Desks
2010s French Directoire Desks
Brass
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desks
Mahogany
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Desks
Oak
1970s American Modern Vintage Desks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks
Steel
Early 2000s Belgian Art Deco Desks
Bronze
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Oak
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desks
Metal, Sheet Metal
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Desks
Brass
1920s Vietnamese French Provincial Vintage Desks
Rosewood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Leather, Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Brass
Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Desks
Birch
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Steel
1840s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Desks
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Brass
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Mirror, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Chrome
1940s Belgian Vintage Desks
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century American Federal Antique Desks
Brass
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Cherry
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Desks
Wood
Late 18th Century Irish George III Antique Desks
Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desks
Stainless Steel
1880s French Country Antique Desks
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Desks
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Neoclassical Desks
Leather, Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Bamboo
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Desks
Wood
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Desks
Wood
2010s Polish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Brass
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Desks
Wood
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Desks
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Walnut
Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Desks
Walnut
1950s American Vintage Desks
Copper, Nickel
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Oak
1860s Italian Baroque Antique Desks
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Aluminum
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Leather, Mahogany
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Chrome
20th Century English Victorian Desks
Leather, Satinwood
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Desks
Oak
1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Glass, Birch
19th Century English Antique Desks
Satinwood
1950s Italian Renaissance Revival Vintage Desks
Wood
Early 1900s Chippendale Antique Desks
Mahogany
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Desks
Mahogany
19th Century Victorian Antique Desks
Walnut
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Rattan, Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Brass
20th Century Italian Art Deco Desks
Glass, Walnut
2010s Indian Bohemian Desks
Wood, Teak
1930s French Provincial Vintage Desks
Porcelain, Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Wood, Walnut
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Ormolu
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Desks
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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