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Desks For Sale
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
Leather, Hardwood
16TH CENTURY MUSEUM QUALITY EXHiBITION HAND CARVED ITALIAN CASSONE DESK TABLE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, very large, Exhibition / Museum quality, hand carved 16th Century southern Italian...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique Mahogany French Empire Style Fall Front Secretary
Located in Westfield, MA
A stunning French Empire-style fall-front secretary, crafted from rich mahogany with striking grain patterns and a warm patina. The sleek yet stately form is accentuated by columnar ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Empire Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Fine French 1950's Rectangular Mahogany Desk by Jacques Adnet (2 available)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jacques Adnet: A fine French mid-century mahogany desk with a leather top and bronze details.
Provenance: Palais des Consuls of Rouen, France.
2 desks available as well as two curved...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Ebony, Ormolu, Pewter and Tortoiseshell Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and rare French 19th century Louis XIV St. ebony, ormolu, pewter, and tortoiseshell Boulle Bureau Mazarin desk. The seven drawers, one door d...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu, Pewter
George I Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular cornice over a single door with mirror, the desk section with fold down writing surface opening to a nicely fitted interior and sliding panel opening to a well, all over ...
Category
1720s English George I Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Oak School Desk or Lectern
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century oak school desk or lectern. Lift top reveals document compartment, over two lower drawers each with inlaid fruitwood key escutcheon (no k...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Chippendale Faux Partners Desk Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Mahogany Chippendale Style Faux Partners Desk.
Circa 1900
This Desk is Raised Upon Cabriole Legs with Boldly Carved Ball and Claw Feet and Having Carved Acanthus Leaves to the Knees....
Category
Early 1900s Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Scandinavian Minimalist Style Wood Desk
Located in Paris, FR
Great Nordic style compact desk made of solid wood, oak or walnut (chosen by the buyer) offering storage solution with one drawer. Great lines, elegant designer's creation, made in a...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Oak, Walnut
$5,704 / item
Rare Modern Italian G.C Columbo Desk with Chair
By Tonon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An elegant contemporary modern desk with a black lacquer finish and burl drawer fronts. This ultra-sleek Italian desk has four drawers ensuring plenty of room for storage and workspa...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Burl, Lacquer
$2,660 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Oak desk with three solid oak drawers in mid century modern style
Located in ZIELONA GÓRA, PL
Oak desk in mid-century style with three drawers and brass handles. The tapered legs are finished with brass plated aluminum feet. Desk made of solid oak wood and wood covered with n...
Category
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Cassetone Bureau Desk Ebonised Rosewood Bone Rome Baroque Bird Flower Lion Tulip
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Exceptional Roman Baroque Ebonised, Rosewood Cassettone with bone inlay and magnificent brass handles
Magnificent transition piece displaying classical ornamentation within a tradit...
Category
1690s Italian Baroque Antique Desks
Materials
Bone, Ebony, Rosewood
Victorian Golden Oak Green Man Desk
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Victorian Golden Oak Green Man desk
The Desk stands on chunky barley twist turned legs with a long stretcher.
The Desk has one drawer in the centre ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Gothic Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Biedermeier Walnut Secretary
Located in Hudson, NY
Biedermeier Walnut Secretary Chest, Biedermeier walnut secretary with cabinet below. Desk has four small drawers and a letter shelf. Cab...
Category
19th Century Czech Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
$10,500
Past Medium Office Desk by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Past Medium Office Desk by Pastform
Dimensions: D 70 x W 130 x H 76 cm.
Materials: Stained and varnished wood.
Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, Nobel, ...
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
$2,628 / item
Stow Davis Mid Century Walnut and Brass Desk
By Stow Davis
Located in Countryside, IL
Stow Davis Mid Century Walnut and Brass Desk
This desk measures: 76 wide x 36 deep x 29 high, with a chair clearance of 28 inches
All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Hans Wegner GETAMA Executive Floating Desk
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hans Wegner for Getama Executive Floating Desk. Finished back so can float on room. Key included. Oak and Mahogany.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
$1,599 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinoiserie Chinese Chippendale Bamboo Writing Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Chippendale Chinoiserie Ebonized Bamboo and Rattan Writing Desk. Features grass cloth on writing surface, front apron and sides, and is framed with ebonized bamboo. The ebon...
Category
20th Century Philippine Chinese Chippendale Desks
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
19th Century Italian Walnut Desk
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
19th century Italian walnut one drawer desk/ large sideboard. 1880.
