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Desks For Sale
Early Vladimir Kagan Custom Order Desk with Drawers. Walnut and Cane.
Located in Kansas City, MO
Early, one of a kind, Vladimir Kagan Desk. Walnut case with cane modesty panel. Super cool and sleek design. Classic Kagan sculptural tripod legs support each side. We believe th...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Cane, Walnut
French Art Deco Writing Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Charming French Art Deco ladies writing desk.
This desk is covered with walnut veneer that is in a palisander colour.
It has three ches...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Brass
Sheraton Davenport Desk 1890 Mahogany Antique
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This pretty Davenport features 4 mahogany lined drawers to the right hand side and 4 faux drawers to the left hand side
In the Sheraton style with classic inlay work including garlan...
Category
1890s Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
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
21st Century Charles Dix Desk, White Ebony, White Maple and Brass, Made in Italy
Located in Nocera Superiore, Campania
A contemporary and refined reworking of the Charles X secretaire rouleaux.
The Charles 10 desk is an expression of the increasingly interconnected contemporary man, secretly building in the details of albino white ebony. Thanks to the precious albino ebony veneers and the refined craftsmanship, Charles 10 will help you create in your home that exclusive design in which you can express yourself at your best.
What makes this desk unique, extraordinary and precious is the use of a very rare wood: Albin White Ebony. An anomaly compared to the perfectly uniform and dark ebony grain we are used to. A natural work of art reborn into a design object.
Features
Desk with rouelau door and pull-out top in albino white ebony, interior with drawers and secret compartments in white maple, brass shelves, gold leaf secret. Available with wooden or brass wings...
Category
2010s Italian Desks
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
$24,741 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Arne Vodder Mid Century Danish Rosewood L Desk
By Arne Vodder
Located in Countryside, IL
Arne Vodder Mid Century Danish Rosewood L Desk
This desk measures: 69 wide x 68.5 deep x 28.5 high, with a chair clearance of 24.75 inches
All pieces...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Exceptional Minimalistic Vintage Totally Free-Hanging Teak Retro Desk sideboard
Located in Markington, GB
Totally free-hanging large teak 1960 retro desk, super minimalistic. It has a three shelves and two drawer units. Height can be adjusted as required, it is...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
$1,828 Sale Price
30% Off
Late 19th Century French Steel Large Industrial Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This very good table has all the elements associated with the finest of industrial furniture. Conceived at a time, circa 1890-1900 when art and industry were combined to create modern wonders of the age and who’s ideals had the intent of recreating for man a new way of life. The heavy metal supports are both industrial and neoclassical in design taking elements from Roman forms and marrying them to the new iron structures and manufacturing processes then being used in such things at the Effiel Tower...
Category
Late 19th Century French Industrial Antique Desks
Materials
Steel, Iron
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
Art Deco Desk by Dufrene Maurice (1876 - 1955)
Located in Brussels, BE
Art Deco Desk by Dufrene Maurice (1876 - 1955)
Category
19th Century Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Desk by Gianfranco Frattini, Italy 1950s
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Exceptional rosewood desk designed by Gianfranco Frattini in the 1950s. Inextricably linked to the history of prestigious Italian companies, such as Artemide, Bernini and Cassina. Gi...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
$5,657 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th Century Marquetry Bureau de Dame
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th Century Louis XV style Marquetry inlaid bureau de dame, having wonderfully detailed scenes to the drawer fronts and cylinder, the sides and reverse having foliate...
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Kingwood
Sierra Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This desk is custom made in Los Angeles. The solid oak boards are cut to size and joined. The sheet steel base is bent, welded, and sealed.
BLEACHED OAK + STEEL
POLY FINISH
PERSONA...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Desks
Materials
Oak
$3,250
Roger Sprunger for Dunbar Mid Century Executive Oak Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Roger Sprunger for Dunbar Mid Century Executive Oak Desk
This desk measures: 84.25 wide x 33 deep x 29.25 inches high, with a ch...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
Lacquer and Chrome Vintage Desk
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A vintage lacquered and chrome banded desk. The color is an off-white/ivory. There are two desk drawers with chrome fronts. The stacked box sides have chrome banding. The back of the...
