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Desks For Sale
Rare and Stunning Empire Mahogany Curved Desk and Bookshelf, 19th Century French
Located in New Orleans, LA
This very unusual pairing features a curved desk and a curved bookshelf with a variety of decorative elements on each. It is quite rare to find curved...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Gold
Eugenio Quarti desk, Chair and Trah in Style Liberty or Art Nouveau, Jugestails
By Eugenio Quarti
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Eugenio Quarti (Desk , chair and Trash )
Style: Liberty or Art Nouveau or Modernism or Jugendstil
Furniture realized mainly in inlays of nacre and metallic applications, parchament
bronze ferrules.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles since 1982.If you have any questions we are at your disposal
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Eugenio Quarti was born in Villa d'Almè, a small village in the province of Bergamo, from an artisan family of woodworkers. In 1881, at the age of 14 years old he goes to Paris, where he will learn new techniques and broaden his horizons. In 1886, he returned to Italy and settled in Milan where he worked, for a short period, with Carlo Bugatti and then open his own workshop in via Donizetti 3.
His early works are strongly marked by Bugatti Moorish’s style, but already the exhibition of Turin of 1898 you can see the first signs of Art Nouveau and his personal style. He was always attentive to the quality and originality of his accomplishments, always attentive to every art form. Furniture realized mainly in walnut with inlays of nacre and metallic applications. Develop over time a harmonic elegance of the decor, with thread-like grounds, valuable wood species and inlays and high quality bezels with fine materials (nacre, silver, copper, bronze, pewter, etc.), this characteristic was called "the goldsmith of furniture makers."
In 1900 he participates at the Paris International exposition where he received the "Grand Prix" of the jury. Will participate in a number of other exposures as that of Turin in 1902 and Milan in 1906 where he will receive the "Grand Royal Award" and the "Diploma of gold medal".
Eugenio Quarti worked with the most prestigious architects of his time (Giuseppe Sommaruga, Luigi Broggi, Alfredo Campanini, etc.) well as with the great artists/craftsmen of his time as Alessandro Mazzucotelli. He also worked as a decorator, designing entire furniture for both public and private buildings. It was he who designed the furniture for Palazzo Castiglioni in Milan, Villa Carosio in Baveno, Grand Hotel and Casino in San Pellegrino Terme, Hungaria Palace Hotel in Venice Lido. One of his most significant works were the vessels of the "Bar Camparino", at the entrance site of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan. however not disdain also committed less important such as the furniture for Villa Mariani to Bordighera residence of the painter Pompeo Mariani...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Large Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in Annville, PA
Inspired by an antique desk and bookcase this Large Mahogany Secretary Desk from Niagara Furniture is impressive in both it’s design and scal...
Category
2010s Federal Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$5,145 / item
L. & J. G. Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Writing Desk, Circa 1900
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period quarter sawn oak writing desk
By L. & J.G. Stickley
USA, Circa 1900
Measures: 40"W x 22.13"D x 37"H.
Good original vintage ...
Category
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Vintage Boho Paul Evans Cityscape Executive Desk
By Paul Evans
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elevate your workspace with our Vintage Boho Paul Evans Cityscape Executive Desk. This iconic piece, designed by American artist Paul Evans, merges Bohemian flair with modernist soph...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Maurice Calka for Leleu-Deshays, "Boomerang" Desk, France, 1970
Located in New York, NY
“Boomerang” desk designed by Maurice Calka for Leleu.
Marked: "CREATION M. CALKA EDITION LELEU DESHAYS"
This desk was exhibited in the museum show "Leleu 50 ans de mobilier et de d...
Category
20th Century French Desks
Materials
Metal
Storage cabinet Trinité by Kreatippci Studio
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Trinité - description:
This elegant cabinet with Surrealist flair is made of iron, wood and ceramics.
Every element of this functional piece radiates refined sophistication and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Slovak Modern Desks
Materials
Iron
Danish Mid Century Modern Desk
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Danish Modern Floating Desk with sculptural legs. Finished back. 48w 24d 29h
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood, Teak
19th Century French Bureau de Dame Napoleon III Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Milano, MI
A late 19th century Napoleon III bronze-mounted mahogany bureau à cylinder, an elegant French Bureau de Dame or Bonheur du Jour, a ladies writing desk with cartonnier which opens up ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
$2,066 Sale Price
50% Off
Pierre Jeanneret, Authentic PJ-BU-02-A Desk, circa 1957, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Hasselt, VLI
The "Office table" desk also known as PJ-BU-02-A, was created around 1957-58 by Pierre Jeanneret. It is a beautiful blend of solid sissoo, teakwood and cedar. Its rectangular top has...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Faux Leather, Wood, Teak, Cedar
Teak Desk, Danish Design, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
A desk from the 1960s brought from Denmark. The furniture is in very good condition, after professional renovation.
