Desks
Mid-20th Century Desks
Metal
Late 19th Century Hungarian Biedermeier Antique Desks
Other
1780s English Georgian Antique Desks
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Brass
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Teak
Early 2000s American Modern Desks
Burl
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Rosewood, Walnut
18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Desks
Cherry
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desks
Walnut
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Teak
1980s Regency Vintage Desks
Walnut
Early 18th Century Antique Desks
Oak, Walnut, Pine
2010s French Louis XVI Desks
Wood, Cherry, Oak
19th Century Chippendale Antique Desks
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Leather, Mahogany
1980s Victorian Vintage Desks
Walnut
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Desks
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Walnut
19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Cherry
20th Century American Desks
Leather, Walnut
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Iron
1950s French Vintage Desks
Iron, Brass
1890s French Louis Philippe Antique Desks
Walnut
Late 19th Century Hungarian Renaissance Antique Desks
Other
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Desks
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Desks
Metal
2010s American Organic Modern Desks
Bronze
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Teak
1930s Vintage Desks
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Rosewood
Early 20th Century English Georgian Desks
Leather, Mahogany
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Metal
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Metal
Late 20th Century American Modern Desks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Desks
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Glass, Acrylic
Late 18th Century English Chippendale Antique Desks
Brass
1960s American American Colonial Vintage Desks
Brass
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Desks
Mahogany
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Teak, Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Wood, Teak
1990s European Post-Modern Desks
Cherry
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Lucite, Walnut
1940s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Aluminum, Steel
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Desks
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Desks
Steel
17th Century French Renaissance Antique Desks
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Desks
Brass
1960s Danish Vintage Desks
Teak
Early 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Desks
Mirror, Birch
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Metal
Early 20th Century Dutch Gothic Revival Desks
Brass
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Desks
Poplar, Paint
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Burl
Vintage and Antique Desks for Sale — Shop Handcrafted Mid-Century Modern Desks, Art Deco Desks and Other Desks and Tables on 1stDibs
There’s no reason that the corner of your home you’ve dedicated to work shouldn’t also reflect your personality and sense of style. A collection of unique vintage and antique desks can be found on 1stDibs today.
The right desk can be a good fit for your space and help keep you organized when you need it most. For many, the word “desk” can have a negative connotation. Derived from the Latin desca, meaning “table to write on,” the word can understandably evoke memories of stuffy classrooms or monotonous workdays.
As working from home has become more widespread for part of the workforce, many professionals who work remotely park themselves at the dining-room table or at the kitchen countertop to do so. If you’ve got the space, it's healthy to set aside an area in your home designated for work. A good desk can keep you on track and keep your newly minted home office free of clutter and distractions.
Within your own walls, an office area can be both personal and productive, decorated exactly to your taste or just an unobtrusive addition that aligns with the energy of the space as is. When shopping for a desk, keep height, space and specs in mind. It’s helpful to know if you’ll need the desk to offer storage, such as drawers or a hutch, or if it should fit alongside your bedroom wall as cleanly as possible.
An antique writing desk, for example, will offer a spacious, streamlined work experience with a desktop that affords real estate for your notebooks, pens, laptop and research materials. Secretary desks reveal small inner storage compartments — pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers — when their hinged leaves are folded out.
Maybe you'd prefer a vintage mid-century modern desk that seamlessly incorporates drawers for storage.
Nebraska-born designer Don S. Shoemaker became inspired by Mexico’s tropical woods, such as cocobolo, a Mexican rosewood, and he decided to work with the material in the postwar years to create desks and other furnishings. Elsewhere, made according to the same high standards as the company’s chairs, celebrated mid-century manufacturer Herman Miller produced desks over the years in a number of versions, created by designers like George Nelson, Gilbert Rohde and Bruce Burdick.
Whether you want a dramatic rolltop-style furnishing akin to the 18th-century secretary commissioned by Louis XVI or a contemporary piece made of everything from linoleum to fallen trees, a new desk and clever arrangement of desktop accessories can brighten the workday in any home.
For every passion project, year-end report or spontaneous million-dollar app idea, find the desk you need on 1stDibs.
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