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Desks For Sale
Bauhaus Tubular Steel Desk by André Lurçat, Manufactured by Thonet, circa. 1935
By André Lurcat
Located in Berlin, DE
Bauhaus tubular steel desk designed by André Lurçat and probably manufactured by Thonet. Chrome plated tubular steel, stained oak veneer, circa 1930.
Category
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal, Chrome
VR Stamped Victoria Regina Hardwood Twin Pedestal Partner Desk Victorian, 1860
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely English Victorian Circa 1880 twin pedestal partner desk with original castors and VR stamped locks for Victoria Regina...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Sheraton Revival Cylinder Bureau, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century satinwood Sheraton revival cylinder bureau with ebony string inlay, having a three quarter brass gallery to the t...
Category
Late 19th Century English Sheraton Antique Desks
Materials
Satinwood
English Yew Wood Modesty Panel Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
This pedestal desk features a modesty panel as well as two file drawers and three-piece parchment and green, tooled leather. A center inset gives the nor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Desks
Materials
Leather, Yew
Liberty & Co A Moorish Walnut Desk with Angular Design & 4 Opposite Side Drawers
Located in London, GB
Liberty & Co.
A Moorish Walnut Desk with Mushrabia turnings to the upper shelf, just below to the turned uprights there are dowel holes which I have shown in the images, they are the...
Category
1890s English Moorish Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Chic & Stylish Mercier Frères, Paris Nutwood and Gilt Bronze Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Lisse, NL
Finest quality and stunning design Louis XVI style desk, circa 1890.
Owning and using top quality pieces of furniture from times when European craftsmen were at the top of their game is something that will lift your spirit like very few things can. That is ofcourse is you are able to recognize quality. It will remain a mystery why so many people don't seem to see the quality and the details of even the best quality made antiques. This wonderful antique ladies desk...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Jacques Adnet Vanity, 1950s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning vanity by French designer Jacques Adnet. Iron frame completely wrapped in red leather. Legs taper down to sharp exposed iron and end with brass ball feet. Tops of each leg i...
Category
1950s French Vintage Desks
Materials
Iron, Brass
Birds Eye Maple Italian Art Deco Style Low Profile Desk w/ Leather Chair Mint!
By Pace Furniture Company, Masterly
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Birds eye maple Italian Art Deco style low profile desk with matching leather chair mint!
Chair: 18x18×39.
Seat height: 19.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Antique German Gründerzeit Pedestal Desk in Pine, circa 1880
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome & spacious Gründerzeit pedestal desk in pine. Germany, circa 1880. Base offers a pull-out writing surface with brown-leather top with gold tooling around edge, a long drawer above kneehole and storage cabinets at either side. Top cabinet section of desk has four small drawers flanking a keyed storage...
Category
Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Desks
Materials
Pine
Hespeler Furniture Chippendale Mahogany Inlays and Green Leather Top Desk
By Hespeler Furniture Co.
Located in Germantown, MD
A rare Hespeler Furniture Company Chippendale Inlaid Mahogany and Tooled Green Leather and Stenciled Top Desk .Measures 48.5" in width, 28.5" in depth and 31" in height with a knee c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Chippendale Desks
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Italian Louis XVI Walnut Antique Desk
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
We present this elegant antique Italian desk dating back to the second half of the 18th century, Louis XVI period. An extremely refined desk.
Made of fine light walnut wood and char...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
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
Mid-Century Modern Gianfranco Frattini Secretary for Bernini, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Gianfranco Frattini Secretary for Bernini, 1950s
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Shapland & Petter, Arts & Crafts Mahogany Desk with a Pierced Heart to the Top
Located in London, GB
Shapland & Petter. A wonderful Arts & Crafts mahogany writing desk with a pierced heart to the top, shaped back and sides, with upper three quarter shelf and a stylized floral leaded glass back below. A period style leather writing area with hand tooled gilt decoration to the edges. A bow fronted drawer with stylized copper heart...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Kipp Stewart for Glenn of California Mid Century Walnut Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Kipp Stewart for Glenn of California Mid Century Walnut Desk
This desk measures: 54 wide x 27.75 deep x 29.5 high, with a chair clearance of 28.75 inches
All pieces of furniture ca...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
George 111 Period Mahogany & inlaid Kneehole desk
Located in Dereham, GB
George 111 Period Mahogany & inlaid Kneehole desk
Mahogany top with Satinwood Banded inlay, &
Centre Fan inlay & 4 quarter fan inlays
Kneehole Base with 7 Drawers,
Satinwood Bandin...
Category
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
18th C. Louis XV Bureau Scriban Bibliothèque Secretary Cabinet Mahogany Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
18th C. Louis XV Bureau Scriban Bibliothèque Secretary Cabinet Mahogany Antique . A very important rare and Tall Scribing bibliotic secretaire Library desk of a Gentleman or a Lady. ...
