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Desks For Sale
English Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
This writing desk is finished on all four sides. The ends have fluted quarter columns. The legs and knuckles have acanthus leaves carved in high relief and terminate in ball and claw...
Category
1920s English Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Enamel Decorated French Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted Bureau Desk Table Console
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Enamel decorated French Louis Revival Ormolu mounted Bureau plat partner desk table console mint
Both sides symmetrical, yet one side has ability to open.
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Brass
Rustic Country Walnut Desk, Driftwood Finish
Located in Westwood, NJ
A rustic country-style solid driftwood finished rectangular desk with a rustic finish revealing exposed saw marks. Three small oak-lined drawers to front with mortice and tenon joint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Desks
Materials
Wood
Elegant Macassar Art Deco Desk, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Elegant Macassar Art Deco desk, circa 1930.
Bronze handles.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Macassar
Paul Mayen Mid-Century Aluminum I-Frame Desk / Dining Table Base
By Paul Mayen
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century I-frame aluminum desk / dining table base. (requires a rectangular glass top)(PAUL MAYEN)
Frame only, missing glass top.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Chrome
Desk Style Art Deco in Wood and Polyurethanic Lacquer, French 1930
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Desk Style Art Deco in wood and polyurethanic lacquer, French 1930
Desk 1930s
Country: France
Materials: wood
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer
It is an elegant and sophisticated desk...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Lovely Small Harrods London Reh Kennedy Military Campaign Writing Bureau Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this lovely small R.E.H Kennedy made, Harrods London retailed military campaign bureau desk in mahogany with brass fittings
...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Desks
Materials
Brass
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
Antique Empire Carved Mahogany Partner’s Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Empire Carved Mahogany Partner’s Desk
This beautiful empire partner desk from the early twentieth century is carved from solid mahogany w...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Empire Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Freestanding Rosewood Desk, Denmark, 1960s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
The free-standing desk manufactured in Denmark in the 1960s. The furniture is made of rosewood and has profiled handles. The free-standing desk consists of two modules, on the left s...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Art Deco Office Desk Nut
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
We present Art Deco desk from 1940.
Every piece of furniture that leaves our workshop from the beginning to the end is subjected to manual renovation, so as to restore its original ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Desks
Materials
Oak
French Furniture Art Deco, 1930 with Drawers
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Art Deco Desk
Year 1930
French
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. It has a large work surface.
The quality of the furniture make it unique. ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
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
Early 19th Century Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 19th century mahogany pedestal desk, the moulded edge top having a brown leather writing surface decorated with gold and blin...
Category
1840s British Early Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Vanity Desk in Teack by Arne Wahl Iversen
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Mid-Century Modern scandinavian teak vanity desk by Arne Wahl Iversen, model 64 for Vinde Møbelfabrik. Referenced by the Design Museum Danmark under number RP01076.
Category
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Rosewood and Chrome Desk attributed to Milo Baughman
Located in Dallas, TX
A rosewood desk with solid chromed steel base and three drawers. Attributed to Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin.
Category
1970s Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Antique French Louis XVI Style Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century French partners desk with a tooled red leather top over a case crafted in mahogany with four drawers on either side decora...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Painted Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Small highly decorative painted desk.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century Mahogany Knee Hole Desk
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is an unusual English Regency mahogany knee hole desk, the top with leather inset, above a frieze drawer flanked by a pair of pilasters with brass capitals and collars, situated...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Bureau, 19th Century, English, Regency, Mahogany, Secret Drawers, Gallery
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The top fitted with a removable gallery with fine brass filigree depicting lion heads and crowns amongst trailing stems. The mahogany, fall-front fitted with a later writing slope, a...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Sheraton Revival Rosewood and Marquetry Inlaid Desk, 19th Century
Located in Glasgow, GB
A superb quality late Victorian Sheraton style rosewood and marquetry desk in the manner of Edwards & Roberts. With a Carlton House influenced top featuring elegant inlaid curved lid...
Category
1890s English Sheraton Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Victorian Small Walnut Pedestal Desk with Leather Tooled Gilt Skiver C1870
Located in Leeds, GB
A Victorian period small walnut desk, circa 1870. Solid walnut with oblong shaped top, inset with plum coloured leather tooled and gilt skiver. Thumb moulded edge. Frieze with row of...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Chippendale Walnut Desk
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
The desk has an egg-and-dart moulded and serpentine shaped top with leather writing surface. The opposing sides are fitted with a frieze drawer flanked by four graduated drawers to e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Desks
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Leather
Campaign Desk In Mahogany-19 ° Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant mahogany campaign desk or marine desk from the 19th century from England
Indeed this furniture called "campaign furniture" or navy furniture was...
