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Desks For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1930s
Mid-Century Modern Wooden Writing Desk by Fratelli Proserpio, Italy, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern wooden writing desk by Fratelli Proserpio, Italy, 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Wooden Scandinavian Desk with Drawers, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-century wooden scandinavian desk with drawers - 1960s.
Category
1960s Scandinavian Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Danish Teak Desk, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Teak desk, Denmark, 1960s
Very good condition.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Arne Vodder Desk in Rosewood for Sibast Mobler Denmark 1960's
By Arne Vodder, Sibast
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
This high-quality desk, designed by the esteemed Arne Vodder and manufactured by Sibast Møbler in Denmark during the 1960s, is a splendid example of mid-century Danish design. As a l...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Midcentury Italian Arco Desk by BBPR for Olivetti Synthesis
By Studio BBPR, Olivetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This impressive vintage modern desk boasts a floating top covered in faux textured leather. A stunning Italian Industrial Design that looks amazing in any setting. The metal frame ha...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Teak Desk, Danish Design, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
A desk made of teak wood, produced in Scandinavia in the 1960s.
Unique Danish design. Desk in very good condition, currently under renovation.
Measures: height 73cm, width 150c...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Modern Italien Wooden Desk, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Italien wooden desk, 1960s.
Category
1960s Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Charlotte Perriand Desk for Les Arcs with Matching Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Charlotte Perriand desk for Les Arcs. Circa 1960s. Comes with matching stool. This solid pine table can be used as a console or writing desk. Beautiful vintage condition and wea...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Pine
Classic Teak Drop Leaf Desk, Denmark, Attributed to Arne Vodder
By Arne Vodder
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic teak drop leaf desk, Denmark, attributed to Arne Vodder, great design. Sliding top enables desk to be expanded, 65" wide when open. Retains original finish. Patina, hand deli...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Italian Mid-Century Modern Executive 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
No. 804 Rolltop Desk
Located in Munich, DE
Rare and unusual desk designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini. By pulling the desk top out you open the rolltop. This desk cabinet has a lot of storage space, 10 drawers at the f...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
French Art Deco Black Lacquer Desk with White-Gold Leaf Details
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This sleek black lacquer desk features a demilune design. Two pedestal bases one rectangular and one curved. A hidden door compartment fits inside the curv...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Gold Leaf
1960s M.Pozar Modular Set of Desk and Chest of Drawers, Czechoslovakia
By M. Požár
Located in Praha, CZ
- Chest of drawers and table could be assembled in different ways
- Good original condition with minor signs of wear.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
American Mid-Century Desk Deisgned by John Van Koert Fro Drexel, circa 1960
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An American mid-century walnut desk with side extension designed by John Van Koert fro Drexel, circa 1960.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Italian Art Deco White Parchment Vanity
Located in New York, NY
Italian Art Deco white parchment diminutive triangular form lady's vanity /dressing table with a drawer centered by 2 side drawers and 2 doors.
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
Charles X Style Desk, 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Charles X style burr-walnut and bronze small desk, grey marble top, 1930, 4 drawers and a desk storage, with its keys.
Measures: H: 120 cm, W: 66 cm, D: 38 cm.
Category
1930s European Charles X Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Tommi Parzinger Superb Desk in Walnut with Etched Brass Hardware 1960s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Fine desk in dark walnut with ebonized satinwood inlays on top and exquisite etched brass hardware on drawers by Tommi Parzinger for Parzinger Originals, American 1960's (branded sig...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Custom Desk with Credenza by Gordon Bunshaft for General Fireproofing Company
Located in Kansas City, MO
This is a one of a kind, custom designed partners desk with credenza by Gordon Bunshaft for the General Fireproofing Company, also know as GF and Go...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Rare Vintage Rustic Western Oak Desk & Chair Set from Yellowstone National Park
Located in Lafayette, IN
This desert oak desk & chair set was custom ordered by the Yellowstone National Park Services from Westwood of Texas. We procured this particular desk & chair directly from the Mammo...
