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19th Century Victorian Mahogany Side Table with Reeded Legs
Located in Richmond, Surrey
A high quality 19th Century Victorian Mahogany Side Table with one single drawer on turned reeded
Category
19th Century English Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Mahogany
Little 19th Century Desk by Gillows of Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in London, GB
A beautiful little desk made by Gillows of Lancaster in the 19th century. The drawer is stamped
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Oak
$2,519 Sale Price
20% Off
English Mahogany and Gold Accented Roll Top Desk
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian style mahogany roll top desk that opens to reveal drawers, letter holders, and a
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Metal, Ormolu
Lovely Mid-Victorian Burr Walnut Kidney Shaped Table
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sale this lovely mid-Victorian burr walnut kidney shaped stretcher table
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Victorian Gilt-Bronze Bureau Plat with Leather
Mahogany, Circa 1860
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Palatial Victorian Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat.
This palatial bureau plat is of grand
Category
19th Century English Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Ormolu
English Walnut and Marquetry Davenport Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
faced graduated drawers with inset turned knobs; the writing compartment braced by foliate spandrels
Category
19th Century English Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Walnut, Leather
Amboyna Burl Kidney Desk with Gilt Bronze, attributed to Gillows, circa 1870
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in London, GB
the epitome of Victorian craftsmanship and luxury. Created around 1870, this exceptional desk
Category
19th Century English Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Ormolu
Victorian Satinwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A striking Victorian satinwood bureau plat, of shaped rectangular form inset with the original oval
Category
1850s English Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Satinwood
Victorian Carved Oak Draw Leaf Library Table, England, c. 1890
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Victorian oak draw-leaf library table features a parquet top and bold carved griffin supports
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Oak
Very Rare Convertible Desk, Partnerdesk, Dressing Table, Early 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
toothed rail system. This creates two writing and reading desks, one of which can be moved forwards to
Category
Early 19th Century British Early Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Petite French Rustic SIde Table or Small Desk Pink
Located in Atlanta, GA
Petite Pink Side Table or Desk with Rustic Pink Distressed Finish and Wood White Washed Top
Category
19th Century French Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Wood
Mahogany Twin Pedestal Partner
s Desk of Antique Quality from the 1920s
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
one-piece desk features a delightful, well-aged leather writing surface, likely original. Its
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Mahogany
$1,241 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century American Mahogany Serpentine Slant Front Secretary Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A late 19th Century American mahogany serpentine slant front secretary bureau desk.
Nice quality
Category
1880s American Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Brass
Stunning 19th Century Mahogany Partners Desk Stamped by Holland
Sons
By Holland
Sons
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A stunning 19th-century mahogany partners desk by Holland & Sons. Nine drawers on one side and two
Category
19th Century British Early Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Mahogany
Antique circa 1850 Patrick Beakey Dublin Oxblood Leather Demilune Gallery Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Partick Beakey of Dublin Ireland Demi Lune Library writing table or desk with oxblood leather writing top
Category
1850s Irish High Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Antique Barley Twist Desk with Carved Barley Twist Chair - 2 Piece Set
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Mahogany Barley Twist Single Drawer Desk with Hand Carved High Back Barley-Twist Chair - 2
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Early Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Wood
ANTIQUE RESTORED C HINDLEY
SON ENGLISH OAK GREEN LEATHER DOUBLE SiDED DESK
By Charles Hindley
Sons
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
important fully restored C Hindley & Son’s circa 1845 English Oak & Green Leather double sided partner desk
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Oak
Antique T. Wallis And Co. London Mahogany Roll Top Desk for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A handsome and very well made Roll Top desk with dove-tail drawer construction, traditional British
Category
19th Century English Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Brass
Important Italian Angiolo Barbetti Firenze Antique Cherub Desk Library Table
By Angiolo Barbetti
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare and extremely important hand carved walnut fully stamped library table by Angiolo Barbetti of Firenze
What a find… this table is ...
