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French Bureau Plat of Ebony and Brass Inlay with Ormolu Mounts, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A Fine Bureau Plat in the Manner of André-Charles Boulle Constructed in ebony with arabesque foliate cut brass inlays, with premiere-partie panels set with tortoiseshell grounds and brass inlay work, and having extensive fine quality ormolu mounts; rising from animal paw sabots, mounted with female masks at the shoulders; the apron housing three drawers, with faux drawers to the obverse, the central drawers set with a Bacchic mask issuing foliates, the platform of serpentine form, having a brass guard edge, and inset with a gilt tooled morocco leather. Stamped to the carcass ‘BF’ and ‘Gros’. French, Circa 1870 Denise Ledoux-Lebard’s ‘Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Siecle’. Published by les Editions de l’Amateur, 2000, lists a Benjamin Gros, whose enterprise amalgamated with the noted ebeniste Winckelsen in 1871; Gros had received an honourable mention for his ‘Boulle’ furniture in the Exposition Universelle in 1855. Literature; Le Mobilier Francais (qv) Seymour de Ricci, Batsford 1929 ‘Louis XIV and Regence Furniture...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks

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Brass, Ormolu

American Sheraton Mahogany Campaign Desk. Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American Sheraton mahogany campaign desk with hinged flip top, pull out writing surface, recessed brasses, and terminating on turned bulbous legs. Early 19th Century
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19th Century American Antique Desks

Jens Risom Style Mid Century Half Round Walnut Executive Desk
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...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

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Chrome

18th Century Satin Mahogany and Rosewood Secretary
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a secretary / bureau/ desk made in England, circa 1780. The top and the fall have a rosewood banding with a string inlay of satinwood and Satin Mahogany in the interior of th...
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1780s English George III Antique Desks

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Satinwood

Louis XVI Leather Top Mahogany Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A mahogany and brass mounted bureau plat desk, with a leather inset writing surface and three frieze drawers, on turned legs French. The original Lou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XVI Desks

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Brass

Stan Usel Desk Mosaic Stainless Steel and Malachites
Located in Brussels, BE
Created to measure by Stan Usel, this desk of stainless steel, red copper and brass is inserted with a magnificent malachite and agates stones highlighting a mosaic radiation. Each p...
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2010s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Malachite, Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel

Standard Furniture Mid Century Walnut Boomerang Executive Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Standard Furniture Mid Century Walnut Boomerang Executive Desk This desk measures: 103.5 wide x 41.5 deep x 29 high, with a chair clearance of 27.5 inches All pieces of furniture c...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

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Walnut

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

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Sycamore, Oak

Vintage Postal Sorting Desk
Located in Oakville, CT
Antique Post Office Sorting Desk Overall Dimensions: 30" x 48" x 75" high Dimensions of Desk Space: 29" x 45 1/2" Dimensions of Shelves: 10 1/2"...
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Mid-20th Century American Desks

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Maple, Oak

Midcentury Modern Wooden Desk by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini
Located in Madrid, ES
Hardwood writing desk designed by Gianfranco Frattini and produced by Bernini, Italy. The desk features a removable top part with extra drawers and storage compartments. This desk ca...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Hardwood

Art Deco Table J.Halabala from 1960
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Art Deco table by J. Halabala from 1960s. The piece of furniture was made of walnut tree. Art Deco table by the famous Czech designer J. Halabala, 1950. Jindrich Halabala - (a Czech ...
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1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Desks

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Walnut

Tommi Parzinger Superb Desk in Walnut with Iconic Brass Hardware 1960s (Signed)
Located in New York, NY
Fine desk in dark walnut with ebonized satinwood inlays on top and exquisite engraved brass hardware on drawers by Tommi Parzinger for Parzinger Originals, American 1960's (branded s...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

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Brass

Desk, Denmark, 1960s.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Danish teak desk from the 1960s. Desk in very good condition, after professional renovation. Dimensions: height 75 cm / width 139 cm / depth 69 cm
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks

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Teak

French 19th Century Secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
This secretary desk opens up and offers a beautiful writing space, along with areas to store your writing material. The secretary has bronze mounts, a marble top and Venis Martin...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Desks

