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Desks For Sale
French Fruitwood Regence Bureau Slant Front Desk, Early 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Regence fruitwood bureau slant front desk with fitted interior, shaped apron with shell carving ending cabriole legs.
Category
Early 18th Century European Régence Antique Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
Mid Century Boomerang Teak Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen, Denmark, 1970s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
Beautifully shaped teak corner desk by Peter Lovig Nielsen and was manufactured in the 1970s. It is made of teak with brass accents. It consists of th...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Vargueno, Bargueno, Escritorio, Taquillon, Spanish, Baroque, Walnut, Velvet
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Spanish writing desks of this period are the most distinctive pieces of Spanish furniture conceived as visual displays of incredible virtuosity. The characteristic decoration of the ...
Category
Early 17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Swedish Rococo Slant Front Corner Desk
Located in Huntington, NY
An unusual Swedish Rococo slant front corner desk. Desktop opens to reveal an ample working surface, ten small drawers with brass knobs and a locking cubby door. Interior tastefully ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Iron
Edwardian Walunt Davenport Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
A nice quality Edwardian Walnut Davenport desk with two shelves divided by nicely turned Walnut posts. Walnut and burl Walnut veneer with Tulipwood banding inlay on the top of the l...
Category
1880s English Edwardian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
French Empire Style Mahogany Writing Desk W/ Red Leather Top
Located in Astoria, NY
Handsome mid-20th century French writing desk, made in French Empire style and sourced from Provence, France. Expertly handcrafted from rich mahogany, the desk features a rectangular...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Louis XIII Style Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
Charming mid-19th-century French rustic writing, kitchen, or side table in the Louis XIII style, sourced from Provence. Handcrafted from solid walnut with two spacious drawers featur...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Rare Victorian Burr Oak & Walnut Merryweather London 1885 Stamped Desk, Leather
By Merryweather and Sons 1
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Victorian Merryweather Holloway London 1885 stamped burr walnut and oak twin pedestal desk
A very fine desk indeed, made ...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Oak, Walnut
Vintage Italian Writing Desk with Drawers in Bamboo, Rattan and Plywood, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
A Vintage Writing desk with drawers made in Italy between the 1960s and the 1970s.
This writing desk has a solid structure in ash wo...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Plywood
Giant Florence Knoll Walnut Chrome Conference Boat Table for Knoll International
Located in Chattanooga, TN
117" Giant conference table by Florence Knoll. The aged walnut shimmers and gleams with an almost Iridescence that form the ebbing and flowing grain patterns. The sleek beveled edg...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Chrome
Paul McCobb Planner Group Midcentury Double Pedestal Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Paul McCobb Planner Group midcentury Double Pedestal Desk
This desk measures: 53 wide x 26 deep x 28.75 high
All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call restored vintage...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
English Queen Anne, Early 18th Century Red Chinoiserie Lacquer Desk / Commode
Located in Troy, NY
A small early 18th century red lacquer chinoiserie decorated commode with a desk compartment, the hinged slant front - flip top, supported by pull-out...
Category
Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Monteverdi-Young Signature Line Mid Century Walnut Boomerang Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Monteverdi-Young Signature Line Mid Century Walnut Boomerang Desk
This desk measures: 110.5 wide x 42.5 deep x 28 high, with a chair clearance of 28.5 inches
All pieces of furnitur...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Desk Art Deco in Wood, 1930, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk style: Art Deco
Year: 1930
Material: wood
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. It is an i...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Pine Kneehole Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
This little desk would make an excellent vanity. While it probably didn't have a leather top in its earliest iteration, it has been raised in both appearance and stature, as casters ...
Category
19th Century British George III Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Pine
Late 18th century Georgian walnut bureau
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Late 18th century Georgian walnut bureau circa 1790.
Fine quality George III period walnut bureau, fitted with a fall and 2 over 3 drawers.
Fall drops down onto pull out slides to ...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
English Gothic Desk Walnut Writing Table Pugin
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous English Gothic desk in walnut
Solid one piece desk with a very sumptuous look
Green tooled leather writing surface with gilt embossed edges
There have even...
Category
1980s Gothic Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Ribbon Wall Mounted Vanity or Desk, Black Wood, Bronze Hardware by Debra Folz
By Debra Folz
Located in Pawtucket, RI
An interest in the translation of textile languages and soft surfaces through furniture forms has led to the development of a unique hardware and storage collection. Inspired by ribbons and communicated through hand cast solid bronze hardware and solid ash wood construction, each ribbon is fastened to the inside of the drawer front and designed to come through and gracefully fall down the front, serving as the pull for a drawer or door. Ash wood with a black stain and satin bronze ribbon handles.
This listing is for the vanity/desk only...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Other Desks
Materials
Bronze
English Chippendale Mahogany Secretary / Bookcase with Interior Drawers, C. 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale mahogany slant front architects secretary / bookcase with a carved dentil molded edge cornice, upper flanking glass doors with...
