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Antique postal sorting desk
Located in Franklin, TN
Antique wooden post office sorting desk with a beautiful, rich brown patina.
Category

Early 20th Century Desks

Materials

Wood

Antique postal sorting desk
Antique postal sorting desk
H 47 in W 42 in D 30 in
Vintage Postal Sorting Desk
Located in Oakville, CT
Antique Post Office Sorting Desk Overall Dimensions: 30" x 48" x 75" high *Please inquire for a
Category

Mid-20th Century American Desks

Materials

Oak, Maple

Vintage Postal Sorting Desk
Vintage Postal Sorting Desk
H 75 in W 48 in D 30 in
1950's Post Office Steel Industrial Mail Sorting Desk Workstation Table
Located in West Chester, PA
Vintage industrial salvage USPS Post Office steel mail sorting station desk circa 1956 with single
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

Antique Solid Oak Slotted Postal Sorting Desk, circa 1939
Located in San Francisco, CA
About An antique solid oak postal desk with several removable shelves, drawer with brass handle
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Desks

Materials

Brass

Rare 1794 George III Gillows of Lancaster Double Sided Postmasters Sorting Desk
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in GB
Lancaster twin pedestal double sided postmasters desk in paneled mahogany I have never seen another with
Category

Antique 1790s English George III Desks

Materials

Hardwood

French Postal Desk
Located in Cirencester, GB
Circa 1950's this is a painted steel French 'La Poste' sorting table. Great original condition and
Category

Vintage 1950s French Industrial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

French Postal Desk
French Postal Desk
H 75.4 in W 49.22 in D 27.96 in
Phloem Studio Laura Desk, Handmade Modern Secretary Desk in Walnut or White Oak
By Phloem Studio
Located in Stevenson, WA
shapes routed into them. Each desk has three cubbies towards the back of the desk to sort paper or books
Category

2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Hardwood

Antique Victorian Watchmakers Desk Georgian Taste Hardwood & Brown Leather
Located in GB
taste with period brown leather top and sorting drawer. A good looking and well made small desk or
Category

Antique 1880s English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

English Mahogany Student Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
supporting a desk of this sort.
Category

Antique 19th Century British Victorian Desks

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

English Mahogany Student Desk
English Mahogany Student Desk
H 31.25 in W 25 in D 24 in
Original George III circa 1780 Double Sided Walnut Partner Desk Lion Head Handle
Located in GB
twin pedestal double sided partner desk with Lion head handles and brown leather surface A very well
Category

Antique 1780s English George III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Walnut

French Tortoise Wood Louis XVI Style Maison Jansen Partners Desk or Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Tortoise wood Louis XVI style Maison Jansen partners desk or bureau plat. The finest of quality and
Category

Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Guido Faleschini Mariani L-Shaped Executive Desk-Black Leather, Italy 1970s
By Guido Faleschini
Located in Den Haag, NL
top and very dark blue faux velvet sides and chrome accents. This desk also features a file sorter
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Stainless Steel

George Eliot's Writing Table
Located in Dorking, GB
a sort of semi-couch to enable her to write more comfortably. Included here is an artist’s
Category

Antique 1860s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Vintage Clear Lucite Fan Shaped Card Holder by Guzzini 1980s Made in Italy
By Guzzini
Located in Amityville, NY
Vintage clear lucite or acrylic post modern fan shaped card holder, sorter or separator made in
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Desk Sets

Materials

Lucite

Tiffany Studios New York Graduate Bronze Letter Rack
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique bronze Graduate pattern desk letter rack or letter sorter with verdigris green
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Sets

Materials

Bronze

Double Patina Bronze Inkwell, Playing Dog, Period, Charles X, 19th Century
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
to dry the ink. As inkwells are utilitarian objects found on every desk, it is not uncommon for
Category

Antique 19th Century Charles X Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

Tunbridge Ware Correspondence Box by Edmund Nye 19th Century
By Edmund Nye Tunbridge Wells
Located in Cheltenham, GB
souvenirs. The original Tunbridge ware boxes were decorated with all sorts of different kinds of designs
Category

Antique 19th Century English Georgian More Desk Accessories

Materials

Walnut, Satinwood, Ash, Boxwood

Exceptional Rare and Fine Padouk Wood Bureau in the Chippendale Manner, c. 1780
Located in Heathfield, GB
band of the blue paper stuck along the back of each drawer lining – which may have acted as a sort of
Category

Antique 18th Century Chippendale Desks

Materials

Padouk

19thC Welsh Pine Post Office Sorting Counter /Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1880 19thC Welsh Pine Post Office Sorting Counter/ Table with original cast iron foot
Category

Antique 1870s English Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Pine

Antique Victorian Chippendale Mahogany Secretary Desk
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Transport your workspace into another time and place with this exquisite antique secretary desk
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Chippendale Secretaires

Materials

Metal, Brass

Tiffany Studios New York "Damascene Lighthouse" Desk Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
This Tiffany Studios New York "Lighthouse" desk lamp features a bell-shaped iridescent green
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

