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Desks For Sale
Style: Georgian
Style: Regency
Anglo Chinese/Chinese Export Qianlong Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
An exceptionlal and very rare Qianlong period Chinese export Bureur, Constructed in Hauli and Huanghuali wood in China during the first half of the 18th century for a wealthy English...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese George II Antique Desks
Materials
Padouk
Superb Quality Large Antique George III Mahogany Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality large antique George III mahogany bureau having a superb quality mahogany fall opening to reveal a fitted interior co...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Other
George II Walnut Bureau of Small Proportions c. 1740
Located in Heathfield, GB
A good George II walnut bureau c. 1740 of warm rich colour and condition and of a small and compact size.
Beautiful matched burr walnut veneers to the drawer fronts, top and fall fro...
Category
18th Century George II Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Desks
Materials
Brass
English Yew Wood Leather Top Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Antique 19th century English desk crafted in well grain and burled yew wood, having the original tooled mustard leather top now aged to perfection, nine drawers in front, finished ba...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Yew
Karges Regency Style X Base Writing Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Karges Regency Style X Base Writing Desk
This desk measures: 44.25 wide x 21 deep x 29.75 high, with a chair clearance of 24 inches
We take our photos...
Category
Early 2000s American Regency Desks
Materials
Metal
Georgian Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality 18th Century, George III Period, Mahogany Kneehole Desk, Having Well Figured Rectangular Top Over Arrangement Of Drawers, Retaining Original Brass Handles, Surrounding Central Cupboard Door, Raised On Elegant Original Ogee Bracket Feet.
As a general rule kneehole desks like this are a smaller, more compact version of the more typically found pedestal desk, with some form of an arrangement of drawers around a central set recessed cupboard the must popular design and layout. There are of course many different designs to be found along the same theme, but as a general rule this is the typical form of an 18th century kneehole desk...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique George 11nd small Kneehole Desk, English Circa 1745
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine original antique kneehole desk or dressing table from the mid-18th century, thought to have the provenance of being part of the es...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Desks
Materials
Hardwood
Regency Amboyna and Gilt Library Table Attributed to Seddon and Morel
By Morel & Seddon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency amboyna and gilt library table attributed to Seddon and Morel, with a rectangular top set upon solid end supports with a turned, reeded an...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Amboyna
George III Style Blind Fretwork Mahogany Table Desk w/ Gallery
Located in Germantown, MD
A George III Style Blind Fretwork Mahogany Table wrting Desk. Measures 48" in width, 25" in depth and 30" in height and 32" in height includin...
Category
Late 20th Century American George III Desks
Materials
Brass
Early Georgian antique walnut bureau
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
An early eighteenth century veneered walnut bureau of a good original colour and patina.
Category
1720s English George II Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
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
Early 19th Century George l Style Secretary
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a charming George l style walnut diminutive secretary. The domed cornice over a conforming cabinet door has a mirror plate. The bottom section contains a drop-front opening t...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
Georgian Mahogany Metamorphic Chest
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A rare English Georgian Mahogany Metamorphic Chest with a slide out drawer that reveals a drafting slope. Chest has the original cast iron handles.. The chest is constructed from bea...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique English Regency Mahogany Kneehole Desk c. 1820
Located in Westfield, MA
This Antique English Regency Mahogany Kneehole Desk, dating back to circa 1820, is a striking example of the elegant and functional furniture of the Regency period. Its rich mahogany...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Early Georgian Antique Walnut Bureau
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Antique George I Walnut Bureau
An early eighteenth century small veneered walnut bureau of a particularly lovely original colour and patina; original brass handles and bracket feet; ...
Category
1720s English George I Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
George II Style Walnut Pedestal Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with inset brown leather over a cushion frieze with three drawers, the reverse finished but no drawers, pedestal base each containing three drawers. Bracket feet.
Category
1740s English George II Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Rare Burr Walnut George II 18th Century Kneehole Desk, circa 1730-1740, England
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Rare Burr walnut George II 18th century kneehole desk / bachelor's chest, circa 1730-1740. England
The superb quarter veneered burr walnut top is bordered by a fine feather stringing, cross-banded and edged with cross-grain ovolo mouldings.
Six oak lined drawers bearing their original locks and handles and escutcheons surround the central burr walnut cupboard...
Category
Early 18th Century English George II Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut, Burl
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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Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Regency Monumental Carved Georgian Secretary Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
This Vintage Regency Georgian Secretary Desk features intricate carved details and a classic silhouette. Its drop-front design opens to reveal ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Regency Desks
Materials
Glass, Wood
Yew Wood Pedestal Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
This Classic English style desk features a file drawer in the left-hand pedestal, a modern convenience not found in an antique desk. The three-piece, gold tooled tan leather and tuli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Desks
Materials
Leather, Yew, Mahogany
George I Bureau Desk Walnut Chest Drawers
Located in Potters Bar, GB
George I Walnut Bureau.
This Bureau Stands Upon Bracket Feet and Features an Arrangement of 2 Over 2 Oak Lined Drawers.
18th Century
The Drawers and the Fall Having Herringbone Inlays.
