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Danish 18th Century Writing Desk By Royal Architect C. F. Harsdorff
By Caspar Frederik Harsdorff
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
18th Century writing desk with five drawers. The desk is designed by the Danish royal neoclassical
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Antique Late 18th Century Danish Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak, Walnut

French Original Black Painted Portable 18th Century Writing Desk
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An original black painted portable desk from the end of the 18th century. With owner initials, the
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

18th Century French Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Elegant French ladies writing table, or desk made in the Louis XVI style.
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

18th Century French Ladies Writing Desk
18th Century French Ladies Writing Desk
H 26.25 in W 23 in D 14.7 in
18th Century Italian Writing Table, Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very handsome 18th century writing table - desk from Tuscany. Beautifully constructed from
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Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Chestnut

18th Century Italian Writing Table, Desk
18th Century Italian Writing Table, Desk
H 32.25 in W 79.38 in D 33.75 in
Gorgeous 18th Century Tin Marquetry Writing Desk/ Cabinet
Located in Brussels, BE
18th century tin marquetry writing desk.
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Antique Early 18th Century German Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Tin

Italian Parquetry Inlaid Writing Table Desk, 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exceptional parquetry inlaid writing table with Neoclassical designs, inlay with satinwood
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Fruitwood, Satinwood, Walnut

18th Century English Walnut Writing Table Desk / Dressing Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
. In excellent antique condition. England, mid 18th century. Measurement from the floor to the bottom
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Antique 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

18th Century, French Louis XV Wood Flap Writing Desk
Located in IT
18th Century, Franch Louis XV Wood Flap Writing Desk Measures: cm H 94 x W 83,5 x D 46; D with the
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Antique Georgian 18th Century Satin Walnut Bureau Desk Writing Table
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Georgian 18th century satin walnut bureau desk writing table. Veneer on oak and elm
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Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

French 18th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
. The iconic Coco chancel lived with a Rococo writing desk just like this one and indeed this Bureau
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Antique 18th Century American Chippendale Maple Secretary Desk Writing Bureau
Located in Dayton, OH
Exquisite and Rare antique American Chippendale Period secretary writing desk or Escritoire. Made
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Antique 18th Century Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Maple

Antique quality late 18th Century mahogany writing side dressing table desk
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique quality late 18th Century mahogany writing side dressing table desk. Lovely age colour and
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Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique 18th Century Federal Sheraton Mahogany Fall Front Secretary Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
An exquisite and rare late 18th century American Federal Sheraton library secretary desk. Made of
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Antique Late 18th Century Sheraton Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Classic French 18th Century Empire Walnut Kneehole Writing Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Found near Paris, France, we purchased this museum quality 18th century Empire style desk for its
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Antique 18th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Swedish Gustavian Writing Desk, Late 18th Century, Late 1700s
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish late Gustavian writing desk, late 18th century in excellent antique condition. Key
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Antique Late 18th Century Scandinavian Gustavian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique Georgian early 18th Century cross banded walnut bureau desk writing tabl
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Georgian walnut and fruitwood drop well bureau desk writing table early 18th Century. This
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Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Walnut

18th Century French Louis XV Desk or Writing Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 18th century French Louis XV style small lady's desk with hinged drop down leather top
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

18th Century, Gentleman's Writing Desk and Games Table
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Wonderful, circa 1780, hand carved, petite writing desk inset with game chess and backgammon game
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Antique 1780s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Italian 18th Century Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very lovely 18th century Writing Table - Desk from Bologna, Italy. Wonderfully constructed from
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Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Italian 18th Century Writing Table
Italian 18th Century Writing Table
H 31.5 in W 48.25 in D 20.5 in
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
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Antique 18th Century British George II Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut, Leather

18th Century Italian Fratino Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian fratino desk with lyre legs and iron stretcher from the 18th century. This antique table
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Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

18th Century Italian Fratino Desk
18th Century Italian Fratino Desk
H 29 in W 45.25 in D 27 in
18th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Writing Table or Desk, Circa 1780
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Louis XVI carved walnut writing table with a tooled inset brown leather top, standing on elegant
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Walnut

18th Century Portuguese Writing Table
Located in High Point, NC
18th century Portuguese writing table with fabulous hand turned legs and stretchers. The top
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Antique 18th Century Portuguese Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

18th Century Portuguese Writing Table
18th Century Portuguese Writing Table
H 29.63 in W 40 in D 22 in
18th Century Walnut Writing Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Queen Anne era Walnut writing table, with bordered edge and book matched burl walnut veneer with
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Antique Mid-18th Century Unknown Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

