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Desks For Sale
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
Art Deco Leather Desk, Light Grey
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Art Deco style shagreen embossed leather desk in a light grey. With gilded highlight trim, three frieze drawers with modern round pulls, and raised on square tapered legs.
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Art Deco Desks
Materials
Leather
George III Mahogany Slant Top Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
George III mahogany slant top desk, 18th century. With a painted tiger striped mahogany slant top, a cock beaded drawer flanked by glides to support slant top when opened, desk inter...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
American of Martinsville Dania 3 Piece Louvered Walnut Desk Modular Unit
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Mid-Century Modern walnut low bench with modular desk and drawer cabinet designed by Merton Gerhsun for American of Martinsville's Dania line circa 60...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
STUNNING ViNTAGE HAND MADE IN ENGLAND PINE 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 Military Campaign style twin pedestal desk in pine with brass fittings
Pl...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Desks
Materials
Brass
French Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Mounted Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
French porcelain and gilt bronze mounted writing desk
French, 19th Century
Height 116cm, width 91cm, depth 51cm
This stunning bonheur du jour was made in France during the 19th...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Art Deco Bar J.Langer
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
Teak Model 70 Desk by Kai Kristiansen for Feldballes Møbelfabrik, 1960s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
Model 70 desk designed by Kai Kristiansen for the Danish manufacture Feldballes Møbelfabrik in the mid-1960s. A modernist style desk, characterized by unique ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
19th Century Country French Louis XVI Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Country French Louis XVI secretary is a truly astonishing work of the cabinetmaker's art! Hand-crafted from solid old-growth in...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Sottsass Ettore design in years 70 for Olivetti Italy typewriting desk Synthesis
Located in Biella, IT
Sottsass Ettore design in years 70 for Olivetti Italy typewriting desk Synthesis
the color of the desk are white/cream and brown
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Austrian Neoclassic Parquetry Pedestal Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top over a long drawer flanked by small drawers over pedestals each with two drawers. Bracket feet. Finished all around in a design of inlay that gives a striped effect.
Category
Late 18th Century Austrian Neoclassical Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
1940's, Chinoiserie Secretary
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A petite, two part, hand-painted, lacquered, fully finished, drop front Chinoiserie bureau secrétaire from Spain. The interior of the two-door top is wallpapered in faux bamboo fretw...
Category
1940s Spanish Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Venetian Louis XV Walnut Bureau Secretaire
Located in Vo', Veneto
Shaped Venetian Bureau Secretaire in Walnut
Wood Type: Walnut and walnut burl
Period: Mid 1700s
Origin: Venice - Veneto
Dimensions:
Centimeters
Hei...
Category
1740s Italian Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Nutwood
Campaign Roll Top Desk on Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A 19th century diminutive, antique, mahogany campaign roll top desk on stand with brass plaque, brass lined case, string inlay, intriguing pop up hidden compartments, brass recessed ...
Category
19th Century English Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Oak Renaissance Cabinet, 1600 Unikat
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Cabinet We present you a unique Renaissance Cabinet from the sixteenth century, Kabinet comes from Germany. It is made of oak. Cabinet is a box furniture, it consists of an upper c...
Category
16th Century German Renaissance Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Karl Springer Superb Desk in Blue Shagreen with Bone Inlays 1980s (Signed)
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully crafted "Chinese Parson Style Desk" in stunning blue shagreen with bone inlays and three drawers by Karl Springer, American 1980's (signed “Karl Springer” on brass label ...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Bone, Shagreen, Wood
Organic Modern Madrona Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Organic modern madrona desk, Inspirational design elements lead with a mesmerizing butcher block top honed from Madrona burl finished in smoke gray.
Organically textured stainless...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Ceruse Oak Desk Attributed to Maxime Old
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful Art Deco desk. Lockable center drawer and side cabinets. Cabinets have pull-out file compartments.
Category
1930s French Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Small Art Deco Desk
Located in New York, NY
An Art Deco small desk. Amboyna with inlaid details,
red bakelite and brass pulls. Desk features four drawers
a storage cabinet and an additional storage area underneath a lift u...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Stunning Antique Victorian Fully Restored Sheraton Revival Desk Oxblood Leather
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite fully restored Victorian Sheraton Revival partner desk with oxblood leather writing surface
This is pretty much the fi...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
A Modernist Desk France 1930s
Located in HYÈRES, FR
A modernist desk from France 1930s
Minimalist form.
Drawer handle and the base are in copper.
Rosewood and copper.
Report : Fully restored by a cabinetmaker. We keep the original...
Category
1930s French Vintage Desks
Materials
Copper
Fine circa 1800 Pollad Oak Writing Bureau Desk Claw & Ball Hand Carved Legs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite circa 1800 English made Pollard oak writing bureau with ornately hand carved claw & bal...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique Pine Leather Top Partners Desk, Library Table
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Antique Pine Leather Top Partners Desk, Library Table
This is a very sturdy double sided writing desk, very rare and very attractive, the de...
