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Chippendale Desk Chair Mahogany Leather Arm Seat
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Impressive mahogany Chippendale style desk chair Circa 1900 This chair is raised upon cabriole legs with carved shells to the knees and boldly carved ball and claw feet The chair fea...
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Early 1900s Chippendale Antique Desks

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Mahogany

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...
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Desks

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Oak

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...
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Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Desks

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Walnut, Fruitwood

19th Century English Lap Desk on Stand
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A 19th century English lap desk presented on a later custom stand. The burl veneer case is mounted with brass edging and fitted with a lock and recessed brass hardware. The hinged to...
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19th Century British Antique Desks

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Brass

19th Century Swedish elm and birch escritoire writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century swedish elm and birch escritoire writing desk circa 1870. Superb quality scandinavian birch and elm writing desk with drawers. This piece features birch sides and top ...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Desks

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Birch, Elm

1970s Italian Vintage Curved Nickel Legs 3-Drawer Ash Tree Center Desk/Console
Located in New York, NY
A Mid-Century Modern center desk in ash tree of clean sleek shape, very well designed, the top surface with quality rounded corners and minimum thickness to allow 3 functional drawer...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Iron, Nickel

Antique Bureau Plat French Inlay Desk Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Quality antique French desk or bureau plat Classic look crafted from kingwood with original ormolu fixtures Good size at five feet - 154 CM - wide Great for a home office set up Boug...
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1920s Vintage Desks

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Kingwood

Baroque Bureau-Desk, Northern Italy, Lombardy, circa 1720
Located in CH
Baroque bureau cabinet or desk, Baroque, Northern Italy, Lombardy, circa 1720. Walnut burl wood and fruitwood veneer and inlaid with reserves and fillets. Front with hinged wri...
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Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Desks

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Walnut, Burl

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...
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2010s Vietnamese Desks

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Stone, Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble

Art Deco Australian Walnut Desk/Console Table by Betty Joel
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Art Deco Console/Desk by Betty Joel. Australian walnut vennered with three upper drawers with original walnut handles. Original makers label to back. Signed and dated. Dimension...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Desks

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Walnut

Original Georgian / Regency Military Campaign Desk with Large Map Drawer
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning circa 1800-1820 original Georgian / Regency Military campaign desk with large top map drawer ...
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Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Desks

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Hardwood

19th Century French Louis XV Style Kingwood & Ormolu Mounted Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine 19th century French Louis XV style Kingwood, Walnut and ormolu mounted Bonheur Du Jour, the superstructure fitted with twin panel door applied w...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks

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Ormolu

Large 19th Century English Amboyna Burl & Brass Lapdesk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large 19th Century English Amboyna Burl & Brass Lapdesk
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19th Century English Antique Desks

Materials

Brass

21st Century Charles Dix Desk, White Ebony, White Maple and Brass, Made in Italy
Located in Nocera Superiore, Campania
A contemporary and refined reworking of the Charles X secretaire rouleaux. The Charles 10 desk is an expression of the increasingly interconnected contemporary man, secretly building in the details of albino white ebony. Thanks to the precious albino ebony veneers and the refined craftsmanship, Charles 10 will help you create in your home that exclusive design in which you can express yourself at your best. What makes this desk unique, extraordinary and precious is the use of a very rare wood: Albin White Ebony. An anomaly compared to the perfectly uniform and dark ebony grain we are used to. A natural work of art reborn into a design object. Features Desk with rouelau door and pull-out top in albino white ebony, interior with drawers and secret compartments in white maple, brass shelves, gold leaf secret. Available with wooden or brass wings...
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2010s Italian Desks

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Brass, Gold Leaf

Stunning Hardwood & Brass Military Campaign Workstation Desk for Home Computer
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Military Campaign style home office desk / workstation This piece was specially designed to house a tower PC, you have the space on ...
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20th Century English Campaign Desks

Materials

Brass

1940s Johnson Furniture Co Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Slant Front Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A rare 1940s Johnson Furniture Co Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Slant Front Desk with 3 drawers with dovetail construction, all very well functioning. Recently refinished and in great ...
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Mid-20th Century American Chippendale Desks

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Brass

English Red Mini Kneehole Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
English Venezian Red Mini Kneehole Desk with raised Chinoiserie. Hand painted and crafted by Kipper himself in our shop; truly making this vibrant desk a one of a kind. He was inspir...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Chinoiserie Desks

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Brass, Gold Leaf

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. ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