The Interior Having an Assortment of Drawers and Pigeonholes.
The Bureau Retails its Original Handles, Escutcheons and Loper Pulls.
The Bureau is of a Good Warm Antique Walnut Colour.
Category
18th Century George I Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century English Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century English mahogany pedestal desk.
(Light honey color to mahogany).
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Desks
Georgian Revival Partners Desk Mahogany 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Large Georgian style mahogany partners desk
This impressive desk stands upon a plinth base
Each side of the desk having an arrangement of 6 mahogany lined drawers and 1 cupboard
Circ...
Category
1860s Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Mahogany Brass Inlaid Knee Hole Desk for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An elaborate and very well made Antique European Knee-Hole Desk. Finely constructed and in a high lacquer polish. The lighter wood top with darker cross banding, brass bands and cur...
Category
19th Century European Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
The Best - Georgian Sunburst Inlaid Mahogany Lap Desk C. 1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, circa early 1800's.
An exceptional and rare 19th century mahogany lap desk inlaid with impressive arrays of sunbursts to the corners and central sun form motif. These moti...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
George III Mahogany Partner’s Desk, circa 1770
Located in London, GB
A George III Mahogany Partner’s Desk with tooled black leather inset top above six frieze drawers, above opposing cupboards enclosing further drawers.
English c.1770
Additional info...
Category
18th Century George III Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in Essex, MA
In one piece, with rectangular top with inset red leather top with ratcheted additional writing surface, over three short drawers over two banks of three drawers , the reverse with false matching...
Category
1760s English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Rosewood Slant Lid Writing Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Finely crafted with a hinged leather writing lid enclosing a fitted interior comprising drawers. The sides with pull out slides and a drawer for pens and ink. Raised on circular tape...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Custom Walnut Shaped Top Partners Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
Three part, English walnut burl modified partners desk with uniquely shaped top and pedestals. File drawer to one pedestal, graduated drawers to the other. Opposite side has three dr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Burl
Large Antique George II Mahogany Desk c. Mid 18th Century
Located in Westfield, MA
This Large Antique George II Mahogany Desk, crafted in the mid-18th century, is an exceptional example of Georgian design, combining both form and function with timeless beauty. The ...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th-early 19th Century Georgian Architect's Stand
Located in Charleston, SC
Very unique late 18th-early 19th century Georgian architect's stand. The Stand resembles a kneehole desk, yet is 40.5" tall. The center drawer is over a Gothic shaped door concealing 2 shelves. There are 5 graduated drawers on either side and fluted quarter columns framing the interior and exterior sides.
Would make a great stand up desk, work station or host stand.
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique George II period mahogany kneehole desk
Located in London, GB
A fine George II period figured mahogany Kneehole Chest, having moulded edged crossbanded cleated top above various drawers retaining original brass bac...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Burl Elm Bonheur De Jour
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular shelf superstructure with two shelves and three drawers with ebony trim , the base with a flip up writing surface thats felt lined over a drawer and raised on square...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Elm
Mid-19th Century Georgian Style Mahogany Knee Hole Desk
Located in Manhasset, NY
Mid-19th century Georgian style mahogany knee hole desk in very nice original condition. The case having a single top drawer with a knee hole center flanked by three by three drawers...
Category
Late 19th Century Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
George I Walnut Secretaire Kneehole Desk
Located in Lymington, GB
An early-18th century English walnut secrétaire kneehole desk.
George I-period (1714-1727), circa 1720.
Of exceptional waxed honey colour and lovely old patina, with well-matched veneers.
With a quarter-veneered top. Six short drawers below a hinged fall revealing a writing section, all surrounding a central recessed cupboard. There is a small, shaped pull-out drawer fitted in the apron.
All finely inlaid with herringbone lines. Raised on its original bracket feet. Swan-neck handles probably fitted later in the 18th century. Locks and keys are mostly original. Walnut veneered and crossbanded sides.
Nb. Having a fitted secrétaire (secretaire) drawer distinguishes this antique walnut kneehole desk...
Category
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th century mahogany kneehole desk, the rectangular moulded edge top having a brown leather writing surface decorated with blind and gold tooling, a selection of eight graduated oak...
Category
1780s British Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Custom Mahogany Regency Style Writing Desk by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is made-to-order traditional mahogany writing desk made in the Leighton Hall shop. It features a cathedral mahogany top with a satinwood inlay, inlaid and tapered legs, dovetail...
Category
2010s American Regency Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Bureau Desk Flame Mahogany 1820 Period
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous period Georgian bureau desk
Wonderful piece of antique Georgian furniture
Look at the patina and grain to the flame mahogany
Top opens up to reveal writing...
Category
1820s Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
C18th Mahogany `Grendy` Kneehole Desk
By Giles Grendey
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A well made early Geo III mahogany kneehole desk in the manner of Giles Grendy, of unusual form and features. Slightly oversized it holds a presence of quality craftsmanship, with c...
Category
1760s English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Desk , Small English Knee Hole Desk with Tooled Leather Top, Serpentine Front
Located in Toronto, CA
A serpentine curved front, small English kneehole desk in classical mahogany Georgian styling. The gold(ish) brown antique looking tooled leather...
