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Desks For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1930s
Art Deco Desk, Rosewood Veneer, Nickel, France, circa 1930
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful balanced Art Deco Desk in high-gloss lacquered east-indian Rosewood with nickel plated handles. Fully restored, from France circa 1930.
Elegant modernist Art Deco design ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Stainless Steel, Nickel
Antique Danish "Hans Christian Andersen" Desk or Writing Table in Figured Walnut
Located in Miami, FL
A very handsome "Hans Christian Andersen" writing desk in beautiful figured walnut with one drawer over kneehole, flanked by two drawers on each side for a total of 5 working drawers...
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Louis Philippe Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Ferdinand Barbedienne, Gilt Bronze Inkwell, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Title: Bronze Inkwell
Date/Period: XIX century
Dimension: 18 x 19 cm.
Materials: Bronze, glass
Additional information: Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892). Gilt bronze inkwell...
Category
Early 19th Century French Baroque Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Gustavian Neoclassical Mahogany Writing Chest / Bureau on High Stand, 1800s
Located in Lucenec, SK
Swedish Gustavian mahogany writing cabinet. The writing part is covered with a black patent leather, with visible traces of use. The inner drawers have bone handles. The upper part i...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Grand Louis XVI Cylinder Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French grand Louis XVI cylinder desk is the perfect answer to all your modern office needs! Designed on a larger scale than is typ...
Category
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
With Certificate Antique Shannon File Co Victorian Walnut Tambour Desk Must See
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, very rare, original Antique Victorian Shannon File Co LTD, tambour fronted desk in Waln...
Category
1880s English High Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
French Bureau Plat Desk, Empire Dummy Partners Desks
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous French Empire bureau plat
Classic French antique desk in kingwood with ormolu fixtures
We date this desk to circa 1930
Has drawers on both sides although one side they are decorative so this is a dummy partners desk
Great for a home office set...
Category
1930s French Empire Vintage Desks
Materials
Kingwood
French Knee Hole Desk Empire Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Very cute French knee hole desk in the Empire manner.
Antique desk we date to circa 1930.
Features intricate marquetry inlay work showing flor...
Category
1930s Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Early-Mid 19th c. Hand Painted Slant Desk, c.1820-1840
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Early to mid 19th century hand painted slant front desk with a lift top, large interior space with three drawers and brass knobs. The lower section has a hinged door with prim...
Category
Early 19th Century American Rustic Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Lacquered Wood Flat Desk by A.E. Beurdeley, France, Circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Stamped twice A Beurdeley a Paris on the crosspieces.
Elegant Louis XV style double-side desk in lacquered wood and gilded bronze. It is adorned on all sides, in foliated bronze car...
Category
1890s French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Biedermeier Olive Wood & Burl Drop Front Abattant, Circa 1830
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Biedermeier abattant secretary offers olive wood and burl construction with upper frieze drawer over drop front secretary and three long ...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Large French Empire Napoleon III Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Miami, FL
A fine large sized flat desk otherwise referred to as a "bureau de ministre" or ministers flat desk.
In mahogany and mahogany veneer flamed on all sides, beautiful ornamentation of...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Swedish Gustavian Style Drop Front Desk
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Swedish Gustavian Style drop front desk, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White". The Desk open measures 31 in high, 18...
Category
1870s Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Pine Sloping Clerks Writing Desk, Greeting Station
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Antique Pine Sloping Clerks writingdesk, greeting station
A Lovely old piece, the desk is made in solid pine, it has a sloping lid which encloses a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Pine
French Louis XVI Style Diminutive Ebonized Writing Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic French diminutive ladies writing table or desk featuring a black lacquer ebonized finish. Made in the neoclassical Louis XVI taste with a simple clean design and minimal dec...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Ebonised and Brass Inlay Desk by Maison Krieger
Located in Madrid, ES
Late 19th century ebonised and brass inlay desk by Maison Krieger.
A good quality and of elegant proportions, late 19th century French Ebonized desk with brass inlay...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Deco Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Restored Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Double Sided Twin Pedestal Partners Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Museum quality, circa 1880 Dutch inlaid extra large twin pedestal, double sided partners desk which has been fully restored
A truly stunnin...
Category
1880s Danish High Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
Regency Amboyna and Gilt Library Table Attributed to Seddon and Morel
By Morel & Seddon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency amboyna and gilt library table attributed to Seddon and Morel, with a rectangular top set upon solid end supports with a turned, reeded an...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Amboyna
Swedish Wide Curly Birch Pedestal Desk, Circa 1820-1840
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish pedestal curly birch desk, circa 1820-40. This antique desk from Sweden features a four foot long, rectangular-shaped top which overhangs the apr...
