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Desks For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 1920s
France Desk Art Deco, 1920, Material: Wood
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French desk style: Art Deco Year 1920 Finish: polyurethanic lacquer. It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it un...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

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Wood

France Desk Art Deco, 1930, Material, Wood
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French desk style: Art Deco Year 1920 Material: carved wood It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. It i...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

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Wood

Contemporary Brown Lacquered Wooden Executive Desk
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American lacquered executive desk with brass trimmed edge and 4 drawers supported on 2 rectangular pedestals centering a vanity panel in the style of Aldo Tura.
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21st Century and Contemporary Desks

Materials

Lacquer

Alias 886 Small Eleven High Desk Adjustable with Oak Top and Upholstered Panels
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias 886 Small Eleven High Desk Adjustable with Oak Top and Upholstered Panels by PearsonLloyd Desk. Structure with legs in die-cast aluminium and frame in steel lacquered or pol...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desks

Materials

Aluminum

Modern Desk with Brass Supports
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern desk with rectangular starburst veneered walnut grain top with a Macadamia finish, four shagreen inlaid drawers with brushed brass handles and side supports. Dimensions: 63...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Metal

Danese Milano X&Y Small Desk in Green Metal by Paolo Rizzatto
Located in Hicksville, NY
x&Y is a series of lively and dynamic tables. The structure is in either powder-coated or galvanized metal while the top, which can be either round, square or rectangular, is availab...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks

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Metal

Alias 885 Small Eleven High Desk in Natural Oak & Black Lacquered Aluminum Frame
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias 885 Small Eleven High Desk in Natural Oak & Black Lacquered Aluminum Frame by PearsonLloyd Desk. Structure with legs in die-cast aluminium and frame in steel lacquered or po...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desks

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Aluminum

France Desk Art Deco, 1930, Material: Carved Wood
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk Style: Art Deco Year 1920 Material: carved wood It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. It i...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

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Wood

Painted Campaign Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A vintage greyed limestone painted campaign desk, with a Chinese Chippendale blind fret decorated frieze, the hinged top opening to reveal a blue leathe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Chinese Chippendale Desks

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Wood

Zanotta Calamo Desk in Black Top with Steel Frame by Gabriele Rosa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Zanotta Calamo Desk in Black Top with Steel Frame by Gabriele Rosa Varnished steel frame and top in black, white or graphite. Top and storage space in cowhide pigmentato 90. The storage space is accessed by a drop-leaf opening. Calamo is not an old-style desk with drawers overflowing with paper, but an essential element of furniture, both in function and appearance, something that could fit anywhere in the home. The collection includes a new furnishing accessory designed by young designer Gabriele Rosa: the Calamo desk-console table. With a white, black or graphite steel structure with cowhide pigmentato cover for the surface and storage space under the folding lid. Undoubtedly the writing desk still...
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21st Century and Contemporary Desks

Materials

Steel

Alias 885 Large Eleven High Desk in Natural Oak & Black Lacquered Aluminum Frame
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias 885 Large Eleven High Desk in Natural Oak & Black Lacquered Aluminum Frame by PearsonLloyd Desk. Structure with legs in die-cast aluminium and frame in steel lacquered or po...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desks

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Aluminum

Alias 886 Large Eleven High Desk Adjustable with Oak Top and Upholstered Panels
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias 886 Large Eleven High Desk Adjustable with Oak Top and Upholstered Panels by PearsonLloyd Desk. Structure with legs in die-cast aluminium and frame in steel lacquered or pol...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desks

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Aluminum

English Crossed Sabre Leg Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Handcrafted for us by a small workshop in England, this writing table embodies the quality and appearance buyers of bespoke English furniture have come to expect over the last 300 ye...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Desks

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

'005' Desk in the Manner of Pierre Chareau
Located in Glendale, CA
'005' desk in the Manner of Pierre Chareau. Handcrafted in the Los Angeles and French workshops of noted French designer and antiques dealer ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks

Materials

Steel

Italian Giorgio Collection Presidential Desk with Return Ebony Macassar Wood
Located in New York, NY
Giorgio Collection - Presidential desk with left return + 1 drawer and 1 file drawer. Top in Ebony Makassar with 6mm filet in Zebra veneer in high ...
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2010s Italian Art Deco Desks