Category
1770s English Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Fine French Blackened Wood Desk with an Off White Lacquered Top with Inlays
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French blackened wood desk with 3 drawers, an off white & black lacquered top with metal Inlays, and bronze handles and wheels.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Late 18th Century Figured Mahogany Chippendale Georgian Slant Front Desk
Located in Milford, NH
A good example of a Chippendale slant front desk with bookmatched figured mahogany veneers, a slant front which opens to a compartmentalized interior with fitted drawers and cubbies,...
Category
Late 18th Century English Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Oak Writing Desk, circa 1860
Located in Evergreen, CO
Made of solid oak and finished with a light stain, this beautiful writing desk has a narrow depth that maximizes storage without sacrificing floor space. Unlike many writing desks, t...
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
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 ...
Category
1780s British Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Swedish Rococo Slant Front Desk
Located in Huntington, NY
A Swedish Rococo slant front desk. Front opens to reveal a large work surface, ten pull out drawers, seven cubbies and two pull out document holders. A sliding cover at the base open...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Iron
Beautiful French 19th Century Hand-Painted Secretary Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful French 19th century hand-painted secretary desk, the patina is so much beautiful in person, it has a little repair on one side, see...
Category
1880s French Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau Bookcase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 18th century Dutch marquetry inlaid bureau bookcase. Having a double dome top cornice, two panel doors, a fall front and bombe shaped base. The wonderfully bold and fine quality inlaid marquetry detail of flowers, birds and vases. The bookcase doors...
Category
18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Fine George III Diminutive Mahogany and Satinwood Secretaire
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular cornice over a pair of gothic mullioned doors enclosing a fitted interior, the base with drawer enclosing a fitted desk interior all over three drawers ending on spl...
Category
1790s English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Writing Cabinet Scrittoio Escritoire Desk Walnut Italy Florence Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
An exceptionally rare, late-Renaissance, Florentine, walnut, writing cabinet, scrittoio, escritoire or desk in two parts
This striking, writing cabinet has a classical form, ornam...
Category
Early 1600s Italian Renaissance Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Architect Adjustable Desk with Black or Brown Leather Insets
Located in Ballard, CA
The Iconic Jean Pierre desk named after the famous actor Jean Pierre Aumont is an handcrafted desk in solid walnut with black or brown leather insets,...
Category
2010s North American Campaign Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood, Walnut
Desk Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty , 1900, France, Wood
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Desk
Style: Art Nouveau or Modernism or Jugendstil
Year: 1900
Materials :wood.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles since 1982.If you have any question...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
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.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Iron
Paul McCobb 'Cache Desk Organiser' Wood and Steel by Karakter
By Paul McCobb
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Storage unit designed by Paul McCobb in 1952.
The foundation of the Cache series, part of Paul McCobb’s extensive Planner series, is a beautifully simplistic and easy table with ...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Steel
Pierre Guariche desk in teak and lacquered steel, France 1960
Located in LYON, FR
Let yourself be seduced by this emblematic desk by Pierre Guariche, a centerpiece of the 60s.
With its neat and vintage aesthetic, it embodies French design, combining warm teak wood with a designer sculptural metal base with teak ends.
This smart piece of furniture is designed for everyday life, with three cleverly designed drawers, one of which has a lock for secure storage of your most precious documents.
The refurbished top is matt varnished, it offers a perfectly flat and protected surface.
The desk has small marks of patina which enrich its character and authenticity.
This Pierre Guariche desk...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
18th Century Chinoiserie Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality 18th century and later decorated chinoiserie bureau. The fall front opening to reveal a fully fitted interior and a well, above an arrangement of four draw...
Category
18th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Edward J Wormley for Dunbar Wooden Wedge Top Pedestal Desk
Located in Queens, NY
American mid-century wooden pedestal desk with four drawers with wooden drawer pulls, a shelf on the right-hand side below the tabletop, and a cabinet to the left with an extendable writing surface concealed within. (EDWARD J WORMLEY FOR DUNBAR...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
1960s Arco Office 3-Drawer Desk by Studio BBPR for Olivetti Sintesis
By Studio BBPR, Olivetti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an Arco desk, designed by Studio B.B.P.R for Olivetti Sintesis in 1963. The piece was manufactured in Italy in the 1960s. The frame and base are made of iron, and it has a ca...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Iron
Fine French 1950s Mahogany Curved Desk by Jacques Adnet '2 Available'
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jacques Adnet: A fine French midcentury mahogany curved desk with a leather top and bronze details.
Provenance: Palais des Consuls of Rouen, France.
2 rectangular desks with a simi...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Bronze
Italian Desk in Wood from the 70s
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Wood desk from the 70s, Italian.
Desk 1970s
Country: Italian
It is an elegant and sophisticated desk.
If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
We have specialized in the s...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
French Marquetry Slant Top Ladies Writing Desk, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
French marquetry ladies slant top three-drawer writing desk with floral motif inlay, flanking step back interior drawers, leather writing surface, carved scalloped skirt, original or...