18th Century Walnut Writing Table
18th Century Walnut Writing Table
H 27.75 in W 16 in D 32.5 in
French 18th Century Writing Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This writing table is made of walnut with wonderful patine.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

French 18th Century Writing Table
French 18th Century Writing Table
H 30 in W 38.25 in D 24.5 in
18th Century Louis XV Provincial Writing / Occasional Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XV provincial walnut writing / occasional table, 18th century. With an overhanging 3 board
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Antique 18th Century European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

18th Century French Cherrywood 'Bureau de Pente' Slant Top Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
graceful and functional bureau de pente from the late 18th century, this cherrywood slant top writing desk
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Louis XV Ormolu Writing Table Desk, 18th C
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV ormolu-mounted kingwood-veneered writing table, 18th c and later, apparently unsigned
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Antique 18th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Kingwood

Louis XV Ormolu Writing Table Desk, 18th C
Louis XV Ormolu Writing Table Desk, 18th C
H 28.5 in W 32.5 in D 18.5 in
18th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Writing Lady Desk, by Adrien DELORME
By Adrien Delorme
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Dating back to the Louis XV period, this exquisite petite writing table bears the hallmark of
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Antique 18th Century French Romantic Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Veneered and Inlaid Wood Italian Louis XV Writing Desk
Located in IT
The elegant antique north Italian (Genoa) Louis XV period writing desk, called also bureau plat, is
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

18th Century English Chinoiserie Table Desk
Located in Charlottesville, VA
18th century English chinoiserie table desk, having a drop-down front revealing five interior
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Antique 18th Century English Chinoiserie Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Lacquer

18th Century English Chinoiserie Table Desk
18th Century English Chinoiserie Table Desk
H 11.75 in W 18.75 in D 19.5 in
Late 18th Century French Walnut Writing Table/Work Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 18th Century French Walnut Writing Table/Work Table with Fluted Legs, Drawer, & Stretcher
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Antique Late 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

18th century Georgian oak writing table
Located in Malton, GB
This is a great piece of honest 18th century Georgian furniture. Made from oak with attractive
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Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

18th century Georgian oak writing table
18th century Georgian oak writing table
H 28.75 in W 37.41 in D 20.87 in
Late 18th Century Small Lady's Mahogany Writing Desk with Ink Pot & Well
Located in Shrewsbury, GB
A superb George III lady's mahogany writing desk with hidden ink pots and a drawer, circa 1790. The
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Antique Late 18th Century George III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Cherry Wood Writing Desk with Kneehole Late 18th Century, Austria, circa 1790
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Splendid cherrywood writing desk with kneehole from the late 18th century in Austria, circa 1790
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Antique Late 18th Century Austrian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

18th century Louis XVI Writing Desk, cherry veneer, South Germany
Located in Belmont, MA
Rare Louis XVI writing desk, South German 1780, exquisite cherry and plum wood veneer on front back
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Antique 1780s German Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cherry

18th Century French Walnut Writing Table
Located in High Point, NC
18th century walnut writing table with a banded and beveled edge around the top, following down to
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

18th Century French Walnut Writing Table
18th Century French Walnut Writing Table
H 30.75 in W 46.13 in D 28.63 in
18th Century Provencal Hand Carved Walnut Wood Antique Writing Desk Side Table
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Beautiful 18th century Provençal Continental table in walnut and Fruitwood with center drawer
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Antique 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

18th Century George II Writing Bureau
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century George II mahogany ladies writing bureau topped by brass pierced gallery. The sloped
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Antique Mid-18th Century Irish George II Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

18th Century Spanish Baroque Trestle Style Writing Table Desk with Two Drawers
Located in Madrid, ES
A beautifully conserved Spanish writing table with mixtilinear “pata de lira” (lyre-shaped legs
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Antique 18th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique George III Mahogany Library Writing Table Desk, 18th Century
Located in London, GB
mahogany Thomas Sheraton - 18th century furniture designer, once characterized mahogany as "best suited to
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Antique 1780s English George III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Grand Scale 18th Century Walnut Italian Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A grand scale 18th Century walnut Italian desk. Very unusual design with wonderful quality walnut
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Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Grand Scale 18th Century Walnut Italian Desk
Grand Scale 18th Century Walnut Italian Desk
H 40.36 in W 63.39 in D 36.23 in
18th c. Walnut Writing Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Walnut Writing Table
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

18th c. Walnut Writing Table
18th c. Walnut Writing Table
H 29.5 in W 44 in D 28 in
18th C. Swedish Rococo Period Writing Desk in Original Paint
Located in Wichita, KS
A period Rococo writing desk from the 18th century in original painted alder wood with period key
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Antique 18th Century Swedish Rococo Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French 18th Century Poplar & Oak Writing Table Louis XV Period
Located in Labrit, Landes
Writing table or desk made of poplar in the french 18th century, Louis XV period. Height between
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak, Poplar