Code: 8757
Dimensions:
W: 55" (139.7 cm)
H: 30.5" (77.5 cm)
D: 29.5" (74.9 cm)
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Desk by Erich Stratmann, Germany, 1950
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Desk by Erich Stratmann, Germany, 1950
Category
1950s Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Small Antique George III Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
A good quality George III period figured mahogany pedestal desk, having dark red, gilt tooled molded edged top above various graduated drawers (with dummy drawers to the rear), retai...
Category
19th Century Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
ANTiQUE RESTORED LIONS HAIRY PAW FEET BROWN LEATHER PEDESTAL DESK BRAHAM LOCKS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite, antique Lion's Hairy Paw desk in flamed mahogany with ori...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Acerbis Ghostwriter Wall-Mounted Desk/Bookcase in Glossy Lacquered Dark Green
By Acerbis, Giacomo Moor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Suspended home-office cabinet. The opening of the unit, characterized by the Dual-Flap® system (patented Acerbis) in which the large door and a portion of the top open simultaneously, transforms the door into practical desk and reveals the interior, finished in eucalyptus wood and perfectly arranged with shelves, small drawer for pens and power plugs (2 Shuko and 2 USB). At the same time, the small top remains open with the right angle to facilitate access to the compartment and illuminate the interior with a continuous beam of light, thanks to a LED lamp perfectly integrated in the thickness of the top.
Finishes:
- Door and top glossy or matt lacquered.
- Sides and internal uprights matt lacquered in the colour of the door.
- Interior in Eucalyptus veneer.
Colors: Black, White, White SW, Ghiaia Grey, Pietra Grey, Fumo Grey, Lino, Sabbia, Warm Grey, Argilla, Red NY, Red Vico, Blue Iseo, Green Iseo.
Born in Milan in 1981, Giacomo Moor, after graduating in Design with a final dissertation on wood published by Abitare, opened his studio with his partner. With his multidisciplinary team, designers and woodworkers, he designs products for companies, he creates limited editions for galleries, produces unique pieces for private clients, and he is engaged in every step of the process. Giacomo Moor unites the precision and the formal rigour of the design with the sensitivity of manual craftsmanship, his empirical and resolving approach, and his capacity to combine technical and aesthetical skills, managing the production process, are constant elements of his working method.
Additional Information:
Material: Solid wood
Frame finish: Glossy lacquered dark green LL22
Dimensions: 154 W x 68 D x 23 H cm
Available in other frame finish options: Glossy lacquered white LL02, Glossy lacquered SW white LL09, Glossy lacquered linen LL10, Glossy lacquered sand LL12, Glossy lacquered clay LL15, Glossy lacquered mustard yellow LL23, Glossy lacquered brick red LL24, Glossy lacquered burgundy LL20, Glossy lacquered pink LL21, Glossy lacquered Navy blue...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Desks
Materials
Wood
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
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
19th Century English Mahogany Double Pedestal Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
English Victorian mahogany double pedestal desk newly refinished with a traditional French polish and fitted with a new gilt tooled leath...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Danish Rosewood Desk, Model 56 by Arne Wahl Iversen for Vinde Mobelfabrik, 1960
Located in JOINVILLE-LE-PONT, FR
Superb Scandinavian desk with a very elegant sleek design. 2 large and 2 small drawers on the front face with a niche between the 2 small drawers. Particularly graceful cross base wh...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
$5,657 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$1,753 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Restored Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Double Sided Twin Pedestal Partners Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this Museum quality, circa 1880 Dutch inlaid extra large twin pedestal, double sided partners desk which has been fully restored
A truly stunnin...
Category
1880s Danish High Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
$15,235 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique circa 1830-1850 James Winter & Sons London Satinwood Green Leather Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare and important original fully stamped James Winter & Son’s 101 Wardour St Soho London Satinwood & Regency green leather partner desk circa 1830-1850
This is a very rare and fine piece of English craftsmanship, the timber is sublime, the leather top nicely aged and the stamps to the drawer’s crisp, this piece is pure quality
The renowned cabinet makers James Winter & Sons were based in Soho London between 1823 to 1870 and produced some amazing pieces of antique furniture.
James Winter founded his company in 1823 as a cabinet maker, undertaker, dealer, appraiser and specialised as a restorer of second hand and antique furniture to retail in his Soho shop. His sons joined his firm and then the business was renamed James Winter & Sons, 101 Wardour St., Soho, London.
It was throughout the Regency and Victorian period, James Winters Company...