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Bronze

Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Walnut, Rosewood and Bone Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine Italian 18th century Louis XV period walnut, rosewood, and boneTuscan desk. The desk is raised on cabriole legs below the wide central drawer and pullout with a leather writin...
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18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Desks

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Ivory, Rosewood, Walnut

19th Century English Knee Hole Desk
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English knee hole desk made from oak with a beveled edge around the top following down to a single drawer over two banks of three d...
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks

Materials

Brass

French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Bureau Plat, by Pierre Garnier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and very high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period kingwood, Charnwood, ormolu, and brass Bureau Plat, signed by Pierre Garnier. T...
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18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Desks

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Brass, Ormolu

With Certificate Antique Shannon File Co Victorian Walnut Tambour Desk Must See
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, very rare, original Antique Victorian Shannon File Co LTD, tambour fronted desk in Waln...
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1880s English High Victorian Antique Desks

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Walnut

1964 George Nelson & Robert Propst for Herman Miller Action Office Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an original Action Office desk, designed by George Nelson and Robert Propst for Herman Miller in 1964. Action Office was designed as a set of components that could be combine...
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1960s American Modern Vintage Desks

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Metal, Aluminum

Geraldo de Barros writing desk Unilabor Brazil 1956
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice minimalistic small writing desk designed by Geraldo de Barros and manufactured by Unilabor, Brazil 1956. The desk is made up of three main parts. The black iron frame, rosewood finished top and the drawer cabinet. The drawer fronts have the characteristic white laminated finish with metal handles. Unilabor could use these same parts to create different furniture designs, following the company's standards. This approach was part of a methodical way of making things, and the design style was common to other factories of that time. The most unique idea was how they thought about the production process in an organised way. In very good condition with beautiful grain to the rosewood. The chair on the pictures is not included. Literature;  Brazilian Modern Design Alberto Vicente Marcelo Vasconcellos 2017, page 264-281 The most profound conceptual experience in the production of modern furniture in Brazil was led by Geraldo de Barros, a major artist of the Concrete Art movement in the country. Interested in new technologies and processes, Geraldo's career was consistently permeated with artistic experiments, particularly in photography and painting. His affiliation with design was influenced by the "gute form" principle advocated by Max Bill. Bill was the founder of the Ulm School...
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1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

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Metal

Queen Anne Burled Walnut Slant Front Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
This very fine and fully restored Queen Anne slant front desk was crafted in burled walnut on an oak carcass. This secondary wood choice wa...
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1720s British Queen Anne Antique Desks

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Brass

Edwardian Desk Ladies Writing Table Mahogany 1900
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Bought from a private house in London's Holland Park Clean, elegant and practical piece of English furniture fully restored Offered in great condition ready for home use right away W...
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Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Desks

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Mahogany

French 19th Century Louis XIV Style Mahogany & Brass Inlay Secretary Boulle Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and rare French 19th century Louis XIV style mahogany and brass inlaid drop-front freestanding secretary desk in the manner of André-Charles Boulle. The slender mahogany body ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Desks

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Brass, Bronze

Napoleon III Writing Desk with Unusual Marble Top, circa 1870
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Napoleon III period writing desk in mahogany, with gilt-bronze mounts and brass banding, the surface composed of an unusual and richly-colored marble top. The deep red and ...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks

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Mahogany

Brazilian Modern Desk with Organic Shape in Hardwood, Joaquim Tenreiro, 1950's
Located in New York, NY
This remarkable desk is crafted from ivory wood and features an organically shaped top, supported on one side by an elliptical, pointed foot and, on the other side, a column that inc...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Wood

1950s Hairpin Desk with Floating Drawer and Custom Free Edge Walnut Top
By Custom Furniture Builders
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Fantastic 1950s wrought iron hairpin desk with a floating ash drawer with white laminate top and distressed brass ball pull. Featuring a custom-made free ...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

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Brass, Wrought Iron

Vintage Midcentury Table Desk by Harvey Probber
Located in Pasadena, TX
Harvey Probber His pieces displayed the same combination of high style and popular appeal: his were no sterile creations in tubular steel; Probber's work shares more in common with Art Deco than with the machine aesthetic...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

