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Desks For Sale
Victorian Burr Walnut Desk
Located in King's Lynn, GB
Here we have an Antique Victorian (1837-1901) Burr Walnut Desk with a quarter veneered burr walnut top, carved front legs, 5 drawers, all with wooden knob handles and casters (wheels...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
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
Regency Davenport Desk After Gillows Slide Top 1820
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Fine quality slide top Davenport desk in Gillows of Lancashire manner
Brass gallery on top
Four drawers below pull out draw for pens and writing material
Circa 1820
Bought from a pri...
Category
1820s Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
ANTIQUE CIRCA 1883 REVEREND FRANK H FISHER GIFTED ViCTORIAN OAK PARTNER DESK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely sublime exceptionally rare, 1883 dated honey oak partner desk with green leather top and brass presentation plaque to Reverend Frank H Fisher
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote, please send me your postcode and I’ll provide you with the exact price.
What can I say, a 140 year old desk...
Category
1880s English High Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Mahogany Chinese Chippendale Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality carved Chinese Chippendale style kneehole desk. The top of the desk has an intricately fretted gallery which is in perfect condition. Below this the desk h...
Category
Early 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Writing Desk Secretary
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very fine late 19th century French writing desk secretary with dore bronze mountings and Marble. It is made of a variety of woods - f...
Category
19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu Inlaid Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome and impressive French 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu inlaid Bureau Plat. The desk is raised on tapered legs with square ormolu topie feet and ormolu...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Italian Provincial Carve Knee Hole Desk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A hand carved walnut or fruitwood Italian desk. The desk with a center drawer with three side drawers on each side. Above the central drawer is a pull out tray for drafting and addit...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Walnut desk with three solid walnut drawers in mid century modern style
Located in ZIELONA GÓRA, PL
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 American walnut wood and wood covere...
Category
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Watchmakers Desk Georgian Taste Hardwood & Brown Leather
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1880-1900 Watchmakers desk in the Georgian taste with period brown leather top and sorting drawer...
Category
1880s English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Scandinavian desk by David Rosen
By David Rosén
Located in Brescia, IT
Scandinavian desk designed by David Rosen. Vintage table with drawers. Crafted with skilled craftsmanship, this desk embodies Nordic style with a touch of vintage luxury. The warm m...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Custom White Lacquer Desk with Lucite Side Panels
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Made to order, custom white lacquer desk with Lucite side panel supports an pulls in Lucite and chrome. Drawer interiors are finished in spray lacquer. Custom dimensions and finishes...
Category
2010s North American Modern Desks
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Freestanding Oak Walnut Brass Desk Chest Attributed Josef Frank, 1927
By Josef Frank
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco freestanding vintage commodes, chest or desk from oak, walnut and brass attributed to Josef Frank circa 1927 Vienna.
An extraordinary chest, commodes or desk attributed to Josef Frank circa 1927 Vienna from oak and walnut inlays with maples at the top.
With four ( 4 ) beautiful brass handles, very similar handles by Josef Frank for Theodor Kalmar...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Edmond Spence Drop Front Desk for Industria Mueblera S. A. Mexico, c. 1955
Located in Camden, ME
Edmond Spence two piece drop front desk with a matched bookcase manufactured in Mexico by Industria Meublera S.A. in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
An interesting blend of design inf...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Edwardian, Tall Secretaire, Black Lacquer, Bronze, Abalone Inlay, Marble, 1880s
Located in Manhasset, NY
This spectacular Edwardian Bouille inlaid And bronze-mounted Abattant chest desk has been meticulously refinished and hand rubbed French polished to its original form. Having wonderf...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Desks
Materials
Wood
1960s Florence Knoll Double Pedestal Executive Desk Chrome Wood Fully Refinished
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an original double pedestal desk, model 1503, initially designed by Florence Knoll in 1956. This example was manufactured by Knoll Associates in the early 1960s. It is constr...
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
Steel Desk with Gilt Bronze Details
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome steel desk with gilt bronze details in the manner of designer John Vesey. Very fine quality and so unique. Circa 1980.
63w x 34d x 30.5h
Category
20th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Ziricotte Wood Desk "Litle Shanghai" with Leather Top and Silver Leg
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Little Shanghai desk in ziricotte wood and silver patined leg. There are two drawers on each side.
The sides are in zircone and black sycamore mar...