Category
20th Century English Georgian Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Exquisite Regency Period 1815 Hardwood Kneehole Desk with Lion Hairy Paw Feet
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original circa 1815 Regency bow front kneehole partner desk in solid mahogany with Lion hairy paw feet
A good looking and well-made ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Hardwood
Georgian Mahogany Bachelors Chest England Circa 1790
Located in Hudson, NY
Very handsome, 18th century bachelors chest with pull out writing surface.
Made with dense hard mahogany and oak. It may be small but it is heavy and substantial. We'll make peace wi...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Oak, Mahogany
Georgian Crossbanded Walnut Console
Located in Charleston, SC
19th Century Georgian crossbanded walnut kneehole console. Rich color burl top with herringbone inlay and crossbanding over graduated drawers and kneehole cabinet resting on bracket ...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Rare Antique English Regency Rosewood Davenport with Spring-Loaded Pen Drawer
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
This wonderful early 19th century Antique English Rosewood and ebonized Davenport or Ship Captain's Desk is one of the finest we've had in recent years. Davenports or Ship Captain's Desks are so-named originally for a Captain Davenport...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
George II Oak Dressing Table or Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
George II oak desk or dressing table with a single drawer above three short drawers flanking an arched center kneehole with cabinet door, brass hardware, England, early 18th century.
Category
18th Century English George II Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Very Fine Chippendale Period Satinwood and Marquetry Desk
Located in Lymington, GB
A very fine Chippendale-period satinwood and marquetry desk.
English, George III-period, circa 1770.
The considerable use of the best quality mahogany in the carcass is typical of the very fine work of Thomas Chippendale.
It is rare today to find an 18th-century satinwood and marquetry-inlaid desk of this quality. (Most offered on the market are 19th/ 20th century). Major, period satinwood pieces have become almost unobtainable.
The superbly-controlled and delicate marquetry inlays are reminiscent of the fine decoration on the famous Diana and Minerva Commode by Chippendale at Harewood House...
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18th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Satinwood
Vintage Regency Johnathan Adler Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
This vintage Regency desk by Jonathan Adler exudes bold sophistication with its sleek lines and glamorous design. Finished in a luxurious lacquer or wood, it’s the perfect blend of m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Desks
Materials
Wood
English George II Style Chest of Drawers, Bookcase and Drop Down Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A truly magnificent mahogany George II style bookcase fitted writing desk and a chest of drawers. The upper section having numerous folio/file drawers and compartments, a leather lin...
Category
Late 19th Century English George II Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage French Regency Rosewood Walnut Cartonnier Desk Table Bronze Paw Feet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
High quality custom English / French Regency style rosewood and walnut vintage cartonnier desk with bronze paw feet. Item features a walnut frame with ...
Category
1950s American Regency Vintage Desks
Materials
Bronze
Regency Cylinder Desk Mahogany Furniture, 19th Century
Located in Potters Bar, GB
English regency cylinder desk.
A very nice quality cylinder desk.
Raised upon stylised bracket feet.
19th century
Featuring 3 graduated oak lined drawers.
The whole of the desk ...
Category
1890s Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Mahogany Lady's Writing Cabinet
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A fine Regency lady's writing cabinet in figured mahogany with black ebony inlay: Good colour and patina. Opening writing flap with lidded compartments for ink bottles and pens.
Category
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
Period Early George III Mahogany Architects Work Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine period architects table was made in England, circa 1760 to 1770. Crafted from imported mahogany this was a costly and impressive form of furniture for a gentleman architect working in the country of a fashionable society interested in art, craft, engineering and aware of the burgeoning power of the Industrial revolution taking place throughout the world but very much so in England. Designed to expand, lift for standing work and to examine and hold large worksheets, the piece contains a full...
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Mid-18th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Architect's Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Architect's Desk.
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
George I Bureau Desk Walnut Chest Drawers
Located in Potters Bar, GB
George I walnut bureau.
This bureau stands upon bracket feet and features an arrangement of 2 over 2 oak lined drawers.
18th century
The drawers and the fall having herringbone inlays.
The interior having an assortment of drawers and pigeonholes.
The bureau retails its original handles, escutcheons and loper pulls.
The bureau is of a good warm antique walnut colour.
Category
Early 1800s George I Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Captains Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A George III period mahogany kneehole captains desk. Rare example of 18th century campaign furniture. Rich, dense Cuban mahogany inlaid with ivor...
Category
18th Century George III Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
English Maple Davenport Desk of the Late Georgian Period
Located in London, GB
Constructed in a finely figured and patinated Maple; rising from a plinth base, incorporating four graduated drawers to the side, with turned wood knobs; the other three sides of fie...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Maple, Leather
George I Bureau Desk Walnut Chest Drawers
Located in Potters Bar, GB
George I Walnut Bureau.
This Bureau Stands Upon Bracket Feet and Features an Arrangement of 2 Over 2 Oak Lined Drawers.
18th Century
The Drawers and the Fall Having Herringbone Inlay...
Category
18th Century George I Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
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.