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Desks For Sale
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

Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
A strong, elegant piece to keep you perfectly organized! Crafted of hand-hewn fir and ash and veneered with thick hand-cut ash veneers, this chest offers storage for everything. A lo...
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1850s Swedish Biedermeier Antique Desks

Materials

Ash

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...
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Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Clean Lined Modern Desk by Paul McCobb
Located in Atlanta, GA
Clean lined modern desk, designed by Paul McCobb, American, circa 1960s. This desk is currently being refinished and can be completed in your choice of finish color. The price noted ...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Brass

Handsome English 9-Drawer Mahogany Campaign Desk with Sage-Green Leather Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
In three pieces, with hand-tooled inset leather top above an apron fitted with 3 drawers; all resting on dual 3-drawer pedestals raised on bracket feet.
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Late 19th Century English British Colonial Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Rare 19th Century English Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
A magnificent Bonheur du Jour of exhibition quality, in the Louis XV manner attributed to Holland & Sons Lovingly constructed in Bois Citronnier, and Purpleheart woods, with exten...
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1860s English Louis XV Antique Desks

Materials

Ormolu

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...
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Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Desks

Materials

Walnut

Frits Spanjaard Important Asymmetrical Desk in Oak and Macassar Ebony, 1932
Located in The Hague, NL
This unique architect's desk was designed by Frits Spanjaard in 1932. With its generous proportions, striking asymmetry, contrasting woods and the large knobs in solid Macassar ebony, the desk can be considered as an important example of the Haagse School (The Hague School) style. The desk has four large drawers on the right, which can be simultaneously locked with a single key. The interior on the left features six drawers and additional storage, and can be locked altogether as well. Particularly noteworthy are the four cleverly incorporated pull-out shelves of different dimensions creating additional space: two on the front, one on the right side and one large shelf on the back side. The desktop is executed in dark stained oak and features a dark grey leather insert. in 1932, the prosperous Van Stolk & Reese company commissioned Spanjaard to design the interior and furniture of their offices located on the Ceintuurbaan in Rotterdam. This custom desk was most likely designed for the office of the company’s director, which was designed by Spanjaard in a radically modernist way, combining his own sumptuous designs with the functionalist tubular steel furniture made by W.H. Gispen. Between 1925 and 1935 the work of Spanjaard was strongly connected to the Haagse School movement of which he’d become a main proponent. This style was not so much inspired by the Classic European Art Deco capitals such as Paris and Vienna but more by other national and international architectural developments such as the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. The influential magazine Wendingen published a series of articles on Wright still relatively unknown at the time in 1925 and the renowned architect Jan Wils also played an important role in the orientation towards Wrights work in The Netherlands. In its particular application of geometric shapes, primary colours and its sophisticated cubist division of the surface, the Haagse School designers were also aware of De Stijl movement, lead by contemporaries such as Gerrit Rietveld and Piet Mondriaan. At the same time the geometry, the harmonious proportions and the understated decorations were primarily based on the rationalist design principles of H.P. Berlage, who would later become one of Spanjaard’s clients himself. Design had to meet the functional demands of the user but purely utilitarian ideas were certainly not the most important. Due to his frequent travels to Germany, Spanjaard was also familiar with the designs of Marcel Breuer and Mies van der Rohe, especially appreciating the simplicity and purity of their designs. Biography Frits Spanjaard (1889-1978) started his career as the artistic director of the LOV furniture...
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1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Macassar, Oak

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...
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Late 19th Century Georgian Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Atlantic Desk by VOLK
Located in Brooklyn, NY
As shown: Solid walnut with vintage pump organ drawer pulls. Fabric lined drawers by request at an additional fee. Oil and wax finish. Dimensions: 30" H...
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2010s American Modern Desks

Materials

Walnut

English Hepplewhite Mahogany Tambour Writing Desk. Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
English five drawer Hepplewhite tambour writing desk with fitted interior, satinwood string inlay, original brasses, and terminating on satinwood...
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18th Century and Earlier British Hepplewhite Antique Desks

Fine French 1950's Rectangular Mahogany Desk by Jacques Adnet (2 available)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jacques Adnet: A fine French mid-century mahogany desk with a leather top and bronze details. Provenance: Palais des Consuls of Rouen, France. 2 desks available as well as two curved...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Bronze

