Personality comes through the details. For a desk that feels experimental and individualistic, many turn to the Queen Anne style, either through antiques or contemporary pieces inspired by its lines and flourishes.

As you create a study or update your work area, here’s why a Queen Anne desk catches our discerning eye.

What is Queen Anne Style?

True Queen Anne desks and furniture were crafted following the eponymous queen’s reign, with this period in Europe lasting until the mid-18th century. Yet, rather than this style of curved silhouettes and cabriole legs fade out, it experienced a revival on the other side of the Atlantic, coinciding with what we now call the Colonial furniture period.

Whether an antique, vintage or contemporary Queen Anne-style desk, this form tends to overlap with both William and Mary and Chippendale characteristics yet stands apart with its arched, vase-line forms and pad foot ends.

Take a Period Approach

Show appreciation for the furniture designs of centuries past in your home. New and vintage Queen Anne-style desks immediately deliver this combination through their distinctive shapes and dark finishes. Chairish’s highly curated selection reflects our eye for design — one that’s both adventurous and seeking to bring new life to these older forms. Begin your search to find something you connect with among Queen Anne writing, secretary and more styles now.

Queen Anne Desks

Shop Vintage Queen Anne Desks

Queen Anne Style Console or Desk Speckled by Ira Yeager

18th C Style George I Burton-Ching Black Chinoiserie Secretary Desk Bookcase

18th C Style George III Burton-Ching Red Chinoiserie Secretary Desk Bookcase

Antique Queen Anne Style Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase Secretary Desk

1980s Baker Stately Homes Collection Queen Anne Walnut Secretary Desk With Bookcase

19th Century Queen Anne Lacquer Secretary Desk

George II Style Burr Walnut Bureau Cabinet

1990s Thomasville Mahogany Queen Anne Secretary Desk

Antique Queen Anne Secretary 17th Century to Early 18th Century

Queen Anne Style Burl Walnut Writing Table With Embossed Green Leather Top, English Circa 1860

Early 20th Century Red Leather Top Queen Anne Style Writing Desk

Broyhill Furniture Solid Cherry Traditional Queen Anne 52" Writing Desk

Kling Colonial Cherry Secretary Desk

Antique Form English Mahogany Queen Anne Style Partners Desk

Queen Anne Style Pedestal Desk

American Bleached Oak Desk

Baker Queen Anne Drop Front Secretary Desk

Vintage Mahogany Queen Anne Slant Front Secretary by Maddox C. 1950

Pennsylvania House Slant Front 4-Drawer Cherry Secretary Desk With Lock

Councill Craftmen Crossbanded Mahogany Queen Anne Style Table Writing Desk

Vintage 20th C English Queen Anne Style Green Painted Writing Desk

Antique Tiger Oak Slant Front Secretary Desk Queen Anne Style Writing Desk

Late 20th Century Secretary by Jasper Cabinet Company

Henkel Harris Queen Anne Secretary Desk

Mid 18th Century Antique English Burl Walnut Queen Anne Style Writing Desk

Early 19th Century British George III Figured Walnut Secretary Bookcase

Antique Mid 18th Century American Queen Anne Maple Slant Front Desk on Frame

Antique Early 18th C English Queen Anne Mahogany Knee Hole Desk - Circa 1710

17th Century Charles II Slant-Front Desk

Vintage French Provincial Queen Anne Secretary Writing Desk With Chair

Early 18th Century Queen Anne Period Walnut Slant Front Bureau

English Period 18th Century Queen Anne Walnut Lowboy

Queen Ann Bureau Cabinet by Baker's Stately Home Collection

Late 20th Century Ethan Allen Secretary Desk

Mid 20th Century Vintage Maddox Colonial Queen Anne Mahogany Slant Front Secretary Desk

Late 20th Century Baker Furniture Queen Anne Style Writing Desk

Mid 20th Century Petite Queen Anne Walnut Ladies Desk, After John Widdicomb

1970s Sligh Walnut Curved Front Desk With Leather Top

Antique Mahogany Petite Spinet Writing Desk C.1900

Baker Executive Leather Top Desk and Matching Chair Chinoiserie Motif

Late 20th Century Harden Queen Anne Style Mahogany Table Writing Desk.

19th Century Antique English Bureau Desk on Stand in Walnut

Early 20th Century Antique English Queen Anne Style Burl and Oak Writing Desk

19th Century Antique Green Leather Top Queen Anne Style Writing Desk

Late 19th Century Antique English Queen Anne Style Desk or Vanity

18th-Century Queen Anne Irish Marquetry Bureau Plat Desk

Sligh Georgian Flame Mahogany Leather Top Executive Writing Desk

Henkel Harris Queen Anne Lady Astor Solid Mahogany Slant Front Writing Desk

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