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Desks For Sale
19th Century English Mahogany Butler's Desk Unrestored - Restoration in Progress
Located in Unionville, TN
This early 19th-century English mahogany butler’s desk, dating to circa 1800-1810, exemplifies the craftsmanship and refined utility of its time. Crafted from richly grained mahogany...
Category
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Ernst Schwadron, a Vladimir Kagan Made Unique Desk, circa 1945
Located in Sharon, CT
When showing this desk at a 'Modernism Show', Vladimir Kagan related to me that this desk was executed by him as a teenager in his father's New York City workshop, for the Austrian/A...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Poplar
Carlton House Desk Satinwood 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This Rather Impressive Satinwood Carlton House Desk Stands Upon Tapered Legs With Brass Castors.
Circa 1880
The Desk Features 3 Mahogany Lined Drawers.
The Shaped Superstructure Havi...
Category
Early 1800s Antique Desks
Materials
Satinwood
18th Century Baroque Secretaire, Lake Constance Region
Located in Belmont, MA
18th century baroque secretaire, Lake Constance region. Two-drawer body on curved square feet, foldable desk, inside six drawers, a wide shelf and a sec...
Category
1750s German Baroque Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Modern Desk with Drawers in Argentine Rosewood & Bronze from Costantini, Lorenzo
By Costantini
Located in New York, NY
Lorenzo Modern Desk with Drawers in Argentine Rosewood & Bronze from Costantini
Measurements are 66" W x 33" D x 29.5" H
This Classic ye...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Desks
Materials
Bronze
Black Glass Wall Mount Console Table
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Black glass wall mount console table with brass sabot's.
Category
2010s American Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
$7,800 / item
Modern Industrial Leather Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A modern industrial leather desk with a solid hammered metal base. It has three drawers accented with cast brass campaign drawer pulls.
Dimensions...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
$2,850 / item
Italian Mid-Century Modern Executive Table Desk by Vittorio Dassi, 1960s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stylish Italian Mid-Century Modern executive desk in bordeaux color designed by Vittorio Dassi in the 1960s. Hexagonal top shape, the double brass bar support with high adjustable le...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Walnut Centre Table/ Desk
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
19th century pale walnut centre table/ desk, 1890.
Dimensions:
63 inches (160 cms) wide
39 inches (99 cms) deep
30.5 inches (77 cms) high.
Category
19th Century Belgian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Empire Bureau Plat Desk Kingwood Empire 1840
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Fine quality satinwood and king wood French Empire bureau plat
With ormolu mounts on cabrio legs
Such a lovely desk, look at the quality to the casting of the ormolu mounts
Features ...
Category
1840s Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Kingwood
Rare Napoleon III French Empire Bureau De Plat Gilt Bronze Writing Table Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Napoleon III French Empire desk with gilt bronze oversized fittings
A very decorative and collectible desk in period lightly restored condition throughout. The desk comes complete with all original gilt bronze fixtures and fittings including two keys for the locks. It has four large drawers to the front, the left drawer is a very large single drawer with a safe drawer...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
$5,784 Sale Price
30% Off
1940's Italian Secretaire with Reverse Painted Glass
Located in Hanover, MA
Golden birch veneered drop front secretary desk with three drawers and reverse painted glass panel of stylized Egyptian women and a chariot...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Glass, Birch
Oak Desk from Jean Prouvé Workshops, 1950
Located in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, FR
Oak Desk from Jean Prouvé Workshops, 1950
Vintage Design
This emblematic oak office, awarded to the prestigious Jean Prouvé workshops, a remarkable centerpiece of the industrial des...
Category
20th Century French Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Antique Oak Twin Pedestal Desk
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
Edwardian antique oak twin pedestal desk with nine drawers with all of its original circular brass ring handles, having an inset leather hide writing sur...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desks
Materials
Oak
Circa 1900 French Burl Elm and Ebony Table Slope Top Secretary
Located in Chicago, IL
C1880-1900 Beautiful French Burl Elm Slope Table Top Secretary, with secondary woods of ebony, satin and an entire interior made from rosewood. Exterior trimmed in brass. Lovely un-r...
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks
Materials
Brass
English Chippendale Style Oval Mahogany Desk
Located in Queens, NY
English Chippendale style (19th Century) oval mahogany desk with gallery top and drawer.
Category
19th Century British Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
English Hepplewhite Mahogany Tambour Writing Desk. Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English five drawer Hepplewhite tambour writing desk with fitted interior, satinwood string inlay, original brasses, and terminating on satinwood...
Category
18th Century and Earlier British Hepplewhite Antique Desks
Art Deco Style Walnut and Maple Reception Desk
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Art Deco style walnut and maple reception desk
This very stylish Art Deco style desk is made with beautifully figured Bird’s Eye Maple inset panels, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Desks
Materials
Maple
Louis XV style flat desk decorated with lake scenes. Circa 1850.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louis XV style flat desk in red lacquered wood decorated with golden lake scenes, with 3 drawers on the front, a leather top and a curved base. Key.