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Metal, Metallic Thread, Wrought Iron
Federal Partners' Desk in Mahogany, Philadelphia, circa 1820
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful Philadelphia partners desk in mahogany with gadrooned top and apron resting on center pedestal with carved baluster and legs, and ending in brass casters with lions' paw ...
Category
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Mahogany Credenza
Located in Annville, PA
This Mahogany Credenza matches a number of other items in the Niagara Furniture office collection. The credenza utilizes three part construction, the top and two pedestals separate f...
Category
2010s Federal Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Organic Modern Armona Desk, Oak Root Onyx Brass, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Armona Desk, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The Armona stone desk draws inspiration from the serene landscape of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Desks
Materials
Marble, Quartz, Onyx, Stainless Steel, Brass
Jens Risom Style Mid Century Walnut Curved Executive Desk
By Jens Risom
Located in Countryside, IL
Jens Risom Style Mid Century Walnut Curved Executive Desk
This desk measures: 83.5 wide x 38.5 deep x 29 high, with a chair clearance of 27.75 i...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Cane, Walnut
Antique Victorian Quality Satinwood Freestanding Marquetry Inlaid French Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality satinwood freestanding marquetry inlaid French bureau having the original brass gallery, beautiful floral marquetry inlaid top above a satinwood floral marq...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Other
Custom, English Walnut Burl Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
This beautiful George II style executive writing table/desk in burled walnut features a uniquely shaped top, cabriole legs with acanthus carved knees and deeply carved claw and ball ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Georgian Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Burl
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
Desk Style: Art Deco, 1930, France, Material: Wood
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Desk
Year 1930
French
Wood
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer.
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. It has a large work surface.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic woo...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Italian Mid-Century Florentine Gilt Desk with Drawers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Florentine Writing Desk with 5 Drawers in Giltwood, Italy 1960's
This vintage wooden desk is remarkable with all its detailing including the writing surface featuring a leather faux...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Faux Leather, Wood, Giltwood
Antique French Empire Flame Mahogany Abattant with Figural Ormolu 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Empire abattant secretary offers flame mahogany construction with upper drawer over drop front desk opening to interior with p...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
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
Peter Lovig Nielsen Desk + Folke Ohlsson Armchair, 1960s, Scandinavian Design
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Desk, Denmark, circa 1960s. Designed by Peter Lovig Nielsen, this model is known as the Boomerang Desk because of its slightly curved top. Our model is constructed of oiled teak with...
Category
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Paul Evans Patchwork Burl and Steel Cityscape Executive Desk, 1970's
By Paul Evans
Located in Culver City, CA
Some desks hold paper clips. Others hold power. This Paul Evans Cityscape Desk? It’s the power! Designed by the legendary Paul Evans in the 1970s, this monumental, sculptural masterp...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
An American Chippendale Maple Slant Front Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
An American Chippendale
Maple Slant Front Desk
Rhode Island
18th Century
The slant front opens to reveal ...
Maple Slant Front Desk
Rhode Island
18th Century
The slant front opens to reveal ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier American Antique Desks
Unusual Antique George III Quality Figured Mahogany Double Secretaire Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual Antique George III quality figured mahogany double secretaire desk having a figured mahogany crossbanded top above two secretaire drawers with original brass lions head hand...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Other
Arts & Crafts Honeoye Falls Furniture Co. Oak Drop Front Desk C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Antique Honeoye Falls Furniture Co. Arts & Crafts Mission Oak Three Drawer Drop Front Desk, Signed, C...
Category
20th Century Arts and Crafts Desks
Materials
Oak
Mirrored Dressing Cabinet, Cerused Oak by Lauren Rottet
Located in New York, NY
No. CG-001
The Mirrored Cabinet packs a lot of functions into one unit. Available with drawers or shelves accessible from the sides, it has a mirrored front and bacl, reflecting light and movement in the space.
Its mirrored surfaces comes alive when someone enters the space, reflecting inhabitant's movements and interacting with the changing light, creating different highlights and shadows throughout the day giving the subconscious...
Category
2010s Vietnamese Desks
Materials
Stone
Little Shanghai Desk in Olive Wood and Black Sycamore Silver Painted Leg
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Little Shanghai desk in olive wood and black sycamore silver painted leg. There are two drawers on each side.
The and sides are in olive and black...
Category
2010s French Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Antique Roll Top Desk Mahogany Bureau, 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Classy French Empire roll top desk in mahogany
Plenty of storage with all the cubby holes and drawers
Writing surface revealed by opening up the...
Category
1880s Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Thomas Chippendale Revival Inverted Breakfront Partner Desk Leather Top
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this lovely flamed mahogany, Thomas Chippendale Revival twin pedestal, partner desk with Regency brown Leather top and inverted breakfront
A very good looking and well made desk, it is a copy of an original Thomas Chippendale...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Desks
Materials
Hardwood, Leather
Biedermeier Secretary
Located in South Salem, NY
Stunning example of a Biedermeier secretary. There is some missing veneer on the front and both sides, part of the upper right-hand rail is loose...
