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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Vintage Børge Mogensen Desk and Chair in Teak and Steel, Denmark, 20th Century
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
Børge Mogensen
Denmark, Vintage
Teak desk with chair.
Desk H 71 x W 130 x D 80 cm (w/Flip W 180 cm)
Chair H 75 x W 49 x D 36 cm (Seat H 46 cm)
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Sapele Desk No.1 by Kirby Furniture
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Desk No.1 is a highly detailed and functional writing desk featuring traditional joinery that has been lost in today’s fast built, throw away furniture. Although there have been mult...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Maple, Sapele Wood
French Rococo Style Walnut & Gilt Bronze Bureau Plat
Located in Kastrup, DK
An elegant French rococo style bureau plat writing desk made in walnut with ormolu accents.
Features a top with a tooled leather writing-surface w...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Desk in Mahogany by Hans J. Wegner
Located in Copenhagen, DK
JH 810 - Freestanding desk with mahogany cassette top. Front with two drawers, frame and handle in matt chromed steel. Designed in 1970. Hans J. Wegner / Johannes Hansen.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
19th C. Refinished Regency Walnut and Maple w/ Tooled Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A Late 19th Century Refinished Regency Style Walnut and Maple, tooled leather top Partners Desk that has been recenlty hand-rub refinished. All drawers and door with functional lock...
Category
Late 19th Century American Edwardian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Birdseye Maple
Swedish Desk 19th Century in Black Original Paint
Located in Meulebeke, BE
A rustic writing desk made during the 19th century in Sweden. Made of pine wood and original black paint. With great patina on the wood.
Category
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Vintage Writing Desk Sessile Oak Veneer from the, 1940s
Located in Milano, IT
Desk with side drawers and under-top drawer in oak veneered wood with linoleum top.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
The Square Desk. Brazilian Solid Wood Writing Table Design by Amilcar Oliveira
Located in São Paulo, SP
The Square Desk was inspired by the design of Brazilian modern furniture from the 1950s and 1960s, featuring straight lines and Indian straw weaving. It's delicate and highly comfort...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Straw, Wood
Danish Modern Teak Secretary Foyer Cabinet, Made in Sweden, Circa 1970s
Located in Peabody, MA
Teak secretary desk / cabinet, made in Sweden circa 1970s. Unusual finger joints at top edges. Drop down desk surface would make an excellent entry way unit.
When open, measures 2...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
18th Century George II Walnut Writing Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
George II walnut writing table, Mid-18th Century, the molded top having a tooled green leather inset writing panel, fitted with a genuine and false frieze drawer to either side, rais...
Category
18th Century British George II Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Leather
Lord Nelson`s Family Portable Sloping Laptop Desk
Located in Dorking, GB
This desk was purchased by me at the closure of the Whitbread Archive Museum in 2001. It comes with their supplied provenance - together with several later lines of research.
Includ...
Category
Early 18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique French Oak Writing Desk Late 19th Century
Located in Toledo, OH
A late 19th century French two part writing desk. Oak construction with extensive hand carved detail, features a wall hanging upper section with scroll...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Exceptional Bronze Mounted French Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very well-made French desk with lovely chosen and contrasting woods, serpentine form and bronze mounts on the corners, legs and feet with the top edges also bronze clad. The drawer...
Category
20th Century Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
George III Mahogany Carlton House Desk
Located in London, GB
A fine quality late 18th century Sheraton period well-figured mahogany Carlton House Desk boxwood & ebony line inlaid & satinwood banded throughout, having brass galleried top above ...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Sheraton Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Scrittoio Proserpio Vintage Anni 60 Legno Impiallacciato Teak
Located in Milano, IT
Scrittoio con piano estraibile e alzata in legno impiallacciato teak.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
1960s Desk by Arne Wahl Iversen, Model 65
Located in Neuss, NW
Classic freestanding desk by Arne Wahl Iversen. Model 65 for Vinde Møbelfabrik. Corpus in teak veneer with four drawers and long legs.
Quality Features:
accomplished design: per...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Antique French Rustic Neoclassical Executive Desk ~ Conference Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Rustic Neoclassical Executive Desk ~ Conference Table was crafted on a truly grand scale from dense, old-growth oak which has been painstakingly stripped by our expert...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Victorian Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
Victorian mahogany partners desk the rectangular top with inset leather having tooled border enclosed by a moulded edge over an arrang...
Category
19th Century British Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
Amorph Astra Desk in Metallic Gold Lacquer
By Amorph Inc.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amorph Astra desk solid Wood with metal finish, dimension: 60" L x 24" D x 30" H.
It is available in different finishes and custom sizes.
About Am...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
British Colonial Style Grasscloth and Mahogany Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome British colonial style seven drawer desk crafted in mahogany with bold grasscloth panels all around featuring leather luggage style hardware...
Category
20th Century Philippine British Colonial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Grasscloth, Mahogany
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Newly refinished vintage American desk with unique features that are sure to impress! Featuring contrasting sculpted drop-pulls, a finished back,...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak, Walnut
Dropside Lyre or Harp Desk
Located in Annville, PA
Yet another item in the lyre collection, our Dropside Lyre or Harp Desk has a beautifully crafted top featuring figural mahogany and satinwood, all of which ...
