Walnut Table "a lira" - Tuscany, 17th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Walnut Table "a lira" - Tuscany, XVII century Table “a lira” Walnut Tuscany, XVIIth century 71 X 90 X 49,5 cm Beautiful patina.
Walnut
$12,832 / item
Nomad Desk, Solid Walnut and Real Bamboo, by AUSTE OST
Located in Geneve, CH
Nomad Desk, Solid Walnut and Real Bamboo, by AUSTE OST Dimensions: W 114 x D 66 x H 80 cm Materials: Solid walnut, faux leather, leather, bamboo, brass. Inspired by travels to exot...
Brass
$12,071
Rolltop desk Italy c1950
By Bernini
Located in London, GB
Beautifully restored mid century roll top desk. Italy c1960 Lovely warm patina to the wood. Leather writing surface, acrylic box tidys,
Glass, Acrylic, Walnut
Classic by Carpanelli Cylinder Inlaid in American Walnut
By Carpanelli
Located in Desio, IT
The curved shapes and many secret drawers make this a cabinet maker's gem. It is enriched by mother of pearl details and floral inlays. It has a secret compartmet. This unique witing...
Maple, Walnut
Rare 18th-Century Double Notary Desk in Walnut Wood with Side Drawers
Located in Pont-Saint-Martin, IT
A rare and remarkable 18th-century double notary desk handcrafted in fine solid walnut. This important piece of professional furniture is a fascinating testimony to the world of writ...
Walnut
Desk, Made of Walnut by Osvaldo Borsani, 1954
By Osvaldo Borsani, Tecno
Located in Berlin, DE
Chique and minimal, rare desk designed by Osvaldo Borsani in 1956 and manufactured by Tecno Italy. the plate and the drawers are made of walnut wood, its construction is made of bla...
Metal
$2,200Sale Price|20% Off
Fine Palermo Inlaid Burled Walnut Secretary Desk with Bookcase Top
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This Palermo inlaid burled walnut secretary desk with bookcase top is a stunning example of Italian craftsmanship, combining elegance, functionality, and timeless artistry.
Walnut
"Optimum" Walnut Desk Designed by Stephane Lebrun for Dessie'
By Dessie Studio, Stephane Lebrun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Optimum" is a desk, designed by Stephane Lebrun and manufactured by Dessie', with a structure made in solid Pascoso walnut (1.57" x 1.57") and features 2 drawers in solid walnut, a ...
Leather, Walnut
$11,500
Sliding Top, Italian Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful, veneered and inlaid, sliding top writing table inset with drawer and an embossed leather tablet. The whole in walnut and olive woods atop tapered legs.
Wood, Olive, Walnut
Early 1900's Antique Venetian, Burled, Walnut, Mirrored, Secretary / Desk!!
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous Antique Secretary, Venetian, Burled, Walnut, Mirrored Doors, Desk, early 1900s, 20th Century!! This antique secretary desk exudes Venetian elegance with its burled walnut ...
Walnut
Pierluigi Colli 1940's elegant walnut desk with shaped uprights
By Colli Torino
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2856 Pierluigi Colli Elegant walnut desk with shaped uprights and a scratched wood band and under-band. Certificate of provenance, Colli, Turin, ca. 1940.
Walnut
1930's Center desk in walnut root and polished metal profiles
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2835 Center desk in walnut root and polished metal profiles, three drawers on the side with nice black bakelite handles. Italian manufacture ca.1930.
Walnut
Louis XIII Period 1630s Carved Walnut Barley Twist Table with Black Painted Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lose yourself in the grandeur of French history with this exquisite Louis XIII period writing table, crafted in walnut circa 1630. This rare piece features a striking black painted t...
Walnut
Gentile Solid Wood Desk, Walnut in Hand-Made Natural Finish, Contemporary
By Dale Italia
Located in Cadeglioppi de Oppeano, VR
Aesthetics and functionality combine in the Ideale solid wood desk. A piece of high quality craftsmanship tailor-made for everyday use as well as to furnish with style. The desk feat...
