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Desks For Sale
Vintage Postal Sorting Desk
Located in Oakville, CT
Antique Post Office Sorting Desk
Overall Dimensions: 30" x 48" x 75" high
*Please inquire for a ship quote*
Materials: Oak & Maple
Category
Mid-20th Century American Desks
Materials
Maple, Oak
Shaker Style Pine Desk + Hutch
Located in Round Top, TX
Charming two-piece, pine desk + hutch with Shaker proportions. Natural, oiled finish with simple brass hardware and two round, white porcelain pulls to glass front doors. Very good o...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Shaker Desks
Materials
Brass
Fine French 1940s Walnut Desk by Jean Pascaud
By Jean Pascaud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jean Pascaud (1903-1996) - A fine French Art Deco four drawer walnut desk with a carved diamond pattern and four scroll legs with bronze sabots.
The matching 3 doors cabinet with a ...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique North German/Danish Empire Cylinder-Top Secretary with Bookcase, c. 1815
Located in Miami, FL
From the Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany, once part of Denmark, a very handsome Empire secretary with bookcase in ash with inlays and marquetry silhouettes of neoclassical Roman images. Cylinder top opens to a pull-out desk which offers a felt-lined lectern or writing surface flanked by sliding storage compartments, as well as a series of small drawers and a central cabinet. Above desk, are three cupboards and below, there are three long drawers. Northern Germany or from the Danish Jutland region, circa 1815.
Note: Green baize on writing surface can be replaced with leather.
Measures: 46" wide x 21" deep x 83" high (With desk top open...
Category
Early 19th Century German Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Ash
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
Travel Cabinet - Bargueno Desk - Spain and England - Early XXth - Arts and Craft
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
The Bargueno is a portable desk. The base is typically Spanish and dates from 20th Century. The upper part was added in the 20th century in England and dates from the Arts and Craft ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Arts and Crafts Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique English Campaign Chest with Pullout Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th Century British Colonial campaign chest handcrafted in mahogany in a two piece construction, bound in brass with brass hardware and turned feet, featuring a pullout des...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Pilastro Two Section Enameled Metal Wall Unit w/ Desk, Cabinet & Perforated Rack
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dutch Mid-Century, Pilastro wall unit with desk, cabinet, and perforated rack. This unit features a gray enameled desk, black and white metal cabinet wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
French Louis XIV Style Mahogany & Figural Ormolu Leather Top Three-Drawer Desk
Located in Big Flats, NY
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French Louis XIV Style Rosewood Inlaid Mahogany & Figural Ormolu Leather Top Three-Drawer Desk 20thC...
Category
20th Century Louis XIV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Georgian Style Burl Walnut and Leather Top Desk
Located in Richmond, VA
Gorgeous wear and patina on this burl walnut and leather top Georgian style desk from late 19th century. Early Georgian style with burl walnut and leather top raised on pad feet with...
Category
Late 19th Century English George I Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Antique Drop Front Schoolmasters Desk with Drawer
Located in Freehold, NJ
This antique schoolmasters desk features hardwood construction, newer red painted finish, drop front writing surface with open storage insid...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Craftsman Desks
Materials
Oak, Paint
1970s National Mt. Airy Military Campaign Style Executive Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Another good looking campaign style piece for your collection! We are delighted to offer for sale this vintage executive desk hand crafted in the Military Campaign style by Mt. Airy, which is one of the higher quality campaign manufacturers. This well-made desk executed out of oakwood which has a lovely warm patina to it, the cuts of timber are lovely with great proportions from any angle. Supporting a rectangular top with a central drawer flanked on either side by a column cabinet with four drawers each having a top and bottom drawer, two of which are double as a filing drawer in the middle offering plenty of storage space. Solid finished back all standing on a plinth base to make it more stable. The brass inset military handles & brass corner brackets are all original and in brass. Signed "National Mt...
Category
Late 20th Century American Campaign Desks
Materials
Oak
Restored Chestnut & Bronze 4-Drawer Large Desk by Jack Cartwright for Founders
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Made in the United States towards the late 1960s, this desk was designed by Jack Cartwright and manufactured by Founders in very low numbers, probably due to the quality required dur...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Large French Campaign Style Iron w Leather Top & Apron by Maitland Smith
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous large iron desk with embossed leather top and apron by Maitland Smith. Iron with arrow decoration as side supports along with gilt brass accents on the legs. The iron is lac...
Category
1970s Philippine Neoclassical Revival Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass, Iron
19th Century English Walnut Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a walnut desk made in England, circa 1840. The top has a nicely shaped green leather writing surface with gold tooling. There is a hand carved gadrooned edge around the entir...
Category
1840s English Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Italian Mid-Century Modern Small Desk and Chair Attributed to Paolo Buffa, 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Cute and stylish Italian midcentury modern desk, with a graceful chair, attributed to Paolo Buffa.
This teakwood desk it is a splendid example of the Italian class design of 1950.