French work realized circa 1800-...
Category
19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
French Kingwood, Gilt Metal and Porcelain Mounted Bonheur Du Jour
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century French kingwood, gilt metal and porcelain mounted Bonheur du jour, with quarter veneered panels in crossbanded surrounds, the upper part with a cavetto top, appli...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Kingwood
Large black oak desk with three 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 oak walnut wood and wood covered wit...
Category
2010s Polish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Small Directoire Cylinder Desk In Mahogany
Located in Kent, Dover
A small French Directoire mahogany cylinder desk, with brass detailing throughout. The roll top hiding a witing slope with a tooled leather top and two drawers. Above, a marble galle...
Category
1790s French Directoire Antique Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Mid-Century Teak Desk by Svante Skogh for AB Möbelfabriken Balder, Sweden, 1950s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
A desk designed by Svante Skogh for the Swedish manufacturer AB Möbelfabriken Balder in the 1960s. A desk with a unique, creative design, made with attention to every detail. It has ...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
1860s French Boulle Writing Desk
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1860s French boulle writing desk. No shelves.
Category
1860s Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
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
Antique Jacobean William and Mary Greek Key Carved Mahogany 3 Drawer Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Jacobean William and Mary Green Key Carved Mahogany 3 Drawer Desk. Item features carved "chinoiserie" details, turn carved spiral legs and s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Freestanding Teak Desk, Denmark, 1960s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
This desk made in Denmark in the 1960s. It is made of teak wood with profiled handles. It consists of two modules, on the left and right there are three drawers. The teak elements h...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Vintage Desk, Designed by M. Puchała, Poland, 1960s.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Vintage desk - refurbished.
Type 20-11 / Var II designed by Mieczyslaw Puchala, manufactured by Glucholaskie Fabryki Mebli.
Manufactured at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s.
The fu...
Category
1960s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
French Mahogany Marble Top Buffet with Mirror Maison Koenig, Liège, 1895
Located in Sofia, BG
Large mahogany Art Deco buffet Maison Koenig Liège made in 1895. There is light beige marble top, three drawers and two front doors with origi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Deco Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$3,562 Sale Price
30% Off
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
18th Century George III Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a very good quality 18th century George III mahogany kneehole desk, having a well figured mahogany top, above a brushing slide with a single drawer below. The desk has a ...
Category
18th Century English Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Bird's-Eye Maple and Walnut Art Deco Desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bird's-eye maple and walnut Art Deco desk with nine drawers.
Category
1930s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Custom 5, Drawer Lacquered Desk
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Custom, made to order 5-drawer lacquered desk with polished chrome & lucite pulls.
Category
2010s American Modern Desks
Materials
Chrome
$14,650 / item
Table Desk, Roman Travertin, Glass and Gold Brass, circa 1970, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Table desk,
Glass top,
The Roman travertine base decorated with gilded brass bars,
Visible nuts,
circa 1970, France.
Measures : Width 160 cm, depth 80 cm, height 71 cm.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Travertine
Large black desk with two solid drawers and shelf in mid century modern style
Located in ZIELONA GÓRA, PL
Large desk in mid-century style with two drawers, shelf and brass handles. The tapered legs are finished with brass plated aluminum feet. Desk made of solid oak wood and wood covered...
Category
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Secretaire Napoleone III, France, 19th Century, Black
Located in Prato, IT
France, second half '800
Lastronate in ebanized wood.
Inlay in brass, copper, pewter, mother-of-pearl.
Marble top in "Fior di pesco".
Inside three drawers with leather top with g...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
An Exceptional 19th Century Irish Fall Front Bureau by Butlers of Dublin
Located in Dublin, IE
An exceptional 19th Century Irish, finely carved and richly patinated mahogany fall front bureau by Butler of Dublin. The moulded fall front opens forwards revealing a writing surface which rests on two pull out slide supports and a fitted interior comprising of an arrangement of eight line inlaid serpentine cubby holes flanking central cupboard with intricate marquetry detail, depicting a military officer in period dress, armed with sword and shield...
Category
19th Century Irish Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Mount Airy Janus Mid Century Walnut Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Mount Airy Janus mid century walnut desk
This desk measures: 46 wide x 24 deep x 29.5 high, with a chair clearance of 24.5 inches
A...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Brutalist Hammered Iron Podium with Art Glass Insert Panels and Lucite Top
Located in Round Top, TX
Brutalist hammered iron podium with art glass insert panels and lucite top. Great condition. Extremely cool.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desks
Materials
Iron
18th c. Partners Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exceptional 18th-century ebonized petite partners desk, richly adorned with finely cast ormolu mounts. This rare and refined piece is a testament to the exquisite craftsmanship of...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
$3,200 / item
Black desk with two solid walnut drawers in mid-century modern style
Located in ZIELONA GÓRA, PL
Oak desk in mid-century style with two drawers and brass handles. The tapered legs are finished with brass plated aluminum feet. Desk made of solid oak wood and wood covered with nat...