Walnut
Gentile Solid Wood Desk, Walnut in Hand-Made Natural grey Finish, Contemporary
By Dale Italia
Located in Cadeglioppi de Oppeano, VR
Aesthetics and functionality combine in the Ideale solid wood desk. A piece of high quality craftsmanship tailor-made for everyday use as well as to furnish with style. The desk feat...
Walnut
Ideale Solid Wood Desk, Walnut in Hand-Made Natural Grey Finish, Contemporary
By Dale Italia
Located in Cadeglioppi de Oppeano, VR
Aesthetics and functionality combine in the Ideale solid wood desk. A piece of high-quality craftsmanship tailor-made for everyday use as well as to furnish with style. The desk feat...
Walnut
Italian Neoclassical Marquetry Partner Desk, 1800
Located in El Monte, CA
This is a handsome Italian Neoclassical partner desk, crafted circa 1800, that features detailed marquetry work. The desktop features a central foliate inlay medallion that is framed...
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Desk, Attributed to Silvio Cavatorta, Italy
Located in New York, NY
Asymmetrically designed mid-century desk crafted from walnut, featuring four drawers, an open storage compartment, and an inlaid blue glass writing surface. The design is complemente...
Brass
Giovanni Michelucci Geometric Inlaid Wood Desk, Italy, 1970s
By Giovanni Michelucci
Located in Almelo, NL
Giovanni Michelucci, Geometric Inlaid Wood Desk, Italy, 1970s A sculptural and architecturally inspired desk attributed to Italian architect Giovanni Michelucci, dating from the 197...
Hardwood, Beech, Walnut
Mid-19th Century Tuscan Renaissance Antique Table Desk Hand Carved Solid Walnut
By Dini & Puccini
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Tuscany Renaissance antique table desk in hand carved solid walnut, restored and wax-polished, 1850 circa. This type of table was born during the Cinquecento in Tuscany, and then ex...
Walnut
Italian Midcentury Modern Desk attributed to Silvio Cavatorta
Located in Kalamazoo, MI
An eye-catching mid century modern desk from Italy with built in lighting made in the 1950s. This Silvio Cavatorta attributed piece is a wonderful combination of Italian modernist fo...
Marble
Italian Mid-Century Executive Desk by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Buccinasco, MI
An exceptionally refined Italian executive desk designed by Vittorio Dassi in the 1950s, a piece that perfectly reflects the sophisticated dialogue between architectural modernism an...
Brass
Ico Parisi Desk Produced at Capiago Intimiano Italy by Fratelli Rizzi
By Fratelli Rizzi
Located in New York, NY
This walnut desk by Ico Parisi, was produced by Fratelli Rizzi Intimiano, Brugnoli Mobili Cantu, in 1959 for a private commission. It is documented in the Ico Parisi Archive and com...
Walnut
"Tecnica" Walnut Top Desk with Tie Rods Designed by Jaume Tresserra for Dessie'
By Dessie Studio, Jaime Tresserra
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Tecnica" is a desk, designed by Jaume Tresserra and manufactured by Dessie', featuring a metallic structure in antique nickel finish, footrest and tie rods in stainless steel, adjus...
Nickel, Metal, Stainless Steel
Afra e Tobia Scarpa Artona desk Maxalto Italy 1975
By Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Maxalto
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Fantastic desk model 7737 from the Artona series by renowned design duo Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Maxalto, Italy 1975. This striking design features a walnut burl desk top, and edge...
Leather, Walnut, Burl
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 ...
Walnut
Italian Midcentury Desk and Chair with suspended bookcase Giò Ponti Style
Located in Traversetolo, IT
!950s Italian cherry wood desk, the top, with a shaped edge, is covered with an original blue formica from the period, underneath there is the central part containing the drawers whi...
Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Italian Desk with Yellow Glass Top
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A wonderful mid century modern desk with a sleek design that functions in any modern day setting. If features an it's original canary yellow glass top as well as three drawers on the...