B...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Italian Neoclassical Painted and Découpage Ladies Desk, Circa 1890
Located in Dallas, TX
Known as a bonheur du jour, this beautiful Italian ladies desk dates to circa 1890. Bonheur du jour was designed specifically for women, serving as a writing desk and a cabinet to st...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Desks
Materials
Wood, Paint
Lovely Victorian circa 1880 English Panelled Hardwood Twin Pedestal Partner Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely English paneled Mahogany Victorian Circa 1880 twin pedestal partner desk with original fittings and brass castors
A good looking an...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
French Empire Mahogany Drop Front Secretary "Secrétaire à Abattant"
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 19th century French mahogany wood Empire style drop front secretary with a removable black marble top. The secretary features two front side columns with bronze mounts detail w...
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
18th Century Rococo Writing Desk
Located in Ljungby, SE
This beautifully crafted Swedish Rococo writing desk is a distinguished piece of Stockholm workmanship from the 1760s-70s. The desk features gracefully curved legs and three finely v...
Category
18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Paul Laszlo Bleached Oak "Basket Weave" Desk for Brown Saltman
By Paul Laszlo
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Paul Laszlo's (1900-1993) stunning bleached oak desk for brown saltman features basket weave drawer fronts and modern U-shaped legs.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
19th Century Vermis Martin Style Bonheur Du Jour Secretary Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century Vermis Martin Style Bonheur Du Jour Secretary Desk. Hand Painted and with original functional key.
Measures 24" in width, 17" in depth and stands 47" tall. Knee cleara...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Velvet, Hardwood, Paint, Ribbon
Calen Desk by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Calen desk by Madheke.
Dimensions: D 90 x W 210 x H 78.5 cm.
Materials: leather, wood, veneer, metal.
Classic leather front and upper, dead matte veneer, bronzed metal detailing...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
19th Century 3-Piece Diminutive Lacquer Secretary Desk with Nice Chinoiserie
Located in Milford, NH
A fine three-piece diminutive black lacquer secretary desk with extensive chinoiserie or japanned decoration, including a base table, bras...
Category
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Davis Allen Mid Century Burlwood and Chrome Executive Desk
By Davis Allen
Located in Countryside, IL
Davis Allen Mid Century Burlwood and Chrome Executive Desk
This desk measures: 65.25 wide x 32.25 deep x 29.25 high, with a chair clearance of 26 inches
All pieces of furniture can...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Syrian Damascan Desk and Chair Set Arabic Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing an elaborate Syrian desk and matching chair set
A classic piece of Damascan furniture with intricate inlay work in mother-of-pearl
Great interiors piece for this wond...
Category
1980s Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Jens Risom Style Mid Century Half Round Walnut Executive Desk
By Jens Risom
Located in Countryside, IL
Jens Risom style mid century half round walnut executive desk
The desk measures: 95.5 wide x 47.75 deep x 29 inches high
All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call rest...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Cowboy California Ranch Style Writing Desk and Chair by Monterey
Located in New York, NY
Rare and sought after writing desk and chair by the great California maker, Monterey Furniture Co. circa 1930's. The desk, and chair are both structurally sound and sturdy, both show...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks
Materials
Wood
Sheraton Style Kidney Shaped Writing Desk by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is a new traditional mahogany library writing desk. Its design was inspired by Sheraton desks from the Regency period and features a kidney shape. The legs are Classic Sheraton ...
Category
2010s American Regency Desks
Materials
Mahogany
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
Stylish French, Napoleon III Fine Ladies Writing Desk with Wine / Bacchus Theme
Located in Lisse, NL
Fine quality and great design Napoleon III desk with large drawer and bronze angels.
This wonderful antique ladies desk also is highly practical...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze, Brass
L. & J. G. Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Server or Writing Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts quarter sawn oak server, writing desk, or library table
By L. & J.G. Stickley
USA, Circa 1900
Measures: 32"W x 16.13"D x 33.25"H.
Good...
Category
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
A Regency Style Carved Mahogany Beau Brummel Gentlemans Vanity Desk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A Regency style carved mahogany Beau Brummel gentleman's dressing table, 20th century, the hinged top enclosing nine lidded compartments about a folding m...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Writing Desk in Teak Wood, Denmark, 1960
Located in Torino, IT
Writing Desk in Teak Wood, Denmark, 1960
Additional information:
Country of Manufacture – Denmark
Design Period – 1960
Production Period – 1960
Style – Midcentury / Danish design
Ma...
Category
20th Century Danish Desks
Materials
Teak
French Louis XV Style Desk with Leather Writing Pad, Black with Brass Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style desk, with leather writing pad top, from the 19th century. This antique table from France has been designed in the Louis XV...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
A Fine George III Style Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A massive partners desk having a black leather tooled inlay and gilt embellishments. The whole having twelve drawers and brass pulls in three parts.
Lacking a key.
Dimensions: 60" ...