French Painted Secretary Desk with Fallfront, Mid 19th century
Located in South Salem, NY
organizing essentials. The interior boasts six pigeon holes for sorting papers and nine small desk drawers
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Secretaires

Materials

Wood

Arne Vodder Scandinavian Danish Modern Teak Desk Vanity Table Top Organizer
By Arne Vodder
Located in Wayne, NJ
, Odds and ends drawer for your kitchen or on a coffee / end table or anywhere you need a sorter .
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires

Materials

Teak

Extremely Rare, 20th Century Arthur Conan Doyle Goyard Desk Trunk
By Goyard
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Extremely rare, Goyard Desk Trunk Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a British doctor and writer
Category

Early 20th Century French Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Brass

Bargueño End of 16th Century Portugal "Writting Desk" with Drawers, Bargueno
Located in Miami, FL
Bargueño writing desk, cabinet in walnut tipical from Portugal. This sort of early chest of
Category

Antique 16th Century Portuguese Renaissance Cabinets

Materials

Walnut

Art Deco Desk Lamp Sight Light Corp Deep River CT, circa 1940
By Sight Light Corporation
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer for collectors of Art Deco / Moderne lamps a great-looking American electric desk or table
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Restored 1876 Stamped Camphor Wood Military Campaign Chest of Drawers with Desk
Located in GB
sliding Secrataire desk and writing slope each lock numbered and stamped Stamford Co Feb 1 76 that has
Category

Antique 19th Century British High Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Hardwood

Vintage Chair 1970s by Adam Stegner for Flötotto, Germany
Located in Hannover, DE
Vintage Desk Chair manufactured by German producer Flötotto, approx. in the 1960s-1970s. Good
Category

Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Teak

Large-Scale Brass Biplane World War I Airplane Aviation Model
By Travail Francais
Located in Atlanta, GA
airplane model with intricate details and looks great hung from a ceiling or displayed on a desk. The
Category

Vintage 1950s French Art Nouveau Aviation Objects

Materials

Brass

Armchair Erik Buch 1960s for Orum Mobler, Denmark
Located in Hannover, DE
: 1960s. Can be used as dining or desk chair! Good vintage condition. Wood sort probably dark dyed beech
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Teak

Walnut Bachelors Chest of Drawers with Brass Handles
Located in Pasadena, CA
. This may be used as a desk area or a sort of vanity. Wonderful Aged wood. Clean and polished. Great
Category

Mid-20th Century American Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Dining Table with Two Leaves Arne Hovmand-Olsen Mogens Kold
By Arne Hovmand-Olsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic Danish modern design table top with unique sculpted base. The legs are sort of a fish
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Wood, Teak

Vintage Pair Brass Trefoil Dining Table or Console Bases Style of Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
tables bases, pair of console table bases, desk bases, game table bases. They can be used spread out or
Category

Vintage 1980s American Hollywood Regency Dining Room Tables

Materials

Brass

Paolo Buffa (Milan 1903/1970) Italian Double Chest of Drawers Cabinet Published
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Madrid, ES
desk has six drawers, a wooden sorter and a lower part opening on a shelf. The three keys are sold with
Category

20th Century Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Tall Highboy Light Walnut Multi-Drawer Cabinet Sliding Leather Doors Brass Pulls
Located in Rockaway, NJ
. Pull out desk or sorting table flip top compartment. Exposed tapered dowel shape legs. Figural solid
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

Mid Century Danish Modern Table Lamp! Laurel Thurston 1950s Brass Tripod Walnut
By Laurel Lamp Company, Gerald Thurston
Located in Peoria, AZ
million dollars on a desk, table or credenza. It exudes the type of quality largely unobtainable today
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Art Deco Large Modernist Mantle Mirrored Clock, Circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
piece for areas like mantle and desk or sideboards. This is a eight day wind up clock and is in good
Category

Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Mantel Clocks

Materials

Chrome

Eero Saarinen for Knoll Executive Armchairs in Custom Tan Tweed
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Culver City, CA
would make a lovely set, but they are indeed priced per chair** Sort to the touch, the cotton tweed is
Category

Early 2000s Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Stainless Steel

Gardian Stool by Patrick Norguet
Located in Geneve, CH
any sort of context: at work or by a bedside, around a dining table or behind a desk. Inspired by
Category

2010s French Modern Stools

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Gardian Stool by Patrick Norguet
Gardian Stool by Patrick Norguet
H 19.61 in W 20.12 in D 13.67 in
Large and Impressive Modernist Mantle Mirrored Clock, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
desk or sideboards. This is a battery operated clock and is in good working order. Anyone who admires
Category

Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Mantel Clocks

Set of 3 Gardian Stool by Patrick Norguet
Located in Geneve, CH
simplicity possible. A movable piece of furniture designed for occasional use and to be useful in any sort
Category

2010s French Modern Stools

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Set of 3 Gardian Stool by Patrick Norguet
Set of 3 Gardian Stool by Patrick Norguet
H 19.61 in W 20.12 in D 13.67 in
Set of 3 Gardian Stool by Patrick Norguet
Located in Geneve, CH
any sort of context: at work or by a bedside, around a dining table or behind a desk. Inspired by
Category