Category
20th Century Desks
Materials
Chrome
Baker Furniture American Mid-Century Walnut, Leather, and Brass Faux Bamboo Desk
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century walnut desk with a black leather top and three drawers with rounded wooden drawer pulls, resting on four stretcher-connected b...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Gio Ponti Attributed Desk
By Gio Ponti
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Rare Gio Ponti attributed desk - Italy, 1950s
Gorgeous from every angle with floating top and drawers and angular scissor legs
Constructed of oak wood and original black top
In...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak, Laminate
$24,500
French 19th Century Brass and Mahogany veneered Directoire Style Cylinder Bureau
Located in Berlin, DE
French 19th Century Brass Inlaid and Mahogany veneered Directoire Style Cylinder Bureau
A 19th century mahogany cylinder bureau with the rectangular top surrounded by a pierced brass gallery, above two mirrored panelled doors, the roll-top opening to reveal a sliding leather writing surface surmounted by three drawers and a shelf, above two frieze drawers, on fluted circular tapering legs headed by asperges and terminated by cast sabot. The mirrored paneled doors, and the roll top are distinguished by its brass inlays that beautifully frame and outline the design of the item. Together with the brass handles, the brass gallery and the brass toupie feet this cylinder bureau displays...
Category
19th Century French Directoire Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
1960’s Ejgil Petersen EP401 Executive Writing Desk
Located in Bern, CH
1960’s Ejgil Petersen EP401 Executive Writing Desk. Lockable drawers with original key. Three pull out drawers located on the seating side. Three book / decor shelves on the open sid...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Steel
$3,650 / item
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
Rare 19th Century Coromandel and Gilt Brass Pedestal Desk by Wright & Mansfield
Located in London, GB
A Very Fine Writing Desk
Constructed in coromandel, with extensive gilt brass work fittings; rising from castor shod toupie feet, the two pedestals housing three lockable graduated drawers, with gilt brass cock beadings, and foliate cast swan neck handles; three long drawers in the apron, the fielded panelled sides having fitted extensible slides; the writing surface with an inset tooled leather, and having an outer moulded gilt brass guard edging; the superstructure of gilt brass trellis work, housed within turned and fluted columns, incorporating an upper shelf with an arcaded gilt brass gallery.
A virtually identical desk...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique 19th century warm brown English Oak Georgian Slant-Front Desk
Located in Casteren, NL
This English slant-front secretary desk, crafted around 1800, is a fine example of late Georgian furniture (circa 1760–1820). This style is characterized by restrained elegance, clean lines, and refined craftsmanship, combining practicality with aesthetic balance. The desk is made entirely of solid European summer oak—an unmistakable mark of quality, especially since similar desks often feature pine for their interior components. The warm, deep brown color, rich patina, and soft sheen give the piece a distinctive and authentic character.
The fall-front is a flat panel fitted with its original brass escutcheon and a working lock. When opened, the writing surface is supported by the two outer top drawers, creating a stable and spacious workspace. The interior is beautifully arranged: directly behind the writing surface lies a recessed well, and behind it a central compartment enclosed by a door, complete with matching working lock and key. Flanking this central section are six small drawers, with open pigeonholes positioned above them, tucked beneath a finely scalloped valance—an elegant layout for organizing correspondence and writing tools.
The construction reveals traditional craftsmanship, including exposed dovetail joints connecting the sides to the top. The drawers are fitted with finely pierced brass hardware, and all locks—on the drawers, fall-front, and interior compartment—operate with a single original key, a rare and telling detail of the desk’s authenticity. The piece stands on classic bracket feet, typical of the period.
The desk is in excellent condition with no defects. It was gently cleaned and treated with a fresh layer of protective wax in our workshop. This graceful historic desk...
Category
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
English 19th Century walnut Davenport desk, ca 1880
Located in Delft, NL
English 19th Century walnut Davenport desk, ca 1880
An 19th Century English walnut Davenport desk. The left side with drawers is the "bl...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Neo-Ghotic Bureau - England - Late 19th Century - Carved Oak
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
This exquisite Neo-Gothic bureau is a true masterpiece, merging fine craftsmanship with historical elegance. Crafted likely in the late 19th to early 20t...
Category
Late 19th Century British Gothic Revival Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Victorian Silver & Brass Mounted Circassian Walnut Lap Desk on Gilt Metal Stand
Located in Germantown, MD
A stunning Victorian Silver and Brass Mounted Circassian Walnut Lap Desk on Gilt Metal Stand.