Dimensions: height 75 cm / width 148 cm / depth. 78 cm
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Modern off White Lacquered Desk Brass Details Style of Baughman or Springer
Located in Topeka, KS
Stunning modern off-white lacquered desk with brass plated details between the drawers and a brass plated toe kick in the style of Milo Baughman, Karl Springer, Lane. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. It has been professionally cleaned and waxed. The top surface has a stain and there is an all over patina as you would expect with use and age. The brass plating at the toe kick is showing its age with pitting and rust. It could be replaced or painted if it bothers you. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, Late 20th Century.
What a phenomenal desk!! This is an awesome… possibly custom-made, modern off-white laminate desk...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
French 19th C. Second Empire Secrétaire À Abattant with Gold Ormolu Mounts
Located in Savannah, GA
This extraordinary French Second Empire period secre´taire a' abattan features flame mahogany, gilt brass-mounts and retains its original dark grey speckled granite top. Decorated th...
Category
1850s French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Granite, Brass, Ormolu
Stamped 1961 Danish Teak Peter Lovig Nielsen for Hedensted Mobelfabrik Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original Mid-Century Modern circa 1961 Peter Lovig Danish Teak bookcase back desk designed for Hedens...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
$3,319 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid-Century Freestanding Teak Desk, Denmark, 1960s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
This desk made in Denmark in the 1960s. The desk is made of teak wood and is free-standing thanks to the finished back with an open storage space (bookcase). There are two modules at...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Walnut with Inlay Writing Desk and Chair, Syrian Late 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very fine antique Moorish style walnut with mother-of-pearl inlaid writing desk and chair, late 19th to early 20th century. Completely hand-carved, and with elaborate inlay work of m...
Category
Late 19th Century Syrian Moorish Antique Desks
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl
Alfredo Paredes Paloma Desk
Located in New York, NY
With a vintage craftsman’s worktable in mind, rare solid wenge in carefully proportioned wood truss bases support a wood-framed glass and leather top...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Desks
Materials
Leather, Glass, Oak, Wenge
$14,995 / item
Danish Modern Teak 4 drawer Desk Bookcase by Erik Brouer for Brouer Møbelfabrik
By Erik Brouer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Danish Modern Teak Desk Bookcase by Erik Brouer for Brouer Møbelfabrik. Danish modern teak desk with 3 drawers on the right and a (1) single deep file drawer on the left side. The de...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-century writing desk in teak, Denmark 1960s
Located in Torino, IT
Mid-century writing desk in teak, Denmark 1960s
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Hand-Painted Lacquered Console/Desk by Alessandro for Baker, circa 1980
Located in Wichita, KS
A rare desk / console table designed by European designer and artist Alessandro Gambalogna, known as “Alessandro,” for Baker Furniture in the 1980's. This piece features a lacquered faux tessellated bone finish with an inset cream leather top. It has a substantial rectangular tabletop with sculptural, curved legs and one center drawer.
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Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
$6,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Boomerang Desk Circa 1940
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Exceptional modernist desk from the Art Deco period. This superb piece of furniture is reminiscent of the desk made by Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Janneret with its curved top and ...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Ash
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
A lovely 1970s Italian woven bamboo, two drawer desk by Bonacina
By Bonacina
Located in London, GB
A lovely 1970s Italian woven bamboo desk by Bonacina, with two drawers with bamboo handles and lower woven bamboo shelf
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desks
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Vintage Coastal Italian Wrapped Woven Rattan Cane Wicker Desk Drawers & Chair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage 1970s Italian woven rattan cane desk & matching chair. Two drawers. All sides are finished, including the back, sides, etc. Original rattan finish. Chairs has been newly uph...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rattan
Antonino Gorgone Midcentury Secretaire / Desk Cabinet, Italy, circa 1950
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Italian midcentury writing desk / secretaire in Italian cherry. It has an extractable writing leaf.
Designer: Stabilimenti Napoli
Manufacturer: Antonino Gorgone...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Cherry
$1,587 Sale Price
54% Off
Empire style Mahogany secretaire abattant, circa 1840
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century French Mahogany marble topped Empire style Secretaire Abattant. Having a frieze drawer, classical ormolu mounted classical columns to either side. Th...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
American Maple Slant Front Desk, Late 18th C.
