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Desks For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 20th Century
19thC English Faux Bamboo Bleached Pine Side Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1820
19thC English Faux Bamboo Bleached Pine Side Table /Writing Table
sku 1615
W99 x D49 x H75 cm
Category
19th Century Antique Desks
Materials
Pine
19th Century English partner desk made of burl walnut
Located in Eindhoven, NL
An impressive English partner desk made of burl walnut, draped in history and craftsmanship. This partner desk is a monument of elegance and functionality.
The use of burr walnut wo...
Category
1860s British Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bonheur du Jour
Located in Lisbon, PT
A very fine 19th century French Louis XV style Kingwood and Rosewood, Walnut and ormolu mounted Bonheur du Jour.
A twin panel door applied with oval Sevres porcelain panels, enclosin...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Edwardian Marquetry Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Edwardian marquetry bureau, having a cross banded fall, opening to a fully fitted interior consisting of pigoen holes, d...
Category
19th Century Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Louis XV Style Slant Front Desk in Coromandel Lacquer
Located in NICE, FR
We present you a beautiful antique black slant-front desk in Coromandel lacquer, representing the opulent Louis XV style. The desk showcases images of scenes of Chinese daily life, t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
STUNNING ANTiQUE VICTORIAN HONEY OAK TWIN PEDESTAL DESK HAND DYED BROWN LEATHER
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely sublime circa 1860-1880 Honey Oak Victorian pedestal desk with aged hand dyed brown leather ...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Oak
Oak Store Counter with Two Brass Slots for Money Storage
Located in Chicago, IL
Oak store counter with two money slots made of brass. Lots of storage. Great condition.
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Stickley Style Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Slant Front Secretary Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mission or Arts & Crafts slant front writing desk or secretary desk
In the manner of Stickley Brothers
USA, Circa 1900
Quarter ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks
Materials
Copper
Late Victorian Mahogany and Inlaid Desk
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5320 A Late Victorian, mahogany pedestal partners desk with inlaid sides, having original black leather to inlaid top above a centre drawer flanked by further satinwood inlaid draw...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Moorish Style Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Desk and Chair Set
Located in Miami, FL
Very fine antique Moorish style mother-of-pearl inlaid writing desk and chair set, circa 1920's. This hand-carved, intricately detailed example has absolutely incredible inlay work o...
Category
Early 20th Century Syrian Moorish Desks
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Mounted Bonheur du Jour by Louis Grade
Located in Lisbon, PT
Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Ormolu mounted Bonheur du
Jour by Louis Grade.
This beautiful Bonheur du Jour is a superb example of the taste, a...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Figured Walnut Pedestal Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality antique figured walnut desk, having a shaped, hand coloured leather hide writing surface, above two long drawers in the ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Flat Top Desk in Louis XVI Style
Located in NICE, FR
This Louis XVI-style writing desk from the Napoleon III period exudes exquisite craftsmanship thanks to its use of mahogany and opulent gilded bronze embellishments. Its tabletop is ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century George III Style Red Japanned Knee-Hole Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century George III chinoiserie knee-hole desk. The gilt chinoiserie is on a red lacquered background. Decorated bracket feet support the three central drawers flanked by a set o...
Category
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Oak Store Paneled Counter or Desk w/ Birds Eye Drawer Fronts
Located in Milford, NH
A nice example of an oak store paneled counter or six drawer kneehole desk, each dovetailed drawer with round wooden pulls and birdseye maple drawer fronts, a molded edge rectangular...
Category
Early 20th Century American Desks
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Oak
Medium Oak Hotel Restaurant Reception Hostess Greeting Station, Greeter
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Medium Oak Hotel Restaurant Reception Hostess Greeting Station, Greeter
A very neat Front of House Reception Greeter, the front of the desk has a sh...
Category
Early 1900s Art Deco Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Louis XV Style Showcase 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A stunning Vernis Martin vitrine cabinet, glazed paneled doors with painted gallant scenes and exquisite ormolu mounts.
Four beautiful hand painted panels “H . Martin “ signed by the family descendants of the Martin brothers (in the court of Louis XV) the first importers of lacquer painting who kept the art through the generations.
Two central panels with romantic courting couples and the other two landscape scenes.
Veneered wood, bronze mounts, curved glass with satin lined interior with two glass shelves.
Vernis Martin.
The Martin brothers were famous painters, gilders and varnishers who also worked for Louis XV in Versailles. Their dynasty lasted for almost eight decades, during which time they practiced in many fields, producing
toilet sets, box sets, mirrors, small objects, cases, furniture, wood ornamentation, carriages and coaches.
The Martins’ reputation and excellence overshadowed a great number of other painter-varnishers of the time they created a stylistic resurgence,
associated with the technique of peinture à l’huile vernie-polie, which was directly connected to the art and style...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
English Mid 19th Century Mahogany Partners Desk in Three Parts, Tooled Leather
Located in Wells, ME
English mid 19th century mahogany pedestal partners desk with drawers and cupboards. This classic partners desk comes in three parts, as most desks made in the earlier part of the 1...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Cowhide, Mahogany, Oak
Edwardian inlaid mahogany desk
Located in Salisbury, GB
Edwardian inlaid mahogany desk
This Edwardian inlaid mahogany desk was made circa 1910, the ‘age of elegance.’
