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Biedermeier Cylinder Roll Top Desk with drawers
By Biedermeier
Located in Pasadena, TX
sophisticatedly book matched, the roll top is just the beginning. The interior is done in a beautiful lighter wood
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Wood
French Restauration Antique Mahogany Cylinder Roll-Top Desk circa 1830
Located in Shippensburg, PA
drawer over a cylinder roll-top that easily lifts with a pair of original stamped brass knobs to reveal a
Category
Antique 19th Century English Empire Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
H 52.63 in W 54.75 in D 25.38 in
Wonderful 18th Century French Roll Top Desk (Cylinder Bureau)
Located in Poole, GB
Wonderful 18th Century French Roll Top Desk ( cylinder bureau )
A very elegant and with great
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Georgian Cylinder Desk Period Antique Mahogany Roll Top
Located in Potters Bar, GB
desk having a very elegant pierced gallery.
The cylinder top opens to reveal a wonderful interior
Category
Vintage 1980s Georgian Desks
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Roll Top Secretary Desk, French Walnut with Marquetry Inlay
Located in Toronto, CA
Elegant Edwardian Cylinder Roll Top Secretary Desk, French Walnut with Marquetry & Parquetry Inlay
Category
20th Century English Edwardian Secretaires
Materials
Hardwood
William IV Roll Top Desk Mahogany 19th Century Cylinder Period
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Impressive William IV Mahogany Cylinder Desk.
This Cylinder Desk is Raised Upon Turned and Carved
Category
Antique 19th Century William IV Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Monumental French Regency Inlaid Brass Mounted Barrel Roll Top Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Monumental French Regency Inlaid Brass Mounted Barrel Roll Top Cylinder Barrel Desk
This
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century American Cutler & Sons Model 1 Roll Top Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
roll top or cylinder fronted desk with the front of the desk folding under the desk section.
You
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American American Craftsman Desks
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Scandinavian Modern Rolltop Teak Secretary
Located in Brooklyn, NY
desk features a cylindrical roll top that conceals the desk area when not in use. Pull out writing leaf
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak, Wood
Eastlake Cylinder Roll Top desk or Secretary
Located in Manhattan, NY
19th century American cylinder desk with bookcase and drawers.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century North American Eastlake Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Midcentury Scandinavian Teak Roll Top Desk by Egon Ostergaard
By Egon Ostergaard
Located in Chesham, GB
A Swedish teak cylinder roll top desk/bureau designed by Egon Ostergaard in the 1960s. Featuring a
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
19th Century Louis XV Roll Top Cylinder Desk
Located in Miami, FL
19th c. Louis XV roll top cylinder desk, the rectangular marble top with three quarter pierced
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A 19th Century Directoire Period Walnut Cylinder Roll Top Writing Desk
Located in Toorak, VIC
An Early 19th Century Directoire Period Walnut Cylinder Roll Top Writing Desk.
Handsome in
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
H 47.25 in W 46.86 in D 23.23 in
Antique Victorian Walnut Cylinder Roll Up Desk, Scotland 1870, H345
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Victorian Walnut Cylinder Roll up Desk, Roll Top Desk, Scotland 1870, H345
Scotland 1870
Category
Antique 1870s Scottish Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Brass Inlay Rosewood Writing Desk with Cylinder Roll Top
Located in South Newfane, VT
applied to the feet. This museum-worthy piece has a Tambour cylinder roll-top that opens as the main
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desks
Materials
Bronze
H 34.75 in W 25.25 in D 17 in
Roll Top (Tambour) with Top Gallery
Located in Manhattan Beach, CA
Eastlake era tambour cylinder roll top walnut desk. 4 turned legs, pair of drawers each side
Category
Antique 19th Century American Eastlake Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Danish Cylinder Roll Top Desk
By Egon Ostergaard
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A Mid-Century Danish cylinder roll top desk marked on bottom with "MIS" made in Sweden
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Modernist Cylindrical Roll-Top Desk
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An innovative teak roll top desk of cylindrical shape having a unique desk surface that emerges
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Danish Cylinder Roll Top Desk
By Karl Emil Jensen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elmwood desk with beautiful patina. Has many compartments and drawers. Behind the 3 large drawers
Category
Antique 19th Century Danish Desks
Materials
Elm, Ivory, Bone
Danish Cylinderical Roll-Top Desk, 1840s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptional cylinder top desk with great patina, complete and very original.
