Desks
2010s Italian Desks
Stainless Steel
2010s Indian Bohemian Desks
Wood, Teak
Early 19th Century Unknown Early Victorian Antique Desks
Wood
1870s Victorian Antique Desks
Walnut
1740s German Rococo Antique Desks
Oak
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Palisander
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Teak
2010s American Regency Desks
Mahogany
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Bone, Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Teak
19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Walnut
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Desks
Metal
Mid-19th Century English Antique Desks
Rosewood
1840s Antique Desks
Walnut
20th Century English Sheraton Desks
Satinwood
1840s Empire Antique Desks
Kingwood
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Wood
2010s American Desks
Bronze, Other
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Desks
Chrome
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Teak
18th Century English Chippendale Antique Desks
Mahogany
18th Century English Antique Desks
Walnut
1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Desks
Walnut
1880s British Sheraton Antique Desks
Satinwood
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Wood
19th Century English Antique Desks
Oak
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Desks
Brass
1890s French Louis XV Antique Desks
Bronze
1820s Georgian Antique Desks
Mahogany
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Mahogany
1960s Vintage Desks
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Renaissance Desks
Walnut
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Glass, Walnut
1870s French French Provincial Antique Desks
Oak
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Leather, Oak, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Bronze
1960s Danish Modern Vintage Desks
Teak
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks
Oak
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Desks
Glass
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Desks
Bronze, Ormolu
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Desks
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Desks
Aluminum
2010s French Modern Desks
Metal
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Desks
Cast Stone, Brass
19th Century English Antique Desks
Mahogany
1840s French Biedermeier Antique Desks
Wood
20th Century Desks
Wood
1980s Modern Vintage Desks
Wood, Maple
1790s French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Mahogany
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Metal
1760s English Georgian Antique Desks
Brass
1880s Antique Desks
Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Mahogany
2010s French Modern Desks
Metal
1950s American Regency Vintage Desks
Bronze
1850s English Early Victorian Antique Desks
Hardwood
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Bronze
1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Desks
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.
Read More
Ask an Interior Designer: Work-from-Home Edition
Leaping into a design project, whether it's refreshing the bedroom or redoing the whole house, can be overwhelming. Luckily, we know more than a few interior designers. You asked questions on Instagram, and now they're answering.
18 Home Offices for Workaholic Design-Lovers
Proof that working from home is a perk.