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Aluminum

Italian Mid-Century Modern Wood, Brass & Painted Metal Wall Unit Bookshelf
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This bookcase was produced in Italy around the 1960s. It consists of a wall panel with 2 adjustable containers and 1 desk The panel is equipped with side racks that allow the cont...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

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Metal, Brass

Vintage John Stuart White Lacquered Campaign Wood Desk X-Chrome Base Two Drawer
Located in North Miami, FL
This newly restored vintage John Stuart campaign 2 drawer desk and or writing desk is white lacquered over wood with chrome handles and 2 X-frame ...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Desks

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Chrome

19th Century Continental Fruitwood Fall Front Desk with Foliate Inlay
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a Continental fruitwood fall front desk with foliate inlaid lid, crossbanded veneer borders, and shaped case, compartmentalized stepped interior with fitted drawers...
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19th Century European Antique Desks

Materials

Brass

Raphael Raffel Vanity or Writing Desk in Sycamore and Glass, France 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Raphael Raffel two tiered vanity or writing desk in blonde sycamore and bronze with a thick glass top, of note, are the tapering legs and the elegant curved design. Signed on...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Glass, Sycamore

Stamped Gillows Lancaster Double Sided Twin Pedestal Partner Desk Figured Oak
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and exceptionally rare Gillows Lancaster twin pedestal double sided partner desk in panelled figured oak An exceptionally rare exa...
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19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Desks

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Amboyna

Large Bauhaus Desk, Steeltube, Green Lacquer, Germany circa 1925
Located in Regensburg, DE
Large Bauhaus “Partners desk” (usable from two sides) from Germany around 1930 High gloss lacquered in the original green color (British Racing Green). Polished steel tube and partly...
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1920s German Bauhaus Vintage Desks

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Steel, Chrome, Sheet Metal

Dunbar Roger Sprunger Rosewood and Stainless Steel Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
A Mid-Century Modern executive desk in the style of Roger Sprunger. Rosewood with stainless steel double pedestal base. Three drawers including one file and two regular with two pull...
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1970s American Vintage Desks

Materials

Stainless Steel

Large vintage desk with slanted legs made in the 70s
Located in Breda, NB
Large vintage desk with slanted legs made in the 70s. Looking for a stylish vintage desk that adds character to your interior? This large vintage desk from the 70s combines retro ch...
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1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks

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Wood

Pierre Paulin Bird's-Eye Maple and Walnut Inlay Executive Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare Pierre Paulin executive desk for Baker. Bird's-eye maple veneers inlaid with dark walnut in the signature motif for the Paulin Collection. Drawers are fitted to give a floating ...
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1980s American Vintage Desks

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Birdseye Maple, Walnut

DAVID LINLEY BURR WALNUT CLASSIC PEDESTAL DESK FOR LiGHT RESTORATION
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand made in England Viscount David Linley Classic Pedestal desk RRP £25,500 Please note the ...
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20th Century English Art Deco Desks

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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...
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Early 20th Century American American Craftsman Desks

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Oak, Paint

Antique Mahogany Occasional Snap Top Table Circular Occasional Wine 19th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Very Imposing example of an English well figured Mahogany Georgian Style Circular snap-top Occasional Table of medium proportions. Circa 1900. The tilt up circular hand carved di...
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks

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Mahogany

MCM Executive Walnut Desk with Brass & Cane Details. Denmark, 1960's.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A striking MCM Danish executive desk from the 1960s, expertly crafted from rich walnut and featuring a sophisticated floating top design. The desk is accented with elegant brass deta...
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1960s Danish Vintage Desks

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Walnut

Industrial Equestrian Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
The Industrial Equestrian desk of walnut and reclaimed wood with an iron base. The parquetry inlaid top with five drawers is flanked by two horse heads...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Desks

Materials

Iron

Mid-Century Modern Danish Teak Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This gorgeous vintage modern desk features a unique raised top along the back and sculpted feet. Sleek design with unusual recessed pulls and a wonderful vintage teak finish. This ca...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Teak