Category
2010s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Secretary by Gianfranco Frattini, Cantieri Carugati, 1954
Located in Berlin, DE
This beautiful secretary by Gianfranco Frattini from 1954 was made out of rosewood.
Frattini was an italien architect and designer.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
Kipp Stewart for Drexel Declaration Mid Century Walnut Corner Desk
By Kipp Stewart, Drexel
Located in Countryside, IL
Kipp Stewart for Drexel declaration mid century walnut corner desk
This desk measures: 52.5 wide x 40.25 deep x 31.5 inches high, with a c...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique American Industrial Iron and Maple Childs School Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique American industrial iron and maple childs school writing desk. Item features a lower cubby storage to side, iron frame, pivoting backrest, very nice antique item, quality Ame...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Antique Spanish Walnut Burl and Rosewood Claw Foot Drop Front Secretary Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Spanish Walnut Burl and Rosewood Claw Foot Drop Front Secretary Desk
This beautiful secretary’s desk from Spain is handcrafted from Walnut Burl and Rosewood. It has a dro...
Category
Early 1900s Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Brandt Flip Top Piano Style Small Wooden Writing Desk Table
By Brandt
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage brandt flip top Piano style small wooden writing desk table. Item features rolling casters, flip top, lower shelf stand, original label, very nice vintage item, quality Ameri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Federal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Colorful Console by Thomas Dariel
Located in Geneve, CH
Colorful console by Thomas Dariel, Maison Dada.
Measures: W 160 x D 30 x H 110 cm or W 130 x D 30 x H 110 cm.
Top in painted ash veneer • fronts in ...
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Traditional Spanish Writing Desk in Oak Wood, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Vintage traditional Spanish American writing desk.
By unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1940.
In original condition, with minor wear c...
Category
1940s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
MASSLESS Long Desk, Stainless Steel, White Marble, by Todomuta Studio
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This recent collection by Todomuta Studio responds to a specific code that can navigate the ocean of design and get lost in its confines, beyond already mapped currents, to explore the unknown and bring back the simple and tough freshness of a new approach. To blend form and structure into unity. It is taming the alleged rigidity of metal. Conjugating the harmony of materials. Demonstrating the strength of lightness. Evoking non-existent masses. Or substantiating design in a section. These are some of the proposals...
Category
2010s European Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
Italian Mid-Century Style Black Lacquered Desk
By Aldo Tura
Located in New York, NY
Italian Mid-Century style black lacquered desk with brass trimmed edge and 4 drawers supported on 2 rectangular pedestals centering a v...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Sculptural Solid Stone Desk / Console with Wave Feet Reminiscent of Sottsass
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Two wave-shaped stone feet are the feature of this multipurpose console/desk.
This sculptural piece has a perfect eye for proportion abed form and colour. The piece fits well in co...
Category
2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone, Marble, Travertine, Limestone
Custom Stereo Equipment Etagere Shelf W/ Sophisticated Concealed Chaise Way Mint
By Thomas Moser
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Custom stereo equipment etagere shelf with sophisticated concealed chaise way mint.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Nordiska Kompaniet, desk in beech from Hotel Knaust, Sweden 1931.
Located in Stockholm, SE
Desk in beech from Hotel Knaust by Nordiska Kompaniet / NK, Sweden 1931.
With brass details and signed with NK badge and tracking number (easy to see who ordered the furniture and w...
Category
1930s Swedish Empire Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
Müller Desk TB229 in Metal 'Reseda green'
Located in Tilburg, NL
Müller Desk TB229 in Metal 'Reseda green'. Germany, current production.
Beautiful classic looking Müller Desk TB229 showing great craftmanship and quality.
The CLASSIC LINE models ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Desk Console Table Wood Metal and Leather by Gervasoni. Italy, 2000s
By Gervasoni
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
High manufacturing writing desk or console table in zebrano wood, metal and leather by the italian design manufacture Gervasoni. 2 drawers with a slow sliding high quality system. In...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Italian 18th Century Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very lovely 18th century Writing Table - Desk from Bologna, Italy. Wonderfully constructed from handsome walnut with a conforming solid board top with handsome edge finish over d...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique British Colonial Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome British Colonial partners desk hand crafted in mahogany with a brown tooled leather top, two drawers on either side and elegant turned legs on brass casters.
Category
Early 20th Century English British Colonial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Contemporary sculptural 'knotted' desk hand carved in natural or ebonized ash
By Tom Vaughan
Located in London, GB
The 'Nodum Desk' by British designer-maker, Tom Vaughan, is part of a series of work tracing three-dimensional paths of movement through a solid, functiona...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ash
1960s Teak Wood Executive Desk by Arne Vodder for H.P. Hansen
Located in Media, PA
A beautiful teakwood executive desk by Arne Vodder, complete with a bookshelf and locking bar cabinet on the back. The front of the desk has three d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Petite circa 1880 French Napoleon III Black Lacquer Two-Drawer Writing Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Striking original Antique French Napoleon III Bureau Plat, Writing Table or Ladies Desk. Highlighted by polished brass decorations, the black ...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Edwardian Satinwood Kidney Shaped Writing Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Edwardian satinwood kidney shaped desk, having a quality green leather writing surface, decorated with gold tooling and a c...
