pine

Rosewood Roll-Top Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, circa 1950
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Rosewood roll-top desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.
Category

1950s American Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Brass

Finest quality 19th century French Empire roll top desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Finest quality 19th century Empire mahogany and gilt bronze roll top desk. The drawers lined with a
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Mid-19th Century Empire Used Roll Top Desks

Materials

Mahogany

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Used Roll Top Desks For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of used roll top desks for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique used roll top desks was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and mahogany. Used roll top desks have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Used roll top desks bearing Mid-Century Modern or Victorian hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Edward Wormley, George Nelson and Herman Miller each produced beautiful used roll top desks that are worth considering.

How Much are Used Roll Top Desks?

Prices for used roll top desks start at $20 and top out at $135,000 with the average selling for $3,810.
Questions About Used Roll Top Desks
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A roll top desk is a piece of furniture that has a wooden cover that can be pulled down when the desk is not in use. Shop a collection of roll top furniture from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Sometimes, roll-top desks are called tambours, sliding roll desks or roll-up desks. However, roll-top is the most commonly used name. The style of desk became popular during the 19th century. You can find a range of roll-top desks on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A roll top desk kept small essentials and paperwork organized. The roll top design was ideal for business people to secure their desks at the end of the day without filing away their work. Browse a variety of roll top desks on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Roll-top desks are originally from the late 18th century in the Georgian era of England. By the middle of the Victorian era, they were found in most offices and produced on a large scale. Shop a range of antique roll-top desks on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A variety of factors can determine the exact age of an antique roll top desk. Some things to look for is the type of wood and craftsmanship used to create the desk. Typically, older desks will be made from heavier wood. You can also check for a maker’s marks to determine the age. When in doubt, work with a certified appraiser to determine the authenticity of your roll top desk. You’ll find a variety of expertly vetted roll top desks on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    A roll top desk can be worth anywhere between $3,000 to $6,000, depending on the condition, materials used and time of manufacturing. Roll top desks are expensive, as they are very popular on the antique furniture market and are considered timeless collectibles. Shop a range of antique and vintage roll top desks on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    To tell if a roll-top desk is an antique, look closely at the materials. Real antiques feature hardwoods like cherry, mahogany and black walnut. If you detect the use of engineered woods, the desk is a reproduction. Also, early pieces show off irregular dovetail joints. Joints that appear perfectly uniform indicate that a roll-top desk is a more recent mass-produced piece. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of expertly vetted antique roll-top desks.