Category
1860s Italian High Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Walnut
Very Rare Gillow Breakfront Library Desk Brass Gallery Burr Amboyna Wood
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
high Victorian Library desk made by one of the finest if not the finest furnisher in English history
Category
1850s English High Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Burl, Mahogany
Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Freestanding Davenport
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique Victorian burr walnut freestanding Davenport having a quality burr walnut top with
Category
19th Century English Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Walnut
Antique French circa 1870 Bonheur Du Jour Hardwood Marble Desk Bureau Faux Books
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Dimensions:
Height 94.5cm top to bottom, 59.5cm to the desk top alone
Width 55cm
Depth 40cm
This
Category
1870s French High Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Marble
Antique Victorian Marquetry
Ormolu Bonheur de Jour Bureau 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Ladies writing desk, circa 1860 in date.
The gorgeous grain and colour of the burr walnut, the fabulous
Category
1860s Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Walnut
Early Victorian Porcelain and Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood Bureau-Plat
Located in London, GB
A FINE EARLY VICTORIAN PORCELAIN AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD BUREAU-PLAT ATTRIBUTED TO EDWARD
Category
19th Century Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Porcelain, Kingwood
Early Victorian Solid Walnut Library Table Made for Gillows by John Barrow
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An early Victorian solid walnut library table made for Gillows by John Barrow, the shaped
Category
1840s English Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Walnut
Large 19th century carved oak library table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
this statement piece of furniture which would make the ultimate large desk. Black rexine inset writing
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Oak
19th Century Laptop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th century laptop is also known as a writing slope, or a lap desk! It became wildly popular
Category
19th Century English Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Metal
$1,400
Foldable Patent Secretary with Ink Drawing, English 19th-Century
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
This filigree patent secretary, also known as a folding travel desk, is made of mahogany veneer and
Category
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Bronze
Antique 19th Century English Leather Inset Library Table, C.1840
Located in London, GB
proportioned library desk with two drawers, standing on beautifully turned legs, terminating in brass castors
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Bonheur Du Jour by Donald Ross
By Donald Ross
Located in London, GB
: height 136cm, width 108cm, depth 62cm
This beautiful writing desk is a 'bonheur du jour', a type of
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Burr Walnut Davenport
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century burr walnut davenport, the sloping top has the original tan colour leather writing
Category
1860s British Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Walnut
A Very Fine C19th Ormolu Mounted Bureau de Dame by Maison Mottheau
By Maison Mottheau et Fils
Located in London, GB
A French Ormolu Mounted Kingwood , Tulipwood and Parquertry Bureau De Dame dated C1880s
The mount are by Maison Mottheau
Lovely Bombe Shaped
Decorated with Sunburst Parquetry and A...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Kingwood
$24,098 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Louis Philippe Ebonised Marquetry Inlaid Bronze Extending Table
By Louis Philippe
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
& Marquetry inlaid writing table with extending side leaves and gilt bronze fixtures and fittings
A very
Category
19th Century French Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
Adjustable Citronnier Wood Reading Table, England, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Adjustable citronnier wood reading table, England, late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Wood
Victorian Desk Mahogany Writing Table 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian mahogany 5 drawer writing table
This writing table has an arrangement of 5 mahogany lined
Category
1650s Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Dickens Desk Walnut Writing Table 1870
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian Burr Walnut ''Dickens'' Desk.1
This ''Dickens'' desk having an arrangement of 9 mahogany
Category
1870s Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Partners Desk Mahogany Writing Table 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian mahogany partners desk.
Circa 1860
This wonderful desk stands upon a plinth base.
We can
Category
1860s Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Desk Walnut Writing Table Satinwood Inlay 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a refined Victorian writing table or desk in
walnut
Shaped kidney or serpentine
Category
1880s Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Walnut
Antique Victorian Quality Figured Mahogany Writing Table/Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality figured mahogany writing table/desk having a quality figured mahogany
Category
19th Century English Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Other
Victorian Pedestal Desk Antique Mahogany Writing Table, 1850
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian Mahogany Pedestal Desk.
