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Desks For Sale
Early 19th Century mahogany tambour desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 19th Century mahogany tambour desk, the cylindrical tambour top opening to reveal a fitting writing interior comprising of central cupboard with thr...
Category
1820s British Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French Empire Style Mahogany Writing Desk W/ Red Leather Top
Located in Astoria, NY
Handsome mid-20th century French writing desk, made in French Empire style and sourced from Provence, France. Expertly handcrafted from rich mahogany, the desk features a rectangular...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Brass
$2,736 Sale Price
28% Off
Rare Antique English Regency Rosewood Davenport with Spring-Loaded Pen Drawer
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
This wonderful early 19th century Antique English Rosewood and ebonized Davenport or Ship Captain's Desk is one of the finest we've had in recent years. Davenports or Ship Captain's Desks are so-named originally for a Captain Davenport...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
$5,738 Sale Price
24% Off
Lines Sky Blue Inlay Desk, Handcrafted by Artisanal
Located in New York, NY
Elevate your home office or workspace with Artisanal's exquisite sky blue and white inlay desk—a stunning addition that seamlessly blends timeless craftsmanship with modern sophistic...
Category
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Bone, Wood
$2,620 / item
Florence Knoll Mid Century Walnut and Chrome Executive Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Florence Knoll Mid Century Walnut and Chrome Executive Desk
This desk measures: 60 wide x 30 deep x 28.75 high, with a chair clearance of 27.5 inches
All pieces of furniture can be...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Italian Art Deco Parchment Desk Attributed to Osvaldo Borsani, 1940s
Located in Meda, MB
Elegant Art Deco desk made in Italy in the 1940s and attributed to Osvaldo Borsani. The top and sides are entirely covered in fine parchment, beautifully restored. The base and handl...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Parchment Paper
$12,392 Sale Price
30% Off
Shaker Style Pine Desk + Hutch
Located in Round Top, TX
Charming two-piece, pine desk + hutch with Shaker proportions. Natural, oiled finish with simple brass hardware and two round, white porcelain pulls to glass front doors. Very good o...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Shaker Desks
Materials
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Oak Writing Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
A stunning 1930s French Art Deco writing desk sourced directly from Provence, France. Expertly handcrafted from solid oak, it features a rectangular top with a beveled edge. The desk...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Oak
American Federal Swirl Mahogany Butler's Desk New York, Circa 1800s
Located in Germantown, MD
An American Federal Swirl Mahogany Butler's Desk New York Circa late 18th Century to Early 19th Century , featuring three flawlessly working upper drawer, and A Abattant Door that o...
Category
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
American Mid Century rare desk Paper tray by Jens Risom in Walnut
By Jens Risom
Located in San Diego, CA
Desk tray designed by Jens Risom. Solid walnut with dovetail joinery. Labeled on the bottom.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Walnut
Large Mahogany Executive Desk
Located in Annville, PA
Equally suited for use either at the workplace or in a home office the Niagara Furniture Large Mahogany Executive Desk with tooled leathe...
Category
2010s Chippendale Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$4,345 / item
Butler's Desk or Walnut Secretary
Located in Princeton, NJ
A contemporary take on the butler's desk. A butler's desk is a cabinet that converts into a desk, concealing its function. A desk, standing on its own looks out of place without an accompanying chair and lamp, but a cabinet that functions as a desk looks fine all by itself.
This is entirely handmade, down to the desk hardware...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Desks
Materials
Brass
$25,000 / item
Outstanding Quality Antique 18th Century French Walnut Bombe Shaped Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality 18th century French walnut inlaid parquetry bombe shaped bureau having an exceptional quality walnut bombe shaped fall with inlaid parquetry opening to reveal a s...
Category
18th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Oryx Desk Table by Parigi and Prina for Molteni
Located in Antwerp, BE
Italian Plastic and Steel Orix Desk by V. Parigi & N. Prina for Molteni, 1970s
Moulded ABS plastic with chrome base, and hinged glass writing surface.