Located in Astoria, NY
American Maple Slant Front Desk, late 18th century, with fall front opening to central drawer flanked by three cubbies, and five short drawers, the desk above four drawers on bracket...
Category
Late 18th Century American American Classical Antique Desks
Materials
Maple
Stainless Steel and Burl Wood Desk by Leon Rosen for Pace, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, PA
A monumental Demi Lune Executive's Desk designed by Leon Rosen for Pace. This stunning desk has matchbook burl wood veneer which creates a beautiful surface. The warmth of the wood w...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Stainless Steel
Antique Partners Desk with Provenance
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A fine quality partners desk in exceptional figured mahogany veneers, original dark green leather, bramah locks, ratchetted writing slope and mahogany lined drawers
Provenance: from...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Period Regency Mahogany Mechanical Gentleman's Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
This very fine desk made during the Regency period in England is of great design and exceptional quality. Constructed of Mahogany solids and veneers with fine figure and color. The d...
Category
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
circa 1880 George III Style Carved Solid Oak Chest, Green Man Writing Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this 19th century heavily carved dark oak kneehole desk. An impressive green man desk with flowers and scrolls, the s...
Category
1880s English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Early 19th century Biedermeier ebonised birch escritoire
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 19th century biedermeier ebonised birch escritoire circa 1820.
We are pleased to offer this stunning austrian biedermeier period escritoire...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
A Fine French 1940s Louis XVI Style Cherrywood Desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French Neoclassical cherry writing table in the style of Louis XVI with one drawer, bronze pull and sabots, and a leather top.
Category
1940s French Louis XVI Vintage Desks
Materials
Bronze
Henredon Scene Two Parsons Desk with Custom Glass Top
By Henredon
Located in Hartville, OH
Arguably the finest example of this desk available today if not ever. Absolute pristine condition in every way. Acquired from the original owner.
Gorgeous piece.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Burl
Vintage WWII Folding Military Field Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage WWII Military Field Desk
A vintage US Military aluminum celadon green painted metal folding field desk. Transforms from a rectangle to p...
Category
1940s North American Industrial Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique GUSTAV STICKLEY Drop Front Desk PERIOD DESK - W5844 MUST SELL
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is an antique Gustav Stickley drop front desk from the early 1900s in good condition with a great selection of quarter-sawn oak. This des...
Category
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
$4,920 Sale Price
40% Off
Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller Executive Office Group Desk 1942
Located in Chicago, IL
Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller Executive Office Group Desk, 1942
Teak veneer executive desk with brass-plated steel pulls, vinyl accents, and six drawers including two sliding trays...
Category
1940s American Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
$6,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Modernist Desk in Solid Wood 40s / 50s Bauhaus Style Vintage
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
French desk from the 40s / 50s in modernist Bauhaus style. Structure of the desk in veneered and solid Rio rosewood with a triple tubular base in chromed steel quite rare. The desk i...
Category
1940s French Bauhaus Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
19th Century Italian Empire Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite 19th-century Italian Empire desk is a beautifully crafted piece that exemplifies the neoclassical elegance of the Empire style. Made from richly grained walnut, the de...
Category
19th Century Italian Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut, Giltwood
Pierre Jeanneret, French Mid-Century Modern, Pigeonhole Desk, Teak, Chandigarh
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pierre Jeanneret, French Mid-Century Modern, Pigeonhole Desk, Teak, Chandigarh, India c. 1960s
Rare example of a pigeonhole by Pierre Jeanneret c. 1960s, Model PJ-BU-02-A.
These ex...
Category
1960s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
American Sheraton Mahogany Campaign Desk, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
American Sheraton mahogany Campaign slant front desk with two upper case flanking doors concealing pigeon holes, sliding lower case writing surface concealing fitted interior over si...
Category
1820s American Campaign Antique Desks
Large Desk with Sideboard in Rosewood & Chromed Steel by Jørgen Pedersen, 1960's
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Large Desk with Sideboard in Rosewood and Chromed Steel by Jørgen Pedersen, 1960's
Additional Information:
Material: Rosewood and chromed steel
Style:...
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Steel
2007 Antonio Citterio for Vitra Ad Hoc Desk w/ White Laminate Top, 3x Available
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an Ad Hoc Desk, designed by Antonio Citterio for Vitra in 1994. The listed price includes one desk, and we have several available for sale. The examples that we have in our i...