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Stainless Steel, Chrome

French Desk with Horses in Wood, 1920
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Art Deco desk Year 1920 French It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. It has a large work surface. The quality of the furniture make it unique. It is an icon of distinction. ...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

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Wood

Modern Industrial Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern industrial desk with cast 'Vintage' metal bound top and tapered pegs with a rustic oak parquetry inlaid top with a leather inset writing surfa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Industrial Desks

Materials

Metal

Swivel Leather Desk Chair, Cubé Desk Chair
Located in Miami, FL
Cubé is a desk chair with modern lines combined with noble metal details. It has an elegant leather upholstery. The double cushioning on the seat adds to the level of comfort, while ...
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2010s Italian Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

Custom Parchment and Bone Desk
Located in New York, NY
Made to order, custom desk covered in parchment with trim detail and pulls in bone. The desk shown is in mushroom grey (custom color). Custom dimensions available.
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2010s Philippine Art Deco Desks

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Bone, Leather, Wood, Goatskin

Louis XVI Leather Top Mahogany Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A mahogany and brass mounted bureau plat desk, with a leather inset writing surface and three frieze drawers, on turned legs French. The original Lou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XVI Desks

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Brass

Industrial Equestrian Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
The Industrial Equestrian desk of walnut and reclaimed wood with an iron base. The parquetry inlaid top with five drawers is flanked by two horse heads...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Desks

Materials

Iron

Macassar Ebony Executive Desk by Bodil Kjaer
Located in Dorchester, MA
Bodil Kjaer designed the prototype for this impressive modernist desk in 1959 for the Massachusetts Institute Technology. This iteration of her work desk, a small reissue in 2007-200...
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21st Century and Contemporary Singaporean Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Stainless Steel

Rectangular Glass and Oak Writing Desk with Drawers, Sky Bridge Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Sky Bridge is a glass desk with a pure multifunctional storage unit in white oak for the contemporary digital nomad – clean, light and functional. As shown wood: White milk oak g...
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2010s Italian Modern Desks

Materials

Wood, Glass

"Swedish Grace" Period Secretary
Located in New York, NY
Grace was the inspiration for this lovely birch secretary which makes working from home a joy! Three locking drawers sit beneath a generous drop-front with 6 interior drawers, a pair...
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1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Birch

Antiqued Wood Fold-Over Rustic Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A rustic antiqued wood fold-over Campaign desk, the hinged top opening to reveal four fitted drawers, on twin baluster turned end supports and sleigh feet...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Desks

Materials

Wood

Transitional Turned Leg Jenks Writing Desk in Oak by Martin and Brockett
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin & Brockett's Jenks Writing Desk features clean-lined transitional turned legs, a solid wood top and two concealed drawers in the front apron. Shown in Light-Fumed Oak finish ...
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2010s American Desks

Materials

Oak

Modern Stainless Steel and Glass Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern stainless steel and glass desk with drawer and tempered glass writing surface. Dimensions: 54" W x 24" D x 30" H.  
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Mirrored Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
An Art Deco-style mirrored desk with silver leaf and antiqued mirror, the rectangular mirror paneled top above three drawers with brass handles, on mirror inset square tapering legs....
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Desks

Materials

Glass, Wood

Emmett Desk Large, Handcrafted Solid Wood Desk
Located in Stevenson, WA
The Emmett desk is a simple asymmetrical desk with exposed offset box joints and turned tapered legs. Spread your papers out, pile your books in a corner, op...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks

Materials

Hardwood

French Kidney Shaped Hand Painted Desk and Chair 1920's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-1072 Kidney shaped desk and matching chair with hand painting and carved detailing Brass railing and two small drawers and large center drawer. Chair...
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1920s Vintage Desks

Materials

Brass

Pedestal Desk in the Biedermeier manner
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A blond wood burr veneered and ebonized pedestal desk with inset leather top and diamond design inlaid ends. The design is taken from Biedermei...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Biedermeier Desks

