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19th Century Barley Twist Walnut Writing Table, France
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French 19th century barley twist walnut writing table with one long sliding drawer, brass pulls
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Circa 1840 Irish Davenport Desk by J.J. Byrne
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1840 Irish davenport desk by Dublin cabinet maker J.J. Byrne. Maker's stamp in 3rd drawer
Category
Antique 1840s Irish William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Regency Style Mahogany Partners Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
English Regency style mahogany writing table or desk with Greek key embossing on leather top, four
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
William IV 19th Century Antique Rosewood Library Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
WILLIAM IV 19TH CENTURY ANTIQUE ROSEWOOD LIBRARY TABLE
2 DRAWER LIBRARY TABLE, BEAUTIFUL COLOUR
Category
20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
William iv Rosewood Partners’ Library Table by Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A William IV rosewood partners’ library table by Gillows, the rectangular flame-veneered top with
Category
Antique 1830s English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Regency Style Mahogany Partners Writing Table, Late 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Regency style mahogany partners writing table with leather top, canted corners and moulded detail
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany
carved leather top Library table circa 1830s
By King
Sons
Located in Dereham, GB
William 1V Period Mahogany leather top Library table circa 1830s
Mahogany top with thumb mould
Category
Antique 1830s British William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
English Mahogany Writing Table with Brown Leather Top, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
English mahogany writing table with brown embossed leather top and three drawers with brass bail
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Small 19th Century English Mahogany Writing Table with Leather Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small mahogany writing table with green leather top, 2 sliding drawers, turned legs and brass
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Style French Mahogany Bureau Plat or Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat or writing table with black embossed leather top
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Mahogany Writing Table with Turned Legs and Leather Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English mahogany writing table with embossed leather top, four sliding drawers and turned legs
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Writing Table with Green Leather Top and Turned Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large 19th century English partner's mahogany writing table with green leather top, six drawers
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century Large English Mahogany Partner
s Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A mahogany partner's desk with embossed leather top, 8 drawers and splayed legs.
To see all of
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Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Large 19th Century English Mahogany Partner
s Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large English partner's desk with brown leather top with a nice patina, 6 drawers and turned legs
Category
20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Provincial Desk with Floral Carving
Located in Atlanta, GA
A provincial desk in fruitwood with elaborate floral carving and paneling in the rococo style and
Category
French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century English Partner
s Desk with Chinoiserie Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English partner's desk with brown leather top, later chinoiserie decoration and 6 drawers. All
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Fine George III Mahogany Partner
s Desk with Reeded Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine 18th century English George III mahogany partner's desk with green leather top, 4 sliding
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Walnut Desk/Chiffoniere, France, c. 1850
Located in Atlanta, GA
An unusual French Table en Chiffoniere in Fruitwood, featuring a leather-inset writing surface
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Antique library table
Located in Eindhoven, NL
-standing writing table, console table or small dining room table. Pure piece of antique of exceptional
Category
Antique 1830s British William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
$2,195
Mid 19thC Rosewood Library Table
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Altrincham, GB
Mid 19thC Rosewood Library Table with one long frieze drawer standing on carved column legs with tapestry under stretcher
Category
Antique 1840s English William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Nineteenth Century English Oak Library Table by Holland
Sons
By Holland
Sons
Located in London, GB
A Nineteenth century Holland & Sons library table, circa 1830s, oak with gilt-tooled leather skiver, raised on lambrequin carved turned and tapered legs, with brass castors.
Dimensi...
Category
Antique 19th Century British William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plat with Brass detail
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat/writing desk with red leather top, brass trim and 3 sliding
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau Plat Table, France ca. 1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat/writing table with leather top, 3 sliding drawers and slides
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XVI Style French Bureau Plat with Brown Leather Top and Parquetry Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
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William Word Fine Antiques: Atlanta's source for antique interiors since 1956.
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
French Louis XVI Walnut Bureau Plat with Brown Leather Top and Fluted Detail
Located in Atlanta, GA
drawers and turned fluted legs with brass caps.
William Word Fine Antiques: Atlanta's source for
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century Italian Large Baroque Style Walnut Library Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
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William Word Fine Antiques: Atlanta's source for antique interiors since 1956.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century English Regency Mahogany Partner
s Bureau Plat
Located in Atlanta, GA
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William Word Fine Antiques: Atlanta's source for antique interiors since 1956.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Empire Mahogany Bureau Plat With Leather Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
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William Word Fine Antiques
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century William IV Mahogany Rolltop Writing Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Fine quality English mahogany roll top desk, circa 1830.