Category
1830s English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Satinwood
$5,078 Sale Price
25% Off
Louis XV Style Mahogany Cylinder Desk Ladies Desk Manner of Sormani / Kreiger
By Paul Sormani
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Louis XV Style Mahogany Cylinder Desk Ladies Desk Manner of Sormani / Kreiger
Dimensions : 26" Wide X 36" Tall X 18" Deep
This cylinder desk is made in a very nice mahogany and ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Pop Up Davenport
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality Victorian burr walnut piano top pop up Davenport. The top of the davenport has a fretted gallery on top of a hinged lid, op...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Lady's Dressing Table Kneehole Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A walnut kneehole of high quality on bracket feet with walnut English veneer. The drawers have a simple cross banding with a lip edge mounting.
Top has a Tobacco brown leather inser...
Category
18th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Lobel Originals "Centurion Desk" Made to Order
Located in New York, NY
"Centurion Desk" in black lacquer with three drawers, elegant bronze pulls and sabots, and leather top by Lobel Originals. This desk can be customized in any way.
Category
2010s American Modern Desks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality 19th Century Rosewood and Marquetry Inlaid Bonheur Du Jour. The piece has an inlaid up stand to the back, decorated with original ormolu mounts and edging,...
Category
19th Century Antique Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Biedermeier Escritoire Desk Mahogany 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Biedermeier Mahogany Escritoire.
This Escritoire Features 5 Drawers and a Pull Down Writing Slope. Circa 1860
The Drawers and Fall Having Wonderful Matched Flame Mahogany Veneers.
Th...
Category
1860s Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Po Wah Styled Mid Century Oriental Handcrafted Desk w/ Chair Hong Kong
By Asian Modern
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A two piece Mid Century Asian handcrafted sculptural wooden writing desk and matching chair in a dark ebony styled finish . Curved upper ends of the desk with it's slightly upright t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Cane, Glass, Wood
VINTAGE BURR YEW CAMPAIGN MILITARY GREEN LEATHER TWiN PEDESTAL DESK BRASS
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Vintage Burr Yew Wood Campaign Military Green Leather Twin Pedestal Desk with Brass Fittings.
A stunning and unique piece of furniture that...
Category
20th Century British Desks
Materials
Yew
Mahogany and Gilded Bronze Cylinder Desk, Empire Style, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Large cylinder desk in mahogany and flamed mahogany veneer in the Empire style. This secretary with semi-cylindrical flap has eight drawers with pa...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Desk Made In Oak By Rosengran Hansen, 1960
Located in Lejre, DK
This oak desk, designed by Rosengran Hansen and manufactured by Brande Møbelindustri around the 1960s, is a classic example of Danish furniture design. With its timeless appeal and f...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
$4,436 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Bronze Jasperware Ladies Desk Attr to Charles Guillame Diehl
Located in Long Branch, NJ
19th Century Ebony Bronze Jasperware Ladies Desk Attr to Charles Guillame Diehl
Dimensions: 32" Wide X 58" Tall X 18" Deep
This French lady's desk was made in the Louis XV style in...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French Gothic Pine Reading Stand, Greeting Station, Greeter
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Gothic Pine Reading Stand, Greeting Station, Greeter
An Original French Reading stand, this Gothic piece would make a great Front of House Oak Greeter
The Stand has 8 arched ...
Category
1880s Gothic Antique Desks
Materials
Pine
French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Tulipwood, Kingwood and Charmwood Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and high quality French mid-19th century Louis XVI style tulipwood, kingwood and charmwood two drawer writing desk with two pull outs. The desk is raised by slender sq...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French Desk with Horses in Wood, 1920
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Art Deco desk
Year 1920
French
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. It has a large work surface.
The quality of the furniture make it unique. It is an icon of distinction.
...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood, Bone
ANTIQUE ViCTORIAN BROWN LEATHER BRASS GALLERY MILITARY CAMPAIGN DAVENPORT DESK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning full sized Victorian circa 1860-1880 Military Campaign Davenport desk writing slope with slidi...
Category
1860s English Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Walnut desk with two solid drawers and shelf in mid century modern style
Located in ZIELONA GÓRA, PL
Desk in mid-century style with two drawers, shelf and brass handles. The tapered legs are finished with brass plated aluminum feet. Desk made of solid American walnut wood and wood c...