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Wood

Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Cylinder Bureau
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry cylinder bureau. Stamped to the reverse of the bronze mounts 'PB'. The top of Sarrancolin marble above a tambour with a central mount depicting Minerva. The marquetry depicting allegories of Geography and Astronomy. The interior has a green-leather covered pull out writing slide below an arrangement of drawers and cubby-holes. The back and sides intricately inlaid with marquetry of military and Maritime trophies. The sides with pullout leather-lined slides. The kneehole with a frieze drawer and three short drawers to the sides. France, Circa 1880. This desk is inspired by the bureau de roi, begun by Jean-François Oeben and completed by Jean-Henri Riesener for Louis XV in 1769 (now at Versailles) featuring similar marquetry panels, as well as a bureau à cylindre, also by Riesener, formerly thought to have been made for King Stanislas of Poland, but now identified as being supplied to the comte d'Orsay (now in the Wallace Collection). The present lot is however most similar in form to a secrétaire à cylindre...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks

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Bronze

Olavi Hänninen "Paletti" Rosewood Desk
Located in New York, NY
A Scandinavian Modern desk with highly figured rosewood veneered carcass. Designed by Olavi Hänninen (Finnish 1920-1992) for HMN Huonekalu Mikko Nuppone, Lahti 1960s. Veneered in Rio...
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1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks

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Rosewood

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...
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2010s European Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

French Empire Bronze / Mahogany Vanity
Located in Tarry Town, NY
French Empire style mahogany vanity / dressing table with gilt bronze mounted design and oval attached mirror, front pulling drawer and side pair of candelabra. The vanity / dressing...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Desks

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Ormolu

18th Century Scandanvian Rococo Giltwood and Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 18th Century Rococo carved giltwood and Walnut bureau bookcase, having wonderful scrolling foliate and plume decoration to the cornice, a single mirror door with gi...
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Late 18th Century Scandinavian Rococo Antique Desks

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Walnut, Giltwood

Brazilian Rosewood Desk by Joaquin Tenreriro
Located in Hudson, NY
Joaquim Tenreiro (1906–1992) was among the leading furniture designers and visual artists in mid-20th century Brazil. The Tenreiro-designed desk, shown here, is made in solid wood a...
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20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Rosewood

Louis XV Style Writing Desk by François Linke
Located in New Orleans, LA
Superior craftsmanship and elegant bronze work characterize this tambour front roll top writing desk by François Linke, the most important French ébéniste of his time. Linke is celeb...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks

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Bronze

French Escritoire Desk Mahogany Antique, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
French Mahogany Escritoire. Circa 1860 This Escritoire Stands Upon Turned Feet. Having Fluted Turned Columns, 3 Lower Oak Lined Drawers and 1 Upper Mah...
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1860s Antique Desks

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Mahogany

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...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

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Wood

Unusual Antique Burr Walnut Marquetry Inlaid Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique burr walnut marquetry inlaid bureau having a quality burr walnut rectangular top above a pretty crossbanded marquetry inlaid fall...
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1920s English Vintage Desks

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Walnut

50° Desk Italian, Material, Wood
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
wood desk from the 50s, Italian. Desk 1950s Country: Italian Finish: polyurethanic lacquer It is an elegant and sophisticated desk. We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

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Wood

Victorian Writing Table Mahogany Desk Holland and Sons 1870
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Mahogany 2 drawer writing table. Circa 1870 This writing table comes with the makers mark of Holland and Sons The writing table is raised upon ring turned legs with original brass ca...
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1870s Victorian Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Solid Oak Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality antique oak desk, having an arrangement of nine drawers, remaining in very good condition for its age. Width: 107cm Depth: 54cm Height: 77cm
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Early 20th Century English Desks

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Oak

English Antique Style Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modeled after classic 19th-century English pedestal desks, it features a richly figured mahogany construction with a tooled leather writing surface set into the top. The surface incl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Desks

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Brass

Newly Refinished - Mid-Century Modern Two-Tone Lacquered Writing Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Expertly Refinished With over 15 years of experience, our workshop has followed a careful process of restoration, showcasing our passion and creativity for vintage design...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

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Walnut, Lacquer

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...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks

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Mahogany

Mechanical Desk by Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in New Orleans, LA
This superb mechanical desk by famed French ebeniste Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley is both an artistic and engineering achievement. A Parisian ca...
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19th Century French Antique Desks

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Other

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany And Ormolu Mounted Partners Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany and ormolu mounted partners desk signed by Victor Raulin. The desk is raised by circular tapered fluted legs...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks

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Ormolu

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"...
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1980s American Empire Vintage Desks

Materials

Brass

Federal Birch Slant Front Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice early 19th century Federal Birch New England Slant Lid Desk likely New Hampshire in origin around 1800-1830. Made of solid Birch with four large graduated inlaid drawers ...
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Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Desks

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Birch

Restored Gothic Revival Desk Side Bookcases Drawer Writing Slope Pugin Gillows
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare Gothic Revival circa 1840 solid oak partner desk with top drawer writing slope and side bookcases made by either Gillows of Lancaster or Pugin Where to begin, this desk has been on a journey, when I first received the piece it looked like it had been French polished and waxed around 20 times, it had a very clumpy sticky finish, my restorers have stripped back all that horrible guck, they have then lightly stained and French polished it the correct way which has kept all the period patina and simply made it golden, The leather top and writing slope top has been replaced with fully aniline natural cattle hide leather that was plain, I’ve then had my leather polishers dye it this gorgeous whisky brown colour. Lastly there was various small timber repairs which have been done with antique timber...
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1840s English Gothic Revival Antique Desks

