Desks
Early 1900s Antique Desks
Mahogany
2010s Renaissance Desks
Mahogany
2010s Czech Bauhaus Desks
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Desks
Wood
2010s American Regency Desks
Mahogany
2010s American Desks
Bronze
2010s Italian Other Desks
Wood
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desks
Metal, Sheet Metal
Early 1900s English Chippendale Antique Desks
Mahogany
Early 1900s American Antique Desks
Bamboo
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Desks
Glass, Oak
2010s German Bauhaus Desks
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Desks
Brass
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Desks
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Desks
Wood
2010s Indian Modern Desks
Metal
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Walnut
2010s Argentine Modern Desks
Bronze
2010s South African Desks
Zebra Hide
21st Century and Contemporary English Chippendale Desks
Leather, Elm
2010s American Hollywood Regency Desks
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Desks
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks
Metal
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Desks
Brass, Iron
2010s Italian Desks
Wood
Early 1900s English Adam Style Antique Desks
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Desks
Brass, Bronze
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Desks
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Desks
Bronze, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Desks
Maple
2010s French Modern Desks
Metal
Early 1900s French Antique Desks
Metal
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Desks
Stainless Steel, Iron
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desks
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Slovak Modern Desks
Iron
2010s Industrial Desks
Metal
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Desks
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Desks
Bronze
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Desks
Iron
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Desks
Metal
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Desks
Walnut
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Oak
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Desks
Oak
2010s Lebanese Modern Desks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Acrylic, Wood
2010s American Minimalist Desks
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Desks
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Desks
Ash
2010s Spanish Desks
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Neoclassical Desks
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Desks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks
Crystal, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s American Regency Desks
Mahogany
2010s Vietnamese Desks
Stone
Early 1900s Belgian Antique Desks
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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