Category
Late 19th Century British Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Ladies Carlton House Desk Satinwood Regency
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This pretty desk is of a petite size in the Regency manner
Circa 1920
Raised upon turned and fluted legs with brass castors.
The desk features an arrangement of 9 mahogany lined draw...
Category
1920s Regency Vintage Desks
Materials
Satinwood
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Table by Hekman Furniture Parson Design
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage Mid-Century Modern desk table by Hekman Furniture Parson Design. 3 Drawer finished back
Dimensions. 58 W ; 30 H ; 24 D Overall
Knee Clearance. 23 7/8.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Bert England Persian Walnut and Leather Desk for John Widdicomb
Located in Chicago, IL
From California designer Bert England's Orientation Group for John Widdicomb Company, this extraordinary desk is made of Persian walnut and solid mahogany.
Wrapping around the fr...
Category
1960s American Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Seldom seen Mahogany and Cork Desk by Paul Frankl for Johnson
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning mahogany and cork Mid-Century desk by Paul Frankl with three drawers above two cabinets, one fitted with pull out drawers and branded with
"Johnson Furniture Company," all
...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Period Georgian Pedestal Desk Mahogany
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Small Georgian mahogany pedestal desk.
Period Georgian
This desk is raised upon a plinth base.
Each pedestal having a panelled door which opens to reveal 5 graduated drawers.
The top...
Category
1920s Georgian Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Federal Style Two-Part Satin Mahogany Chest of Drawers Secretary, Circa 1900s
Located in Germantown, MD
A Federal Style Two-Part Satin Mahogany Chest of Drawers Secretary Desk, Circa 1900s. Functional key for the cabinets present.
Measures 41" in width, 18.75" in depth and " in height....
Category
Early 20th Century American Federal Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Mid century Danish Modern Desk in Rosewood Mummenthaler & Meier Magic Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning foldable and closable Rosewood writing desk called the "Magic Box", designed by Swiss Mummenthaler and Meier. The piece closes completely and can be key-locked to protect al...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Georgian mahogany artist's or architect's desk
Located in Castle Douglas, GB
18th century mahogany artist's or architect's desk
Unusual mahogany artist's or architect's desk. Draughtsmen, architects and amateur artists required suitable, specialist tables f...
Category
18th Century English George II Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Drop Front Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
19th Century Swedish Gustavian hand painted drop top desk. Writing top H 31”
Category
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
HARRODS KENNEDY DOUBLE SIDED TWO PERSON MILITARY CAMPAIGN TWiN PEDESTAL DESK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely hand made in England Harrods Kennedy Military Campaign twin pedestal double sided partner desk g...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Desks
Materials
Brass
Solid pine desk from the 60's Charlotte Perriand style - G314
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
60's style desk in the taste of Charlotte Perriand's work. Solid pine structure, sober and pure design. Nice vintage condition, note a scratch on one side ...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Pine
Large Louis XVI Style French Mahogany Cylindrical Bureau, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis XVI Style Cylindrical Bureau with slides, leather writing surface, fitted interior and marble top.
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Marble
French Roll Top Desk Louis XVI Inlay Bureau
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning antique French roll top desk in the Louis XVI manner
Main structure of desk is in kingwood with exotic fruit inlays
Ormolu fixt...
Category
1920s Vintage Desks
Materials
Kingwood
Late 19th Century Empire Desk
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Large Empire mahogany desk,
France 1890-1900
Large Empire mahogany desk, veneered and with gilded bronze applications. Straight, rectangular body with central knee compartment, flan...
Category
1890s French Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Delphine Mirrored Desk
Located in New York, NY
Reflectology. Minimalist forms meet Maximalist glamour. Antiqued mirror with a polished brass base. Our Delphine Desk features a single center drawer finished with bright robin's egg...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
English Burl Walnut Leather Top Davenport with Acanthus Cabriole Legs Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
English burl walnut Davenport desk with carved floral fret work, hinged lid revealing fitted interior with original ink wells, leather hinged writing surface with four fitted interio...
Category
1840s English William IV Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
2010s Hans Wegner for Carl Hansen CH110 Executive Desk in Oak w/ Stainless Steel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a CH110 Executive desk, originally designed by Hans Wegner in 1970. This particular example was produced by Carl Hansen in Denmark in the 2010s. The desk is comprised of both...