2010s French Modern Stools

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Set of 3 Gardian Stool by Patrick Norguet
Set of 3 Gardian Stool by Patrick Norguet
H 19.61 in W 20.12 in D 13.67 in
Gardian Stool by Patrick Norguet
Located in Geneve, CH
any sort of context: at work or by a bedside, around a dining table or behind a desk. Inspired by
Category

2010s French Modern Stools

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Gardian Stool by Patrick Norguet
Gardian Stool by Patrick Norguet
H 19.61 in W 20.12 in D 13.67 in
Gardian Stool by Patrick Norguet
Located in Geneve, CH
any sort of context: at work or by a bedside, around a dining table or behind a desk. Inspired by
Category

2010s French Modern Stools

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Gardian Stool by Patrick Norguet
Gardian Stool by Patrick Norguet
H 19.61 in W 20.12 in D 13.67 in
Fine Burl Amboyna and Marquetry Centre Table Attributed to George Blake and Co a
By George Blake & Co.
Located in Benington, Herts
, suggesting a date of c.1845 for our table. Marquetry of this sort was a speciality of the Blake family
Category

Antique 1840s European Center Tables

Materials

Burl, Amboyna

George Nelson Mid Century Ball Clock in Brass and Wood
By George Nelson
Located in Weesp, NL
- he saw we were working on clocks and started making doodles. Then Bucky sort of brushed Isamu aside
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Clocks

Materials

Brass

Primitive Coffee Table by Newanderthal for Superego Editions, Italy
By Superego Editions
Located in Milan, Italy
with curiosity, the two get closer. The small crowd stares at them but in a sort of intrigued way. They
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Rubber

Primitive Coffee Table by Newanderthal for Superego Editions, Italy
By Superego Editions
Located in Milan, Italy
with curiosity, the two get closer. The small crowd stares at them but in a sort of intrigued way. They
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Rubber

Primitive Coffee Table by Newanderthal for Superego Editions, Italy
By Superego Editions
Located in Milan, Italy
with curiosity, the two get closer. The small crowd stares at them but in a sort of intrigued way. They
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Rubber

Primitive Chair by Newanderthal for Superego Editions, Italy
By Superego Editions
Located in Milan, Italy
with curiosity, the two get closer. The small crowd stares at them but in a sort of intrigued way. They
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs

Materials

Rubber

Primitive Coffee Table by Newanderthal for Superego Editions, Italy
By Superego Editions
Located in Milan, Italy
with curiosity, the two get closer. The small crowd stares at them but in a sort of intrigued way. They
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Rubber

Primitive Console Table by Newanderthal for Superego Editions, Italy
By Superego Editions
Located in Milan, Italy
with curiosity, the two get closer. The small crowd stares at them but in a sort of intrigued way. They
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables

Materials

Rubber

Primitive Bedroom by Newanderthal for Superego Editions, Italy
By Superego Editions
Located in Milan, Italy
building. Filled with curiosity, the two get closer. The small crowd stares at them but in a sort of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas

Materials

Rubber

Louis XV Style Kingwood Bureau de Dame by Alphonse Giroux et Cie
By Alphonse Giroux et Cie
Located in Montreal, QC
This parquetry desk has the attributes one would expect when bearing the name to one of Paris
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Secretaires

Materials

Bronze

38 Star Antique American Flag, Colorado Statehood, ca 1876-1889
Located in York County, PA
stacked hexagons in the middle, each of which has a star in the center, and which together form a sort of
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Silk

1950s Mail Sorting Trays, Refinished in Multi-Colors
Located in Alhambra, CA
We got our hands on some 1950s steel mail sorting trays and refinished them in fun colors! These
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets

Materials

Steel

French 19th Century Mahogany Veneer and Brass inlaid "Bureau a Cylindre"
Located in Charleston, SC
Interesting Louis XVI style mahogany cylinder desk with a white marble top having a brass gallery
Category

Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Italian Horseshoe Table
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Industrial table used in some sort of workroom. Tables are numbered with metal disks of 302 and 304.
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Italian Horseshoe Table
Italian Horseshoe Table
H 32 in W 88.5 in D 35 in
Vintage Black and Chrome Paper Tray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
your desk or sorting mail and bills at home. In good vintage condition with wear to paint in top tray
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Regence Period Bureau, "The Dionysian Procession", 18th Century, circa 1725
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Desk from the Regency period "Desk of the Dionysiac Procession" attributed to Noël Gérard, (1685
Category

Antique Early 18th Century French Régence Desks

Materials

Bronze

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Desk Sorter For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the desk sorter you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and fabric, every desk sorter was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a desk sorter, we have 29 options in-stock, while there are 15 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer desk sorter, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A desk sorter, designed in the modern, mid-century modern or Art Deco style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made desk sorter over the years, but those crafted by Superego Editions, Paolo Buffa and Charlotte Horstmann are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Desk Sorter?

A desk sorter can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $4,328, while the lowest priced sells for $35 and the highest can go for as much as $133,400.