Materials

Birch, 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

Materials

Walnut

Rúna Small Desk, by Isabel Ahm from Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
Timeless desk with a poetic idiom and a neat little drawer. With its pure and Classic design, Rúna creates a space around itself and boosts your entire interior design whether the de...
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21st Century and Contemporary Slovenian Modern Desks

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Wood

Art Deco Vanity Table or Desk After Style of Ruhlmann
Located in Oakland, CA
French Art Deco Desk In Style of Ruhlmann. Macassar wood was chosen and the “ivorite” plastic details were shaped and inlaid by master craftsmen working to create this timeless classic. A real signature of the Grand Art Deco period. The finish is pure “French” polish with parchment leather inlay as part of the writing surface of the desk. The drawers are all joined in the class French tradition, heavy and meaningful. You’ve probably only ever seen a piece like this in books on Art Deco. This custom piece was made for our shop, the goal was to re-create this famous Ruhlmann desk...
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21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Art Deco Desks

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Macassar

Slide Wall Desk
Located in Vandoma, PT
The combination of the black base of its pieces and oak veneer geometric patterns, give this collection a modern, elegant and timeless character. Modern and widely customizable wi...
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2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Desks

Materials

Iron

Cascade Wall Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This wall-mounted desk by Bourgeois Boheme Atelier is inspired by the French mid-century design. Crafted in oak, this compact desk is perfect for today needs, it is compact, versatil...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

Mahogany Leather Top Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A mahogany and flame veneered writing table, the tooled leather inset top with protruding rounded corners above three frieze drawers on turned legs with brass castors. Dimensions:...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese George III Desks

Materials

Leather, Wood

English Walnut Burl Two-Drawer Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
This two-drawer walnut writing desk is made for us by our English cabinetmaker. Using time-honored techniques, this table is created in just the same fashion as it would have been 20...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Desks

Materials

Leather, Walnut, Burl

Zanotta Calamo Desk in White Top with Steel Frame by Gabriele Rosa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Zanotta Calamo Desk in White Top with Steel Frame by Gabriele Rosa Varnished steel frame and top in black, white or graphite. Top and storage space in cowhide pigmentato 90. The storage space is accessed by a drop-leaf opening. Calamo is not an old-style desk with drawers overflowing with paper, but an essential element of furniture, both in function and appearance, something that could fit anywhere in the home. The collection includes a new furnishing accessory designed by young designer Gabriele Rosa: the Calamo desk-console table. With a white, black or graphite steel structure with cowhide pigmentato cover for the surface and storage space under the folding lid. Undoubtedly the writing desk still...
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21st Century and Contemporary Desks

Materials

Steel

Pavilion AV16 Black Desk by Anderssen & Voll for &tradition
Located in Dubai, AE
A light and lyrical aesthetic compact desk intended to suit both office and home spaces. The Pavilion desk is made of a tabletop laminated with linoleum...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks

Materials

Steel

Giorgio Collection Absolute Presidential Desk Glossy Japanese Tamo Wood
Located in New York, NY
Desk in moka japanese tamos burl veneer in high gloss polyester with 5 full extension drawers with bottom velvet inside and 1 file drawer on each side. Lock on the first right facing...
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2010s Italian Art Deco Desks

Materials

Polyester, Ash

French Provincial Secretary Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French provincial secretary desk with an angled arched cornice above two paneled doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the midsection ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial Desks

Materials

Wood

Emmett Desk Small, Handcrafted Solid Wood Desk
Located in Stevenson, WA
The Emmett Desk is a simple asymmetrical desk with exposed offset box joints and turned tapered legs. Spread your papers out, pile your books in a corner, open the laptop, draw for h...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks

Materials

Hardwood

Regency Style Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine inlaid Regency style writing table with two frieze drawers, turned and fluted legs that have acanthus cast brass capitals and feet, made of solid mahogany and figured Etimoe v...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Desks

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Leather Inset Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Art Deco style fumed figured Eucalyptus veneered desk, the rectangular stainless steel strung top centered by a tooled leather writing surface and a demi lune cut-out, with three frieze drawers with stainless steel handles, on turned legs with stainless steel castors...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Desks