The desk with the green gilt tooled writing surface with the mahogany s...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Mahogany and Brass Inlays Travel Desk on Stand
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century Mahogany and brass and brass inlays traveling lap desk on stand. Measures 22.5"W x 12"D x 22.5"H
Knee clearance is 16" depth. Lentgh while open is 23.5".
Category
19th Century Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Bamboo and Birch Satinwood Secretary Desk
Located in Downingtown, PA
Bamboo and Birch Satinwood Desk
19th century
An exotic bamboo and satinwood desk in a Chinese Chippendale style. The upper section is topped with a pierced gallery accented with fin...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Bamboo, Birdseye Maple, Satinwood
19th Century French Kingwood cylinder desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th Century French Kingwood cylinder desk of exceptional quality, the top structure having a pierced brass gallery with a veined marble top and three drawers below with decorative o...
Category
1890s French Antique Desks
Materials
Kingwood
French 19th Century Desk and Game table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This piece is just wonderful and so refine. When you pull the drawer, a small top desk appears that can be open to the inside drawer.
The top of the table can be unfold to be game ta...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Oak School Desk or Lectern
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century oak school desk or lectern. Lift top reveals document compartment, over two lower drawers each with inlaid fruitwood key escutcheon (no k...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Federal Birch Slant Front Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice early 19th century Federal Birch New England Slant Lid Desk likely New Hampshire in origin around 1800-1830. Made of solid Birch with four large graduated inlaid drawers ...
Category
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Desks
Materials
Birch
Louis XV Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Black and gold Desk with red leather top
Category
19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV style walnut roll top desk with large drawer and upper compartments.
Located in Oakville, ON
A charming roll top desk in the style of Louis XV made in walnut having interesting and attractive hand carved elements. The size is perfect to fit in smaller place in your home. it is highly decorative and functional. There is a large drawer as well has a leather table top that will accommodate a laptop...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Walnut
Art Deco Bar J.Langer
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Art Deco bar Szczepan Lojek, Julian Pietrzyk from Poland Krakow, from 1910-1920.
Category
1910s Polish Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Palisander
Late 19th Century Vintage Regency Hand Painted Floral Writing Desk and Chair
Located in west palm beach, FL
An exceptional vintage Regency writing desk. A beautiful hand painted finish with chic gilt touches. A flip down style with coordinating chair. A beautiful all over patina from time....
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Wood, Paint
RESTORED ViCTORIAN HARDWOOD MARQUETRY INLAID & BROWN LEATHER DAVENPORT DESK
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning lightly restored Victorian Rosewood with Marquetry inlay Davenport desk finished with a hand d...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
British Colonial Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century British colonial partners desk hand crafted in well grained mahogany with a tooled leather top on a case with three drawers on either side over two pedestals ...
Category
19th Century English British Colonial Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
French Mahogany Art Nouveau Writing Desk Signed Louis Majorelle
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Signed ‘Louis Majorelle’ Art Nouveau desk with the sinuous lines and curves typical of the style. Four curved-front drawers retaining their original ormol...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century tall pine lecture writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century tall pine lecture writing desk circa 1870.
Unusual standing desk which would have possibly been used for giving lectures or for concierge admi...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Pine
19th Century Buffet Secretaire, Escritoire Cabinet Cherrywood, France
Located in Labrit, Landes
Antique buffet escritoire secretaire cabinet, made circa 1900
Desk very convenient to store and close in a room with several functions
A good quality centre work and writing table: t...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Cherry
Antique English George III Mahogany Slant-Front Secretary Desk
Located in Sheridan, CO
Antique English George III mahogany inlaid slant front secretary writing desk, 19th c. This desk features a thin line of inlay surrounding the slanted desk top and each drawer. The b...
Category
Mid-19th Century British George III Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Greco America Empire Flame Mahogany Quervelle School Secretary 19th C
By Anthony Gabriel Quervelle
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique American Empire secretary in the manner of Quervelle offers deeply striated flame mahogany construction with Greco-Roman features having upper bookcase with double glass doors with arch...
Category
19th Century American American Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Glass
Antique Rare Victoria Regina Military Campaign Pedestal Desk, circa 1880
Located in Pulborough, GB
The Antique Rare Victoria Regina Military Campaign Pedestal Desk, circa 1880, is a truly exceptional piece of furniture that marries style, func...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany, Kingwood, Satinwood, & Ormolu Desk
By G. Grimard
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and high quality French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Kingwood, Satinwood and Ormolu center table/desk, signed Grimard, Paris. The table is raised by four slender circular tapered fluted legs ending with topie shaped supports with Ormolu sabots and top reeded Ormolu bands. The four legs are joined by an 'X' shaped stretcher decorated by an Ormolu band in a woven pattern on both sides of the stretcher and leading to two circular reserves with Ormolu rosettes above a Rosewood mottled tier. The top of the legs are decorated by a richly carved pierced Ormolu bands with intertwined berried laurel and beaded designs all over Ormolu chandelles in each flute. At the apron are two drawers, each with all of their original locks, and decorated with rectangular Ormolu bands and berried laurel keyhole escutcheons. At the four rounded corners are fanciful rosettes framed...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Directoire Influenced Book-Matched Rosewood Writing Table or Desk
Located in Southampton, NJ
19th c. Rosewood writing desk or work table of impressive book matched fiery grains, original Directoire style brass pulls with inlay details throughout the entire piece. A striking ...