Roll up the top to
Category
Antique 1840s Danish Desks
Materials
Wrought Iron
18th-19th Century Bombay Dutch Marquetry Cylinder / Roll Top Desk
Located in Manhasset, NY
all having pulls. The pull out mechanical writing surface rolls the cylinder desk top into hiding. One
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Colonial Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique British Edwardian Cylinder Writing Desk
Located in STOKE ON TRENT, GB
Cylinder roll top desk.
Early 20th-century Edwardian mahogany cylinder roll top desk bureau
Category
Early 20th Century British Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Hobbs & Co. English Roll Top Cylinder Desk
By Hobbs & Co.
Located in Den Haag, NL
cylinder desk features a small up stand to top, a large barrel fronted desk compartment, and a quality
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Style Roll Top Cylinder Desk
Located in Troy, MI
Found in France, this Louis XVI style roll top cylinder desk dates from approximately 1920. The
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Brass
Inlaid Brass Boulle Rosewood English Regency Cylinder Roll Desk with Leather Top
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a fantastic and very clean 1840s era English Regency desk. Made of rosewood with brass
Category
Antique 1840s English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 77 in W 48 in D 24 in
Danish Modern Rolltop Secretary
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This uniquely sized Danish Cylinder Roll Top Desk provides a beautiful workspace for any room. With
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Vintage Mid Century Modern Danish Style Teak Roll Top Cylinder Desk Bureau 1968
Located in Portland, OR
A good Mid Century Modern roll top cylinder desk bureau, circa 1968.
The desk with a locking roll
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
H 39 in W 35.25 in D 18 in
Mid Century Brutalist Style Half Cylinder Oak Roll Top Marble Writing Desk 53"
Located in Dayton, OH
A quaint mid century Brutalist style office desk. Features a dark oak finish and half cylinder
Category
Mid-20th Century Brutalist Desks
Materials
Marble
H 49 in W 53 in D 25 in
Adams Style Vernis Martin Paint Decorated Antique Cylinder Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Antique Adams style distressed paint decorated cylinder desk. Roll top desk containing storage, 2
Category
Early 20th Century Adam Style Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Eastlake Aesthetic Maple Cylinder Roll Top Secretary Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century Aesthetic period cylinder roll top secretary writing desk. Made of maplewood
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Aesthetic Movement Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Maple
H 46 in W 32 in D 19.5 in
Space Age "Telstar" Telephone
By AT&T
Located in Hanover, MA
Smoked translucent acrylic cylindrical roll-top cased executive desk phone with retractable cord
Category
Vintage 1970s American Space Age Desk Accessories
Antique American Victorian Eastlake Walnut Cylinder Roll-Top Desk Secretary 1875
Located in Portland, OR
Antique American Eastlake walnut cylinder roll-top desk, 1875. The desk having a carved gallery
Category
Antique 1870s American Eastlake Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 47.5 in W 42 in D 22 in
Walnut Cylinder Roll-Top Desk, circa 1890
Located in Evergreen, CO
drawer, gallery top rests above the walnut cylinder, which rolls open to a pull-out writing surface, five
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Desks
Materials
Leather, Felt, Walnut
Mastercraft Compact Brass Cylinder Roll Top Desk Writing Table
By Mastercraft
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern brass cylinder top faux bamboo base legs, embossed black leather pull out top
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Teak Cylinder Roll Top Desk attributed to Egon Ostergaard
By Egon Ostergaard
Located in Redding, CT
pulls out from the interior once the cylindrical top is opened. Depth of the pullout is 17.50. Made in
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Swedish Rosewood Roll Top Cylinder Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
A Scandinavian Modern rosewood roll top cylinder desk. The fitted interior of teak with a pull out
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Rosewood, Teak
Scandinavian Teak Roll Top Cylinder Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This beautiful teak desk features a wonderful pull out workspace (17.5 x 34) and plenty of options
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Antique Victorian Eastlake Half Cylinder Walnut Roll Top Secretary Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian period Eastlake cylinder roll top secretary writing desk, circa 1880s. Made of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Eastlake Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 44 in W 36 in D 20 in
Antique Eastlake Walnut & Burl Cylinder Roll Top Secretary Desk, Circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
glass door bookcase with double glass doors opening to shelved interior over lower with barrel roll desk
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Eastlake Desks
Materials
Glass, Walnut, Burl
H 97 in W 40.25 in D 23.25 in
Mid-Century Modern Danish Teak Roll Top Cylinder Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful teak writing desk offers a wonderful pull out workspace (17.5 x 34) and plenty of
