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Desks For Sale
James Mont Style Faux Bamboo Dining Table in Aluminum and Brass
By James Mont
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic 1970s James Mont style Hollywood-Regency faux-bamboo dining table was acquired from a Palm Beach estate. The piece is fabricated in cast aluminum with brass rin...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desks
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
18th Century Scandanvian Rococo Giltwood and Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 18th Century Rococo carved giltwood and Walnut bureau bookcase, having wonderful scrolling foliate and plume decoration to the cornice, a single mirror door with gi...
Category
Late 18th Century Scandinavian Rococo Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut, Giltwood
Superb Sheraton Revival Satinwood Desk
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4637 Fine late Victorian satinwood bureau, having arched tambour top which open to reveal pigeons holes, small inlaid drawers and slide out, green leather writing surface, all abov...
Category
1890s English Sheraton Antique Desks
Materials
Satinwood
Jean Prouvé, Cafétéria n°512 Table, a.k.a "Compas" Table, circa 1950
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Paris, FR
Bent sheet steel and laminated wood top
H. 68.5 x L. 130 x P. 70 cm
H. 26.97 x L. 51.18 x D. 27.56 inches.
Category
1950s French Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
Cabinet-Table-Desk British Modern, 1930-1940
Located in Brussels, BE
Original British folded desk : Modern from 1930s-1940s. The body and the feet are in cream painted metal. Very original and rare drop-down desk-cabinet.
Modernism in Britain.
Desig...
Category
1930s English Bauhaus Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Edwardian Satinwood Carlton House Desk
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality Edwardian period Sheraton style Satinwood, Carlton house desk. Having a brass pierced gallery to the top. Marquetry inlaid decoration depicting musical instrument...
Category
Late 19th Century English Sheraton Antique Desks
Materials
Satinwood
Vintage Italian Rococo Revival Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Italian writing table / desk with Rococo Revival handicarved solid wood frame accented by a scalloped apron and gilt embossed l...
Category
1970s Italian Rococo Vintage Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
William and Mary Walnut Burl Slant Front Desk
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An early 18th century William and Mary Burled walnut veneer desk with book rest and side handles for transport. Pulls were replaced early on as styles changed and are early 18th cent...
Category
Early 18th Century English William and Mary Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Mid-19th Century Georgian Style Mahogany Knee Hole Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-19th century Georgian style mahogany knee hole desk in very nice original condition. The case having a single top drawer with a knee hole center flanked by three by three drawers...
Category
Late 19th Century Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French Regency Style Desk, Signed by the French Cabinetmarker G. Durand
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French Regency style desk. Signed by the French cabinetmarker G. Durand 19th century.
Desktop support in the front with two side drawers and original key.
Category
19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mahogany or Books Design Writing Desk
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid-20th century mahogany wood one front drawer with center door writing desk with real books design details. The desk is in good vintage condition with minor wear appropriate to age...
Category
1950s European Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood, Paper
English Inlaid Ladies Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
This ladies desk is intricately inlaid with classical urns, draped ribbons and bellflowers on the stiles and legs. There is boxwood line inlay on the top, ...
Category
1870s English Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Late 18th-early 19th Century Georgian Architect's Stand
Located in Charleston, SC
Very unique late 18th-early 19th century Georgian architect's stand. The Stand resembles a kneehole desk, yet is 40.5" tall. The center drawer is over a Gothic shaped door concealing 2 shelves. There are 5 graduated drawers on either side and fluted quarter columns framing the interior and exterior sides.
Would make a great stand up desk, work station or host stand.
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Walnut Slant Front Bureau/Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
This walnut slant front bureau/desk of generous proportions is most likely American. It has an attractive interior with block front and serpentine d...
Category
19th Century American Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut, Pine
Neoclassical Style Gold Trim Mirrored Desk with X-Detail
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Custom Neoclassical Modern gold trim mirrored desk with X-detail. Customization is available in different sizes, finishes and hardware.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Gold
18th Century Italian Piemonte Commode Secretary Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Traditional 18th century Italian secretary desk from the Piemonte region made from solid walnut.
A fine Italian walnut and inlaid bu...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Lacquered Wood Desk by Stilka, Argentina, circa 1970
By Stilka
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Lacquered wood desk by Stilka, Argentina, circa 1970.
Category
1960s Argentine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Burr Walnut Pedestal Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality 19th century Victorian burr walnut pedestal desk. The desk top is inset with a leather skiver, decorated with gold tooling. Below this three drawers, each ...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
English Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
This Georgian styled desk with raised panel sides and three-piece leather top with gilded tooling is generously sized without being overly dramatic. At 60” by 36”, there is enough su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
American Sheraton Cherry Hunt Board with Desk, Circa 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Sheraton cherry hunt board with fall front desk, fitted interior with upper drawers and scalloped pigeon holes, mahogany knobs and terminati...
Category
1820s American Sheraton Antique Desks
Circa 1900 French Burl Elm and Ebony Secretary
Located in Chicago, IL
C1880-1900 Beautiful French burl elm secretary, with secondary woods of ebony, satin and an entire interior made from rosewood. Exterior trimmed in brass...