Category
1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Iron
Vintage Angle Desk by Gianni Moscatelli for Formanova Italy, 1965 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage angle desk is an original design furniture item realized in the 1965 ca. by Gianni Moscatelli for Formanova.
Black lacquered wood and legs in br...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Desks
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Mid-Century Modern Italian Wooden Desk, Walnut, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Italian wooden desk, walnut, 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Modern Lacquered Writing Desk with Brass Accents by John Stuart
By John Stuart
Located in Dallas, TX
A timeless vintage piece, this midcentury writing desk feels glamourous, manufactured for John Stuart Inc. Adorning its exterior of glossy black lacquer, paired with bright brass acc...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Rare Paul Frankl Skyscraper Desk / Bench, Art Deco, Modernist, Cubist
By Paul Frankl
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning and rare bookcase desk and cork top seat designed and manufactured by Paul Frankl, I believe this was a transitional piece designed and built in the mid 1930s, stunning desi...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Very Rare Stamped Waring & Gillow 1960 U.K.A.E.A UK Atomic Energy Authority Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare original fully stamped Waring & Gillow 1960 light walnut U.K.A.E.A Uk Atomic Energy Authority double sided walnut desk
This desk ...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Poul Hundevad Rosewood - Drop Desk - Wall Unit Bookcase
Located in Wallkill, NY
Stunning rose wood book case or desk. Sliding door on the bottom with file draw and shelving. Two pieces. Top is shelves with a locked drop down desk on...
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Desk by Jens Risom, Blonde Wood, Blue Drawer Fronts, Chrome Pulls, Laminate Top
By Jens Risom
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jens Risom desk for Risom Designs. Birch wood case, light blue lacquered drawer fronts, chrome pulls, brass feet, and virtually indestructible Laminate top. Condition is good and com...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Paul McCobb Writing Desk for Winchendon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Mid-Century Modern writing desk by Paul McCobb features a wonderful maple finish with unique brass drawer pulls. Tapered legs and spacious four drawer design make this a stylish...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Gordon Russell Bureau Desk, 1938, Stunning Original and Unique Piece
Located in London, GB
Gordon Russell, c. 1938
Bureau (desk, secretaire)
Walnut with brass and chrome fittings.
Original metal label to rear.
This is a rare item and a superb example of the best of B...
Category
1930s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut, Wood
Teak Desk, Danish Design, 1960s, Renovated
Located in Chorzów, PL
Double-sided teak desk produced in Scandinavia in the 1960s.
It has 6 spacious drawers.
At the back, a lockable compartment and shelves for books.
After wood renovation. One key...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Art Deco Steamship Chimney Teak Dining Table Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Solid teak dining table from the Deco era with a beautiful veneer top showing free flowing honey grain. The table top sits on two broad legs that resemble steamship chimneys from the...
Category
1930s Indian Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
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
Art Deco Bar Trolley in Style of Jacques Adnet with Original Mirror France 1930s
Located in Ulm, DE
Art Deco bar trolley in style of Jacques Adnet
Real wood veneer
Handles and wheels in copper
To open on one side with double doors
Tabletop with old mirror (blind spots)
New m...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Copper
Italian Midcentury 1960s Consolle in Brass and Wood
Located in bari, IT
A tiki style console Italian midcentury production.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Danish Teak and Chrome Hairpin Desk from Danflex
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Midcentury Danish teak and chrome-plated steel hairpin desk by Danflex. Under each leg it's engraved 'Made in Denmark'. Desk measures: 63" wide, 33.5" dee...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
54" Vintage Single Pedestal Desk by George Nelson for Herman Miller
Located in Pasadena, TX
54" Vintage single pedestal desk by George Nelson for Herman Miller. This distinctive desk has two drawers, one of which is a filing drawer along with stainless steel legs. A great d...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
Peter Løvig Nielsen for Laurits M Larsen Scandinavian Modern Teak Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
Peter Løvig Nielsen for Laurits M Larsen Scandinavian Modern teak desk,
Designed by Peter Løvig Nielsen for Laurits M Larsen. This desk has a shelf t...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
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
Art Deco Machine Age International Style Chrome & Black Desk Attr Gilbert Rohde
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous Art Deco, Machine Age, Streamline Modern, Art Moderne, International style, Bauhaus desk or vanity in chrome, black painted wood with red faux leather insert possibly Fabrik...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
Rosewood Desk, Model SH 180, by Svend Aage Madsen for Sigurd Hansen
Located in Dorchester, MA
Svend Aage Madsen designed this gorgeous rosewood desk, model SH 180, for Sigurd Hansen Møbelfabrik in the early 1960s. The curved case sits on a sculpted frame...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Lacquered Wood Desk by Stilka, Argentina, circa 1970
By Stilka
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Lacquered wood desk by Stilka, Argentina, circa 1970.