Category
Early 2000s Swiss Modern Desks
Materials
Aluminum
Desk by Gio Ponti for Studio PFR Italy c1958
Located in London, GB
An impressive desk by Gio Ponti for Studio PFR
Walnut with brass elements.
Studio PFR (Gio Ponti, Antonio Fornaroli, Albeto Rosselli)
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique English Kidney Form Leather Top Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Mahogany kidney form desk with gilt-embossed brown leather top (The Leather top replaced at a later time). The desk with a center drawer flanked by 4 drawers each side on front. Fini...
Category
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Modern Rosewood Desk by Eigjil Petersen, Denmark
By Eigjil Petersen
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
The EP401 rosewood desk, designed by Eigjil Petersen in the 1960s, is a stunning example of Danish craftsmanship and design. This desk features a large rectangular top, offering ampl...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Empire Drop Front Desk, Kopenhagen, 1820
Located in Belmont, MA
Empire drop front desk, Copenhagen 1810-20.
This unique Danish secretary desk is embellished with mahogany veneer. The lower part has three cur...
Category
1810s Danish Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Rare 18th Century Georgian Period Mahogany Architect Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
This rare and elegant Georgian Architect’s desk has a ratchet top, extending drawer front, as well as storage compartments. Architect desks, m...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
$12,560 Sale Price
51% Off
Rare Austrian Biedermeier Walnut Writing Desk, c. 1820
Located in Southampton, NY
Rare Austrian Biedermeier Walnut Writing Desk, c. 1820
A Rare Austrian Biedermeier Writing Desk, chest of drawers, walnut root head venee...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Maple, Walnut
Elegant Macassar Art Deco Desk, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Elegant Macassar Art Deco desk, circa 1930.
Bronze handles.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Macassar
MUSEUM QUALITY ANTiQUE PARTNER DESK 17TH CENTURY HAND CARVED RELIGIOUS PANELS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, Exhibition Museum quality, hand carved Walnut double sided partner desk circa 1860...
Category
1860s European High Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Wylie & Lochhead attri. An Arts & Crafts oak desk with new leather writing area
Located in London, GB
Wylie Lochhead attributed. An Arts and Crafts oak desk with central shelf, galleried sides, stylised copper handles, laid with a new leather w...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Desks
Materials
Copper
De Coene Black Oak Desk from 1970
Located in Brussels, BE
Desk or Dining Table, With Four drawers in Black Oak painted, Made by De Coene in 1970, original and good condition.
Category
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
Vintage Asian Chinoiserie Secretary Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The Vintage Asian Chinoiserie Secretary Desk blends American style with Eastern elegance, featuring intricate Chinoiserie detailing and exquisite cra...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Upholstery, Glass, Wood
Antique Neo-Egyptian French Empire Style Desk
Located in New York, NY
This mahogany desk in the French Empire style features extensive gilt bronze mounts on every face. Its craftsmanship is very high, comparable to works by Maison Krieger. The drawers ...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Mid 19th century Swedish burr birch escritoire
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Stunning birch root escritoire circa 1855.
We are pleased to offer this piece for sale. Profusely using birch root veneers on every surface.
Matched birch veneers used which span ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Birch
Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Galleried Mahogany Burl and Marquetry Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
An outsanding Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted , Mahogany Burl and Marquetry Desk with top gallery. Very good antique condition. Intricate Marquetry work all over to the legs terminati...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Johnson Carper Mid-Century Modern Writing Desk with Sculpted Drawers
Located in East Freetown, MA
Johnson Carper Mid=Century Modern wooden desk with seven concave front drawers that pull out easily without drawer pulls. Desk has four peg legs and formica top.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
$639 Sale Price
36% Off
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
Arne Vodder for Sibast Model 209 Mid Century Rosewood Desk with Return
By Sibast, Arne Vodder
Located in Countryside, IL
Arne Vodder for Sibast Model 209 Mid Century Rosewood Desk with Return
This desk measures: 80 wide x 71 deep x 28.25 high, with a chair clearance of 27.25 inches
All pieces of furn...
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1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
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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Chippendale Oxbow
Drexel Declaration Desk
Eastlake Writing Desk
Edwardian Roll Top Desk
Ficks Reed Desk
Hepplewhite Tambour Desk
Heywood Wakefield Streamline
Hideaway Desk
Magic Box Desk Teak
Maurice Calka Boomerang
Monterey Desk
Wegner Ch110 Desk
Alma Desk Company
Antique Schoolmasters Desk
Arne Vodder Boomerang