Glass, Beech, Walnut
$9,600Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Baroque Revival Inlaid Desk, Ca.1885 from the Collection of Vicente Wolf
Located in New York, NY
With a beveled top writing surface, a scroll apron and pierced balustrade legs, the desk shows both the influence of the Baroque style and the centuries-long tradition of inlay and m...
Bone, Walnut, Ivory
Luigi Olivieri , rare modernist desk in walnut and blond maple
By Luigi Olivieri
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2136 Luigi Olivieri Rare modernist desk in walnut and blond maple with ground glass top and wooden band. Lacquered drawers with turned maple uprights and two doors on the sides....
Maple
Italian Rococo Early 19th Century Oak Table with Carved Apron and Cabriole Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Rococo style walnut and oak table from the early 19th century, with serpentine top, carved apron, cabriole legs and petite casters. Created in Italy during the early years...
Brass
Italian Mid 18th Century Louis XV Period Center Table/Desk circa 1740
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and very high quality Italian mid 18th century Louis XV period Walnut, Rosewood, Charmwood and bone center table/desk circa 1740. This table from the Piedmont region is...
Bone, Rosewood, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Desk, Beech & Walnut with Yellow Glass Top, 1950s
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A beautifully restored mid-century modern desk that combines timeless charm with everyday functionality. The original high-gloss piano black top contrasts elegantly with the oiled ma...
Brass
Elle Ecrit Desk by Jamie Durie, Hand-Crafted Walnut & Leather
By Jamie Durie
Located in New York, NY
The Elle Ecrit Desk is designed with sleek, rectangular contours and enhanced functionality, featuring a central drawer flanked by two sets of side drawers. Its top includes a slidin...
Wood
Italian 18th Century Renaissance Vanity, Desk with Two Chairs, Dressing Table
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Antique renaissance Vanity, desk with mirror and two chairs in carved ebonized walnut. Fabulous and elegant dressing table or desk Measure cm desk: H 73, W 88, D 55 Measure cm c...
Mirror, Walnut
Italian modern wood top and metal base desk or dining table by Formanova, 1970s
By Formanova
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern wood top and metal base desk or dining table by Formanova, 1970s. Dining table or desk, with solid wood top with steel finish on the edge and solid steel structure wit...
Metal
Rare Italian Art Deco Desk by Gucci for Gucci Executive Offices, Florence, 1938
By Gucci
Located in New York, NY
A Rare, One of a KInd and Exquisite Italian Art Deco Desk by Gucci for the House of Gucci Executive Offices, Florence, Italy, circa 1938. Since it's birth in Florence in 1921 with ...
Onyx, Brass
Italian Military Campaign Style Wood and Brass Desk with Red Leather Top, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning Mid-Century military campaign desk. This fantastic piece was made in Italy in the 1960s. This trestle desk is made from a beautiful wood with exceptional grain, the top is ...
Metal, Brass
Kartell Viscount of Wood Table by Philippe Stark in Walnut and Chrome Frame
By Kartell, Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Viscount of wood tables are the latest addition. These naturally composed tables complement the collection's choice of seats and create a sustainable living area in which wood plays ...
Chrome
$3,361Sale Price / item|20% Off
Kartell Viscount of Wood Table by Philippe Stark in Walnut and Black Frame
By Kartell, Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Viscount of wood tables are the latest addition. These naturally composed tables complement the collection's choice of seats and create a sustainable living area in which wood plays ...
Chrome
$2,217Sale Price / item|20% Off
Kartell Viscount of Wood Table by Philippe Stark in Walnut and Black Frame
By Philippe Starck, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Viscount of wood tables are the latest addition. These naturally composed tables complement the collection's choice of seats and create a sustainable living area in which wood plays ...
Chrome
Rounded Italian Executive Desk in Louis XV Style Marquetry Bronze 1950 Inlaid
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Breathtaking & impressive! This rounded Italian Louis XV style executive desk with inlaid wood & bronze. A desk build to impress and impress she does, truly amazing craftsmanship ...