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks
Materials
Brass
Pierre Chapo Exceptional Chapo Stone Desk B40, Very Rare Version in Black Ash
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Pierre Chapo
Exceptional Chapo stone desk B40
Very rare version in black ash
Special order part for the circa 1975
Tray: 225 x D 85 x L 75cms
Box 1: 60 x 57 x H 60cms
Box 2: 123 x 5...
Category
20th Century European Aesthetic Movement Desks
Materials
Ash
19th Century English Campaign Chest with Desk
Located in East Hampton, NY
Fabulous 19th century English two-part campaign chest..... the top two drawers hold a pull-out desk...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Bergwood White Desk
By Atelier Bergwood
Located in Brussels, BE
Bergwood white desk.
Category
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Restored Baroque Revival Oak Writing Desk, circa 1890
Located in Opole, PL
Restored Baroque Revival Oak Writing Desk, circa 1890
This Neo-Baroque writing desk is entirely made in oak wood. Presented piece of furniture is...
Category
Late 19th Century European Baroque Revival Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
19th Century English Knee Hole Desk
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English knee hole desk made from oak with a beveled edge around the top following down to a single drawer over two banks of three d...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Vintage Josef Frank Mahogany Desk, Sweden, circa 1930
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Josef Frank sweeping crotch mahogany four-drawer desk in good condition with brass hardware; circa 1932.
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Bamboo Desk and Chair
Located in Houston, TX
A small and charming three-drawer bamboo desk and chair from France. The desk is constructed of wood and fiber board with bamboo legs and trim. The top ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks
Materials
Bamboo, Laminate, Wood
Original Shagreen Gilt Metal Writing Table Desk with Single-Drawer
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning RRP £13,000 original shagreen black lacquered with gold gilt metal detailing writing table desk
This is a very substantial desk. Shagreen for those of you who aren’t familiar is shark or ray skin. There are reproductions skins available however these are totally original, the way to tell apart from the feel is on the reproductions each skin is exactly the same, on the real hide...
Category
20th Century English Modern Desks
Materials
Shagreen
Vintage Custom Painted Italian French Regency Style Tall Secretary Desk & Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful hand-painted vintage, two-piece secretary desk with matching chair. The pieces are painted in a whimsical Italian style, largely blue and off-white, with intricate bird and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Cane, Wood
English Mahogany William IV Carved Mahogany Library Console Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Handsome hand carved Mahogany library table on casters, ,1830-1840. Fine detail carving with sturdy scrolling legs united by stretcher. Dovetailed drawers. Recently French polished. ...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Office Happiness of the Day in Marquetry, 19th Century
Located in charmes, FR
Bohneur du jour desk in blackened wood and wood marquetry, twisted base, opening with three drawers, one in a belt and two leaves the top is pulled out to reveal an inkwell in very g...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Walnut and Oak Changeable Cabinet, Desk, Sideboard or Bar
Located in Paris, FR
Very elegant changeable cabinet, one open door in solid walnut.
Beautiful Herringbone pattern in the door in solid oak.
Its fully adjustable interiors that can be turned into a bar...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Modern Honey Color Ash Wood and Gray Faux Leather Desk with Three Drawers
Located in Middleburg, VA
Add this gorgeous modern desk to your home office for a sophisticated look. Custom designed contemporary desk with three drawers made of honey colored figured ash. The paneled top is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks
Materials
Faux Leather, Ash
Rolltop Desk after Jean-Henri Riesener Attributed to Maison Beurdeley
Located in Paris, FR
Remarkable Louis XVI style rolltop writing desk with marquetry latticework pattern. The front of the desk features six drawers. The rolling cover is embellished with a beautiful marquetry medallion surrounded by ormolu garlands. It opens to reveal six small drawers and an extendible writing surface covered with brown leather and framed with gold-colored motifs. The central drawer under the cover has a secret opening underneath, that can be opened by pressing a button. The top of the desk is bordered with an openwork frame. The sculpted, gilt bronze ornamentation features a bas-relief frieze of cupids playing and an allegory of Sculpture. The desk is set on four tapered legs.
Attributed to Beurdeley, one of the most important dynasties of furniture makers in the 19th century (1818-1895), particularly famous for the quality of their gilded bronze frames and the choice of precious materials for the ornamentation of their furniture and objets d'art. This piece was created in the 19th century after a rolltop desk delivered on December 21, 1784 by Jean Henri Reisener...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Cherry Cylinder Top Desk
Located in Port Chester, NY
A very dramatic piece of furniture. Design utilizes the best of the earlier Directoire period, and the contemporary Beidermier style. The interior wood color, less exposed to light, ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Bernt Peterson Double Drop Leaf Table Desk with Free Standing Return
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Bernt Peterson designed minimalist drop-leaf office table desk in oak. This is a substantial and well constructed table finished with spare but eleg...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Oak
19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Pop Up Davenport
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality Victorian burr walnut piano top pop up Davenport. The top of the davenport has a fretted gallery on top of a hinged lid, op...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
English Walnut Two Pedestal Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
English walnut two pedestal desk has a recessed center and a brown gold tooled leather top.