Category
1780s French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Gold, Ormolu
19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau, After Francoise Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style Mahogany tambour bureau, having a marble top with a brass gallery. Pigeon hole compartments and drawers within, gilded om...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Italian Desk Commode
Located in Miami, FL
Traditional 18th Century Italian desk commode from the Piemonte region made from solid walnut.
A fine Italian walnut and inlaid bureau with drop leaf dating back to 18th century, w...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Scandinavian Rosewood Secretary Desk by Brode Blindheim for Sykkylven
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This vintage rosewood secretary desk by Brode Blindheim for Sykkylven, Norway, is a stunning example of Scandinavian design. Crafted from Brazilian rosewood, the desk showcases the e...
Category
1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Black Glass Wall Mount Console Table
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Black glass wall mount console table with brass sabot's.
Category
2010s American Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Modern Solid Walnut Writing Desk with Storage
Located in Freehold, NJ
This mid century modern writing desk features hardwood construction, original walnut finish, folding doors up top with 8 dovetailed drawers and opened storage, three dovetailed drawe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Walnut
Jerome 'Jerry' & Evelyn Ackerman Micro-Mosaic Inlaid Desk Drawer Handle Pull
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic little micro-mosaic design gem with turquose colored mosaic inlay by well know Mid-Century Modern designers Jerome (Jerry) & Evelyn Ackerman.
The Ackermans began their career in design primarily in ceramics in the early 1950s. After finishing at Alfred University, Jerome worked at the Jenev Design Studio developing ceramic molds...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Large Embossed Green Leather Top Flame Mahogany Double Pedestal Federal Desk
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large Embossed Green Leather Top Flame Mahogany Double Pedestal Federal Desk
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Paul Laszlo for Brown Saltman Mid Century Basket Weave Bleached Oak Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Paul Laszlo for Brown Saltman Mid Century Basket Weave Bleached Oak Desk
This desk measures: 63.5 wide x 18.5 deep x 28.25 high, with a chair...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
Vintage Theodore Alexander Louis XVI Style Writing Desk from Althorp Collection
Located in Westfield, MA
This Vintage Theodore Alexander Louis XVI Style Writing Desk from the Althorp Collection exemplifies the timeless elegance of French Louis XVI design, beautifully executed by the ren...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
English George the III Partners Desk/ Center Table
Located in New York, NY
This English 19th-century, exceptionally carved, mahogany partner's desk or center table exemplifies the fine craftsmanship of the period, with a design rooted in Georgian-inspired a...
Category
19th Century British George III Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
Gianfranco Frattini Hardwood Writing Desk for Bernini, 1961
Located in Barcelona, ES
Writing desk model 807 designed in 1961 by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini, Italy. Tambour top that hides small drawers and a pull out leather writing surface, ten drawers in the low...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany, Ormolu Desk, Signed Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Ormolu desk, signed Linke. The three drawer rectangular desk with pullouts on either side is raised by four slender square ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Teak 4 Drawer Desk/Writing Table by Nanna Ditzel for Soren Wiladsen
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
This is a particularly nicely marked Teak version of this most classic of desks/writing tables, in the preferred 4 drawer larger model.
Its in very nice original condition with no v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
19th Century Manner of George Bullock, Regency Brass Inlaid Rosewood Lap Desk
Located in Morristown, NJ
c.1800, England, Regency brass inlaid rosewood lap desk in the manner of George Bullock. Rectangular box with double-hinged lid, opening to tooled na...
Category
Early 18th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
1970s Writing Desk From Century Furniture’s Chin Hua Collection
Located in Pasadena, TX
A coveted piece from Century Furniture’s Chin Hua Collection, this beautifully crafted writing desk from the early 1970’s at the start of the collection, it’s striking in its simplic...
Category
1970s American Chinoiserie Vintage Desks
Materials
Lacquer
Large Gilded Bronze Clock with Louis XIV Figure, 18th Century
By France"
Located in Madrid, ES
Large gilded bronze clock with Louis XIV figure.
Mechanism working with a pendulum and original key
End 18th century beginning 19th century...
Category
18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Ebonized Mahogany Desk by Paul McCobb, Connoisseur Collection, C. 1950s
By Paul McCobb
Located in Westport, CT
Ebonized Mahogany Desk from Paul McCobb's Connoisseur Collection, meticulously restored by Stamford Modern. Crafted in the 1950s, this mid-century icon boasts minimalistic lines and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Lane Tuxedo Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a Mid-Century Modern Lane Tuxedo Walnut Writing Desk. Featuring a straight line design, rectangular top with rosewood inlay, three drawers for storage, original b...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Restored Nanna Ditzel for Søren Willadsen Rosewood 4-Drawer Desk Made in Denmark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This desk was designed in the early 1950s by esteemed designer Nanna Ditzel for production by Søren Willadsen. Ditzel studied design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts with oth...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
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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