Measures 15.75" in width, 9.5" in depth, 19.50" in height. Wooden part is 9.5" high.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Metal
Antique Swedish Wide Curly Birch Pedestal Desk, Circa 1820-1840
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish pedestal curly birch desk, circa 1820-40. This antique desk from Sweden features a four foot long, rectangular-shaped top which overhangs the apr...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Desks
Materials
Birch
Venetian Trumeau Green Lacquered Hand Decorated Secretary with Writing Desk 1976
Located in Prato, IT
Venezia, Italy, handcrafted production from 1976
In Venetian style Louis XV
Painted and decorated in gold
Upper part with two doors with two beveled mirrors depicting a Lady and a...
Category
20th Century Italian Louis XV Desks
Materials
Mirror, Wood
French Ladies Desk Antique Bureau De Dame, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Pretty French Walnut Ladies Bureau.
circa 1860
Standing Upon Swept Legs with Ormolu Mounts to the Toes and Knees.
The Fall Having Floral Marquetry Decoration and Opens to Reveal 3...
Category
1860s Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Industrial Desk / Cabinet
Located in Oakville, CT
Moore Industrial cabinet
Overall Dimensions: 18" x 48" x 45" high.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Desks
Materials
Steel
Tolda Desk with Mirror in Canaletto Walnut & Black Frame by Valentina Carretta
By Miniforms, Valentina Carretta
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tolda is a neo-romantic pop element, the adjustable mirror reveals the inspiration for the classic dressing table, now revisited in a contempora...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Danish Freestanding Teak Desk, 1960s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
This desk was made in Denmark in the 1960s. It was made of teak wood with contoured handles. It consists of two modules, on the left there are three drawers, on the right there is a ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
18th Century Italian Ladies Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
Charming and rare 18th C. Italian painted small ladies desk having deep yellow, maroon and and gold/ochre scrolling foliate in chinoiserie motifs wit...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
$4,225 Sale Price
35% Off
Arts and Crafts Pine Reception Desk, Restaurant Greeter This is a fabulous piec
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Arts and Crafts Pine Reception Desk, Restaurant Greeter
This is a fabulous piece of Arts and Crafts Design in Golden Pine, it is decorated with arches and leaf shaped in the Arts an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Arts and Crafts Desks
Materials
Pine
Japanned 19th Century Pedestal Desk, Attributed to Viardot
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderfully stylized Japanned partners pedestal desk, having carved, inlaid and engraved classical decoration, an inset leather top, eleven drawers to one side, each with brass turtle handles, the reverse with engraved mother of Pearl inlaid doors, raised on carved cabriole legs.
Attributed to;
Gabriel Viardot (1830-1906) was a famous Parisian cabinetmaker specializing in the production of “Chinese-Japanese genre” furniture in the last third of the 19th century. He started his career as a wood sculptor in 1849, when he sent some naturalistic décor furniture...
Category
19th Century French Japonisme Antique Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
Vintage Coastal Bent Rattan Arched Etagere
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elevate your space with this vintage coastal bent rattan etagere. Its airy, open shelves and natural rattan design bring a breezy, beachy vibe, perfect for displaying decor or plants...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Bohemian Desks
Materials
Rattan
19th Century French Walnut Writing Table Desk, Cabriole Legs Banded Top, Drawer
Located in Toronto, CA
A beautifully proportioned 19th century French style writing table or desk, crafted in walnut with a lovely pattern walnut top with a walnut edge band. The carving is nicely detailed...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Writing Desk
Located in London, Park Royal
French, Napoleon III period, writing desk. Handmade in ebonized wood and cased with brass, ormolu.The top is covered with bevelled glass.
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
$22,845
Adams Edwardian Inlaid Carlton House Desk, Hand Painted, Angela Kauffman
By Angelica Kauffmann
Located in Manhasset, NY
Adams Edwardian Inlaid Carlton house desk, hand painted, satinwood,
An absolutely stunning Adams Carlton House desk in the manner of Angelica Kauffman. Typical form, the superstructure fitted with four banks of two small drawers flanked by curved cupboard...
Category
Early 1900s English Adam Style Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
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
Very Rare Gillow Breakfront Library Desk Brass Gallery Burr Amboyna Wood
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and exceptionally rare Gillow Library breakfront desk with brass gallery in Burr Amboyna timber, circa...
Category
1850s English High Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Burl, Mahogany
$23,710 Sale Price
30% Off
Modern Shagreen Leather Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A modern shagreen embossed leather-wrapped desk with a brass tone iron-framed base. Three drawers with marbleized paper-lined interiors and with brass ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
$2,850 / item
1940s Johnson Furniture Co Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Slant Front Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A rare 1940s Johnson Furniture Co Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Slant Front Desk with 3 drawers with dovetail construction, all very well functioning.
