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Desks For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
A Rare And Early Georgian Kneehole Bureau
Located in Skipton, GB
A rare early Georgian Kneehole Bureau of a wonderful colour and patination.
Having a well figured fall which opens to reveal three banks of oak lined dovetailed drawers, all above a ...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Italian 18th Century Walnut and Rosewood Tuscan Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome Italian 18th-century walnut and rosewood Tuscan desk. The desk is raised on walnut tapered legs below the scrolled apron that continues at ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut
Georgian Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality 18th Century, George III Period, Mahogany Kneehole Desk, Having Well Figured Rectangular Top Over Arrangement Of Drawers, Retaining Original Brass Handles, Surrounding Central Cupboard Door, Raised On Elegant Original Ogee Bracket Feet.
As a general rule kneehole desks like this are a smaller, more compact version of the more typically found pedestal desk, with some form of an arrangement of drawers around a central set recessed cupboard the must popular design and layout. There are of course many different designs to be found along the same theme, but as a general rule this is the typical form of an 18th century kneehole desk...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French Henri IV / Renaissance Chest Desk in carved wood 17th - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful Rrenaissance / Henry IV chest from the 17th century, transformed into a desk in the 19th century.
Magnificent details are hand carved. The wood has a superb patina.
Fo...
Category
17th Century French Renaissance Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Late 18th Century Figured Mahogany Chippendale Georgian Slant Front Desk
Located in Milford, NH
A good example of a Chippendale slant front desk with bookmatched figured mahogany veneers, a slant front which opens to a compartmentalized interior with fitted drawers and cubbies,...
Category
Late 18th Century English Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
English 18th C. Spinet Case by Crang & Hancock London Converted Writing Desk
Located in Vero Beach, FL
English 18th Century Spinet Case by Crang & Hancock London Converted Writing Desk
This is a fine example of the English spinet in its most fully developed form. Rare ca. 1760 pentag...
Category
18th Century English Baroque Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Tulipwood
LATE 18th CENTURY NEOCLASSIC PAINTED FOLDING WRITING TABLE
Located in Firenze, FI
Wonderful neoclassical folding writing table in painted poplar wood. The decorations on the front and sides recall Renaissance mosaics, with brown and gray lean tempera paintings. Eq...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Desks
Materials
Poplar, Paint
French Walnut Slant Front Dest
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very attractive late 18th century French Walnut slant front desk with geometric marquetry design on the lid. Gold tooled leather writing surface on the inside of the lid over two ...
Category
Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique George II period mahogany kneehole desk
Located in London, GB
A fine George II period figured mahogany Kneehole Chest, having moulded edged crossbanded cleated top above various drawers retaining original brass backplate handles. The piece wit...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Bureau à cylindre de style Louis XVI en acajou flammé
Located in CANTELEU, FR
Provenant de France. Plongez dans le luxe et le raffinement du style Louis XVI avec ce magnifique bureau à cylindre en acajou flammé, une pièce qui évoque l'opulence des palais royau...
Category
1780s Antique Desks
Materials
Marble
French 17th Century Desk
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Exceptional desk made of walnut with a wonderful carvings used by the age. The height from the floor to the base of the center drawer is 25''H.
Category
Late 17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Georgian Mahogany Metamorphic Chest
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A rare English Georgian Mahogany Metamorphic Chest with a slide out drawer that reveals a drafting slope. Chest has the original cast iron handles.. The chest is constructed from bea...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Iron
George III Burr Walnut Bureau Circa 1775
Located in Flower Mound, TX
An absolutely wonderful example of a Georgian bureau with exceptional coloring and a fall front revealing a red leather writing interior, with pigeon holes, drawers, cupboard and bi...
Category
1770s English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
French 18th Century Directoire Roll Top Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A handsome and classically designed French Directoire “D” roll top desk. The desk is topped with a polished piece of St. Anne gris marble. Directly beneath the marble are three draw...
