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Desks For Sale
Price: $1 to $5,000
Robert Newton Designed Desk for Alvarado Interiors
By Robert Newton, Alvarado
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice wood and aluminum desk designed by Robert Newton for Alvarado of Colorado.
two drawer with fittings and aluminum clad bases, this piece has been restored. It is good restored ...
Category
20th Century American Desks
Art Deco Table Desk in Palisander, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Deco table desk in palisander, circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Palisander
Vintage Walnut Single Pedestal Desk by Stow Davis
By Stow Davis
Located in Pasadena, TX
This piece has three drawers, one of which is a filing drawer. A very distinctive desk with unique capped off point stainless steel legs.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Victorian Walnut Ladies Desk, 1860
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality Victorian walnut Bonheur du jour, having a mirror to the centre, glazed cupboards either side, an inlaid fall front bureau, opening to reveal compartments, drawers and...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
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
Sheraton Revival Rosewood and Marquetry Inlaid Desk, 19th Century
Located in Glasgow, GB
A superb quality late Victorian Sheraton style rosewood and marquetry desk in the manner of Edwards & Roberts. With a Carlton House influenced top featuring elegant inlaid curved lid...
Category
1890s English Sheraton Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
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
Danish Cabinetmaker Table Desk
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
The Danish cabinetmaker dining table or desk features a light wood top and round black legs. The tabletop is crafted from a high-quality light wood, which exhibits a natural and warm...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
Louis XV knee hole desk with leather writing surface.
Category
19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
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, pau santo wood and metal.
Category
1960s Portuguese Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Landstrom Furniture Bleached and Limed Mahogany Six-Drawer Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Landstrom furniture desk in bleached and limed mahogany. Aged nickel over copper drop disc pulls and trefoil escutcheons. Five drawers to the left, a single drawer above the opening ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Desks
Materials
Copper, Nickel
Carved Oak and Metal Bureau Desk, 19th-20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Desk with three drawers to the front that has slightly curved legs and a carving centered on the front of the furniture based on simple plant elements and moldings with curves and counter curves, inspired by the Rococo. This style also influences the shape of the front of the furniture, especially in the area of the two drawers and the bottom of them. When lowering the cover a central hollow with a horizontal table...
Category
Early 20th Century European Rococo Revival Desks
Materials
Metal
English Mahogany Ship's Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mahogany ship's desk with inset black leather sloped writing surface, opening to reveal a fitted interior with three drawers and separate drawer for ink and quills...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Antique Empire Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Empire style mahogany desk with gilt bronze mounts, circa 1890-1910. This desk has very fine quality gilt bronze mounts.
Category
Early 1900s European Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Antique German Gründerzeit Pedestal Desk in Pine, circa 1880
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome & spacious Gründerzeit pedestal desk in pine. Germany, circa 1880. Base offers a pull-out writing surface with brown-leather top with gold tooling around edge, a long drawer above kneehole and storage cabinets at either side. Top cabinet section of desk has four small drawers flanking a keyed storage...
Category
Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Desks
Materials
Pine
Queen Anne Style Keehole Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Queen Anne style oyster shell and inlaid kneehole desk. The top of the desk has three inlaid circles and is inlaid with oyste...
Category
20th Century English Queen Anne Desks
Materials
Fruitwood, Mahogany
Fine 19th Century Adam Style Lady's Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite detail and exceptionally fine hand paintings adorn this sweet and compact desk.
Fine quality satinwood. A rare example.
Category
Late 19th Century English Adam Style Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Desk Laminate, 1950 Italian Furniture Especially Gio Ponti Attributed
By Gio Ponti
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Desk laminate, 1950 Italian furniture especially Gio Ponti Attributed,
made of colored laminate, brass legs spiked, and glass, presents in the lam...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Exquisite Midcentury Pallisandre Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Pallisandre writing desk with three drawers and sliding door compartment. Open shelf design, brass hardware, and French polish finish.
Category
1950s Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Aesthetic Movement Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase with Gilt Brass Mounts
Located in London, GB
An aesthetic movement mahogany secretaire bookcase with gilt brass mounts and lower tambour front.