Recently refinished and in great ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Bonheur de Jour Ladies Desk
Located in Milford, NH
An elegant French Louis XV style Bonheur de Jour mahogany ladies desk with built in center clock surmounting an open cubby with single drawer, fla...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Brass
Desk with ormolu desk in wood and bronze france 1920s
Located in Cantù, IT
Desk with ormolu desk in wood and bronze france 1920s
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20th Century Italian Other Desks
Materials
Wood
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
Important Art Deco Presidential Desk - André Domin And Marcel Genevriere - Maiso
Located in BARSAC, FR
DOMIN André (1883-1962) and GENEVRIERE Marcel (1885-1967) for Maison DOMINIQUE
Magnificent flat desk in presidential format in thuja burl veneer designed by André DOMIN and Marcel G...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
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
Bertha Schaefer for Singer and Sons Italian Walnut Asymmetrical Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Diminutive midcentury angled student desk in Italian walnut designed by Bertha Schaefer for M. Singer & Sons (Model 2162 - USA, ca. 1955).
Often co-attributed to Gio Ponti, who also...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
20th C. Vintage/Antique Bureau, Bookcase, Chinese, Painted Red Roll-Top Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous 20th C. Vintage/Antique Bureau, Bookcase, Chinese, Painted Red Roll-Top Desk!
Roll-Top Desk, Bureau, Bookcase, Chinese, Painted Red Lacquer, Vintage / Antique, 1900's, 20...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Desks
Materials
Wood
Ebonized and Lacquered Graceful Writing Desk
Located in Locust Valley, NY
An ebonized and lacquered mahogany desk from Kravet Furniture. The writing desk features graceful lines, curved and tapered legs and a single drawer with a round, nickel drawer pull...
Category
Late 20th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Victorian Burr Walnut Pedestal Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a top quality mid-Victorian gilt metal mounted figured walnut and ebonised pedestal desk, tulipwood crossbanded throughout, the black leather lined top with eared corners...
Category
19th Century European Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Turn of the Century Carlton House Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
Inlaid Mahogany Turn of the Century Desk
1905
Mahogany Carlton House style desk. Moulded and curved upper section with three quarter pierced...
Category
Early 20th Century European Edwardian Desks
Materials
Walnut
C1830 Louis Philippe Mahogany Document Desk with Leather Faced Drawers
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
C1830 Louis Philippe Mahogany Document Desk with Leather Faced Drawers. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.
Desk Height: 28.5
Category
Early 18th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Italian 19th Century Venetian Patinated and Giltwood Writing Desk/Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and extremely decorative Italian 19th century Venetian patinated and giltwood writing desk/side table. The desk is raised by elegant cabriole legs with scrolled feet and w...
Category
19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Giltwood
Late Victorian Mahogany and Inlaid Desk
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5320 A Late Victorian, mahogany pedestal partners desk with inlaid sides, having original black leather to inlaid top above a centre drawer flanked by further satinwood inlaid draw...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$6,283 Sale Price
20% Off
Exquisite Victorian Hardwood Military Campaign Writing Slope Desk & Later Stand
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning original Antique Victorian Mahogany & Brass Military Campaign writing slope with later stand
What a find, if you are in the market for this type of luxury antique militaria then look no further, this is the finest example I have personally seen. The timber patina is glorious, it’s a very old type of mahogany, most likely Cuban. The brass fixtures and fittings all operate perfectly and are flawlessly mounted
The stand has been made at a later date to showcase and protect the piece, it is now the size of a normal side table. The writing slope itself has some interesting features, the top can be sat at a 45 degree angle for reading, there is a piece of beaded wood that slots into the two front holes, this holds and seats whatever literature you wish to rest there. The large side drawer is locked in place by a long metal rod, this rod also stops the drawer from coming all the way out. You have two internal document storage sections and various stationary cubby’s.
The writing slope is baize lined and on the underside of the base you have a crosshatched silk ripped design which has been studded in place. This is exactly the same as antique LV steamer...
Category
19th Century English Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Hardwood
$2,996 Sale Price
25% Off
Victorian Oak Partners Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Victorian oak partners desk, having a quality green leather skiver writing surface, decorated with gold tooling, above three drawers to the front, and thre...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
18th century Louis XVI Walnut Bureau, France
Located in Atlanta, GA
An 18th century French Louis XVI Bureau in Walnut with drop front, inner writing surface and cubby holes.
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
1940s German Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
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
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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