Category
19th Century Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Swedish Gustavian Single Drawer Stand, Table or Nightstand, Paint Decorated
Located in Stamford, CT
Swedish Gustavian Single Drawer Stand, Table or Nightstand, Paint Decorated
A Sweet One Drawer Original Paint Decorated Stand or End Table, Writing Desk. Having long sleek tapering...
Category
1890s Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
1950s French Executive Desk: The Epitome of Mid-Century Elegance and Function
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elevate your work setting with the sheer sophistication of our 1950s French executive desk. A true masterpiece, handcrafted from the finest mahogany, this desk stands as a testament ...
Category
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian 1980s Mid Century Style Black Lacquer and Brass Desk with Two Drawers
Located in London, GB
An Italian 1980s mid century style black lacquer and brass desk with two drawers with brass handles.
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
White Oak Eileen Writing Desk with Stone Inset Top by Chapter & Verse
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Our Eileen Writing Desk shown in sandblasted American White Oak with ultra matte lacquer. Breccia Capraia Stone Inset (COM).
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone
Maple & Co Mahogany Pedestal Desk
By Maple & Co.
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5202 Edwardian mahogany and inlaid desk by Maple and Co, having black tooled leather writing surface, satinwood crossbanded top with moulded edge and mahogany slider to each side a...
Category
Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Renaissance Writing Table, Student Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Renaissance writing table ~ student desk is a remarkable example of the furniture maker's craft, performed on a diminutive scale perfect for townhomes, apartments, libraries, studies, and a student's bedroom! Created entirely from old growth oak, it was literally designed to last for centuries. A single steel pendant pull for the drawer is the only other material used. Hand-carved bas relief covers the entire half-bullnose bevel around the perimeter, underneath a subtle ogee bevel surrounding the solid plank top. Another tier of ogee trim in reverse appears under the carved edging, and that's just the surface! The apron is a marvel of wood sculpting, with elaborate scrollwork and stylized naturalistic foliates in glorious full relief appearing on all four facades, framed by amazingly lifelike full relief busts...
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Mid-19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Modern Home Office Accent Writing Executive Desk Walnut Wood and Brushed Brass
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
The Executive Desk ExCentric 2.0 listed here is made in walnut wood and brushed brass. The desk has two drawers, electrical plugs, and a wireless phone charger...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
Antique English Victorian Mahogany Desk circa 1880
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique English Victorian Mahogany Desk circa 1880
Solid mahogany wood, with numerous drawers and a cupboard. Lockable. The desk offers a lot of storage space.
Category
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Rosenthal Writing Table 'Talete' by Regondi & Ghianda
By Rosenthal
Located in Dronten, NL
Rare Talete dining table designed by Gabriele Regondi & Pierluigi Ghianda for Rosenthal.
Steel wire reinforced black safety glass top on solid dark stained ash frame.
Exceptional and...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stained Glass, Ash
MASSLESS Long Desk, Stainless Steel, White Marble, by Todomuta Studio
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This recent collection by Todomuta Studio responds to a specific code that can navigate the ocean of design and get lost in its confines, beyond already mapped currents, to explore t...
Category
2010s Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
Colorful Console by Thomas Dariel
Located in Geneve, CH
Colorful console by Thomas Dariel, Maison Dada.
Measures: W 160 x D 30 x H 110 cm or W 130 x D 30 x H110 cm.
Top in painted ash veneer • fronts in m...
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Touch Me Iron Desk Big, White
By MARCO RIPA
Located in Fermo, FM
Touch me is a monolithic desk.
It comes to life from the joining of two sheets of metal, an upper one that gives it its shape, and a lower one that ...
Category
2010s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Fine English 19th Century Adam Style Polychrome Painted Satinwood Vanity Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine English 19th century Adam style Polychrome painted satinwood vanity table. The ornately decorated cabinet surmounted with an easel mirror flanked by a pair of storage compartments centered with oval paintings, all above five top drawers, the front serpentine apron with a large drawer and raised on four tapering legs conjoined with an "X" stretcher centered with an oval storage...
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Late 19th Century Adam Style Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mirror, Satinwood
Chinese Antique Lacquered Wooden Desk with Four Drawers and Curling Scrolls
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese late Qing Dynasty period wooden desk from the 20th century, with four drawers, carved curling scrolls, horse-hoof legs and custom black and red lacquer. Created in...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Reguitti Italy design in years '60 rare children desk school in wood
Located in Biella, IT
Reguitti Italy Brescia design in years '60 rare children desk school in wood
good structure with little sign of use and wood worming, your see in photo's detail please
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine 18th Century Mahogany Free Standing Library Desk
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine quality late 18th century mahogany free standing library desk, the flame mahogany cupboards with ebony fluting to the sides of the kneehol...
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18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique and Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
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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