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Leather, Oak

Black Lacquered Ormolu Desk / Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
French Louis XV writing desk featuring cabriole legs, exquisite ormolu, and a glossy black lacquered top. The elegant gilt bronze fittings protect the edges and at the same time acce...
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1940s French Louis XV Vintage Desks

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Brass

English Mahogany 18th Century Slant Top Desk
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a Classic George III mahogany slant top desk. The slant front drops to reveal a series of small drawers and document compartments over ...
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1780s English George III Antique Desks

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Mahogany

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...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks

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Ormolu

Large Transitional Style Bureau Plat After Oeben
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in BARSAC, FR
Exceptional bureau plat based on the model made by Jean-François Oeben around 1750 and currently on display at the Louvre Museum. This desk uses the same basics as the famous desk of...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks

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Bronze

Arne Vodder styled Mid Century Desk with Allan Gould Chair
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A wonderful walnut desk with boomerang sculptural top , two drawers one small and one file sized with brass pulls . Also includes a Allan Gould compass desk chair which was used by t...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Upholstery, Walnut

French 19th Century Transitional St. Bureau À Cylindre Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and palatially scaled French 19th century Transitional st. Moucheté Mahogany and ormolu Bureau à Cylindre desk. The exceptional thirteen dr...
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19th Century French Antique Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Large Art Deco Oak Desk in the Style of Dominique, circa 1930-1940
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large Art Deco oak desk in the style of Dominique, circa 1930-1940.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

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Oak

Dining Table / Desk "100/20" by Vincent Vincent in Solid Ash Modern Design VV114
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Dining table / desk in solid ash wood, designed and made by the cabinetmaker Vincent Vincent from Lyon. This table, which can be used as a desk, can be completed with the chairs and ...
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2010s French Organic Modern Desks

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Ash

Early 20th Century Kidney Shaped Desk
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Early 20th Century kidney shaped desk. Flame mahogany veneered on solid mahogany. Three upper drawers with two lower cupboard sections alos with interior drawers. Dimensions: H ...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Desks

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Walnut

Restored Nanna Ditzel for Søren Willadsen Rosewood 4-Drawer Desk Made in Denmark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This desk was designed in the early 1950s by esteemed designer Nanna Ditzel for production by Søren Willadsen. Ditzel studied design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts with oth...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

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Rosewood

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...
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20th Century English Campaign Desks

Materials

Brass

Console, Attributed to Michel Ducaroy, circa 1970
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Console - Attributed to Michel Ducaroy, circa 1970. Rosewood and stainless steel Measures: L 130 x P 43.5 x H 63 cm Good condition!
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1970s European Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Stainless Steel

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...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

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Rosewood

Italian modern black wood, steel and smoked glass Desk by Formanova, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern black wood, steel and smoked glass Desk by Formanova, 1970s L-shaped desk with rectangular top in smoked glass. Under the top there are two modules of different sizes ...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desks

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Metal, Steel

Mahogany Swedish Desk David Rosen, circa 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare mahogany desk David Rosen Sweden, circa 1960. 2 Drawers key included. Nice vintage condition.
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

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Brass

Desk Art Deco, 1920, France, Materials: Wood and Bronze
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk Style: Art Deco Year 1920 Wood and bronze Finish: polyurethanic lacquer. It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

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Bronze

Period Regency Davenport Desk 1815
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This Handsome Davenport Stands Upon Turned Feet. Having an Arrangement of 4 Oak Lined Graduated Drawers Which Retain Their Original Knobs. Period Regency - circa 1815 The Interior Fe...
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18th Century Regency Antique Desks

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Oak

Modern Milano Leather Painted Wood Desk on Metal Base
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Modern Milano Leather Desk is functional for work or play, with 2 covered leather drawers with pulls, and a center touch-latch wooden drawer. Custom sizes and finishes availa...
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2010s American Modern Desks

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Steel

Regency Desk Mahogany X Frame Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Regency Mahogany Writing Table. This Quality Table is Raised upon Cross Frame Supports with Original Box Brass castors. The Writing Table Features a Turned Stretcher, 2 x Oak Lined D...
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1980s Regency Vintage Desks

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Mahogany

French Ladies Desk Kidney Bean Bonheur Du Jour Louis XV-style
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous French ladies desk of kidney bean form The desk is Louis XV-style and features parquetry inlay work to the top, back and ...
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1930s Louis XV Vintage Desks

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Bronze

Mid-Century Modern Desk by Wim Wilson for Castelijn, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Desk by Wim Wilson for Castelijn, 1960s
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1960s Vintage Desks

Materials

Wood

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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