$840 / item
Williams Writing Desk Maple Orange
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Writing Desk Walnut Black
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Writing Desk Walnut Gray
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Writing Desk Walnut Green
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Writing Desk Maple Mustard
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple White
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple Pink
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Mustard
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Writing Desk Maple Rose Copper
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Red
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple Green
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple Black
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut White
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Navy
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple Yellow
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Pink
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple Navy
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple Gray
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Yellow
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
$840 / item
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Orange
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Blood Red
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Brassy Gold
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple Blood Red
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Prairie Green
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple Prairie Green
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple Brassy Gold
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Rose Copper
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired.
Steel
Afra e Tobia Scarpa Artona desk Maxalto Italy 1975
By Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Maxalto
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
The desk features a thin cognac leather covered drawer in the middle and storage space on both sides, with two shelves on the left and right on the right behind the leather-covered d...
Leather, Walnut, Burl
$7,630Sale Price|34% Off
Jordan Mozer Sculptural Postmodern Desk from the D’Alba Residence, circa 1996
By Jordan Mozer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Minor points of wear and thin scratches to desk top associated with normal use over time.
Aluminum
Arches Desk, Thin Desk in Walnut Veneer
Located in London, GB
The Arches desk has been realised in walnut veneer. As with all our furniture, this desk is made to order and is therefore highly customisable, including in size and finish. The cu...
Wood
George Nelson Rare Thin Edge Desk
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson for Herman Miller, three-drawer desk, model 5494. Deep figured rosewood graining with porcelain pulls and "Swag Legged" uprights. This is known as one of Nelson's most Avant G...
Aluminum, Enamel
George Nelson, Thin Edge, Rare, Rosewood, Desk
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in South Jordan, UT
An exceptional and architecturally refined Brazilian rosewood pedestal desk designed by George Nelson for Herman Miller, circa 1960s. This example features a richly figured Brazilian...
Aluminum
White Oak & Walnut Thin Frame Desk by Lawson-Fenning
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Southampton, NY
White Oak & Walnut Thin Frame Brass Desk by Lawson-Fenning. What makes this desk unique is the custom wood selection, mixing white oak frame with walnut drawers.
Brass
Thin Frame Desk by Lawson Fenning
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Writing desk with thin brass frame and brass hardware, ebonized oak case and natural macassar ebony drawer fronts.
Desk, Italy, Mid-20th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Desk on thin iron legs with one drawer and a chessboard pattern on the top.
Iron
Roger Sprunger Dunbar Executive Desk
By Roger Sprunger
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A dark ebony finished executive plinth base desk with three thin upper drawers with two smaller side drawers and one file drawer.
Tall Thin Secretary Secretaire Desk Banded Mahogany One-Piece
Located in West Hartford, CT
Features desk that flips open and glass display cabinet at top with shelving.
Mahogany
Industrial Steel Desk
Located in Culver City, CA
Amazingly simple iron desk with elegant thin legs, perfect patina
Iron
Colorful Ash Desk by Thomas Dariel
Located in Geneve, CH
A play of words as well as a desk can be called a secretary and this same word secretary used to designate one trusted with private or secret matters, a confidant… Endowed with dain...
Wood
Colorful Ash Desk by Thomas Dariel
Located in Geneve, CH
A play of words as well as a desk can be called a secretary and this same word secretary used to designate one trusted with private or secret matters, a confidant… Endowed with dain...
Wood
Colorful Ash Desk by Thomas Dariel
Located in Geneve, CH
A play of words as well as a desk can be called a secretary and this same word secretary used to designate one trusted with private or secret matters, a confidant… Endowed with dain...
Wood
Art Deco German Curved Desk in Walnut
Located in Houston, TX
There is thin keyed drawer. Desk is supported by 2 wide rectangular wooden legs.
Leather, Walnut
Claro Walnut Slab Console or Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very lovely California Claro walnut slab, 2" thick, fitted as a Console table or desk with thin metal legs. The top has been sanded/ sealed and finished with hand- rubbed lacquer.
Walnut
Desk by Gianni Moscatelli for Formanova
By Gianni Moscatelli
Located in Berlin, DE
Desk with brushed stainless steel base, three-drawer unit and desk top in thin ebonized mahogany wood.
Elegant desk by Louis Van Teeffelen for Webe
By Louis Van Teeffelen
Located in Maastricht, NL
Teak desk on elegant, thin legs with three drawers, by Dutch cabinet maker Louis Van Teeffelen for Wébé The desk has a Scandinavian quality, with Italian aesthetics.
Teak
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H 29.53 in W 37.01 in D 19.69 in
21st Century Modern Minimalist Walnut & Aged Brass Mila T73B Writing Desk
By Peter Ghyczy, Ghyczy
Located in Swalmen, NL
The 'Mila' desk features a thin minimalist frame of aged brass that has been casted to form two rectangular tubes, which provide the desk with a sturdy yet elegant base.
Brass
Unusual Form Lovig Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare form by Lovig, dual cut away thin profile teak desk. Left justified locking drawer and bi-colored laminate accents to the right.
Metal
French Art Deco Executive Demi-Lune Desk in Dark Mahogany
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Double pedestal legs with demi-lune front and large demi-lune top. The desk features five thin cubby openings at the apron.
Brass
Vintage desks and writing tables span centuries of design. The writing table came first, a simple surface built for correspondence, while the drawered desk followed as record-keeping at home and in the office grew more demanding.
Styles to Know
Any desk at least 20 years old falls under this broader vintage category. If you want a tapered-leg, mid-century look specifically, browse mid-century modern desks; Louis XVI and Art Deco secretary desks bridge the writing-table and desk forms. A vintage table lamp adds task lighting to either.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Piece
Writing tables often carry little to no storage of their own, so a separate file cabinet or desk organizer may be worth planning for, alongside a close look at the surface dimensions against the space available. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and every purchase is covered by the 1stDibs Promise.
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