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French Neoclassical Regency Style Mahogany One-Drawer Lyre Desk Console Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Neoclassical Regency Style Mahogany One-Drawer Lyre Desk Console Table. Item
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Console Tables

Materials

Brass

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
Category

2010s Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Dropside Lyre or Harp Desk
Dropside Lyre or Harp Desk
H 30 in W 38 in D 24 in
Scandinavian Veneered Biedermeier Writing Desk with Lyres
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A small mahogany and walnut veneered table or writing desk with brass holders in the lyres formed
Category

Antique Early 1800s Scandinavian Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Victorian Writing Table Desk 1860 Lyre Legs
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian Mahogany Writing Table. Circa 1860 This Writing Table Features Lyre End Supports, a
Category

Antique 1860s Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Italian Baroque Carved Walnut Writing Desk with Lyre Base
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An Italian Baroque style walnut writing desk table with drawers and lyre shaped base legs and
Category

Antique Early 1800s Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wrought Iron

Baker Furniture Lyre Motife Birdseye Maple Drop-Leaf Writing Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Startlingly beautiful bird’s-eye maple drop-leaf writing desk having gorgeous satinwood and ebony
Category

Vintage 1980s American Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Birdseye Maple

Italian Walnut Baroque Style Lyre-Leg Trestle Refectory Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Italian Baroque style desk, or writing table with lyre shaped legs and joint with a central drawer
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Italian 1800s Baroque Style Desk with Drawers, Lyre Base and Iron Stretcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Baroque style walnut Desk/table from the early 19th century, with drawers, lyre shaped
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wrought Iron

Spanish 19th C. Desk or Console Table with Beautiful Lyre-Carved Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish walnut wood table with lyre legs from the 19th century. This antique table from Spain
Category

Antique 19th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Table. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
design. This substantial and rare table desk belongs to the tradition of the lyre-desks of the Empire or
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Early 20th Spanish Desk with Lyre Legs and Carved Edges on Top
Located in Miami, FL
Early 20th Spanish desk with lyre legs and carved edges on top An 20th century Spanish Baroque
Category

20th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wrought Iron

Italian Baroque Style 1880s Walnut Desk with Inlaid Top and Carved Lyre Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Baroque style walnut desk table from the late 19th century, with inlaid top, two drawers
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

17th Century Italian Oak Wood Antique Fratino Table or Desk with Lyre Legs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
"Fratino" and was usually used as dining tables in convents or monasteries. The legs are carved in the lyre
Category

Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Russian Neoclassic Mahogany Lyre Writing Table
Located in Queens, NY
frieze drawer on lyre trestle supports joined by a stretcher.
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Russian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

18th C. Carved Walnut Lyre-Leg Table, Italy
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian carved walnut wood table with lyre legs from the 18th century. This antique table from
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

English Regency Mahogany and Ebonized Wood Lyre-End Sofa / Writing Table
Located in Stamford, CT
A striking English Regency mahogany sofa / writing table with lyre ends and ebonized detailing
Category

Antique 1820s English Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather

19th Century Spanish Baroque Style Walnut Lyre Leg Writing Table or Side Table
Located in Birmingham, AL
gadroon edge above an intricately carved frieze with two drawers across the front, this beautiful desk is
Category

Antique 1880s Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wrought Iron

Very Fine Charles X Imperial Porphyry Lyre Clock
Located in New York, NY
An important Charles X imperial porphyry lyre clock. Crafted from red porphyry and ormolu
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Porphyry, Bronze

Louis Seize Lyre Mantel Clock, Probably Paris, circa 1780
Located in Greding, DE
Lyre-shaped mantel clock on marble base with crowning head of sun god Apollo and swan heads holding
Category

Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Marble

Lyre console table or desk - 20th century - H : 79, 5cm
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Italian Lyre console table or desk - 20th century - H:79,5cm Antique - Decoration - 20th Measures
Category

20th Century Italian Baroque Console Tables

Materials

Wood

20th English Georgian Oak Two Drawers Lowboy or Desk with Lyre Legs
Located in Miami, FL
20th English Georgian oak two drawers lowboy or desk with lyre legs.    
Category

Early 20th Century European Georgian Lowboys

20th Century Solid Walnut Baroque Lyre-Leg Trestle Refectory Desk Writing Table
Located in Miami, FL
20th Century Spanish baroque desk, or writing table made of solid walnut with lyre legs joined by
Category

Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Console Tables

Materials

Iron

Spanish 1880s Walnut Side Table or Lady Desk, Lyre Legs and Iron Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
lyre legs, whose roundness balances the linearity of the top beautifully. With its patina, showing the
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Side Tables

