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French Marble Top Writing Table, Tooled-Leather Writing Surface, on Casters
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Marble-Top Writing Table on Casters, Pull-Out Drawer, Gilt Tooled-Leather Writing Surface
Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Marble

19th Century Mahogany Writing Table with Tooled Leather Top
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century mahogany writing table with tooled leather top. Supported by cabriole legs adorned
Category

19th Century British Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

French Provincial Fruitwood and Tooled Leather Writing Table, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
French Provincial Fruitwood and Tooled Leather Writing Table, 18th Century
Category

18th Century French French Provincial Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Leather, Fruitwood

Rare Antique Asprey & Co. London Oak & Tooled Green Leather Writing Desk 1920s
By Charles & George Asprey
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Writing Table Made in England in the 1920s. Item is sold complete with a Burgundy tooled red leather desk
Category

1920s English Edwardian Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Leather, Mahogany, Oak

18th-C. French Louis XV Style Carved Oak Tooled Leather & Bronze Writing Desk
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a special piece! It is a late 18th century carved oak and gilt bronze writing desk. It has
Category

Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Bronze

Rare Asprey & Co. London Oak & Tooled Green Leather Pop-Up Writing Desk 1920s
By Charles & George Asprey
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Writing Table Made in England in the 1920s. Item is sold complete with a Burgundy tooled red leather desk
Category

1920s English Edwardian Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Mahogany, Leather, Oak

Antique Ottoman Inkwell Qalamdan and Pen Case in Brass, Turkey
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
brass case is divided into compartments to hold writing tools such as quills and pencils. The
Category

Mid-19th Century Turkish Folk Art Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Brass

19th Century walnut writing table
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th Century walnut library table, the large rectangular top with rounded ends having tooled inset
Category

Late 19th Century British Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Walnut

Antique 19th Century walnut writing table
19th Century walnut writing table
H 28.5 in W 45 in D 22 in
English Edwardian Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5596 Elegant antique writing desk / writing table of bow fronted design, having green tooled
Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Mahogany

Antique English Edwardian Mahogany Writing Table
English Edwardian Mahogany Writing Table
H 28.74 in W 35.827 in D 19.291 in
Outstanding Antique Tulipwood Writing Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5472 Outstanding 19th century tulipwood and ormolu writing desk, having new black tooled leather
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Kingwood

Outstanding Antique Tulipwood Writing Table
Outstanding Antique Tulipwood Writing Table
H 29.53 in W 39.37 in D 23.62 in
English Tooled Green Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable antique George III style partners desk with the original tooled green leather
Category

Early 19th Century English George III Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Antique Edwardian Writing Table / Desk
Located in London, GB
A wonderful antique Edwardian writing table / desk. This was made in England, it dates from the
Category

Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Brass

Antique Edwardian Writing Table / Desk
Antique Edwardian Writing Table / Desk
H 29.14 in W 38.98 in D 19.3 in
19th Century Satinwood Ladies Writing Table
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century satinwood ladies writing table in the Sheraton style, having a shaped leather writing
Category

1890s British Sheraton Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Satinwood

Antique Edwardian Inlaid Writing Table / Desk
Located in London, GB
inset tooled green leather writing surface. There are also lovely satinwood inlays around the top edge
Category

1890s British Edwardian Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Leather, Wood

Antique Edwardian Inlaid Writing Table / Desk
Antique Edwardian Inlaid Writing Table / Desk
H 29.93 in W 35.83 in D 18.12 in
Regency Mahogany & Brass Partners Writing Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Exceptional Quality Regency Period Mahogany And Brass, Square, Partners Writing Table, Having
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Mahogany

Sheraton Revival Rosewood Cylinder Bureau - Writing Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
pigeon holes, small drawers and adjustable tooled leather writing surface above 2 frieze drawers with
Category

Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Rosewood

19th Century French Leather-Top Writing Table
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A 19th century French writing table featuring a tooled leather top with gold leaf border and
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Leather, Wood

Imposing French 19th Century Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Rome, IT
rectangular top inset with a tooled leather writing panel and fitted with three drawers to the undulating
Category

19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Wood

Large Mid 19th Century Mahogany Writing Table
Located in London, GB
A large mid 19th century Mahogany writing having black gilt tooled moulded edge rectangular top
Category

Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Mahogany

George III Brass-Mounted Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Kittery Point, ME
In the French taste‚ the rectangular tooled leather inset writing surface with a three-quarter
Category