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Antique French 19th Century Louis XVI Walnut Ormolu Marble Cylinder Desk, 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A good quality antique French walnut ladies Louis XVI cylinder/ roll-top writing desk, circa 1880
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Walnut
H 44 in W 31.5 in D 20 in
Victorian Eastlake 1870 Cylinder Roll Top Secretaire Desk Bookcase Glazed Doors
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
base has a large two door cupboard, on top a cylinder domed secretaire desk. You roll the top back
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
H 81.7 in W 44.89 in D 22.05 in
English 19th Century Cylinder Roll Top Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
a very handsome English Mahogany Roll Top Cylinder Desk c. 1850. Classic form with a gallery top
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th century French Provincial Cylinder Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
19th century French Provincial pine Cylinder roll top desk with drawers and interior drawers and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Antique Victorian Mahogany Desk, Roll Top Cylinder Desk, Scotland 1880, B2183
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Victorian mahogany desk, roll top desk, cylinder desk, Scotland 1880, B2183
Scotland
Category
Antique 1880s English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
H 43.5 in W 47.5 in D 27 in
Victorian Walnut Cylinder, Roll Top, Pedestal Desk, Scotland 1890, H1176
Located in Vancouver, BC
Victorian Walnut Cylinder Desk, Roll Top, Pedestals, Scotland 1890, H1176
Scotland 1890
Solid
Category
Antique 1890s Scottish Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Walnut Cylinder Desk, Roll Top, Pedestals, Scotland 1890, H1176
Located in Vancouver, BC
Victorian Walnut Cylinder Desk, Roll Top, Pedestals, Scotland 1890, H1176
Scotland 1890
Solid
Category
Antique 1890s Scottish Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Beautiful And Rare Cylinder Bureau Cherry Wood 1790
Located in Senden, NRW
Rare Cylinder Bureau
- Roll-top desk with top
- Cherrywood veneer
- Louis
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Louis XVI Cabinets
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Cylinder Roll Top Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal cylinder roll top desk for your home. A cylinder roll top desk — often made from wood, hardwood and teak — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the cylinder roll top desk you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A cylinder roll top desk, designed in the Mid-Century Modern, Scandinavian Modern or Regency style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made cylinder roll top desk over the years, but those crafted by Egon Ostergaard and Mastercraft are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Cylinder Roll Top Desk?
Prices for a cylinder roll top desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $750 and can go as high as $9,500, while the average can fetch as much as $2,900.
Questions About Cylinder Roll Top Desk
- What is a roll top desk?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A roll top desk is a piece of furniture that has a wooden cover that can be pulled down when the desk is not in use. Shop a collection of roll top furniture from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- What is a roll top desk called?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Sometimes, roll-top desks are called tambours, sliding roll desks or roll-up desks. However, roll-top is the most commonly used name. The style of desk became popular during the 19th century. You can find a range of roll-top desks on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A roll top desk kept small essentials and paperwork organized. The roll top design was ideal for business people to secure their desks at the end of the day without filing away their work. Browse a variety of roll top desks on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Roll-top desks are originally from the late 18th century in the Georgian era of England. By the middle of the Victorian era, they were found in most offices and produced on a large scale. Shop a range of antique roll-top desks on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022To tell if a roll-top desk is an antique, look closely at the materials. Real antiques feature hardwoods like cherry, mahogany and black walnut. If you detect the use of engineered woods, the desk is a reproduction. Also, early pieces show off irregular dovetail joints. Joints that appear perfectly uniform indicate that a roll-top desk is a more recent mass-produced piece. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of expertly vetted antique roll-top desks.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A variety of factors can determine the exact age of an antique roll top desk. Some things to look for is the type of wood and craftsmanship used to create the desk. Typically, older desks will be made from heavier wood. You can also check for a maker’s marks to determine the age. When in doubt, work with a certified appraiser to determine the authenticity of your roll top desk. You’ll find a variety of expertly vetted roll top desks on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A roll top desk can be worth anywhere between $3,000 to $6,000, depending on the condition, materials used and time of manufacturing. Roll top desks are expensive, as they are very popular on the antique furniture market and are considered timeless collectibles. Shop a range of antique and vintage roll top desks on 1stDibs.