Category
19th Century French Directoire Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
England Partner Desk / Double Desk in Solid Mahogany, circa 1880
Located in Lüdinghausen, DE
Double desk solid mahogany England circa 1880 Partner Desk
Features:
Body and tabletop solid mahogany, drawers softwood inside
High quality
All drawers dovetailed
Original han...
Category
19th Century Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Wooden Desk Organizer
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden desk organizer created in 19th century France. Ornate, tidy, and presenting a collected sense of purpose, this desk organizer makes a perfect addition to a work surface. A t...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Adam Decorated Satinwood Ladies Cylinder Desk, Circa 1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Adam decorated ladies desk offers satinwood construction with roll top opening to interior with storage compartments and pull-out writing surface, over three drawers, rais...
Category
Early 20th Century Adam Style Desks
Materials
Satinwood
Art Nouveau desk in walnut , Viennese Secession, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Nouveau desk in walnut , Viennese Secession, circa 1900
patina to be redone, small lack of plating
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
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
Georgian Baroque Bow Front Painted Console Side Table
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Georgian Baroque Bow Front Painted Console Side Table
A Unique piece, the table dates from around 18oo, it is decorated in Harlequin, the table stands on ...
Category
Early 1800s Antique Desks
Materials
Paint
Victorian Mahogany Desk Hamptons and Sons London 1840
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A free standing desk by Hamptons & Sons of Pall Mall London in flame mahogany
Circa 1840
Refined piece of furniture, great for a home office set up
The two drawers fitted with brahmar locks
Hampton and Sons were cabinet makers of antique furniture...
Category
1840s Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Walnut Desk, Slant Front Desk, Drop Front Bureau, Scotland 1910
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Walnut Desk, Inlaid Walnut Slant Front Desk, Drop Front Bureau, Antique Furniture, Scotland 1910, H1141
+ Scotland 1910
+ Solid Walnu...
Category
1910s Scottish Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
ANTiQUE RESTORED LIONS HAIRY PAW FEET BROWN LEATHER PEDESTAL DESK BRAHAM LOCKS
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite, antique Lion's Hairy Paw desk in flamed mahogany with ori...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Antique Kingwood French Louis XV Marquetry Inlaid Cylinder Desk
Located in Parkesburg, PA
Kingwood Marquetry inlay through out, slide out leather surface writing area, brass top gallery with marble inset, concave frieze above the cylinder, exterior 3 short, and 1 long dra...
Category
1850s French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Kingwood
Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Victorian burr walnut davenport, of unusual form, having a brass galleried top, above a green baise writing surface, with a hinged fall opening to an inter...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Figured Walnut Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality antique figured walnut bureau, having a fall front opening to a fitted interior, above three oak lined drawers, standing on elegant cabriole legs the burea...
Category
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Desks
Materials
Walnut
A Fine George III Style Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A massive partners desk having a black leather tooled inlay and gilt embellishments. The whole having twelve drawers and brass pulls in three parts.
Lacking a key.
Dimensions: 60" ...
Category
Late 19th Century George III Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
English Georgian style walnut pedestal desk
Located in Salisbury, GB
Georgian style walnut pedestal desk
This fine quality Georgian style walnut pedestal desk was made circa 1910.
It is a rare design with the stepped top above the pedestals below. A l...
Category
1910s English Georgian Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century English Lacquered Bamboo Writing Table Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century lacquered bamboo writing desk with tooled leather writing surface decorated in the Chinoiserie style. Decorated in the birds and floral fashion of the style. Features fi...
Category
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Desks
Materials
Bamboo
Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Galleried Mahogany Burl and Marquetry Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
An outsanding Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted , Mahogany Burl and Marquetry Desk with top gallery. Very good antique condition. Intricate Marquetry work all over to the legs terminati...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Antique French Neo Classic Art Deco Writing Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive French writing desk having a dramatic mixed wood top crafted with a burled walnut center crossbanded in zebra wood with brass borders on a mahogany case having five drawe...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Brass
William IV Library Table Desk Period Antique
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Quality William IV Library Table.
19th Century
This Library Table Stands Upon Shaped and Carved Legs with Carved Claw Feet and Original Castors.
The Supports Being of a Turned and Fl...
Category
19th Century William IV Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Turn of the Century Carlton House Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
Inlaid Mahogany Turn of the Century Desk
1905
Mahogany Carlton House style desk. Moulded and curved upper section with three quarter pierced...
Category
Early 20th Century European Edwardian 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.
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