18th Century and Earlier English Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Brass

Mahogany Kidney Shaped 19th Century Writing Table
By Maple & Co.
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A quite exceptional quality late 19th century mahogany kidney shaped writing table, having gilt
Category

Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century French Bonheur Du Jour Writing Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
. Single drawer to the frieze and with fitted gilt-tooled leather writing surface. Smaller upper drawers
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Kingwood

English Knee Hole Desk With Tooled Leather Top Rounded Bowed Sides
Located in Southampton, NJ
Fabulous mid size Georgian Revival knee hole desk with tooled leather top, six drawers, bowed
Category

Early 20th Century British Georgian Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Brass

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Writing Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
. Having an inset green leather writing surface with gilt tooling. gilded ormolu mouldings and monopodia
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Mahogany

Rococo Style Writing Desk Mounted with Gilt Bronze
Located in London, GB
with a leather writing surface that is tooled and gilt. The front of the desk features five drawers
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Arts and Crafts Solid Oak Side Table / Writing Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5657 Stylish Arts and Crafts solid oak table, having new black tooled leather writing surface
Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Oak

Edwardian Shapland & Petter Mahogany Kidney Shaped Writing Table/Desk
By Shapland & Petter
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
leather tooled writing surface (showing minor signs of usage) and ornate brass gallery. Large centre
Category

Early 1900s Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Mahogany

French Louis XV Style Kingwood Veneer Desk with Tooled Leather Top
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Century) kingwood veneer desk with 5 drawers and gold tooled leather
Category

19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Bronze, Gold Leaf

19th Century English Burr Walnut Victorian Pedestal Desk w/ Tooled Leather Top
Located in North Salem, NY
made Burr Walnut pedestal desk has a gilt tooled leather top with a shaped break on the users side and
Category

19th Century English Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Walnut

Antique French Bureau Plat Writing Table Desk c.1860
Located in London, GB
attractive wood top centred with an inset gold tooled green leather writing surface. The top is banded in
Category

1860s Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Gillows Style Birdseye Maple Writing Table Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a very attractive Antique Victorian Gillows Style Birdseye Maple writing table, circa 1880
Category

1880s English Victorian Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Leather

Wood & Hogan English Bench-Made Chippendale Style Mahogany Writing Table
Located in North Salem, NY
Fine Wood & Hogan English bench-made mahogany Chippendale style three drawer writing table with
Category

18th Century English Chippendale Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Brass

French Louis XV Style Black Lacquered Desk with Red Tooled Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
French Louis XV style black lacquered desk with a red tooled leather top and bronze hardware.
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
which frames details such as the drawers. Below is an extendable writing section covered with tooled
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Victorian Writing Table Desk by Edwards & Roberts 19th Century
Located in London, GB
in date. The top is inset with a gold tooled burgundy leather writing surface above two frieze
Category

1850s Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Leather, Wood

Large Scale 19th Century English Regency Rosewood Library/Writing Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
rosewood with satinwood and boxwood stringing and has its original green tooled leather writing surface to
Category

19th Century Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Rosewood

Antique Victorian Inlaid Satin Walnut Twin Pedestal Desk Writing Table
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique quality Victorian mahogany twin pedestal desk writing table C1890. This is a lovely
Category

Early 1900s Victorian Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Walnut

English Kidney Shaped Kneehole Writing Desk of Mahogany with Leather Top
Located in Austin, TX
top with original leather writing surface decorated with gold tooling in a Greek Key pattern, over a
Category

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Metal, Brass

Antique French Louis XV Tulipwood Marquetry Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Portland, OR
, serpentine shaped writing table, circa 1880. The table having an inset brown & red hued tooled & gilded
Category

1880s French Louis XV Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

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
Category

Late 19th Century American Edwardian Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Walnut, Birdseye Maple

Rare Early 19th Century American Baltimore Federal Parcel Gilt Writing Desk
Located in Dublin, IE
embossed tooled leather writing skiver surface raised over single drawer frieze with decorative brass pulls
Category

Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Brass

Antique Fine Quality C1900 Inlaid Mahogany Ladies Writing Table Desk Dressing
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
smoothly functioning drawer is adorned with brass handles, complemented by a later tooled leather writing
Category

Early 1900s Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Wood, Mahogany

French 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Mounted Writing Table of Fine Quality
Located in Benington, Herts
dame or ladies writing table. The rectangular top having an inset gilt tooled leather writing
Category