Rebelle Desk
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Top in 100% solid oak from sustainable French forest. Feet in Carrara marble. Designed and made in Anjou (France). Dessus en chêne 100% massif issu de forêts françaises gérées durablement. Pieds en marbre de Carrare...
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2010s French Desks

Materials

Oak

Live Edge Monkey Pod 3.5 Solid Slab Desk with Chrome Base
Located in Pasadena, TX
6ft monkey pod desk with chrome base Stunning 3.5 solid kiln-dried monkey pod slab with chrome base.   
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Chrome

Cees Braakman for Pastoe Model EU02 Japanese Series Desk and Chair in Teak, 1950
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Japanese series desk and chair in teak by Cees Braakman for Pastoe, Netherlands, 1950s. Very cool to find as a matching set. Model EU-02 desk and FM-17 armchair. The desk still ha...
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1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Metal

Antique Bureau Desk in Walnut Cartonnier Writing Office Table Provencal Rustic
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Antique Bureau Desk in Walnut Cartonnier Writing office Table Provencal Rustic . An exquisite French Provencal antique campagne Campaign High-end ...
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18th Century French Antique Desks

Materials

Metal

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...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks

Materials

Walnut

1950 Compact Home Office Desk in Oak and Blond Wood
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1950 compact home office desk in oak and blond wood Interesting desk storage. Measures: 115 x 87 x 54 cm closed. 115 x 175 x 70 cm open.
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1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Mahogany, Sycamore

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...
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2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Desks

Materials

Oak, Walnut

English Mahogany Tambour Satinwood Inlaid Writing Desk, Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
English mahogany tambour desk with sliding leather writing surface, interior satinwood compartmentalized drawers with the original bone knobs, five lower drawers with the original br...
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1780s English George III Antique Desks

Materials

Brass

Large French Mahogany Marble Top Buffet Maison Koenig, Liège, 1895
Located in Sofia, BG
Large mahogany buffet Maison Koenig Liège made in 1895. There is light beige marble top, three drawers and two front doors with original key. Co...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

French Mahogany Marble Top Buffet with Mirror Maison Koenig, Liège, 1895
Located in Sofia, BG
Large mahogany Art Deco buffet Maison Koenig Liège made in 1895. There is light beige marble top, three drawers and two front doors with origi...
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Late 19th Century French Art Deco Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Rare 1794 George III Gillows of Lancaster Double Sided Postmasters Sorting Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and exceptionally rare 1794 George III Gillows Lancaster twin pedestal double sided postmasters desk i...
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1790s English George III Antique Desks

Materials

Hardwood

British Colonial Military Officer's Campaign Metal Field Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare British colonial officer's campaign field desk on stand. Constructed from metal and brass featuring a royal blue painted finish with gilt high...
Category

19th Century English Campaign Antique Desks

Materials

Brass, Metal

Antique French Parquetry and Bronze Cartonnier Writing Desk with Clock
Located in London, GB
Cartonnier in the Louis XVI Manner after the Original by Simon Oeben Constructed in kingwood and having extensive parquetry inlay, with well cast and extensive fire gilt bronze enhancements. The writing section of oblong form with re-entrant corners, housing three frieze drawers and with a tooled brown leather top; the shouldered tapering legs dressed with imbricated bronze mounts: lions masks at the ends: the frame having a guard bronze rail...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks

Materials

Bronze

English Walnut Slant Front Bureau/Desk with String Inlay
Located in Woodbury, CT
Proportioned in a smaller scale than most, this slant front bureau / desk in walnut has parallel strings of satinwood surrounding the herringbone crossbanding that is used throughout...
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19th Century British Georgian Antique Desks

Materials

Walnut

Pair of French Brass Mounted Rosewood Pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of French brass mounted rosewood pedestals Late 19th-early 20th century Each with revolving square black marble top supported by four fluted columns, on a square base M...
Category

Early 20th Century Desks

Materials

Wood

Mirrored Xception Executive Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
A mid century modern executive desk made by Xception with a beautifully figured oak case and mirrored facings. Two drawers, a file drawer, and a pencil drawer. As shown in the last...
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1970s Canadian Vintage Desks