Mid-Century Modern Danish Teak Desk
Mid-Century Modern Danish Teak Desk
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Italian 1960s Desk Bench with Seat and Small Top in a Red Fabric
Located in bari, IT
A typical small Italian 1960s desk bench with seat and small top and carries magazines.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

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Iron

Drexel Oxford Square Geometric Painted Parsons Style Console Desk Dining Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drexel Oxford Square Geometric Painted Parsons Style Console Desk Dining Table. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 29" H x 60" W x 30" D x 26" ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Desks

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Wood

Style of Milo Baughman by John Stewart X-Profile Two Drawer Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Retailed by John Stewart, heavily influenced by the designs of Milo Baughman. This modest-scale desk features two drawers and has original finishes intact. The original white enamel ...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Enamel, Chrome

Rare wall desk & shelve
Located in Perpignan, FR
Bureau & étagère monobloc murale 1970 anonyme / fibre de verre 80 x 255 x 55 cm / en l’état d’origine Provenance . Hôtel Solazur de Tanger
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1970s French Space Age Vintage Desks

Materials

Resin, Epoxy Resin, Fiberglass

Desk Style Art Deco in Wood and chrome, 1940, Made in Germany
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Only the wood is restored, not the chrome metal It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. It is an icon of...
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1940s German Art Deco Vintage Desks

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Chrome

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. ...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks

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Metal, Wrought Iron, Metallic Thread

19th Century Satinwood and Inlaid Carlton House Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
A fabulous quality freestanding 19th century satinwood and inlaid Carlton house desk, the super structure having a decorative pierced brass gallery, below this there is a central cup...
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1890s British Edwardian Antique Desks

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Satinwood

Antique Asian Oriental japaneese Burned Bamboo Hand Painted Decorated Desk Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Antique Asian Oriental Chinese burned bamboo hand painted decorated desk writing table.
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20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Desks

Materials

Bamboo

18th Century Mahogany Bureau
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality 18th Century mahogany Georgian bureau, the hinged fall lifting down to reveal a lovely fitted interior consisting of eleven oak ...
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1780s British Georgian Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

France Desk Art Deco, 1920, Materials, Wood and Chrome
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French desk style: Art Deco Year 1920 Material: Wood and chrome It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. ...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

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Wood

Antique writing desk with inlays and new leather top. Lebanon 1920s.
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional Lebanese desk, beautifully decorated with Oriental Motifs, bone inlay and new leather desk top, good, great old patina.
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1910s Lebanese Vintage Desks

Materials

Cedar

Italian Mid-Century Walnut Ponti Style Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Mid-Century walnut desk with a center drawer flanked by 2 shaped front drawers on the right and 3 on the left suppoted on angled legs (style of GIO PONTI) Legs are loose and...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Mahogany, Wood

Chinese Qing Style Elm Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Distinctive Chinese export writing table or desk made in the Qing style. Constructed from elm with rich grain patterns having mortise and tenon joinery. The...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Desks

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Brass

Desk by Jens Risom, Blonde Wood, Blue Drawer Fronts, Chrome Pulls, Laminate Top
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jens Risom desk for Risom Designs. Birch wood case, light blue lacquered drawer fronts, chrome pulls, brass feet, and virtually indestructible Laminate top. Condition is good and com...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

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Brass, Chrome

Italian Modern Walnut and Brass Executive Desk, Gio Ponti
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Modern Walnut and Brass Executive Desk, Gio Ponti
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Desk for Up Zavody, Czech Republic, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Desk for Up Zavody, Czech Republic, 1960s
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

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Wood

Midcentury Action Office Roll Top Desk George Nelson for H Miller
Located in Pasadena, TX
Herman Miller George Nelson action office series drafting desk 1965 design This vintage roll-top writing desk is from the Herman Miller "Action...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Aluminum

PRISTINE Antique Charles LIMBERT SIGNED Oak Drop Front Desk - Stickley Era
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is a PRISTINE Antique Charles Limbert SIGNED as pictured Oak Drop Front Desk from the early 1900s. The desk is made from a wonderful selection of quarter sawn oak. It is signed ...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks

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Oak

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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