Category
18th Century French Directoire Antique Desks
Materials
Marble
16TH CENTURY MUSEUM QUALITY EXHiBITION HAND CARVED ITALIAN CASSONE DESK TABLE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, very large, Exhibition / Museum quality, hand carved 16th Century southern Italian...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Louis XVI Cylinder Desk, South Germany, 1780
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI cylinder desk, South German 1780.
Walnut veneer with intarsia in yew and mahogany. The cylinder desk has a beautiful decor with geom...
Category
1780s German Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
A Small English 18th Century Oak Secretaire Kneehole Desk
Located in Skipton, GB
A small Georgian Oak Secretaire Kneehole Desk with a lovely light honey colour. The Desk is made from quality quarter sawn Oak and the top boasts a bold reentrant corner detail. The ...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Late 18th Century Antique French Desk
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A beautiful fall front French desk. A perfect home office.
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Outstanding Quality Antique George III Mahogany Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique George III mahogany bureau having a figured mahogany fall with a moulded edge opening to reveal a fitted...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Other
Circa 1780-1810 American Slant-Front Desk
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1780-1810 American slant-front desk of well figured solid flame birch, cherry, and birch. Classic mix of woods. Yellow pine secondary wood, typical of the upper South (Kentucky...
Category
Late 18th Century American Late Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Wood, Cherry, Birch
Desk – or secretary, cylinder, in mahogany. Late 18th century period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Desk – or secretary – with cylinder, in mahogany. The body opens with two small handles decorated with gadroons to a convex quarter-cylinder flap revealing a paper holder with in the...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Slant Front Desk
Located in Huntington, NY
A Gustavian slant front desk. The upper section has eight small drawers, four cubbies, two sliding columns and a small locking door. The lower section has two small drawers over two ...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique 18th century warm brown English Oak Queen Anne Slant-Front Desk
Located in Casteren, NL
On offer here is a beautiful Queen Anne slant front desk was made in England in the late 18th century. It was completely made in the finest...
Category
Late 18th Century British Queen Anne Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique 18th Century Flip Top Flame Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage 18th century desk. A chic Flame Mahogany drop down desk. Incredible wood grain detail with chic inlay detail. Green felt wri...
Category
Late 18th Century North American Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Metal
George I Bureau Desk Walnut Chest Drawers
Located in Potters Bar, GB
George I Walnut Bureau.
This Bureau Stands Upon Bracket Feet and Features an Arrangement of 2 Over 2 Oak Lined Drawers.
18th Century
The Drawers and the Fall Having Herringbone Inlays.
The Interior Having an Assortment of Drawers and Pigeonholes.
The Bureau Retails its Original Handles, Escutcheons and Loper Pulls.
The Bureau is of a Good Warm Antique Walnut Colour.
Category
18th Century George I Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Carved Cherrywood Commode Scriban from Bordeaux, France
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful example of a period Louis XV writing desk, this cherrywood commode scriban was hand-carved in Bordeaux, France, in the 1700s. Resembling a chest of drawers with an angled...
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Wood, Cherry
Antique Federal Cherrywood Desk and Glassdoor Bookcase
Located in Sheridan, CO
A Late Federal Cherrywood Desk and Bookcase, Circa 1830.
This unique piece includes a folding desk and make a fabulous looking compact desk with plenty of storage in bookcase above. This was possibly a clerk's desk.
Includes plenty of storage and desk...
Category
Early 18th Century American Federal Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
East India Dutch Company Captains Writing Desk
By Southeast Asia
Located in London, GB
A captivating piece of history, the Dutch East Indian Captain's Writing Desk. This extraordinary early 18th-century Anglo-Indonesian table showcases the artistry of the time, carved...
Category
1730s Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique Desks
Materials
Bone, Rosewood, Walnut
Small Directoire Cylinder Desk In Mahogany
Located in London, GB
A small French Directoire mahogany cylinder desk, with brass detailing throughout. The roll top hiding a witing slope with a tooled leather top and two drawers. Above, a marble galle...
Category
1790s French Directoire Antique Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
C1700 burr walnut kneehole bureau on original bun feet
Located in Bakewell, GB
C1700 burr walnut kneehole bureau on original bun feet.