Category
2010s Polish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Custom Black Lacquered Office Writing Desk with Brass Inlay by Carrocel
By Carrocel
Located in North York, ON
This is a custom hand crafted desk that is not a production piece. It is only made to order and is made from bespoke materials designed just for this one piece. Solid maple drawers w...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
British Oak Arts and Crafts Desk
Located in London, GB
This is a really good desk, plenty of storage and beautifully made by Wylie and Lochhead of Glasgow. The original locks are by Hobbs and Sons - and we have the keys.
It featured i...
Category
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Desks
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century Portuguese Olaio Desk in Oak
By Olaio
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Olaio desk in oak. A representative example of functional and robust 20th century design, it has a solid structure with a spacious rectangular top, ideal for office tasks. The left s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Oak
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Desk with a Tilting Top
By Olaio
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Mid-20th century Portuguese desk with a tilting top. Its functional design is typical of the 1930s to 1950s. The piece features a symmetrical structure with ten drawers, five on each...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
20th Century Portuguese Desk in Oak
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Portuguese desk from the first half of the 20th century. With a robust and functional structure, representative of administrative furniture from the first half of the 20th century. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century Portuguese Olaio Desk in Wood
By Olaio
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Portuguese desk from the first half of the 20th century. With a robust and functional structure, representative of administrative furniture from the first half of the 20th century. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century English Desk with Carved Feet
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Desk with turned feet. The top has an overlap of small side compartments made up of symmetrical drawers, six in all, as well as a recessed central space that serves both to support o...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Arnold Bros Hardwood Chippendale Drop Front Bureau Desk Lovely Timber
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1900 mahogany drop front bureau in the Thomas Chippendale style made and stamped by Arnold Bros
A good looking and well-made p...
Category
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Hardwood
Mid-Century Brown Leather Covered 2-Drawer Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century leather wrapped rectangular desk with two drawers with brass drawer pulls.
Vintage condition. Large scuffs in leather.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
French Bureau Plat Marquetry Leather Top Desk with Orig. Ormolu Mounts, C. 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
French bureau plat marquetry leather top three drawer desk with hearing bone inlays, three opposite side faux drawers, original floral ormolu mounts, brass escutcheons, brass knobs, ...
Category
1770s French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu, Brass
Lines White Inlay Work Desk
By Anni Albers
Located in New York, NY
Elevate your home office or workspace with our exquisite bone inlay work desk, a stunning addition that seamlessly blends timeless craftsmanship with modern sophistication. Adorned w...
Category
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Bone, Wood
Italian Mid-Century Executive Table Desk designed by Osvaldo Borsani, 1940
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Questa scrivania stupenda è stata disegnata da Osvaldo Borsani negli anni '40 del Novecento. La linea sagomata sul fronte nella parte del cassetto centrale, il retro della scrivania ...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Chest of Drawers Biedermeier from 1840
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
We present very good condition, elegant and functional Chest of Drawers Vienna (Austria), made of walnut tree from 1840.
(Biedermeier was a style in the art, literature , music a...
Category
1830s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Maitland Smith style Tobacco Leaf Desk
Located in Raleigh, NC
A unique tobacco leaf wrapped desk with pencil drawer. Circa 1980s and possibly made by Maison Jansen. This piece is finished on all sides an...
Category
1980s Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Mahogany Davenport Writing Desk
Located in Benington, Herts
This attractive mahogany Edwardian Davenport / writing desk, circa 1900s has been constructed from quality solid mahogany having a raised back above a fall front moulded edge writing slope with a raised and fielded panelled cupboard door standing on bracket feet.
The Davenport's top section has a brass hinged mahogany lift up lid to reveal an original lead lined storage...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Sheraton Revival Satinwood Writing Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th Century Sheraton revival satinwood and inlaid writing desk / cabinet attributed to Edwards & Roberts, the inlaid shaped frieze having chequer line inlaid quarter round shelves below flanking the fall profusely inlaid including a pair of birds drinking from a fountain, the fall dropping down to reveal various compartment spaces with a lovely shaped frieze and two drawers with original brass lion mask ring handles, there is a further single oak lined drawer below the fall, the bottom section there is an incurved oak lined drawer at the centre with original brass turned handles...
Category
1880s British Sheraton Antique Desks
Materials
Satinwood
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood, Tulipwood, Ormolu and Leather Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most exquisite and very high-quality French 19th century Louis XV style kingwood, tulipwood, ormolu, and leather desk. The desk is raised by elegant slender cabriole legs with fine...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Bureau Bookcase Oak German Serpentine Front Original Brassware Working Locks
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A large, museum quality, 18th century, German, oak bureau bookcase with a serpentine front, original brassware and working locks
As fine an example of this model of German cabinet f...
Category
1740s German Rococo Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
De coene desk Alfred hendrickx style Belgium 1950
Located in Linkebeek, BE
De coene desk Alfred hendrickx style Belgium 1950
Wear consistent with age and use.
Belgium Furniture - For Bellform
Category
1960s Vintage Desks
Materials
Beech
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.
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