18th Century Swedish Gustavian Writing Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Gustavian table from northern Sweden in untouched original condition. The table is from the years circa 1780-1790 with traces of thin paint on the frame and a white painted tabletop....
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Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Pine

18th Century Swedish Gustavian Writing Table
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Writing Table
H 29.73 in W 40.95 in D 28.35 in
Desk Swedish 18th Century Green Original Paint Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Desk Swedish 18th Century Green Original Paint Sweden. A writing desk Swedish made during the 18th
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Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bentwood

18th Century Swedish Rococo Desk
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Fine and rather unusual 18th century Swedish rococo desk in it's original finish with one lid to
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Antique 18th Century Swedish Rococo Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Pine

18th Century Swedish Rococo Desk
18th Century Swedish Rococo Desk
H 30.32 in W 49.61 in D 29.53 in
Carved Floral Back 18th Century Country French Carved Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a rare form of Country French desk. The desk features what appears to be oak and walnut
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Antique 1780s French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Late 18th Century Tuscany Walnut Writing Table
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful writing table veneered in walnut with top partially covered in red-purple leather and
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Late 18th Century Tuscany Walnut Writing Table
Late 18th Century Tuscany Walnut Writing Table
H 30.32 in W 44.49 in D 24.02 in
French 18th Century Bleached Desk
Located in Seaford, GB
A stunning 18th Century Desk. Made from solid Cherry having 2 cupboards and a central drawer, key
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Antique Late 18th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cherry

French 18th Century Bleached Desk
French 18th Century Bleached Desk
H 75 in W 144 in D 70 in
18th Century Oak Country Side Writing Table
Located in Madrid, ES
A nice French country writing table, Louis XVI period, in solid oak, with a long drawer and drawer
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Oak Country Side Writing Table
18th Century Oak Country Side Writing Table
H 27.17 in W 36.62 in D 29.93 in
Georgian Solid Mahogany Desk Says Knee, Late 18th Century
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
A small Georgian period mahogany knee-hole desk with blue leather sliding writing surface. It has
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Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Spanish 18th Century Solid Board Top Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exceptional and very beautiful mid-18th century writing table from the Catalan region of Spain
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

18th century walnut knee Hole desk
Located in Penzance, GB
This is a really nice 18th century figured walnut Knee Hole desk .This desk has oak linings, cock
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Antique Early 18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

18th century walnut knee Hole desk
18th century walnut knee Hole desk
H 29 in W 30 in D 18.5 in
18th Century, French Walnut Leather Top Writing Table W/ Bronze Hardware
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Late 18th century hand carved French provincial desk. The desk is carved in walnut and is extremely
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Antique 18th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Louis XV Wood French Writing Table
Located in IT
, in the 18th century, Louis XV period. It has a refined veneer in wood and a sliding shade, very rare
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

18th Century Louis XV Wood French Writing Table
18th Century Louis XV Wood French Writing Table
H 35.44 in W 24.41 in D 15.75 in
18th Century Mahogany Desk
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A George III period mahogany kneehole desk of good size, with the original brasses and lovely one
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Antique 1780s English George III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

18th Century Mahogany Desk
18th Century Mahogany Desk
H 29.93 in W 48.04 in D 25.99 in
18th C. Country French Walnut Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A two tiered desk with elevated section at back with slots for papers and four curved supports. The
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Antique Late 18th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

18th C. Country French Walnut Writing Table
18th C. Country French Walnut Writing Table
H 34.25 in W 35.25 in D 27 in
18th Century Country French Child's Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 18th century Country French child size desk, made of solid cherry. Beautifully crafted with
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Antique Late 18th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cherry

18th Century Country French Child's Desk
18th Century Country French Child's Desk
H 31 in W 28.5 in D 23.25 in
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18th Century Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the 18th century writing desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A 18th century writing desk — often made from wood, walnut and mahogany — can elevate any home. Find 788 options for an antique or vintage 18th century writing desk now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer 18th century writing desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Each 18th century writing desk bearing Georgian, Louis XVI or Louis XV hallmarks is very popular. Gillows of Lancaster & London, Caspar Frederik Harsdorff and Thomas Chippendale each produced at least one beautiful 18th century writing desk that is worth considering.

How Much is a 18th Century Writing Desk?

The average selling price for a 18th century writing desk at 1stDibs is $6,796, while they’re typically $797 on the low end and $212,272 for the highest priced.