Materials

Oak

Large Freestanding Functionalist Desk, Jiri Kroha, 1930s
Located in Wien, AT
This unusually large freestanding functionalist desk was made in the 1930s in the former Czechoslovakia. Designed by Jiri Kroha (1893-1974), attributed. J. ...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Desks

Materials

Aluminum

18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau Bookcase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 18th century Dutch marquetry inlaid bureau bookcase. Having a double dome top cornice, two panel doors, a fall front and bombe shaped base. The wonderfully bold and fine quality inlaid marquetry detail of flowers, birds and vases. The bookcase doors...
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18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Desks

Materials

Walnut

Design Institute of America Console Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An elegant vintage modern maroon colored console table with unique brass drawer pulls and sculpted feet. The three hefty drawers ensure plenty of...
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1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Brass

Rare Stainless Steel Desk with Smoked Grey Glass Top, France, c. 1970
Located in New York City, NY
Rare Stainless Steel Desk with Smoked Grey Glass Top, France, c. 1970 This exquisite table sports an undulating, curvilinear base with a custom glass top in a smoked grey finish. The last three...
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1970s French Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Stainless Steel

18th Century, Fall Front Desk
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Richly colored, circa 1790, three-drawer, serpentine, fall front desk from Sicily. The whole covered in decoupage featuring panels of fruits, boughs of...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Desks

Materials

Wood

Three Drawer Danish Desk with Teak Wood Construction
Located in Dallas, TX
Three drawer Danish desk. Desk constructed of teak with square metal legs. Good original condition.
Category

1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Metal

Fine Arts Furniture Co. Elegant Mahogany Three Drawer Writing Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Elegant and modern mahogany three drawer writing table from Fine Arts Furniture, Grand Rapids MI, a venerable name in Grand Rapids furniture...
Category

20th Century American Desks

Materials

Brass

French Oak Dudouuyt Parquetry Desk
Located in New York, NY
French 1940s oak double pedestal base desk with front panels and a raised ¬Ω round inset top with a parquetry design & sliding side shelves (sign...
Category

1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Oak

Custom Desk by Hospitality Manufacturer Bermanfalk
By Bermanfalk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Custom made writing desk by quality case goods manufacturer Bermanfalk. Dramatic sloping chrome X-base supports single drawer dark wood cabinet with a blond wood top. Please confirm...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Desks

Materials

Chrome

Very Rare 18th Century Maggiolini Desk
By Giuseppe Maggiolini
Located in Montreal, QC
Very rare 18th century Italian neoclassical desk attributed to the workshop of Giuseppe Maggiolini. The piece is composed of extensive inlay ...
Category

1780s Italian Antique Desks

Materials

Walnut

English George II Style Chest of Drawers, Bookcase and Drop Down Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A truly magnificent mahogany George II style bookcase fitted writing desk and a chest of drawers. The upper section having numerous folio/file drawers and compartments, a leather lin...
Category

Late 19th Century English George II Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Rare Napoleon III French Empire Bureau De Plat Gilt Bronze Writing Table Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Napoleon III French Empire desk with gilt bronze oversized fittings A very decorative and collectible desk in period lightly restored condition throughout. The desk comes complete with all original gilt bronze fixtures and fittings including two keys for the locks. It has four large drawers to the front, the left drawer is a very large single drawer with a safe drawer...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks

Materials

Bronze

A Midcentury Style Cerused Oak and White Finish Desk
Located in New York, NY
A new midcentury style cerused oak desk with floating drawer at right of the underside with original leather tab pull and supported by four s...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Steel

Birch Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
Constructed of solid birch and fir and veneered with hand-cut Nordic birch veneers, the secretary features an upper locking drawer which rests upon a fitted desk area hiding behind a...
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19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Desks

Materials

Birch, Fir

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...
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20th Century English Modern Desks

Materials

Shagreen

Chippendale Walnut Desk
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
The desk has an egg-and-dart moulded and serpentine shaped top with leather writing surface. The opposing sides are fitted with a frieze drawer flanked by four graduated drawers to e...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Desks