19th Century French Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Ormolu

Large Biedermeier Writing Table Early 19th Century Bird's-Eye Maple Veneer
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
top with a tooled black leather writing surface above four frieze drawers, two to each side, on
Category

Early 19th Century English Biedermeier Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Brass

Louis XV Style Diminutive Kingwood Writing Table by J. Lapie/ Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
. Ormolu cartouche escutcheons (lacking a key). The top drawer with a gilt tooled brown leather writing
Category

18th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Louis XVI-Style Mahogany Desk with Leather Writing Surface & Pull-Out Extensions
Located in Eindhoven, NL
gold-tooled leather writing surface, exhibiting minor scratches consistent with age and use. It offers
Category

Early 20th Century Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Bronze

English George III Mahogany & Leather Pedestal “Rent” Writing Desk ca. 1800
Located in Shippensburg, PA
brilliant patina throughout. The top is richly dressed with an olive-green gilt-tooled leather writing
Category

19th Century English George III Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Brass

Antique Monumental French Empire Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
rectangular top has an inset gold-tooled green leather writing surface with a very decorative gilt-bronze
Category

1870s French Empire Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Ladies Morning Room Desk, English, Writing Table, Aesthetic Period, 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Mahogany writing surface with a quality tooled and embossed leather skiver Arrangement of three drawers
Category

Late 19th Century British Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Walnut

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
Category

18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Walnut Writing Table with Leather Top
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This small scale late eighteenth century French Louis XVI period walnut lady's writing desk
Category

Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Bronze

Important Regency Mahogany Partners Writing Table in the Manner of George Smith
By George Smith, Charles Norman
Located in Benington, Herts
gilt tooled leather writing surface, enclosed by a mahogany cross-banded border and reeded edge. The
Category

Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Mahogany, Giltwood

Antique 5ft William IV 6 Drawer Partners library Writing Table Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
brown blind tooled leather writing surface. There are three drawers in the freize, on both sides. It is
Category

1830s William IV Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Mahogany

Victorian Desktop Writing Cabinet in Dark Oak Automatic Tambour, 19th Century
Located in Benalmadena, ES
is fitted with multiple compartments for letters, documents, and writing tools, including shaped
Category

19th Century Victorian Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Metal

Egyptian Revival Pharaoh Sarcophagus Gilt & Enamel Retractable Pencil Pendant
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Sarcophagus. The pendant is crafted to resemble a miniature writing tool, often adorned with enameled
Category

1920s American Art Deco Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel

Japanese Meiji Lacquer Writing Set
Located in New Orleans, LA
writing tools with them, including a small grinding stone set in a drawer at the bottom of their arrow
Category

19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Stone

Japanese Meiji Lacquer Writing Set
Japanese Meiji Lacquer Writing Set
H 10.75 in W 9 in D 1.5 in
Oversized Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope
Located in Northampton, GB
. The box contains some further Tunbridge Ware writing tools which are featured in the photographs. The
Category

Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Velvet, Wood

Oversized Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope
Oversized Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope
H 3.94 in W 16.93 in D 12.8 in
Carved mahogany kidney shaped desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
Carved mahogany kidney-shaped kneehole writing desk, having a tooled leather inset top over an
Category

Early 20th Century British Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Wood

Carved mahogany kidney shaped desk
Carved mahogany kidney shaped desk
H 29.5 in W 50 in D 27 in
Louis XV Desk Attributed to “Sormani” with Bronze D’Ore Mounts
Located in New Orleans, LA
piece features a leather, gold tooled writing surface and is in fantastic shape.
Category

19th Century French Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Bronze, Gold Plate

English 19th c. Generous Partners' Desk
Located in Greenwich, CT
business partners could collaborate over the same writing surface, now suitable for central placement in a
Category

Mid-19th Century English Antique Writing Tools

Materials

Mahogany

English 19th c. Generous Partners' Desk
English 19th c. Generous Partners' Desk
H 30 in W 65.5 in D 47.5 in
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Antique Writing Tools For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique writing tools is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique writing tools was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, animal skin and leather. Antique writing tools have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique writing tools are generally popular furniture pieces, but Louis XVI, Regency and Louis XV styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Many antique writing tools are appealing in their simplicity, but John Bowman produced popular antique writing tools that are worth a look.

How Much are Antique Writing Tools?

Prices for antique writing tools can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique writing tools begin at $470 and can go as high as $25,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,800.