Burr walnut bureau, of fabulous colour and patination complete with good interior and well kneehole configuration with cupboa...
Category
18th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Kneehole Desk
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A wonderful knee hole desk.
Category
18th Century British Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Jacobean Hand Carved Oak Slant Front Writing Desk Early 17th Century
By Jacobean
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 17th Century Hand Crafted English Jacobean Slant Front Desk on Later Stand also fashioned in oak. Intricate hand carved detailing on the front and side panels. Interior fitted with 3 inlayed oak...
Category
17th Century British Jacobean Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
George III inlaid mahogany bureau
Located in Salisbury, GB
George III inlaid mahogany bureau
This George III inlaid mahogany bureau was made circa 1780.
It has the unusual drawer formation of a wide drawer at the top, a pair of small drawers...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French Scriban desk, Donkey desk, Secretary -Louis XV Period - France 18th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Magnificent donkey back desk, sloping desk from the Louis XV period from the 18th century. It opens with a flap which reveals 4 interior drawers, 1 shelf and 2 lockers as well as a s...
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Late 18th century Georgian walnut bureau
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Late 18th century Georgian walnut bureau circa 1790.
Fine quality George III period walnut bureau, fitted with a fall and 2 over 3 drawers.
Fa...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Early 18th Century Figured Walnut Bureau Cabinet
Located in Reepham, GB
A fine early Georgian walnut secretaire cabinet veneered throughout with book-matched figured walnut. The fall front opening to a fitted int...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century George III Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a very good quality 18th century George III mahogany kneehole desk, having a well figured mahogany top, above a brushing slide with a single drawer below. The desk has a ...
Category
18th Century English Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Italian Louis XVI Solid Walnut Wood Antique Writing Desk
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Elegant antique Italian writing desk of the period Louis XVI, 18th century. Rare and precious solid walnut wood. Comfortable size for a practical use. The desk has elegant turned leg...
Category
1780s Italian Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Federal Cherry Slant Lid Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice size late 18th century American Cherry Chippendale slant front desk with white Pine secondary wood. Four molded graduated dra...
Category
Late 18th Century Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Cherry
18th Century, Italian Veneered Wood Bureau Mazzarina
Located in IT
18th Century, Italian veneered wood Bureau Mazzarina
This Mazzarina desk was made in the Baroque period, in the early eighteenth century, in Turin, inspired by the models of furnitur...
Category
Early 18th Century European Baroque Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
18th Century Kentucky Butternut Ladies Desk
Located in Louisville, KY
For those with an eye and love for antiques and an interest in possible provenance, this extraordinary Kentucky-made women's writing desk should peak your interest. It is said that t...
Category
Late 18th Century American American Colonial Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Tulipwood Ladies Work table
Located in Essex, MA
Small work table of small scale to decorate a hall way or a small space. With many drawers and compartments. Lower shelf. Sabot feet. J.P Morgan Provenance.
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Tulipwood
18th century Bureau
Located in Penzance, GB
Here we have a very petite red walnut 1780 bureau, this piece is only 27 inches on the Carcas and 28 inches over all .
the bureau has an untouched colour, and is nice to be in red w...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Georgian Mahogany Bachelors Chest England Circa 1790
Located in Hudson, NY
Very handsome, 18th century bachelors chest with pull out writing surface.
Made with dense hard mahogany and oak. It may be small but it is heavy and substantial. We'll make peace wi...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Oak, Mahogany
Early Antique English Georgian Secretary, circa 1750
Located in Big Flats, NY
An early antique English Georgian secretary offers lift top and drop-down desk over two long drawers, circa 1750
Measures - 29.25" x 26" x 16.25".
Category
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Philippe V Desk From the 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
This exceptional Felipe V writing desk is a true masterpiece of cabinetmaking. It captivates with its graceful design and meticulous craftsmanship. The piece, with a hinged cover and front, has been fashioned from the rich and warm woods of walnut and rosewood. What sets this piece apart is the intricate geometric decoration, finely inlaid in fruit woods, creating a captivating visual contrast.