Materials

Wood, Walnut, Leather

19th Century Regency Mahogany Chiffonier Secretaire
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a beautifully articulated and unusual English Regency mahogany chiffonier secretaire. The top section containing two shelves with round b...
Category

1830s English Regency Antique Desks

Materials

Rosewood

19th Century French Empire Escritoire
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality, 18th century Louis XV Escritoire. The Escritoire has a drawer at the top with ornate mounts, above a fall front opening...
Category

Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

English Walnut Pedestal Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
A three-piece, tan leather surface with tooling and gilding is the starting point for this three part pedestal desk in walnut burl. Classic touches abound in the appearance and const...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Desks

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Pedestal Desk in the Manner of Gillows of Lancaster
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
An exceptional mid-19th century pedestal desk in figured mahogany; the front with blind pilasters; mahogany lined drawers hung with fine cast loop handles; the top fitted with slides...
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1840s English Victorian Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Raymond Loewy Desk with Drawers for Doubinsky Freres, DF2000 Series
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare Raymond Loewy DF2000 desk in red, orange, and white. See photos for how the desk top slides forward to create clearance for a chair and also reveals storage. Red molded plastic ...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Steel

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

Custom Cerused Oak and Parchment Desk Featuring Three Central Drawers
Located in New York, NY
Custom cerused oak and parchment desk featuring three central drawers. Note the lead time for custom made is 8-10 weeks.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Desks

Materials

Oak, Parchment Paper

18th Century Double Sided Desk Louis XV Walnut Attributed J.F Hache
By Jean-Francois Hache
Located in Marseille, FR
Double sided desk Louis XV walnut attributed to J.F Hache (1730-1796) dating from the eighteenth century. Very good state of conservation despite traces of restoration on the drawers...
Category

18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks

Materials

Walnut

Louis XV Style Kingwood Bureau de Dame 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 leading retailers of objet deluxe. It is bombe...gently swelling and raised on cabriole legs. It is applied with oval porcelain panels which we have not dismounted but are to Sevres standard. It extensively mounted with bronze chutes sabots and moldings of various sorts. Including a bronze pierced plaque with the monogram of the owner. It is in a small way, highly evocative of 19th century Paris at its best. This company flourished between the consulate and 1867 when it closed. It enjoyed Royal patronage and was certainly a leading supplier of luxury goods of the highest quality. Maison Giroux, the famous curiosity and luxury goods shop, was situated at No. 7 rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré and in business from the time of the Consulate until the end of the Second Empire. The business was founded in 1799 by Francis Simon Alphonse Giroux, cabinetmaker and official restorer of Notre Dame. “Maison Alphonse Giroux” also known as “Giroux & Cie” specialized in producing ornate objects d’art and technically sophisticated furniture. Patronized by various members of the French Royal Family, including Louis XVIII, Charles X, Henri...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Desks

Materials

Bronze

21st Century Sean Desk in Wood with Top in Leather by Gianfranco Ferré Home
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Elegant, functional and comfortable, the Sean desk plays the leading role in the office environment. Made in Tay wood tinted smoky grey, it features inserts with a bronzed finish and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks

Materials

Wood, Leather

19th Century French Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality 19th century ebony and Thuya wood Bonheur Du Jour. The bonheur du jour has a brass gallery around the top, above a central mirror...
Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Desks

Materials

Ebony, Amboyna

Antique Walnut Secretaire Ladies Desk by Pioneer of Liverpool w. Inlaid Shell
By Pioneer Complete Furnishing Stores
Located in Lisse, NL
Practical small desk with a built-in chest of drawers. Because of the large homes that many of the rich who could afford quality furniture lived in, many antique pieces of furniture...
Category

Early 20th Century British Edwardian Desks

Materials

Brass

Exquisite Regency Period 1815 Hardwood Kneehole Desk with Lion Hairy Paw Feet
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original circa 1815 Regency bow front kneehole partner desk in solid mahogany with Lion hairy paw feet A good looking and well-made ...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks

Materials

Hardwood

Unique Midcentury Style Floating Top Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Italian style desk makes a unique and stylish workspace for home or office. Two sets of drawers make for ample storage options, while the spaci...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Wood

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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