Materials

Iron

Empire Clock of a Seated Youth Holding a Scroll and Lyre
Located in Vancouver, BC
clock case holding a lyre and scroll. The rectangular case is decorated with wreaths and musical
Category

Antique 1820s French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Antique Lyre Petite Writing Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Antique 1 drawer writing desk with lyre sides.
Category

Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Antique Lyre Petite Writing Desk
Antique Lyre Petite Writing Desk
H 30.5 in W 20 in L 30.5 in
Vintage Continental Secretary/Desk w/Cylinder Sides & Lyre Base
Located in Chicago, IL
Unique and wonderful, this fine desk has all the bells and whistles. With an astonishing appearance
Category

Vintage 1930s Desks and Writing Tables

17th Century Italian Walnut Fratino Table or Desk with Lyre Legs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
"Fratino" and was usually used as dining tables in convents or monasteries. The legs are carved in the lyre
Category

Antique Late 17th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Northern Italian Fratino Walnut Desk with Lyre-Shaped Legs from the 1890s
Located in Atlanta, GA
. This exquisite walnut desk was born in the Northern part of Italy during the later years of the 19th
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Walnut and Wrought Iron Desk with Two Drawers and Lyre Legs
Located in Miami, FL
Spectacular 19th century walnut and wrought iron desk with two drawers. Beautiful unique brass
Category

Antique 1890s Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Iron

Early 20th Century Italian Walnut Small Fratino Table or Desk with Lyre Legs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
carved in the lyre-shaped walnut. Equipped with two small drawers. Due to its small size it can also be
Category

Vintage 1930s Italian Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Walnut Desk or Side Table with Lyre Legs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
the lyre-shaped legs. The legs have numerous swirls. This table is in perfect condition ready to be
Category

Antique 1890s Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

c.1870 Hand-Carved Spanish Fruitwood Lyre-Leg Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful hand-carved Spanish fruitwood desk with 3 drawers, ornate lyre-shaped legs and curling
Category

Antique 19th Century Spanish Desks

Materials

Iron

French Polychrome Painted Lyre Trestle Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1880 French Polychrome painted Lyre Trestle table Measures: W 174 x D 57 x H 72 cm.    
Category

Antique 1870s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Pine

French Polychrome Painted Lyre Trestle Table
French Polychrome Painted Lyre Trestle Table
H 28.35 in W 68.51 in D 22.45 in
19th Century Italian Florence Renaissance Style Walnut Writing Desk, Lyre Legs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
classic Lyre legs. On the front it has 3 useful drawers. Rare and precious walnut. The back of the desk is
Category

Antique 1890s Italian Renaissance Desks

Materials

Walnut

18th Century Spanish Walnut Lyre Leg Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful walnut lyre leg table from the 1700's. One wide board top, nearly 2" thick. Lovely patina.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Iron

Regency period rosewood writing table with lyre supports
Located in London, GB
drawers, raised on lyre end supports joined by arched stretcher, ending on original leaf scroll castors.
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood, Satinwood

17th Century Tuscan Refectory Style Walnut Table with Lyre Legs
Located in Encinitas, CA
base of lyre legs and crossbar supports, 19th century. Simple dramatic clean lines.  Measures: 60.5
Category

Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Early 18th Century Italian Walnut Writing Table with Lyre Shaped Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 18th Century Italian Walnut Writing Table with Lyre Shaped Legs & Center Drawer
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Spanish Baroque Style Fratino Table with Lyre Shaped Base and Iron Stretcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish Baroque style walnut fratino table with carved lyre shaped base and iron stretcher
Category

20th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Iron

Walnut and Ormolu Lyre Boudoir Clock
By A.D. Mougin
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
An exquisite small sized boudoir or desk clock, beautifully formed in the sought after Louis XVI
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

Austrian Late Neoclassical Walnut 1-Drawer Lyre Shaped Writing Table, circa 1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
, the legs are lyre form with stretchers, finished on four sides.
Category

Antique 1830s Austrian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Art Nouveau Bronze Inkwell with a Nude and Lyre by H. Godet
By Godet
Located in Antwerp, BE
lyre on a bronze base decorated with leaves. Signed in the bronze H. Godet. Founder: Siot Paris
Category

Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Inkwells

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Austrian Viennese Hand Painted Enamel Gilt Metal Lyre Clock
Located in New York, NY
Antique Austrian Viennese hand painted enamel gilt metal lyre clock, In the form of an artist
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Antique 19th Century French Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Lyre Shaped Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th Century French exquisite ormolu and baccarat crystal lyre shaped clock.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