In impeccable original conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Chrome
French Mahogany Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Crafted with figured flame mahogany, this writing desk features a luxurious leather inlaid surface. The meticulously designed structure includes five drawers surrounding a generous k...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Wood
$9,975 / item
Louis XV Style Black Lacquer Desk Made by Baker
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XV style Black lacquer writing table, circa 2000. Made by Baker. With a rectangular overhanging top with rounded corners the top in...
Category
1990s North American Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
Italian Mid-Century Oyster Burl Cabriole Leg Writing Table
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Mid-Century rectangular writing table with oyster burl veneer and three drawers with brass drawer pulls, resting on four cabriole legs.
Minor cracks and losses to veneer.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique English Geo.III Inlaid Red Walnut Chipp. style "Adam" Slant Front Bureau
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
In our 101 years of being in the Georgian Antiques business, this bureau, quite frankly, may be the finest that has graced our premises. Apparently made from Red Walnut (though it c...
Category
Early 19th Century English Adam Style Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood, Walnut
$10,875 Sale Price
25% Off
Late 18th century Georgian walnut bureau
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Late 18th century Georgian walnut bureau circa 1790.
Fine quality George III period walnut bureau, fitted with a fall and 2 over 3 drawers.
Fall drops down onto pull out slides to ...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Baker Furniture Collector's Edition Provincial Style Oak Parquetry Coffee Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A very well crafted Collector's Edition French Provincial Style Parquetry Walnut Coffee Table by Baker Furniture. Great vintage condition
Measures 42" in width, 42" in depth, 18" in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown French Provincial Desks
Materials
Walnut, Oak
Art Deco Leather Desk, Light Grey
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Art Deco style shagreen embossed leather desk in a light grey. With gilded highlight trim, three frieze drawers with modern round pulls, and raised on square tapered legs.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Art Deco Desks
Materials
Leather
$3,235 / item
Japanese Carved Desk Writing Table Meiji Era Hardwood Asian 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing an elaborate hand carved Japanese desk in hardwood
Hopefully the photos illustrate the levels of workmanship that have gone into the crafting of this work of art
Carv...
Category
1860s Antique Desks
Materials
Hardwood
1940s Jansen-Style Modern Wooden Desk with Bronze and Leather Accents, France
Located in North Miami, FL
1940s Jansen-style Modern wooden 2-drawer desk with bronze accents and leather surface, France
By: Maison Jansen (in the style of)
Material: wood, metal, bronze, copper, tin, leathe...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Copper, Tin
19th Century, Biedermeier Cherry Ladies Desk / Side Table
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful little Biedermeier solid cherrywood desk or side table from the time of the Biedermeier, circa 1830. In the middle there is a drawer. In very...
Category
Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Cherry
$3,494 Sale Price
31% Off
Vittorio Dassi Monumental Desk Wall Unit for Mobili Cantù, Italy, 1950
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Monumental and very rare desk wall unit by Vittorio Dassi for Mobili Cantù – Italy, circa 1950.
Italian walnut, birch and brass details.
Corner assembly between two walls at a 90-deg...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
$12,229 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Notary Writing Desk Louis XVI Style
Located in BARSAC, FR
Rare Louis XVI style notary writing desk made of mahogany frieze marquetry and light wood and rosewood fillet friezes.
Four solid mahogany fluted legs joined by a spacer shelf.
Fre...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Danish Modern Teak 4 drawer Desk Bookcase by Erik Brouer for Brouer Møbelfabrik
By Erik Brouer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Danish Modern Teak Desk Bookcase by Erik Brouer for Brouer Møbelfabrik. Danish modern teak desk with 3 drawers on the right and a (1) single deep file drawer on the left side. The de...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Oak Desk From France, CIrca 1960
Located in Nashville, TN
Vintage Oak Desk From France, CIrca 1960. Oak construction with eleven drawers. Light wear and use.
Category
1960s European Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
Arne Vodder Teak Desk for Sibast
By Arne Vodder
Located in Dallas, TX
A large teak desk with return designed by Arne Vodder for Sibast.