Category
2010s French Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Desk for Up Zavody, Czech Republic, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Desk for Up Zavody, Czech Republic, 1960s
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Victorian Flame Mahogany Davenport
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Victorian flame mahogany davenport, having a pierced brass gallery, above a rising fall, opening to two drawers, and two faux drawers, the left hand handle...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
American Sheraton Mahogany Campaign Desk, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
American Sheraton mahogany Campaign slant front desk with two upper case flanking doors concealing pigeon holes, sliding lower case writing surface concealing fitted interior over si...
Category
1820s American Campaign Antique Desks
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Slant Front Desk
Located in Huntington, NY
A Gustavian slant front desk. The upper section has eight small drawers, four cubbies, two sliding columns and a small locking door. The low...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Iron
Art Deco Bar .
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Art Deco bar Szczepan Lojek, Julian Pietrzyk from Poland Krakow, from 1910-1920.
Category
1910s Polish Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Palisander
Giorgio Collection Absolute Presidential Desk Glossy Japanese Tamo Wood
Located in New York, NY
Desk in moka japanese tamos burl veneer in high gloss polyester with 5 full extension drawers with bottom velvet inside and 1 file drawer on each side. Lock on the first right facing...
Category
2010s Italian Art Deco Desks
Materials
Polyester, Ash
Italian Writing Table with Sliding Top and Pull Out Desk Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An beautiful and unusual writing table with veneered and inlaid walnut and olive-wood, featuring a sliding top, pull out desktop with leather and a drawer, all on tapered legs. Bron...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
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
Italian Desk from the 60s
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Red lacquered wood desk from the 60s, Italian.
Desk 1960s
Country: Italian
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer
It is an elegant and sophisticated desk.
If you...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Very Rare Stamped Waring & Gillow 1960 U.K.A.E.A UK Atomic Energy Authority Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare original fully stamped Waring & Gillow 1960 light walnut U.K.A.E.A Uk Atomic Energy Authority double sided walnut desk
This desk ...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Stamped Gillows Lancaster Double Sided Twin Pedestal Partner Desk Figured Oak
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and exceptionally rare Gillows Lancaster twin pedestal double sided partner desk in panelled figured oak
An exceptionally rare exa...
Category
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Amboyna
Baker Furniture Regency Burl Wood Writing Desk or Library Table, Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Regency or Neoclassical style writing desk or library table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1980s
Gorgeous burled walnut, with original brass hardware.
Measures: 48"...
Category
1980s American Empire Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Teak Desk by Svante Skogh for AB Möbelfabriken Balder, Sweden, 1950s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
A desk designed by Svante Skogh for the Swedish manufacturer AB Möbelfabriken Balder in the 1960s. A desk with a unique, creative design, made with attention to every detail. It has ...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Beacon Hill Collection Federal Style Desk and Chair
By Beacon Hill
Located in Pasadena, TX
Beacon Hill Collection Federal Style Desk and Chair
20th century style desk by established company Beacon Hill. Five drawers with nickel pulls and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Mid Century Danish Modern Teak make up Vanity jewelry box by Arne Wahl Iversen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century Danish Modern teak make up vanity or desk. Beautiful light teak color with a nice grain. Flip top mirror with brass ring pull opens to a sliding felt lined jewelry box wi...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Felt, Mirror, Teak
French Desk with Ormolu and Brass Mounts Louis XVI Style
Located in Toronto, CA
French Desk with Ormolu and Brass Mounts Louis XVI Style
On offer here a Timeless Piece of French Elegance that is sure to elevate
your home o...
Category
20th Century Spanish Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Hardwood
1950 Compact Home Office Desk in Oak and Blond Wood
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1950 compact home office desk in oak and blond wood
Interesting desk storage.
Measures: 115 x 87 x 54 cm closed.
115 x 175 x 70 cm open.
Category
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Sycamore, Oak
Antique English Painted Desk
Located in Cambridge, US
England, ca. late 19th century. A charming and perfectly rustic desk right out of a Cotswold cottage. Features sturdy pine construction with waxed top and ochre-painted sides. Five d...