Category
19th Century European Antique Desks
Materials
Birch
Italian Venetian Style Polychrome Secretary Bookcase
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a classic Venetian style polychrome lacquered bookcase. This case piece is exquisitely hand painted with floral decoration and overall parcel gilt.
Category
19th Century Italian Other Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau, After Francoise Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style Mahogany tambour bureau, having a marble top with a brass gallery. Pigeon hole compartments and drawers within, gilded om...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Walnut Museum Quality Exhibition Hand Carved Italian Davenport Desk
By Pauly et Cie
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, exhibition / museum quality, hand carved Italian davenport desk
A truly stunning and well made piece, this would have been made for an exhibition to show off the cabinet makers skill, I have a wardrobe (stamped) which was retailed by Pauly CIE Et and hand carved by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim...
Category
19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Secretary
Located in Malibu, CA
This early 19th-century drop-leaf secretaire features the traditional Biedermeier ebony accents, columns, and matched woodgrain pattern. Unlike the h...
Category
Early 19th Century French Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Other
Antique Pine Sloping Clerks Writing Desk
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Antique pine sloping clerks writing desk
A Lovely old piece, the desk is made in solid pine, it has a sloping lid which encloses a storage comp...
Category
Mid-19th Century Rustic Antique Desks
Materials
Pine
English Regency Period Satinwood Kidney Shaped Writing Table with Leather Inlay
Located in Wells, ME
English Regency period satinwood kidney shaped writing table with pedestal ends and saber legs ending in brass casters. This elegant writing table has...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Satinwood
Original Georgian / Regency Military Campaign Desk with Large Map Drawer
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning circa 1800-1820 original Georgian / Regency Military campaign desk with large top map drawer
...
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Hardwood
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...
Category
1850s Swedish Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Ash
19th Century Country French Louis XVI Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Country French Louis XVI secretary is a truly astonishing work of the cabinetmaker's art! Hand-crafted from solid old-growth in...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Fine 19th Century Gillows Parquetry and Gilt Bronze Kidney Shaped Table
Located in Benington, Herts
An extremely fine gilt bronze mounted parquetry kidney shaped writing table attributed to Gillows of Lancaster.
English Circa 1865
The rosewood lozenge trellis inlaid kidney shape...
Category
1860s English Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Ladies Desk Bureau Plat Circa 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Wonderful French antique ladies desk in walnut
- Circa 1890
- Hand carved details on drawers wonderful
- Purchased from a dealer on Mar...
Category
19th Century Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Writing Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality Victorian burr walnut writing table, with gilt brass mounts, the raised back with a pierced gallery above a mirror and fitted with five drawers, above a ha...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Victorian Rosewood Davenport
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Antique Victorian rosewood davenport, a testament to the exquisite craftsmanship of the era. The piece is characterized by a sliding writing slope t...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Very Rare and Fine Early 19th Century Georgian Inlaid Bureau Bookcase
Located in Dublin, IE
A very rare and fine early 19th century Georgian mahogany bureau bookcase, line inlaid throughout and with intricate marquetry depicting Neoclassical motifs of swags, garlands, flowe...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Circa 1825 English Mahogany Butlers Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
Circa 1825 English Mahogany Butler's Desk with Brass Hardware. Drop front writing surface with interior drawers and compartments above double doors that ho...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Bookcase with Display Case and Writing Surface Made of Solid Walnut from 1800s
Located in Cesena, FC
French showcase bookcase with writing surface in 1800s solid walnut
Showcase bookcase with writing surface, solid walnut, French in origin.
Period: first half of 1800s.
The desk has...
Category
1820s French Antique Desks
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Twin Pedestal Partner Desk with Brown Leather Top
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely handmade in England circa 1880 burr walnut and brown leather twin pedestal partner desk
A good looking and well made desk, the timbe...
Category
1880s English High Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Campaign Desk In Mahogany-19 ° Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant mahogany campaign desk or marine desk from the 19th century from England
Indeed this furniture called "campaign furniture" or navy furniture was...
Category
Late 19th Century British Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Crossbanded Walnut Console
Located in Charleston, SC
19th Century Georgian crossbanded walnut kneehole console. Rich color burl top with herringbone inlay and crossbanding over graduated drawers and kneehole cabinet resting on bracket ...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Swedish Neo-Classical Writing Table
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Swedish Neo-classical carved and painted writing table. Circa 1880. Adds warmth and charm to any room!.