Oak Desk with Two Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully carved oak lyre leg desk with two drawers.
Category

Antique 19th Century Spanish Desks

Materials

Wrought Iron

Oak Desk with Two Drawers
Oak Desk with Two Drawers
H 32.5 in W 60.5 in D 33.5 in
Period French Empire Mahogany Bureau Plat of Desk, 19th Century
Located in Essex, MA
Period first Empire Mahogany desk --Lyre base form with original gilt bronze mounts
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Empire Desks

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century French Charles X Style Sycamore Veneer and Leather Desk, 1890s
Located in LEGNY, FR
represents a Lyre. This desk is quiet rare because of its small size. Used to be in a big and well-known
Category

Antique 19th Century French Charles X Desks

Materials

Leather, Sycamore

19th Century Oak Writing Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful lyre leg Spanish oak desk, with twisted iron supports.
Category

Antique 19th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Iron

19th Century Oak Writing Table
19th Century Oak Writing Table
H 28.5 in W 70.5 in D 30.5 in
20th Century Spanish Carved Walnut House Desk with Lyre Legs
Located in Miami, FL
An 20th century Spanish baroque desk, or writing table made of solid walnut with lyre shaped legs
Category

Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Console Tables

Materials

Walnut

Early 19th C. Biedermeier Sofa Table/Desk With Lyre-Form Trestle Base
By Josef Danhauser
Located in Morristown, NJ
Early 19th c., Biedermeier cherrywood and banded rectangular desk/sofa table. The top is above a
Category

Antique 1820s Austrian Biedermeier Sofa Tables

Materials

Wood

19th Century Solid Walnut Baroque Lyre-Leg Trestle Refectory Desk Writing Table
Located in Miami, FL
An 19th century Spanish baroque desk, or writing table made of solid walnut with lyre shaped legs
Category

Antique 1850s Spanish Baroque Console Tables

Materials

Iron

Italian Baroque Walnut Side Table
Located in Stamford, CT
17th century Italian baroque walnut side table with single drawer. Also works as a writing desk
Category

Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Side Tables

Italian Baroque Walnut Side Table
Italian Baroque Walnut Side Table
H 31.5 in W 33 in D 19 in
Antique Lyre Petite Writing Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Antique 1 drawer writing desk with lyre sides.
Category

Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Antique Lyre Petite Writing Desk
Antique Lyre Petite Writing Desk
H 30.5 in W 20 in D 15 in
Antique Spanish Solid Walnut Baroque Lyre, Leg Table or Desk
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful Spanish baroque desk or writing table is made of solid walnut with lyre shaped legs
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Iron

Antique Victorian Satinwood Lyre Back Desk Chair 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely antique Victorian lyre back satinwood chair, circa 1880 in date. The stunning
Category

Antique 1880s English Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Satinwood

18th Century Solid Walnut Baroque Lyre-Leg Trestle Refectory Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
An 18th century Spanish Baroque desk, or writing table made of solid walnut with lyre shaped legs
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wrought Iron

18th Century, Spanish Baroque Trestle Refectory Desk Table on Lyre-Shaped Legs
Located in Miami, FL
This chestnut refectory table with lyre or harp legs form. Its robust but elegant style will
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Lyre Secretaire in Vienna Biedermeier Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Masks with ring handles. This so called Lyre Secretaire is the crowning of all European furniture Art
Category

20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Birdseye Maple

Lyre Secretaire in Vienna Biedermeier Style
Lyre Secretaire in Vienna Biedermeier Style
H 67.52 in W 43.12 in D 24.02 in
Swedish Karl Johan Biedermeier Lyre Motif Birch Table, 1825
By Karl Johan
Located in San Francisco, CA
An early Karl Johan-period Swedish Biedermeier lyre motif small birch table with drawer
Category

Antique 1820s Swedish Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Birch

17th Century Spanish Chestnut Refectory Table on Lyre-Shaped Legs
Located in Haarlem, NL
This chestnut refectory table with lyre or harp form supports and original wooden stretchers will
Category

Antique Late 17th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Iron

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Lyre Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the lyre desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each lyre desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and walnut. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect lyre desk — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A lyre desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Baroque, Regency and Louis XVI styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made lyre desk over the years, but those crafted by A.D. Mougin, Andre Romain Guilmet and Baker Furniture Company are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Lyre Desk?

Prices for a lyre desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $950 and can go as high as $34,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,415.