Category
Late 19th Century English Rustic Antique Desks
Materials
Pine, Paint
Art Deco Desk, Rosewood Veneer and Nickel, France, circa 1930
Located in Regensburg, DE
Art Deco Desk, Rosewood Veneer, Nickel, France circa 1930
Beautiful straight Art Deco design with slightly curved top. East Indian rosewood veneered, high gloss lacquered and polish...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Stainless Steel, Nickel
Danish Midcentury 3-Drawer Tambour Teak Roll Top Desk by Langeskov Mobelfabrik
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This vintage roll top desk offers a stylish collapsible workspace with plenty of added room for storage. Tight and compact, this desk is perfect ...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
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
Antique Oak Twin Pedestal Desk
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
Edwardian antique oak twin pedestal desk with nine drawers with all of its original circular brass ring handles, having an inset leather hide writing sur...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desks
Materials
Oak
19th Century English Mahogany Butler's Desk Unrestored - Restoration in Progress
Located in Unionville, TN
This early 19th-century English mahogany butler’s desk, dating to circa 1800-1810, exemplifies the craftsmanship and refined utility of its time. Crafted from richly grained mahogany...
Category
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Desk in Wood, 1940, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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 distinction.
You want to live in the golden yea...
Category
1940s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian American Carved Griffin Desk Attributed to RJ Horner
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a spectacular R.J. Horner attributed writing or libray table. The desk features robust, precise carving of griffons and various floral elements. The desk wear its original fi...
Category
1870s American Late Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
French Kingwood and Ormolu-Mounted Bonheur Du Jour, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A French kingwood quarter veneered and ormolu-mounted bonheur du jour with Sevres-style oval floral plaques inset to the cupboard doors, two drawers to t...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Rare Victoria Regina Military Campaign Pedestal Desk, circa 1880
Located in Pulborough, GB
The Antique Rare Victoria Regina Military Campaign Pedestal Desk, circa 1880, is a truly exceptional piece of furniture that marries style, func...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Art Deco / Neoclassical Revival Walnut Desk, France, circa 1940
By Jean Pascaud
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Elegant desk / writing table / secretaire in walnut, divided into 2 parts:
- office part with 5 drawers including 1 with lock
Dimensions : height 75 cm, width 111 cm, depth 65 cm
...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Bronze
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
19th Century English Regency Davenport
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
A good quality Regency rosewood davenport, the top inset with an antique leather, opening to reveal storage space and a single drawer. Below this there are four graduated drawers, ea...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Colombo Mobili Burlwood Secretaire Abattant
Located in Countryside, IL
Colombo Moboli burlwood secretaire a abattant
Desk measures: 42 wide x 21 deep x 75.5 inches high
This piece is in excellent vintage condition with only a small dent and a coup...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desks
Materials
Wood, Burl
1939 Eliel Saarinen, Pipsan, Swanson FHA Birch Desk / Vanity
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Birch Double Pedestal Executive Desk or Vanity, designed by Eliel Saarinen, Eva-Lisa (Pipsan) Saarinen Swanson, and J. Robert F. Swanson in 1939. It was produced in Grand R...
Category
1930s American Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum, Zinc
19th Century English George III Style Burled Walnut Partners Desk Leather Top
Located in St. Louis, MO
A classic 19th Century English large burled walnut partners desk in Georgian III style, with a original red leather skiver top with tooled edges, showing the character that comes wit...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
C. 1974 Davis Allen of SOM Architects for General Fireproofing Reception Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a large Split Reception Desk, initially designed by Davis Allen for General Fireproofing Reception circa 1974. This custom-designed piece truly exemplifies the cutting edge o...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Large Danish Rosewood Executive Desk by Christian Linneberg 1960.
Located in JOINVILLE-LE-PONT, FR
Pretty Scandinavian desk.
3 drawers on the right side, a large document holder on the right side.
Sober and very elegant design.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
1950s Florence Knoll Double Pedestal Walnut Chrome and Laminate Executive Desk
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Listed for sale is a double pedestal desk, model 1503, designed by Florence Knoll and produced by Knoll Associates. This is an original example dating to circa late 1950s. It is cons...
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
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
Anglo Indian teak davenport
Located in Martlesham, GB
A good quality mid 20th Century teak davenport, the top structure having two panelled hinged doors opening to reveal various compartments, the desk section having a panelled hinged d...
Category
1960s Indian Victorian Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Bona Large Desk by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Bona Large Desk by Pastform
Dimensions: D 73,5 x W 144 x H 76 cm.
Materials: Stained and varnished wood.
Available in different wood color finishes and combinations: Whiskey, Rum, N...
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
British Colonial Style Demi-Lune Leather Top Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
British colonial style desk crafted in mahogany in a demilune form with a tooled tan leather top, four drawers and featuring bold turned an...
Category
Late 20th Century American British Colonial Desks
Materials
Brass
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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