Category
1890s English Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Late Victorian Burl Walnut Cushion Curve Pedestal Desk Brown Leather Surface
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original circa 1900 late Victorian burl walnut with brown leather writing surface pedestal desk made by Withy Grove Stores LTD Manche...
Category
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Large Empire French Writing Desk with Embossed Brown Leather Top & Column Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large Empire French writing desk or bureau plat with embossed brown leather top, bronze dore mounts, column legs, and three drawers.
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
1950 Compact Home Office Desk in Mahogany and Blond Wood
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1950 compact home office desk in mahogany and blond wood.
Original lamp.
Interesting desk storage.
114 x 82 x 53 cm closed.
114 x 164 x 50 cm open.
Category
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Sycamore
Desk by Daciano da Costa for Metalurgica da Longra
Located in Paris, FR
Desk by Daciano da Costa for Metalurgica da Longra, "Linha Cortez", designed in 1962, teak wood and metal.
Category
1960s Portuguese Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
19th Century Antique Davenport, Victorian Swivel Top Desk, circa 1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a Victorian antique Davenport dating to the mid-19th century, circa 1850.
Riding on the original brass castors beneath the plinth base, this Davenport benefits from the un...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Fall-Front Desk in West Indies Mahogany, Attrib to Gustav Friederich von Hetsch
Located in Miami, FL
A very lovely secretary with serpentine front in beautiful West Indies/ Cuban mahogany attributable to Danish architect and painter, Gustav Friederich von Hetsch (1788-1864). A mirro...
Category
1830s Danish Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century French Empire "Bureau a Gradin" Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
The rectangular superstructure centred by two drawers above two shelves, flanked by an pair of cupboard doors flanked and separated by patinated and gilt bronze caryatids, the lower part with a leather lined writing slide above three drawers around a slight kneehole each side fitted with a writing slide raised on square supports joined by stretchers and fitted at the front with painted and parcel gilt wood female torsos...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Modern Writing Desk by Wolfgang Hoffman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stylish black lacquer writing desk features the unique vintage design of Mid-Century Modern designer Wolfgang Hoffman. Spacious drawers with tubu...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Faux Malachite Bronze French Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
French desk with faux malachite paint and bronze ormolu mounts.
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Paul Sormani French Miniature Cylinder Writing Desk
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century French walnut miniature cylinder writing desk with brass mountings and velvet writing surface. It is signed on the Paul Sorman.
Category
19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
French 19th Century Empire Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Troy, NY
Elegant French Empire bureau-plat or partners desk, The top, inlaid with a center-star-motive and small decorations on each corner, above five drawers, the middle one opening from th...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Queen Anne Period Oak Slant-Top English Desk
Located in Port Chester, NY
A country late 17th century bureau from England, in wonderful condition for its age. The desk has a drop down front with original large hinges and...
Category
1690s English Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
19th Century English Chinoiserie Knee Hole Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century English Chinoiserie Knee Hole Desk with Raised Chinoiserie Decoration. The Key is included.
Category
19th Century English Antique Desks
Dutch Colonial Teak Desk with Brass Hardware
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Dutch colonial teak desk with brass hardware.
Solid carved legs united by footrest stretcher. Old brass handles and peg work joinery throughout. Locks have b...
Category
1840s Antique Desks
Materials
Teak
Stunning Napoleon Le Grand Arts and Crafts Inlaid Nutwood Ladies Desk and Chair
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique, wonderful and practical Arts & Crafts set.
It really does not matter whether you are a collector of Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Jugendstil or Arts & Crafts, because this amazing ...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Dutch Floral Marquetry Inlaid Bombé Bureau, 18th Century
Located in Glasgow, GB
A 19th century Dutch marquetry inlaid bombé bureau profusely decorated all-over with marquetry depictions of flowers, urns and birds. With a rectangular flap opening to reveal a stri...
Category
19th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
18th Century Spanish Walnut Marquetry, Chest of Drawers with Flap
Located in Miami, FL
18th century Spanish walnut marquetry bureau.
This is an exquisite antique Spanish bureau, circa 1780 in date this elegant bureau will soon become th...
Category
Late 18th Century Spanish Colonial Antique Desks
Materials
Maple, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Standing Desk in Rosewood by Poul Nørreklit
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Rosewood desk with plexiglass structure. The desk has 3 drawers with aluminum fronts and chromed steel handles. Thanks to its acrylic structure, top seems to float. Good condition, l...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
French Empire Revival Burr Walnut Kidney Desk Bronze Sphinx Mounts and Malachite
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare French Empire Revival style burr walnut with bronze mounts and Malachite pillars kidney desk
This is a rare desk and that’s for s...
Category
20th Century French French Provincial Desks
Materials
Bronze
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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