Bronze
Rare 17th Century Tuscan desk or console with drawer
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A beautiful desk, library table or console table possibly having been used as a writing desk. Great sculptural presence, works wonderfully in a contemporary or classic interior. I...
Walnut
Rare Giuseppe Rivadossi Folding Desk
By Giuseppe Rivadossi
Located in San Francisco, CA
This stunning one of a kind folding desk embodies a striking textured surface that is hand carved by gouge cut in walnut. It gives the piece its distinctive aesthetic that Rivadossi ...
Walnut
$48,996
Table Carlo de Carli
By Carlo di Carli
Located in Berlin, DE
Italian designer and architect Carlo de Carli is the designer of this extraordinary desk. It is a unique piece. Made from stained walnut, the structure is constructed from tubular st...
Brass
$29,106 / item
Rossana Desk
Located in Paris, FR
Desk Rossana with all structure in solid walnut in natural finish, with genuine leather underhand on the desk top in brown color, divided into two sections by a pencil holder. Back ...
Leather, Glass, Walnut
19th century Tuscan library desk
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A beautiful desk, library table or console table possibly having been used as a writing desk. Great sculptural presence, works wonderfully in a contemporary or classic interior. We a...
Walnut
Gianfranco Frattini Mod. 804 Rolltop Desk
By Gianfranco Frattini, Bernini
Located in Munich, DE
Walnut writing desk model 804 designed in 1961 by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini, Italy.
Walnut
Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro Desk by Gio Ponti, circa 1950
By Gio Ponti
Located in London, England
This classic, elegant design by Gio Ponti employs his distinctive tapering edges and legs to great effect, liberating the ponderous lines of preceding decades and expressing the lift...
Walnut
Gianfranco Frattini, secretaire 530 desk, Bernini 1956
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Misinto, IT
Iconic Italian secretaire 530 model desk designed by Gianfranco Frattini in 1956 and produced by the historic Bernini company. An object synthesis of design, craftsmanship and funct...
Walnut
$17,498 / set
Finely Carved Renaissance Study Set, Late 1800s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Neo-Renaissance studio, late 1800s early 1900s, carved on solid walnut. Lombard origin. Origin Villa Campari. Study sideboard 224x62x121H, serving sideboard 183x50x132h, table 185x8...
Walnut
$12,249 / item
Colorado Desk
Located in Paris, FR
Desk Colorado with all structure in solid walnut wood, with 2 drawers up the top and 3 drawers under the top. With aluminium frame hole for computer cable on the top. Drawers on m...
Walnut
$8,585 / item
Franco Albini Cavalletto Desk Table For Cassina
By Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Franco Albini Cavalletto Desk Table For Cassina The geometric lines of the Cavalletto desk elicit a pleasant feeling of lightness through its ‘by the book’ construction that showcas...
Walnut
STONE VALLEY Executive Management Desk – Aérolithite – Crema Marble - Organic
Located in NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, FR
Our Aérolithite top management office desk has been ergonomically designed to give you complete satisfaction at work. This luxury furniture combines a geometric shape ensuring well-b...
Marble
$8,049 / item
Rapho Desk
Located in Paris, FR
Desk Rapho with frame structure in polished steel and with walnut case top with 2 drawers, with a storage part for objects and with holes for electric cables.
Steel
Giò Ponti's desk in blond wood with brass tips
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, IT
Giò Ponti (1891-1979) Desk in blond wood with brass tips designed and produced for the University of Padua and a few years later for the BNL of Milan. Production I.S.A, Bergamo, 1949.
Walnut
MID-18th CENTURY LOUIS XV VENEERED DESK
Located in Firenze, FI
Refined walnut and other woods veneered desk, embellished with geometric inlays on the top made with fruitwood fillets. The desk is distinguished by its slightly curved legs, typical...
Bronze
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.
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