Category
2010s Danish Modern Desks
Materials
Stainless Steel
Lia S Desk Freijo Wood
By Gisela Simas
Located in Petrópolis´, RJ
A desk table that has everything you need handily available, lining up practicality and beauty. The Lia S is a perfect work station or even a dressing table. With several compartment...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Desks
Materials
Wood, Faux Leather
Roger Sprunger for Dunbar Mid Century Chrome and Walnut Executive Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Roger Sprunger for Dunbar Mid Century Chrome and Walnut Executive Desk
This desk measures: 76 wide x 36 deep x 28.5 high, with a chair clearance of 27 inches
All pieces of furnitur...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Antique Federal Cherrywood Desk and Glassdoor Bookcase
Located in Sheridan, CO
A Late Federal Cherrywood Desk and Bookcase, Circa 1830.
This unique piece includes a folding desk and make a fabulous looking compact desk with plenty of storage in bookcase above. This was possibly a clerk's desk.
Includes plenty of storage and desk...
Category
Early 18th Century American Federal Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Vintage French Folddown Desk with Hand Painted Flowers
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1707 French painted folddown desk with hand painted floral designs.
large pullout drawer
Interior cubby holes and 2 drawers
original working key and lock
Category
1940s Vintage Desks
Materials
Hardwood
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
Founders Furniture Co. Rectangular Walnut and Bronze Desk
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century desk with a rectangular walnut top containing four drawers with bronze horizontal bar drawer pulls, supported on two Sets of four bronze legs on either side with...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Art Deco Black Enamel Tubular Framed 2 Drawer Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Art Deco Black Enamel Covered Metal Chrome Tubular Framed 2 Drawer Desk
This Vintage Art Deco desk features a striking black enamel finish complemented by a sleek chrome tub...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Desks
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Federal Mahogany and Birdseye Maple Lap Desk on Stand, Circa 1810s
Located in Germantown, MD
A Federal Era Mahogany and Birdseyes Maple Lap Desk on Stand, Circa 1810s
Measures 22.5" in width, 11.5" in depth and 22" in height. Without stand , 22" in width, 11" in depth and 8....
Category
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Desks
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Mahogany
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
Art Deco Bolonha Console Table Nacre Tiles White Handmade Portugal Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Bolonha Console, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
An exclusive and sumptuous hand-carved console table that catches the eye of anyone who ent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Stainless Steel
French Leather Top Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French neoclassic style mahogany, cerejeira veneered and crossbanded writing desk, the rectangular burnished leather inlaid top above one long and one short frieze drawers, and an ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th century Biedermeier Empire/Neo-Classical st. Desk by Francois Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely high quality Continental 19th century Biedermeier Empire/Neo-Classical st. Burl Walnut, Ebonized Fruitwood, Giltwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat by Francois Li...
Category
19th Century Unknown Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
George III Burr Walnut Bureau Circa 1775
Located in Flower Mound, TX
An absolutely wonderful example of a Georgian bureau with exceptional coloring and a fall front revealing a red leather writing interior, with pigeon holes, drawers, cupboard and bible ends. All above 2 short over three long drawers and standing on bracket feet. Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and use. Old marks, some openings to joints, some chips, losses, replacements to veneers and inlays. Overall solid and stable. Handles are replacements throughout. The interior marked and warn, and with signs of marks and stains to the writing surface.
Provenance: The Fulwood Collection
The Fulwood Collection comes from a Grade II listed rectory in the North of England. Formerly the childhood home of Sir Douglas Bader. The rectory was acquired by the late owner approximately 15 years ago. The house was formerly split into two separate houses, and with care he lovingly refurbished it back into a single house and refurnished in a blend of the Grand Tour style with Welsh and English provincial tastes. This property contained fine furniture, works of art, paintings, ceramics and other miscellaneous items some of which have been purchased by “The Englishman’s Antiques”
Category
1770s English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
English Victorian Burl Walnut Kneehole Desk
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian burl walnut double pedestal kneehole desk with 8 drawers and a vanity panel center with a brown leather top having a gold tooled border.
Category
20th Century Victorian Desks
Materials
Walnut, Burl
19th Century English Chinoiserie Knee Hole Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century English Chinoiserie Knee Hole Desk with Raised Chinoiserie Decoration. The Key is included.
Category
19th Century English Antique Desks
Mid-Century Modern Desk Designed by Cees Braakman for USM Pastoe
By Cees Braakman, Pastoe
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Beautifully designed desk by Cees Braakman for Pastoe with high levels of practicality and comfort.
It has six drawers, three of each side of the seating position.
The exterior lo...
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
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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