Category
1960s Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Vintage Broyhill Premier Yellow Molded Plastic Space Age Joe Colombo Style Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Broyhill Premier Yellow Molded Plastic Space Age Joe Colombo Style 3 Drawer Desk. Circa 1970s. Measurements: 30.5" H x 47.5" W x 19" D x Middle 2...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Plastic, Laminate
Italian Mid Century Executive Table Desk by Dassi for La Permanente Mobili Cantu
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This magnificent desk, designed by Vittorio Dassi in the 1950s for Permanente Mobili Cantù, stands out for its refined glass top with a sculpted line. The front features a beautiful ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Yew Wood Shaped Top Partners Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
Three part, English yew wood modified partners desk with uniquely shaped top and pedestals. File drawer to one pedestal, graduated drawers to the other. Opposite side has three drawe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Desks
Materials
Leather, Yew, Ebony
Fine Early Victorian Burl Walnut Kidney Shaped Desk
Located in Essex, MA
A rare and hard to find desk of the finest quality. Most likely made by the firm of Gillow of Lancaster and London. With a kidney shaped top with a new tooled green leather top an ex...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
George II Staircase Fall Front Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A George II style flame mahogany bureau, the sloping fall enclosing a fitted interior of faux book and hidden drawers and cabinets, the staircase gallery interior, above a short frie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese George II Desks
Materials
Wood
$15,480 / item
ND93 desk by Nanna Ditzel for Søren Willadsen, Denmark, 1960s - 60s
Located in Paris, FR
An iconic piece of Danish design, this desk is in very good condition.
Dimensions :
Length : 175cm
Width : 75 cm
Height : 72 cm
The top shelf has been completely redone in walnut s...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
1960s 1970s Rio Rosewood Desk by Arne Vodder for Sibast Furniture
By Sibast, Arne Vodder
Located in Neuenkirchen, NI
1960s/70s Rio Rosewood Desk by Arne Vodder for Sibast Furniture
Object: Desk
Manufacturer: Sibast Furniture
Condition: Good
Age: Circa 1960-1970
Dimensions:
Width = 179.5cm
Dep...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
George Nelson "Dry Erase" Desk with Return
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic desk by George Nelson for Herman Miller. Newly laminated Formica top with dry erase laminate. Very cool, dry/erase surface for your work desk. Extr...
Category
1950s American Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Mahogany Chippendale Style Block Front Secretary Desk with Bookcase Top
Located in Milford, NH
A spectacular example of a two part mahogany secretary desk with bookcase top in the Chippendale style, featuring a swan’s neck split pediment with flaming urn finials surmounting two arched glass...
Category
Late 19th Century American Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
American Mid-Century Maple Executive Desk with Stainless Steel Legs
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century rosewood large executive desk with pull out shelves on top resting on 2 drawer units over a Pair of aluminum pedestal bases (HERBERT HIRCHE-Christian Holzäpfel KG)
Germa...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
Black Lacquered Sculptural Desk by Paul Frankl
By Paul Frankl
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century Black Lacquered Sculptural Desk with a geometric form of 3 drawers opposite an "S" form pedestal base with a shelf (PAUL FRANKL)
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Lacquer
Macassar Ebony Executive Desk by Bodil Kjaer
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Singaporean Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Stainless Steel
George III Mahogany Slant Front Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Diminutive proportions built relatively shallow with a hinged fall front opening to a fitted interior over four drawers with brass handles. Bracket feet.
