Desks
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Hardwood
19th Century English Louis XV Antique Desks
Ormolu
21st Century and Contemporary American Desks
Oak
Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Desks
Brass
19th Century French Antique Desks
Walnut
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Leather, Mahogany
2010s Italian Art Deco Desks
Polyester, Ash
20th Century English Campaign Desks
Brass
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks
Metal
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Bronze, Ormolu
1950s Argentine Space Age Vintage Desks
Wood
1820s William IV Antique Desks
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Teak
20th Century Italian Desks
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Brass
1950s Vintage Desks
Mahogany
19th Century North American Federal Antique Desks
Mahogany, Satin
1980s Georgian Vintage Desks
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Unknown Bauhaus Desks
Metal
19th Century English Antique Desks
Ormolu
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Rosewood
19th Century Antique Desks
Rosewood
2010s Brazilian Minimalist Desks
Wood
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Desks
Nickel
1980s French Modern Vintage Desks
Beech
1920s Vintage Desks
Walnut
1870s British Victorian Antique Desks
Kingwood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Teak
1960s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Porcelain, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Danish Louis Philippe Antique Desks
Walnut
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Wood
1890s British Arts and Crafts Antique Desks
Wood
Early 20th Century Unknown Federal Desks
Wood
Early 20th Century American Chippendale Desks
Mahogany
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Leather, Wood
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Desks
Brass, Iron
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Desks
Teak
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desks
Wood
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Desks
Walnut
Late 18th Century Antique Desks
Abalone
1950s Italian Space Age Vintage Desks
Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Metal, Bronze
20th Century Louis XV Desks
Bronze
1940s Vintage Desks
Pine
1950s French Space Age Vintage Desks
Wood, Leather
1960s Vintage Desks
Wood
2010s Federal Desks
Leather, Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Desks
Hardwood, Paint
19th Century American Eastlake Antique Desks
Walnut, Burl
1840s English Victorian Antique Desks
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Brass, Ormolu
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Brass
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Desks
Walnut
19th Century English Antique Desks
Brass
Mid-19th Century European Gustavian Antique Desks
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
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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