The details are simply breathtaking: bone inlays delicately worked into the sides and legs of ebonized wood, adding a touch of refinement and sophistication. The ebonization enhances the depth and texture of the wood, adding an extra dimension of elegance to this piece.
Originating from Spain and dated to the late 17th century, this writing desk encapsulates the opulence and style of the era. Measuring 84x87x130 cm, it commands a prominent place in any space, serving as both a functional piece and a work of art.
This design reveals a clear influence from the typology of San Filippo...
Category
17th Century Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
French Bureau Plat Marquetry Leather Top Desk with Orig. Ormolu Mounts, C. 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
French bureau plat marquetry leather top three drawer desk with hearing bone inlays, three opposite side faux drawers, original floral ormolu mounts, brass escutcheons, brass knobs, ...
Category
1770s French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
PORTUGUESE PAPER STATIONERY 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
STATIONERY D. JOSÉ 18th Century
19th century Portuguese.
in chestnut wood, with two drawers and three drawers.
Folding lid with drawers and bins.
Signs of use. Dim.: 140 x 115 x ...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Renaissance Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century Mahogany pedestal desk
Located in Penzance, GB
Here we have a very good quality pedestal desk not the usual work type this is constructed as a one piece desk in mahogany. It has a back with mock drawers, a repeat of the front.
It...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Bureau
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An 18th Century Georgian Mahogany Bureau Having
Well Figured Fall Flap Above Four Long Drawers With
Original Water Gilt Handles Raised On Original Bracket
Feet
(Typical of the lat...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
George II Bureau Mahogany Desk Edwards and Roberts Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous George III bureau made by Edwards and Roberts of London (please see close up photo of the stamp)
A good quality George III bureau secretary in mahogany with original brass ...
Category
1790s George II Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Lacquered Sloping Desk, Chinoiserie, Late 18th Early 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large sloping desk or scriban with lacquered decoration of Chinoiserie, on a black background, with 3 drawers
The flap opens onto an interior also lacquere...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century Victorian Walnut Slant Front Secretary Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
An amazing mid-19th Century Victorian Walnut Slant Front Secretary Desk in good antique condition. Measures 30" in width, 19" in depth and stands ...
Category
17th Century American Agra Antique Desks
Materials
Hardwood, Walnut
Dutch Rococo Bombe Marquetry Inlaid Drop Front Desk / Secretary
Located in New York, NY
Dutch Rococo (Late 18th Century) drop front desk / secretary with elaborate foliate marquetry inlay, with the slant front folds down to create a desk surface with a green leather ins...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
18th century burr walnut bureau
Located in Penzance, GB
Here we have a very good quality early 18th century burr walnut bureau, with a well and stepped interior, a door and drawers on the inside. Sitting on bracket feet it also has a cr...
Category
17th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Massachusetts Mahogany Chippendale Desk with Shell Drop & Ogee Feet
Located in Milford, NH
A fine mahogany Chippendale slant front desk with serpentine case, dovetailed construction, compartmentalized interior with fan carving, v...
Category
18th Century American Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Rare and Important Sheraton Painted Satinwood Cheveret
Located in Montreal, QC
A rare and important Sheraton period painted satinwood cheveret in original finish and with original painted floral swags and garlands. The superstructure with fitted book carrier; the stand with two short drawers above a secretaire drawer, fitted with a writing slide, with shaped under-tier and on square tapering legs.
This is a rather rare form, but to find it in satinwood, painted and in the original finish is very rare indeed. This little desk was made for personal correspondence; billets doux and was already old when Jane Austin...
Category
Late 18th Century English Sheraton Antique Desks
Materials
Satinwood
English Satinwood & Leather Top Brass Mounted Six Drawer Partners Desk, C 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
English satinwood and leather top brass mounted partners desk with six flanking drawers, four carved inset corners, and resting on the original squared tapered molded edge legs. Late...
Category
1780s English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
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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