Category
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Mid century Danish Modern Magic Box Desk in Teak Made in Denmark
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century teak closable locking teak writing desk Similar to the Magic Box desk. The piece closes completely and can be key-locked to protect all your documents. Opened. This desk ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood, Teak
George III Mahogany Tambour Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Nice old piece very nicely polished and tuned up in good working order. Rectangular top with tambour roll top opening to expose a pull out writing surface with adjustable ratcheted c...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Karl Springer "Chinese Parson Style Desk" in Exquisite Shagreen Lacquer 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Meticulously crafted "Chinese Parson Style Desk" in artisan shagreen and bone lacquer in beige and ivory with inset brass trim sabots by Karl Springer, American 1980's. Drawer is lin...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Desk Sideboard Bureau Secretaire Belgium Design, 1960s
By Jos De Mey
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage Mid-Century Modern desk sideboard, bureau secretaire.The honey-colored sideboard desk has been made of an ash veneer wood and brass feet. It ...
Category
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Early Chinoiserie Japanned Leather Top Desk and Chair Set - Nichols and Stone
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful japanned Nichols & Stone chinoiserie desk and matching chair set. The desk itself is swoon-worthy with its painted traditional scenes of a forest and stenciled gold detai...
Category
Early 20th Century American Chinese Chippendale Desks
Materials
Metal
SET AIMARA Brass Photoframes
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
6" x 4"
7" x 5 "
8" x 10"
The waves on a choppy lake, rough by the wind, inspire the design of alpaca boxes and picture frames of this family, whose name comes from the tribe that d...
Category
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desks
Materials
Sheet Metal, Brass
Karl Springer Lizard Skin Desk, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Karl Springer lizard skin desk, 1970. Desk has 3 drawers and has been restored.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Lizard
Johann Tapp Custom Built Art Deco era Cartoonist Desk with Hidden Compartments
By Johan Tapp
Located in Ferndale, MI
Custom Built Art Deco desk attributed to Johann Tapp of Chicago . Built for Chicago Tribune Pulitzer prize winning cartoonist Carey Orr. Both top side pane...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Large Executive Wooden Desk by Fabio Lenci for Bernini, Italy, 1960s
By Fabio Lenci
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Large Executive Wooden Desk by Fabio Lenci for Bernini, Italy, 1960s
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
English George III Slant Front Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
English George III slant front desk is inlaid with boxwood line and crossbanded in mahogany. The interior has inlaid pilasters with secret ...
Category
1780s English Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century English George III Chinoiserie Bureau
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 19th century hand painted and decorated chinoiserie bureau / desk. The fall front opening to reveal a fully fitted interior and numerous holding compartments, above an arrangem...
Category
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
20th Century Italian Louis XVI Style Inlaid Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Elegant Italian Louis XVI style writing desk. Rare and precious solid walnut wood. Comfortable size for a practical use. The desk has elegant straight legs. Equipped with four practi...
Category
1950s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Desk in the manner of Charles Heathcote Tatham
By Charles Heathcote Tatham
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
An important Regency design carved wood pedestal desk in the manner of Charles Heathcote Tatham. The top is symmetrically divided and leathere...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
John Stuart Mid Century Walnut Desk
By John Stuart
Located in Countryside, IL
John Stuart Mid Century Walnut Desk
This desk measures: 60 wide x 30 deep x 29.5 high, with a chair clearance of 28 inches
All pieces of furniture...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Phillip Lloyd Powell Slate Writing Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Writing desk by American designer Phillip Lloyd Powell c.1970s, USA. The desk features a walnut and ebony frame with a slate and leather writing surface. Powell was well known for hi...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Slate
Mid-Century Modern Teak Writing Desk – Handcrafted by Artisanal
Located in New York, NY
A masterpiece of mid-century modern design, this exquisite writing desk is crafted from solid teak wood, exuding timeless elegance and impeccable craftsmanship. Hand-finished by skil...
Category
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood, Teak
20th Century Wood Italian Louis XV Style Writing Desk, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian writing desk from the mid-20th century. Curved piece of furniture in Louis XV style, veneered in poplar burl and fruitwood, of beautiful line and pleasant furnishings. Desk f...
Category
1950s Italian Louis XV Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Montreal, QC
This fine piece dates from the third quarter of the 19th century and has many of the characteristics of a period piece, although made later. The mahogany is exceptionally well-chosen...
Category
1870s French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Painted Campaign Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A vintage greyed limestone painted campaign desk, with a Chinese Chippendale blind fret decorated frieze, the hinged top opening to reveal a blue leathe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Chinese Chippendale Desks
Materials
Wood
French 18th Century Walnut Slant-Front Desk on Three-Drawer Commode en Arbalète
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period walnut slant-front desk on commode from the 18th century, with star inlay, crossbow front and quadrilobe motifs. Born in France during the 18th century, this...
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
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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