Category
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Børge Mogensen BM-66 Desk for P. Lauritsen & Søn
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautifully crafted teak desk model BM-66 by Børge Mogensen for P. Lauritsen & Søn in Denmark. Solid oak drawer construction with adjustable interior. Brass hardware with nice pati...
Category
1950s Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Studio Craft Teak Secretary Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique studio craft desk will be a standout piece of any room. This drop front teak desk features two storage drawers and a drop front that opens as a desk or bar. The base of the de...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Antique English Victorian Mahogany Desk Writing Table By Spillman & Co
Located in King's Lynn, GB
Here we have this beautiful antique Victorian mahogany desk made by Spillman & Co, St Martins Lane London. This desk has five drawers, each with brass handles and the table top has a...
Category
19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Lorin Marsh, Modern, Desk, Gray Embossed Leather, Chrome, 2000s
By Lorin Marsh
Located in Manhasset, NY
Hollywood Regency style modern desk or writing table. Embossed and stitched leather on a sleek and stylish chromed steel base. All sides finished in chrome and leather including interior of drawers. This custom quality desk is sure to add sparkle to any room in the home or office. A simply stunning example of detail to workmanship. This particular desk is selling for three times ($25,350) the listed price at Lorin Marsh.
In 1975, Lorin Marsh established their eponymous furniture and décor showroom in the historic New York Decoration and Design building, with the aim of providing comprehensive interior decorating options while maintaining a chic, boutique experience. Not only offering an array of home décor, including furniture, lighting and accessories, Lorin Marsh also presented a wide variety of styles, comprising antique, vintage and modern, as well as imported pieces with European, Asian and South American aesthetics. Over the decades since its inception, the brand expanded to include bespoke pieces, made to the same high-quality standards of craftsmanship that Lorin Marsh has come to be recognized for. Arguably one of the more unique aspects of the company’s operation is the purveying of both brand-designed pieces and unique vintage furnishings...
Category
2010s Modern Desks
Materials
Chrome
Regency Davenport Desk Burr Walnut Ebonized
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Elegant Regency Davenport desk
Gorgeous desk with distinctive light burr walnut finish and ebony accents
Black against the light brown really highlights the elegant design
Leather li...
Category
1980s Regency Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Chippendale Desk Mahogany Writing Table Ball and Claw
Located in Potters Bar, GB
5 Drawer Mahogany Chippendale Style Writing Table.
Circa 1900
This Writing Table Features 5 Mahogany Lined drawers.
The Drawer Fronts Having Blind Fret Work to the Corners and Retain...
Category
Early 1900s Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Standing Desk by Didier Rozaffy for Meubles Oscar, France, 1950's
By Didier Rozaffy, Oscar
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rare standing desk designed in 1950's by Didier Rozaffy for Meubles Oscar, France. Early edition in oak wood and colored glasses with folding door as a writing desk with storage...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Glass, Wood, Oak
19th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is an 19th century Dutch Marquetry Bureau. The sloping fall inlaid with flowers enclosing a shaped interior of drawers and pigeon holes. The ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
George III Scarlet Gilt Japanned Desk
Located in Kent, Dover
A English George III scarlet gilt-japanned desk; superbly, later decorated with rich gilt chinoiserie on a scarlet lacquered background, the fall-front open...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Bronze Mounted Louis XV French Style Kingwood Writing Desk Bureau Plat
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Bronze Mounted Louis XV French Style Kingwood Writing Desk Bureau Plat
Dimensions : 69" Wide X 38" Deep X 31" Tall.
This gorgeous desk was mad...
Category
Late 20th Century French French Provincial Desks
Materials
Bronze
John Widdicomb for Mastercraft Black Lacquered and Brass Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
This Classic writing table or desk by John Widdicomb for Mastercraft. Composed of a large black lacquered wood top with canted corners that sits atop a brass frame. Brass legs swoop ...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Marquetry Desk Attributed to Zwiener
Located in London, GB
Louis XV style gilt bronze and marquetry desk attributed to Zwiener
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 74cm, width 89cm, depth 63cm
This superb little writing desk is at...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century English Victorian Mahogany Kneehole Desk by Francis & James Smith
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality, unusual, Victorian mahogany kneehole desk by Francis and James Smith, Glasgow. The top, having three leather writing surfaces, each decorated with gold an...
Category
19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Modern Writing Desk with Three Drawers
Located in Greenwich, CT
This modern writing desk was custom made for utility. The desk features 3 drawers for storage, a steel base brushed with antique brass and a white oak top stained ebony. This is a bu...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks
Materials
Steel
$7,150 / item
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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