Category
19th Century Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Diminutive Burl & Mahogany Davenport Desk with Watercolor Panels, c1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique diminutive davenport desk offers burl and mahogany construction with upper pierced bronze gallery over slant front desk having watercolor...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Marble Top Library Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Grand French 19th century library table, writing table, or bureau plat featuring an Italian Carrara marble top inset. Crafted in the neoclassical Louis XVI taste, the frieze is decorated on each side with strands of delicate bell flowers centered by floral reserves. The corners have carved rosettes and are supported by fluted legs having acanthus tops. The legs are conjoined by gracefully curved stretchers centered with an acanthus finial...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Carrara Marble
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Leather Top Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
Mahogany and mahogany veneer rectangular flat desk opening to three drawers in front. Tapered legs chamfered on the corners. Finely chased and gilded bronze ornaments with rows of pe...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Amazing Desk Art Deco 1930 France Wood Zebrano
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Desk
Year 1930
French
Wood is Zebrano
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. It has a large work surface.
The quality of the furniture and the e...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Campaign Roll Top Desk on Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A 19th century diminutive, antique, mahogany campaign roll top desk on stand with brass plaque, brass lined case, string inlay, intriguing pop up hidden compartments, brass recessed ...
Category
19th Century English Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Italian Console Hand-Carved Solid Walnut Two Drawers Natural Color
Located in Buggiano, IT
Late 19th century console in hand-carved solid walnut with two drawers in original natural color.
Umbertine style, with intermediate shelf.
The carvings are all done manually.
In anc...
Category
1880s Italian Rustic Antique Desks
Materials
Fir, Walnut
Antique English Inlaid Burr Walnut and Leather Davenport or Ship Captain’s Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
Fine quality antique English leather top inlaid burr walnut davenport or ship captain's desk with lift-up top revealing a series of side by side small drawers. The exterior has a ban...
Category
Late 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Boxwood, Walnut
Antique Eastlake Incised Walnut and Burl Slant Front Secretary, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Eastlake secretary offers paneled walnut construction with upper having shaped crest surmounting shelf and slant front opening to writing...
Category
19th Century American Eastlake Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Antique French Provincial Leather Top Painted Kneehole Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Dynamic 19th century kneehole desk with a brown tooled leather top over a three piece pedestal base with nine drawers and two pullout trays retaining the original yellow and blue pai...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paint
Large English Pedestal Desk of Mahogany
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome large English pedestal desk of mahogany, featuring a moulded top inset with an embossed leather, over a frieze with one long drawer fl...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Olivewood Pedestal Desk Attributed to Wright and Mansfield
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This pedestal desk has a rectangular leather inset top and supports a small shelf with an openwork ormolu grille and small columns. The kneehole is flanked by three drawers on either...
Category
1860s English Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Gentlemans Satinwood Rosewood Crossbanded Speciman Cabinet Early 19th Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A superb example of an early Irish Mahogany Georgian Demi-Lune fold-over games table of outstanding museum quality. Made in Ireland during the last quart...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut, Satin
French Bonheur De Jour Desk Painted Placques Kingwood, 1930s
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning French Bonheur de Jour desk we date to circa 1920
Crafted from kingwood with painted plaques showing scenes of courtly love with two romantic couples
Top is a cabinet with...
Category
1930s Vintage Desks
Materials
Kingwood
Art Deco Geometric Writing Mahogany Desk W/ Chrome Handles
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Art Deco geometric writing mahogany desk with chrome handles. The desk features a front shelf along the front with 2 pull-out drawers and 3 side drawers.
USA, 1930.
Category
1930s Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Art Deco Machine Age International Style Chrome & Black Desk Attr Gilbert Rohde
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous Art Deco, Machine Age, Streamline Modern, Art Moderne, International style, Bauhaus desk or vanity in chrome, black painted wood with red faux leather insert possibly Fabrik...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
Desk Art Deco in Wood from France 1930 " Free Shipping in Florida "
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
"Free shipping in florida" It was exhibited at Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)"
Desk
Year 1930
French
Wood and chrome
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer
It is an ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Continental Louis XV Style Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique continental Louis XV style walnut and beech wood desk, late 19th century. Nice color. Hand dove tailed drawer construction. Height of center of knee hole to floor 24". Width ...
Category
Late 19th Century European Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Streamline Mahogany and Rattan Writing Desk with Rattan Pulls & Shelf
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Streamline Art Deco rattan writing desk with a rattan border, Mahogany sides, and top with four pull drawers and 3-tier side shelf along the side.
Restored to new for you.
Tropical Sun Rattan was started in 1934 at 117 West Colorado Blvd in Pasadena. By 1938 we had showrooms in the Los Angeles and San Francisco furniture...
Category
1930s American Vintage Desks
Materials
Rattan
Outstanding Louis XV-Style Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An outstanding Louis XV-style mahogany bureau plat after a model by Jacques B. Dubois, from the estate of Phyllis McGuire, the shaped leather-inset top above an elaborate frieze with...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
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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