Category
1760s English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Wooden Ericsson MB 115 Crank Magneto Field Telephone 1895 С Mark 1
Located in Sweden, SE
Rare, hard to find. Telephone “C” Mark 1 (Mk 1), designed by Ericsson’s of Stockholm, was the first portable military telephone. It was used in large numbers in the South African War of 1899-1902 by the Telegraph Battalion RE and became the standard field telephone...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Antique Desks
Materials
Metal, Brass
High Style George Washington Double End Desk by Drexel
By Drexel
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Custom-made high-style bird's-eye maple George Washington double-end desk by Drexel. The desktop features a leather-topped writing surface embossed with gold leaf. There are three pu...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
$1,690 Sale Price
30% Off
Karl Springer Superb Desk in Blue Shagreen with Bone Inlays 1980s (Signed)
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully crafted "Chinese Parson Style Desk" in stunning blue shagreen with bone inlays and three drawers by Karl Springer, American 1980's (signed “Karl Springer” on brass label ...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Bone, Shagreen, Wood
Art Deco Figured Walnut Desk, English, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this exceptional Art Deco English walnut desk of good proportions and dating to the 1930's. A high level of craftsmanship and materials used is evident thro...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Desks
Materials
Chrome
French Original Black Painted Portable 18th Century Writing Desk
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An original black painted portable desk from the end of the 18th century. With owner initials, the desk has a French hand-written address on the inside. ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Rare Warren McArthur Two-Tier Desk with Drawers, Reversible, Machine Age 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
Warren McArthur two-tier desk with drawers
Aluminum and black lacquered wood
Warren McArthur Corporation, 1930s
Measures: 48" x 24" x 30" desk height
D...
Category
1930s Machine Age Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum
Danish Mid-Century Modern Teak Writing Desk
Located in VANCOUVER, CA
Teak Danish desk, circa 1960's. Solid trim and stunning book-matched veneer. Atomic shape top, curved front and rear doors and open bookcase. Fantastic profile from all sides!
An un...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Mid Century Natural Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Mid Century natural desk with a brown farmhouse style top with three natural design drawers above a splayed leg iron base.
Dimensions: 63" W x 28" D x 32" H.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
$1,965 / item
Large oval partners desk with leather top
Located in Houston, TX
Exceptional finish work and fine deign make this fine desk
Desirable. The leather top is in fine condition and all the
Drawers and doors open easily. The locks and keys are
Function...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
$6,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Oval Leather Top Desk with Privacy Panel
Located in Annville, PA
One of the most beautiful items that we produce at Niagara furniture our Oval Leather Top Desk with Privacy Panel will certainly also be one of...
Category
2010s Chippendale Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
$5,020 / item
George Nelson For Herman Miller Desk And Credenza
Located in Pasadena, TX
A mid century modern desk and credenza designed by George Nelson and made by Herman Miller. The walnut credenza with multiple drawers and compartments for storage. The desk with wa...
Category
1960s American Vintage Desks
Materials
Laminate, Walnut
$6,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
George III Pedestal Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine George III style mahogany leather top pedestal desk, with a flame mahogany veneered and crossbanding to the top, with fine double stringing details, the gilt-tooled leather in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese George III Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$15,180 / item
Italian Empire Style Elegant Writing Desk
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Introducing this elegant Italian desk dating back to the 20th century. An extremely refined desk, inspired by the Empire style.
Featuring a linear design with black ebonized column ...
Category
20th Century Italian Empire Desks
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Viking Oak Kneehole Writing Desk with Matching Chair by Romweber
Located in Lafayette, IN
Excellent vintage writing desk in the Viking Oak style by the Romweber Furniture Co. of Batesville, IN. This charming desk features wonderful relief carved details, solid oak constru...
Category
1940s American Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
$999 Sale Price / set
66% Off
Antique English Georgian Mahogany Fold-Over Games Card Tea Side Table 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stylish English Georgian Flame Mahogany Games Card Table of outstanding quality, early Nineteenth Century. Circa 1820.
The crossbanded fold-over top of rectangular form with round...
Category
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
American Federal Mahogany & Satinwood Butler's Desk with Paw Feet. NY, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American Federal mahogany butler's desk with a carved molded edge, three upper drawers with original brass knobs, sliding fall front interior desk with Satinwood drawers and pigeon h...
Category
1810s American Federal Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Arts & Crafts Mission Oak Paneled Desk with Arched Corbels C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Antique Arts & Crafts Mission Quarter Sawn Oak Paneled Desk with ...
Category
20th Century American Desks
Materials
Oak
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 19th Century American Mahogany Slant Front Desk
Located in Richmond, VA
Early 19th century American mahogany slant front desk. Probably Boston, has the blockfront shape that is typical to that area. Nice ...
Category
19th Century American Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
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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