Category
Mid-19th Century High Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Pine
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
Two Double-sided Mirrored Cabinets, with Carrara Slab Desk
Located in New York, NY
No. CG-001
This set includes 2 Mirrored Cabinets and a Carrara Stone Slab that bridges the two to create a desk.
The Mirrored Cabinet packs a lot of functions into one unit. Avai...
Category
2010s Vietnamese Desks
Materials
Stone, Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble
1950s Hairpin Desk with Floating Drawer and Custom Free Edge Walnut Top
By Custom Furniture Builders
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Fantastic 1950s wrought iron hairpin desk with a floating ash drawer with white laminate top and distressed brass ball pull. Featuring a custom-made free ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Painted Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 19th century French Louis XVI style painted writing desk. This piece has a lovely patina and a nice leather top. Nice! Note: This is a recent patina
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century Paul Sormani French Miniature Cylinder Writing Desk
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century French walnut miniature cylinder writing desk with brass mountings and velvet writing surface. It is signed on the Paul Sorman.
Category
19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Kingwood Bureau de Dame by Alphonse Giroux et Cie
Located in Montreal, QC
This parquetry desk has the attributes one would expect when bearing the name to one of Paris leading retailers of objet deluxe. It is bombe...gently swelling and raised on cabriole legs. It is applied with oval porcelain panels which we have not dismounted but are to Sevres standard. It extensively mounted with bronze chutes sabots and moldings of various sorts. Including a bronze pierced plaque with the monogram of the owner. It is in a small way, highly evocative of 19th century Paris at its best.
This company flourished between the consulate and 1867 when it closed. It enjoyed Royal patronage and was certainly a leading supplier of luxury goods of the highest quality.
Maison Giroux, the famous curiosity and luxury goods shop, was situated at No. 7 rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré and in business from the time of the Consulate until the end of the Second Empire. The business was founded in 1799 by Francis Simon Alphonse Giroux, cabinetmaker and official restorer of Notre Dame. “Maison Alphonse Giroux” also known as “Giroux & Cie” specialized in producing ornate objects d’art and technically sophisticated furniture. Patronized by various members of the French Royal Family, including Louis XVIII, Charles X, Henri...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
FULLY RESTORED EXTRA LARGE DOUBLE SiDED REGENCY TWIN PEDESTAL PARTNER DESK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this Museum quality, fully restored extra large double sided twin pedestal partner desk with brown leather, ...
Category
20th Century English Regency Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Contemporary Brown Lacquered Wooden Executive Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary American lacquered executive desk with brass trimmed edge and 4 drawers supported on 2 rectangular pedestals centering a vanity panel in the style of Aldo Tura.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Desks
Materials
Lacquer
Antique French secretaire Napoleon 3
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful French napoleon 3 secretaire, it has a beautiful inlaid, made of rosewood,
ALL SALES ARE FINAL, STORE CREDIT OR EXCHANGE ONLY
Category
19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Exceptional Regency Bonheur Du Jour Attributed to John Maclean
Located in Lymington, GB
An exceptional English Regency-period bonheur du jour attributed to John Maclean, ca 1810.
A fine early-19th century rosewood and brass-inlaid bonheur du...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Jack Freiden for Pace Mid Century Burlwood and Chrome Desk
By Pace Furniture Company, Jack Freiden
Located in Countryside, IL
Jack Freiden for Pace Mid Century Burlwood and Chrome Desk
This desk measures: 72 wide x 34 deep x 29 high, with a chair clearance of 25 inches
All pieces of furniture can be had i...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Rare Chinese Export Amboyna and Ebony Campaign Kneehole Desk
Located in Benington, Herts
Rare and outstanding example of an early 19th century Anglo-Chinese export amboyna and ebony campaign kneehole desk retaining the original patina with wonderful colour.
China circa 1830
One of the finest examples you will see, constructed using thick hand sawn cuts of amboyna and solid ebony with ivory stringing and countersunk brass pulls to the camphor wood lined drawers, having brass drop carrying handles to each side. The rectangular top with book matched amboyna veneers enclosed by a solid ebony boarder above a frieze drawer fitted with an adjustable inset velvet lined writing slope flanked by multiple sliding lidded compartments and pen rests.
Below is an arrangement of nine ivory strung drawers and a kneehole recess with foliate carved and pierced ankle brackets, the whole being raised on eight solid ebony turned feet.
This impressive colonial inspired desk is Chinese and would have been intended for the export market. Some years back this desk was often mistaken to have been Anglo-Indian due to the fact it shares many characteristics of Indian furniture...
Category
1830s Chinese Antique Desks
Materials
Ebony, Amboyna
Superb Parchment Covered Desk by Primavera, Art Deco, France, 1930's
By Primavera
Located in Paris, FR
Superb Art Deco desk/secretaire by Primavera. It is made of a beech wood structure, all faces entirely covered with leather (parchment). All angles are reinforced with chromed metal....