Rare piece of English furniture we
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Georgian Desks
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Mahogany Writing Desk with Tooled Leather Top, English, ca. 1835
By John Bowman
Located in Banner Elk, NC
William IV Mahogany writing desk, of curved rectangular form, the writing surface with tooled and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English William IV Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
English William and Mary Style Antique Writing Desk W/ Leather Top, circa 1900
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A very well crafted writing desk from the turn of the century, this is almost certainly an English
Category
Antique Early 1900s British William and Mary Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
William IV Mahogany Leather Top Writing Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique English William IV mahogany writing table with a tooled leather top, circa 1830. With a
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Desks
Materials
Brass
WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD WRITING TABLE
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular tooled olive green inset leather top, surrounded by rosewood crossbanding, with raised gallery ends over a frieze with central long drawer flanked by scrolled brackets, t...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Rosewood, Leather
19th Century English William IV Oak Davenport Writing Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality William IV oak sliding top davenport. The top of the davenport has a lid
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English William IV Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique English Mahogany William IV Writing Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
EWD07: Antique English mahogany William IV writing table.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau Plat or Writing Desk, circa 1790
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Louis XVI mahogany bureau plat or writing desk with embossed light brown leather top, two drawers
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Desks
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Writing Table Desk Period 19th Century Antique
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Mahogany William IV writing table
This writing table is rasied upon typical William IV turned and
Category
Antique 19th Century William IV Tables
Materials
Wood
William IV Desk Writing Table 19th C
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Here we Have an Excellent Quality William IV Mahogany Writing Table.
Raised Upon Ring Turned and
Category
Antique 19th Century Tables
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Consoletable Wood, Desk and Writing Table, England
By English School
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing piece of English furniture, made, William IV and following the refined aesthetics of the
Category
Antique 1840s English William IV Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique William IV 1835 a Blain Liverpool Library Desk Table Writing Slope
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
stamped, A Blain Liverpool, Mahogany Library table desk with built in writing slope
A very good
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Antique William
Mary Mahogany Marquetry Barley Twist Dressing Console Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique mahogany William & Mary style dressing table / writing desk / console featuring rectangular
Category
Early 20th Century William and Mary Console Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Arts
Crafts Mission Oak Library Table Desk Ritter Bros Philadelphia
By Ritter Brothers
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique American Mission Arts & Crafts quarter sawn oak library table/writing desk, by
Category
Vintage 1910s American Mission Side Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique William IV Desk / Writing Table
Located in London, GB
An absolutely stunning antique writing table in wood with an inset leather top. This is from the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
William IV Mahogany Writing Table or Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
A William IV mahogany writing table / desk. Inset green tooled leather embossed writing surface
Category
Antique 19th Century English William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Mahogany Writing Table / Partners Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Nice brown tooled leather top and banded edge over two drawers with opposing conforming drawers raised on shaped circular tapered legs ending on casters.
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Desks and Writing Tables
William IV Mahogany Writing Table or Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with molded edge and brown leather inset over two working drawers front and back, raised on circular tapered and fluted legs with casters.
Category
Antique 19th Century British William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique William IV Mahogany Writing Table or Desk
Located in London, GB
aged and coloured tooled leather writing surface. I would date it to the William IV 1830-1840s period
Category
Antique 19th Century English William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th century William IV mahogany roll top writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
below the desk. Standing on tapering legs and brass castors.
Replaced green leather writing surface
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
William Watting Style Floating Top Desk
By William Watting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
William Watting style teak desk with six drawers, floating top, and bookshelf cubbies on the back
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
19th Century William IV Period Oak Partners Writing Table Desk
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A stunning quality, 19th century, William IV period oak partners library writing table. The moulded
Category
Antique 19th Century British William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Large Antique William IV Mahogany Leather Top Writing Table or Desk
Located in London, GB
This large antique William IV mahogany writing table is one of the best examples of this sort of
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
William IV Walnut Writing Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique William IV walnut writing table, 19th century. With an inset tooled leather top and walnut
Category
Antique 19th Century William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Edward William Godwin for William Watt, An Anglo-Japanese Walnut Desk.
By Edward William Godwin, William Watt
Located in London, GB
Edward William Godwin (1833-1886) for William Watt, an Anglo-Japanese walnut desk, with a leather
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
William IV Oak Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
two drawers raised on turned tapered legs and casters. This desk can be used as a partners desk since
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
William IV Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular tooled black leather top and banded edge oner drawers on both sides, raised on turned legs and casters.
Category
Antique 1820s English William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with rounded corners and string inlay above a pair of drawers with opposing false drawers raised on a trestle base with roundel satinwood inlays. Shaped stretcher and...
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Antique 5ft William IV Six Drawer Partners Writing Table Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique William IV partners writing table in the manner of Gillows, crafted from
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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How Much is a William Writing Desk?
The average selling price for a william writing desk at 1stDibs is $4,923, while they’re typically $1,064 on the low end and $54,438 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.
Questions About William Writing Desk
- What is a writing desk?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
A writing desk may refer to a desk with a top, often sloping, for writing on or to a portable case with compartments to hold writing materials and a surface for writing.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A 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 ExpertOctober 19, 2021A writing desk with drawers is also called a secretary. It is a desk with drawers, one of which can be pushed out and the front of the desk lowered to create a flat writing surface. These writing desks have been made in a variety of styles over the years. Shop for a variety of writing tables with drawers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023What an old-fashioned writing desk is called varies by design. Pieces with drop-down fronts are secretary desks (these are typically made of two parts: a chest of drawers on the bottom and a hutch or cupboard with shelves on the top), while ones that rest on two pillars, cabinets or bookcases are pedestal desks. A desk with a small writing surface positioned in front of drawers and cubbies is a bureau à gradin. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of desks.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023In 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.
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