Category
Late 19th Century George III Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Antique English Regency Mahogany Butlers Secretary c. 1820
Located in Westfield, MA
This exquisite English Regency mahogany butler’s secretary, dating to circa 1820, captures the grandeur and functionality of early 19th-century desig...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Antique Victorian Mahogany Davenport with Pop-Up Stationery Compartment
Located in Tonbridge, Kent
Victorian Figured Mahogany Davenport Desk with Hinged Drum Lid, England, 1870s
Elevate your space with this exquisite Victorian figured mahogany Davenport desk, a stunning example o...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Modern Butterscotch Mosaic 2-Drawer Desk with Chocolate Oak by Ercole Home
By Ercole Home
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a very attractive and functional piece to be used as a writing desk or vanity in a modern home. Rich, warm, and modern, this desk can add sleek comfort to your space.
Handcr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Desks
Materials
Art Glass, Cut Glass, Oak
Executive Desk by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar Mid Century
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Spectacular Mid Century Parsons Executive desk in Honduran mahogany by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar. Beautifully refinished. Minor repairs at two corners and appear exaggerated in photo...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI-Style Executive Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI-Style executive desk
Mahogany with excessive bronze mounts and trim with tooled dark leather writing surface.
Dimensions:
31" H x 71.75" ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks
Materials
Bronze
English Walnut Burl Two-Drawer Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
This two-drawer walnut writing desk is made for us by our English cabinetmaker. Using time-honored techniques, this table is created in just the same fashion as it would have been 20...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Burl
Mid-Century Modern Desk from the 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a Mid-Century Modern secretary desk in teak veneer from the 1960s. In the lower part, two doors open onto a shelf and a panel drops to reveal a desk space. The upper part ope...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Glass, Teak
19th Century Carved Oak Pedestal Desk
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English pedestal desk made from oak. The top is covered in the original brown leather, which has aged beautifully, and is banded by an oak border, which has a gorgeous b...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Oak
Mid Century Natural Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Mid Century natural desk with a brown farmhouse style top with three natural design drawers above a splayed leg iron base.
Dimensions: 63" W x 28" D x 32" H.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Arne Vodder L-Shaped Rosewood Desk for Sibast, 1960
By Arne Vodder, Sibast
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Mid Century Rosewood desk designed by Arne Vodder, showcasing the elegance and functionalism that are hallmarks of his work. The desk is a substantial piece, featuring a spacious tab...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Antique 19th Century Victorian Quality Walnut Freestanding Davenport
Located in Suffolk, GB
19th Century Antique Victorian quality walnut freestanding davenport having a lift up top opening to reveal a fitted interior above a lift up lid with a leather writing surface openi...
Category
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Large Mahogany Partner Desk
Located in Annville, PA
The Large Mahogany Partner Desk is the biggest desk in the Niagara Furniture collection. This desk matches a number of other pieces which we produce in the Penhurst family, please se...
Category
2010s Chippendale Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Bureau Plat
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A very useful desk. It has 5 drawers and a leather top.-
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Extendable Cerused Art Deco Table Oak, Dudouyt, 1940s
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
French Art Deco dining table. The table features stunning oak sanded wood grain with a stunning patina. The top is encrusted with a checked marquetry. It rests on tall and Brutalist ...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
Butler's Desk or Walnut Secretary
Located in Princeton, NJ
A contemporary take on the butler's desk. A butler's desk is a cabinet that converts into a desk, concealing its function. A desk, standing on its own looks out of place without an accompanying chair and lamp, but a cabinet that functions as a desk looks fine all by itself.
This is entirely handmade, down to the desk hardware...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Desks
Materials
Brass
Chinoiserie Style Desk & Chair by Drexel Heritage, USA 1960's
By Drexel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing the exquisite Chinoiserie Style Desk & Chair by Drexel Heritage and part of The Et-Cetera collection, a timeless masterpiece from th...
Category
1960s American Chinoiserie Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique 19th Century Anglo-Chinese Bamboo Lacquered Desk
Located in London, GB
Antique 19th Century Anglo-Chinese Bamboo Lacquered Desk
Aesthetic Movement, England, C.1880
Leather inset surface
Presented in excellent condition commensurate of age.
Category
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Bamboo, Lacquer
Louis XVI Style Cylinder Bureau, By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Rare Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Cylinder Bureau. By François Linke, Paris. Index Number 100. France, Circa 1890.
The top with three quarter pierced gallery. The cylinder front centred by a gilt-bronze foliate framed oval decorated with floral marquetry and a harp and books representing lyric poetry. Flanked by twin-light gilt-bronze candelabra. The roll-top enclosing an arrangement of four small drawers and five small compartments above a gilt-tooled green leather writing surface. The frieze fronted by a central drawer with spring-loaded secret release and faced with a relief-cast plaque of cloudborne putti representing the arts. The flanking drawers with gilt-bronze acanthus cast handles and fruiting cornucopia...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Jens Risom Mid-Century Modern Walnut Writing Desk
By Jens Risom
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Jens Risom (Danish American,1916-2016) Mid-Century Modern walnut writing desk. Features 2 drawers with beautiful walnut handles. Key include...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Mahogany, Tulipwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and very high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Mahogany, tulipwood and ormolu bureau plat desk. The three drawer desk is raised by elegant cabriole legs with ha...
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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