Materials

Stainless Steel

English Walnut Burl Three-Drawer Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Created for us by an English cabinetmaker with whom we have been associated for over 30 years, this walnut writing desk has Classic lines that would blend well in a modern setting. I...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Desks

Materials

Leather, Walnut, Burl

SET AIMARA Small, Medium & Large Alpaca Silver Photoframes
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The waves on a choppy lake, rough by the wind, inspire the design of alpaca boxes and picture frames of this family, whose name comes from the tribe that dwelled in the North Argenti...
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2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desks

Materials

Metal, Sheet Metal

'Nido' Mid-Century Modern style Desk in Brazilian Hardwood by Knót Artesanal
Located in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro
Nido desk is comprised of an ample work area and a slim drawer all enclosed by delicate slats and suspended upon four slender legs. The offset drawer pull breaks the symmetry of the ...
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2010s Brazilian Minimalist Desks

Materials

Wood

Simply Modern Writing Table, 49
Located in Westwood, NJ
An elegant modern writing table with two singular leather-wrapped drawers, our Cardamon finish on the veneered frame (and handles) with panel end supports and brushed brass finish ac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks

Materials

Wood

Simply Modern Writing Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
An elegant modern writing table with three singular leather wrapped drawers, our Cardamon finish on the veneered frame (and handles) with panel end supports and brushed brass finish ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks

Materials

Wood

French design & connected executive desk in solid wood, by Christophe Lecomte
Located in Landivy, FR
This minister's desk is part of the TRAPEZ collection designed by the Vendée designer Christophe Lecomte, who combines noble materials, aesthetics and uptodate office functionalities. This collection includes several desks and storage units to equip personal offices, private practices and companies. This large writing table is made of French high-valued solid and veneer ash wood sourced in sustainable managed and PEFC certified French forests. With TRAPEZ, work free and with only 1 single wire on the floor between your desk and the wall. With the integrated power strip (3 electrical plugs and 2 USB chargers), you will be able to plug your office electronical...
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2010s French Modern Desks

Materials

Wood, Ash

French Leather Top Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French neoclassic style mahogany, cerejeira veneered and crossbanded writing desk, the rectangular burnished leather inlaid top above one long and one short frieze drawers, and an ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Neoclassical Desks

Materials

Leather, Wood

Custom Mahogany and Parchment Desk Featuring Three Central Drawers
Located in New York, NY
Custom parchment and mahogany writing desk. This desk is custom made. It can be crafted in your choice of wood and finish, mahogany, cerused oak, parchment top, shagreen etc. Lead Ti...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks

Materials

Mahogany, Parchment Paper

Class Desk with a Walnut Wood Top and Graphite Finished Metal Base 55''
Located in Miami, FL
The Class desk was designed by our Uultis team with a walnut wood finish top and a graphite-finished metal base, representing lightness and practicality in ...
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2010s Brazilian Desks

Materials

Metal

Rustic Country Style Writing Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Rustic country reclaimed oak and mahogany trestle desk, the planked rectangular top above a frieze with three recessed panel drawers, on turned column splayed end supports secured ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Desks

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Wood

Fred Desk Top in Saddle Extra Leather Testa di Moro Dark Brown
Located in New York, NY
This desk is a meeting of light, almost ethereal geometries. Roberto Lazzeroni creates a piece of furniture in which the visual pleasure of a continuous saddle-leather surface is underlined by delicate hand-produced incisions and cold markings that create refined graphic decorations. A special procedure makes it possible to curve the front of the saddle-leather without any need for internal supports. The ideal companion of the desk is the Ginger chair...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks

Materials

Leather, Ash

I Do desk from the Alexandre Arrechea SoShiro collaboration
Located in London, GB
'I do' is a desk made of pear wood and aluminium as part of Alexandre Arrechea and SoShiro’s collaborative Layers collection. It is inspired by the installation CHAOS, which communic...
Category

2010s Italian Desks

Materials

Aluminum

Essentials Desk by Uhuru
Located in Pasadena, TX
Essentials Desk by Uhuru. Measure: 59" Donald Judd Minimalist inspired desk with powder coated steel legs and ebonized walnut veneer top by Brooklyn-based Uhuru. New in box. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Desks

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Steel

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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