Standing on a plinth base with an arrangement of 9 graduated Oak
Category
1850s Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Writing Table Walnut Tulip Leg Desk 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous Victorian writing table in walnut
Dates to circa 1880 and features wonderful tulip legs
Category
1880s Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Desk - Walnut Shaped Writing Table Circa 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Pretty Victorian Walnut Shaped Writing Table.
Circa 1860
Standing on Shaped Carved Legs with a Ring
Category
1860s Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Walnut
Antique 19th Century Victorian Inlaid Marquetry Writing Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique Victorian inlaid marquetry writing desk with the top section having an attractive
Category
19th Century English Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Hardwood
Victorian Writing Table Mahogany Desk Holland and Sons 1870
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Mahogany 2 drawer writing table.
Circa 1870
This writing table comes with the makers mark of
Category
1870s Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian English Bramah Leather Fold-out Correspondence Writing Desk
By Joseph Bramah
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Beautiful
Luxurious Handcrafted Victorian Bramah Hardwood Fold-out Travelling Writing
Category
19th Century British Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Brass
Antique English Victorian Bramah Leather Fold-out Stationary Writing Desk
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Beautiful
Luxurious Handcrafted Victorian Bramah Fold-out Travelling Writing Companion
Category
19th Century British Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Brass
$4,880 Sale Price
34% Off
19th Century English Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport Writing Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Selling is a very nice Quality Victorian burr walnut davenport/desk. The raised top lifts to reveal
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Walnut
Antique Victorian Brass Bound Traveling Desk Walnut Wooden Writing Slope Box 19C
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Writing Slope of outstanding quality and compact proportions. Last quarter of the Nineteenth Century
Category
19th Century English Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Brass
$545 Sale Price
20% Off
Unusual Antique Victorian Quality Ebonised and Burr Walnut Inlaid Writing Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique Victorian quality ebonised and burr walnut inlaid writing desk having an attractive
Category
19th Century English Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Walnut
Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Bonheur De Jour Writing Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique Victorian burr walnut Bonheur de Jour writing desk having a beautifully
Category
19th Century French Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Walnut
19th C. English Victorian Brass-Inlaid Burlwood Writing Desk with Inkwells
By James Allen
Located in Morristown, NJ
compartments for writing instruments, paper, and correspondence. The desk retains both original cut glass
Category
1860s English Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Brass
19th Century Victorian Writing Slope/ Travel Desk Box, Brass Bound, UK ca. 1815
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Impressive Victorian writing slope or travel desk - attributed to the famous company of Thompson
Category
Early 19th Century British Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Desk Accessories Writing Set Carved Sardonyx Banded Agate
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Very pristine and elegant Victorian writing set comprising a sardonyx pencil, a sardonyx ruler and
Category
1880s British Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Agate, Mixed Metal
Rare Fine Antique Early Victorian Military Campaign Writing Slope Davenport Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this early Victorian Military Campaign writing slope in the form
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
R. J. Horner Style Antique Victorian Tiger Oak Writing Desk or Library Table
By R.J. Horner
Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Victorian tiger oak writing desk or library table
In the manner of R.J. Horner
Category
1890s American Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Oak
Small Victorian 1880 Solid Walnut Knee Hole Writing Desk Lots of Drawers Storage
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Victorian walnut knee hole desk with lots of drawers
Category
1880s English Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Walnut
Unusual antique Victorian quality burr walnut writing box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Unusual antique Victorian quality burr walnut writing box having a quality burr walnut writing box
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Victorian Writing Desk Antique
Materials
Walnut
$914 Sale Price
20% Off
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Victorian Writing Desk Antique For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic victorian writing desk antique available at 1stDibs. Each victorian writing desk antique for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and walnut. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer victorian writing desk antique, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right victorian writing desk antique, those designed in Victorian, Georgian and Louis XV styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one victorian writing desk antique that is appealing in its simplicity, but Maple
Co., Gillows of Lancaster
London and Holland
Sons produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Victorian Writing Desk Antique?
The average selling price for a victorian writing desk antique at 1stDibs is $2,946, while they’re typically $275 on the low end and $109,597 for the highest priced.
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.
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