Category
Late 19th Century Aesthetic Movement Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Sloping Desk, Louis XV Style, Precious Wood Veneer, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Office of slope, Louis XV style, veneer of precious wood, 19th century, Napoleon III.
Measures: H 93cm, L 65cm, P 43cm.
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Sorrel Ash-Flip Top Trestle Based Writing Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Counter height ash wood flip top desk or writing table finished in sorrel tones with incised back panels. X-shaped collapsible base with foot rail. Slanted top with that flips up to ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
19th Century Mahogany Knee Hole Desk
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is an unusual English Regency mahogany knee hole desk, the top with leather inset, above a frieze drawer flanked by a pair of pilasters with brass capitals and collars, situated...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
George II Oak Dressing Table or Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
George II oak desk or dressing table with a single drawer above three short drawers flanking an arched center kneehole with cabinet door, brass hardware, England, early 18th century.
Category
18th Century English George II Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Directoire Mahogany Trestle Table, Early 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
Directoire mahogany trestle table, early 19th century. An octagonal top with lower shelf table.
Category
Early 19th Century French Directoire Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
A Fine French Art Deco Cherry Desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fine French Art Deco 6 drawers cherry pedestal desk with a leather top and brass handles.
Category
1930s French Vintage Desks
Swedish Art Moderne Black Writing Desk with Zebra Hide Insert
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fabulous black lacquered writing desk with bookcase and lockable cabinet on front and curved desktop, pencil drawer and another cabinet wit...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Cowhide, Leather, Wood
19th Century Italian Empire Writing Table in Mahogany with Marquetry
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome Italian Empire desk or sofa table in mahogany with fold-down leaves, and resting over trestle base with splayed legs ending in carved li...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
1950s Hairpin Desk with Floating Drawer and Custom Free Edge Walnut Top
By Custom Furniture Builders
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Fantastic 1950s wrought iron hairpin desk with a floating ash drawer with white laminate top and distressed brass ball pull. Featuring a custom-made free ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Pine Kneehole Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
This little desk would make an excellent vanity. While it probably didn't have a leather top in its earliest iteration, it has been raised in both appearance and stature, as casters ...
Category
19th Century British George III Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Pine
Vintage Campaign Desk in the Style of Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique vintage desk features a unique chrome base topped with a large workspace perfect for any setting. Pair of drawers offer added storage, ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Regency Mahogany Lady's Writing Cabinet
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A fine Regency lady's writing cabinet in figured mahogany with black ebony inlay: Good colour and patina. Opening writing flap with lidded compartments fo...
Category
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
Jansen Style, Hollywood Regency, Desk, Ebonized Wood, Mirror, France, 1950
Located in Stamford, CT
A finely constructed French desk. The curved C-shaped inverted legs supported by a metal undercarriage. The top verre églomisé decorated with leafs and vine design. The double drawer...
Category
1940s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Vintage French Regency Rosewood Walnut Cartonnier Desk Table Bronze Paw Feet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
High quality custom English / French Regency style rosewood and walnut vintage cartonnier desk with bronze paw feet. Item features a walnut frame with ...
Category
1950s American Regency Vintage Desks
Materials
Bronze
Davis Allen For GF Desk And Credenza
By Davis Allen
Located in Pasadena, TX
A mid cneutry modern desk and credenza designed by Davis Allen and made by GF. Green metal with chrome bases and accents and white tops. The credenza measures 23" high, 33" wide, 2...
Category
1960s American Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal, Chrome
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
Napoleon III Ebonized Desk with Marble Inlay, France, 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Ebonized desk with compartments on either side. Central drawer decorated with a cherub. Marble inlay. Leather top.
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Marble
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
Provincial Louis XV Walnut Desk or Vanity
Located in Buchanan, MI
Great looking Louis XV Provincial walnut desk. Two doors flanking center drawer, all up on cabriole legs. Very good color and patination. Would work well as a number of items includi...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
A French 1950's Sycamore Desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
A French mid-century Sycamore Desk with 2 doors and 1 drawer and ebonised Inlay.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
1960s Console Table
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Coffee table or desk table with brass, chrome base and glass top in the style of Paul Evans.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique French secretaire Napoleon 3
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful French napoleon 3 secretaire, it has a beautiful inlaid, made of rosewood,
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Category
19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Small Leather Topped Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
An 18th century French painted three-drawer desk. It has a leather top and two doors. The knee hole is very small, as in the period one sat sideways with only the right knee under th...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Louis Van Teeffelen Writing Desk for Wébé, Dutch Design, 1960s
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Writing desk designed by Louis van Teeffelen and produced by Wébé in the Netherlands around 1960. This desk features a teak veneer table top with 3 drawers on the left, a cabinet on ...