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Leather Office Chair Chesterfield Swivel Deep Button
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a Chesterfield leather office chair
Deep button leather to back and cushioned arms so very comfortable
Chair swivels ...
Category
1880s Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Drafting Table and Utility Cart, Blackened Steel and Gray Glass by Force/Collide
Located in Seattle, WA
Designed and made-to-order in our Seattle studio with artists, architects, drafters, designers and creatives in mind, the Drafting Table and Utility Cart ...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Sheet Metal
Mid-Century Modern Desk, Wood, Italy, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern desk, wood, Italy, 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Rustic Country Walnut Desk, Light Driftwood Finish
Located in Westwood, NJ
A rustic country-style solid light driftwood finished rectangular desk with a rustic finish revealing exposed saw marks. Three small oak-lined drawers to front with mortice and tenon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Desks
Materials
Wood
Rattan Wicker Pedestal Desk, Spain, circa 1980
Located in London, GB
A rattan wicker pedestal desk, Spain, circa 1980.
Comprised of six drawers, one of which is a double deep drawer ideal for files.
Neatly proportioned. In very good vintage condition.
Category
1980s Spanish Vintage Desks
Materials
Wicker
Stunning Faux Book Hardwood & Brown Leather Kidney Desk with Gallery Rail
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this absolutely stunning faux book back and sides Kidney desk with brown leather top and brass gallery rail
This is pretty much the best looking desk I hav...
Category
20th Century English Regency Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Desk Art Deco in Wood from France 1920
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
It was exhibited at Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)"
Desk
Year 1920
French
Wood and chrome
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer
It is an elegant and sophisticated ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
18th Century English George III Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a George III mahogany kneehole desk, having a total of 11 drawers and a cupboard to the centre, the desk stands on small ...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Maison Jansen attr., Ebony and Parcel-Gilt, Writing Desk, France, 1940s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Maison Jansen attr., Ebony and Parcel-Gilt, Three-Drawer Desk, France, 1950s
Ebony and gilt Hollywood Regency desk. An ebony and parcel-gilt decorated three drawer desk or writing t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Desks
Materials
Wood
Mahogany Partners Desk and Chair Set Serpentine Library Table by Wade
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Large flame mahogany serpentine front twin pedestal partners desk & matching reclining leather chair
Great for a home office set up and good size so...
Category
1980s Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Art Deco Style Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Art Deco style desk elegantly styled with golden amber burr veneer and three drawers with subtle stringing inlay. Raised on four tapering sabre leg...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
Italian Baroque Inlaid Early 18th Century Walnut and Fruit Wood Desk-Commode
Located in Troy, NY
Early 18th Century Marquetry Desk-Commode of Italian Origin, having three drawers, the top one having a fall-front featuring a desk compartment fitted...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut, Fruitwood
Georgian Cylinder Desk Period Antique Mahogany Roll Top
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Superb Georgian mahogany cylinder desk.
This cylinder desk stands upon tapered legs with brass castors.
Period Georgian
The desk features 3 oak lined drawers (note the fine dovetails...
Category
1980s Georgian Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Antique Deep Pine Sloping Clerks Writing Desk
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Antique deep pine sloping clerks writing desk
A Lovely old piece, the desk is made in solid pine, it has a sloping lid which encloses a large s...
Category
Mid-19th Century Country Antique Desks
Materials
Pine
Antique Pine Sloping Clerks Writing Desk, Greeting Station
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Antique Pine Sloping Clerks writingdesk, greeting station
A Lovely old piece, the desk is made in solid pine, it has a sloping lid which encloses a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Pine
Art Deco Desks in Wood, 1930, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk style: Art Deco
Year: 1930
Material: wood
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. It is an ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
1980s Vintage Baker Furniture Louis XV Lacquered Desk
Located in Hartville, OH
Brilliantly collaborative effort from Baker Furniture and Baker owned Mastercraft. Extraordinary chocolate brown lacquered finish with hand painted striping detailing. Large heavy br...
Category
1980s American Louis XV Vintage Desks
Materials
Lacquer
Modern Metal Leather Top Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern Metal Leather top desk, featuring a digitally carved, traditional woven cane design. The carved metal desk boasts mesmerizing textural layers.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ranch Oak Desk and Matching Chair by Brandt
Located in Lafayette, IN
Great little desk in the "Ranch Oak" style and manufactured by Brandt Furniture Co. of Fort Worth, Texas. Desk features a great size paired with that wonderful, faux-weathered wester...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
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
Exceptional Minimalistic Vintage Totally free-hanging teak 1960 Retro Desk
Located in Markington, GB
Totally free-hanging large teak 1960 retro desk, super minimalistic. it has a large desk and two cupboards. Height can be adjusted as required, it is very easy to fix to the wall (wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Gillows of Lancaster attri., Gothic Revival Oak Architect's Desk
Located in London, GB
Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. A rare Gothic Revival architect's folding desk. The top has opposing slides opening to reveal a compartment for storing drawing utensils etc. The ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique 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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