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
20th Century Inlaid Wood and Gilt Bronze French Bureau, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French bureau from 20th century. Furniture with high leg, pleasantly inlaid with floral decorations in rosewood, palisander, mahogany, maple, tulipwood and fruitwood. Bureau finished...
Category
1960s French Vintage Desks
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Writing Desk by Basset
Located in Trenton, NJ
This Vintage Writing Desk by Bassett Furniture offers a charming touch of practical mid-century style to any space. More than just a workspace this petite vintage desk is not just a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Black Writing Desk With 3 Drawers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Black Painted Gustavian 3-Drawer Office Desk, Sweden
Classic and simple Scandinavian style writing desk with cabriole legs in its original fi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Art Deco style office set, Poland, 1930s. After renovation.
Located in Chorzów, PL
An Art Deco style office set from the 1930s.
Furniture in very good condition, after professional renovation.
Dimensions:
Library: height 185 cm / width 200 cm / depth 41 cm
Desk...
Category
1930s Polish Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
60s 70s teak desk by Günter Renkel for Rego Mobile Germany
By Rego, Günter Renkel
Located in Neuenkirchen, NI
60s 70s teak desk by Günter Renkel for Rego Mobile Germany
Object: desk
Manufacturer: Rego Mobile Furniture
Condition: good - vintage
Age: around 1960-1970
Dimensions:
Width = ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Mummenthaler & Meier "Magic Box" Folding Desk Cabinet, STUNNING ROSEWOOD
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Mid-Century Magic Box by Mummenthaler & Meier. Tall Handsome Cabinet that Opens To An intricate Desk with A Multitude of Storage Space and She...
Category
1950s Swiss Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Birch, Rosewood
Desk in Beech by Andre Sornay 1950
By Andre Sornay
Located in JASSANS-RIOTTIER, FR
Desk by Andre Sornay in the fifties
Structure in patinated beech with brown laminate top and side panels
3 drawers in front
traces of time on the wood and top.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks
Materials
Laminate, Beech
60s 70s teak desk desk Danish Modern Design Denmark
Located in Neuenkirchen, NI
60s 70s teak desk desk Danish Modern Design Denmark
Object: desk
Manufacturer:
Condition: Good - Vintage
Age: around 1960-1970
Dimensions:
Width = 144...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
National Mt Airy Chippendale Mahogany and Tooled Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A National Mount Airy Chippendale Mahogany and Tooled Leather Partners Desk in great vintage condition.
All drawers with dovetail construction an...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Sligh Furniture Chippendale Mahogany and Tooled Leather Partners Desk with Glass
Located in Germantown, MD
A Sligh Furniture Chippendale Mahogany and Tooled Leather Partners Desk with protective Glass top in great condition.
All drawers with dovetail...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Midcentury Desk by Sligh Lowry
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W46 D24 H29 KC24
Fully restored vintgae walnut desk with original hardware. Item features a nice can back side and original manufacture stamp is still in tact. This item is struct...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Biedermeir Style French Wooden Writing Desk-Table with Drawer
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to ensure the authenticity of our objects. A fine ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique Chippendale Desk Serpentine Pedestal, 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Mahogany chippendale style desk of serpentine form.
circa 1880
The desk stands upon typical Chippendale style carved ogee feet.
The desk has an arrangement of 9 graduated drawers....
Category
1880s Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Henkel Harris Mahogany Vanity Dressing Table Desk with fliptop Mirror
Located in Germantown, MD
Henkel Harris Virginia Galleries mahogany vanity, dressing table or writing desk with fliptop Mirror in the Queen Anne style.
Measures 42" in width, 20.75" in depth, 30.5" in height...
Category
Late 20th Century American Queen Anne 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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