Category
1960s Argentine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Marcel Breuer B21 Thonet Bauhaus Tubular Steel Typewriter Table
Located in Sharon, CT
Important early piece (1928) of Breuer's revolutionary tubular furniture.
Category
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
Cabinet-Table-Desk British Modern, 1930-1940
Located in Brussels, BE
Original British folded desk : Modern from 1930s-1940s. The body and the feet are in cream painted metal. Very original and rare drop-down desk-cabinet.
Modernism in Britain.
Desig...
Category
1930s English Bauhaus Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Studio Walnut Desk by Phillip Lloyd Powell
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning desk with drawers and compartment in walnut by Phillip Lloyd Powell (1919-2008). The freeform surface is made of thick walnut plank with a patched joined design with two ros...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Walnut Single Pedestal Desk by Stow Davis
By Stow Davis
Located in Pasadena, TX
This piece has three drawers, one of which is a filing drawer. A very distinctive desk with unique capped off point stainless steel legs.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Leon Rosen for Pace Collection Chrome Desk
Located in New York, NY
Large unique desk with a flat chrome-plated steel base.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Vintage Josef Frank Mahogany Desk, Sweden, circa 1930
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Josef Frank sweeping crotch mahogany four-drawer desk in good condition with brass hardware; circa 1932.
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Table Desk in Palisander, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Deco table desk in palisander, circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Palisander
Desk by Daciano da Costa for Metalurgica da Longra
Located in Paris, FR
Desk by Daciano da Costa for Metalurgica da Longra, "Linha Cortez", designed in 1962, teak wood and metal.
Category
1960s Portuguese Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Johann Tapp Custom Built Art Deco era Cartoonist Desk with Hidden Compartments
By Johan Tapp
Located in Ferndale, MI
Custom Built Art Deco desk attributed to Johann Tapp of Chicago . Built for Chicago Tribune Pulitzer prize winning cartoonist Carey Orr. Both top side pane...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Frits Spanjaard Important Asymmetrical Desk in Oak and Macassar Ebony, 1932
Located in The Hague, NL
This unique architect's desk was designed by Frits Spanjaard in 1932. With its generous proportions, striking asymmetry, contrasting woods and the large knobs in solid Macassar ebony, the desk can be considered as an important example of the Haagse School (The Hague School) style.
The desk has four large drawers on the right, which can be simultaneously locked with a single key. The interior on the left features six drawers and additional storage, and can be locked altogether as well. Particularly noteworthy are the four cleverly incorporated pull-out shelves of different dimensions creating additional space: two on the front, one on the right side and one large shelf on the back side. The desktop is executed in dark stained oak and features a dark grey leather insert.
in 1932, the prosperous Van Stolk & Reese company commissioned Spanjaard to design the interior and furniture of their offices located on the Ceintuurbaan in Rotterdam. This custom desk was most likely designed for the office of the company’s director, which was designed by Spanjaard in a radically modernist way, combining his own sumptuous designs with the functionalist tubular steel furniture made by W.H. Gispen.
Between 1925 and 1935 the work of Spanjaard was strongly connected to the Haagse School movement of which he’d become a main proponent. This style was not so much inspired by the Classic European Art Deco capitals such as Paris and Vienna but more by other national and international architectural developments such as the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. The influential magazine Wendingen published a series of articles on Wright still relatively unknown at the time in 1925 and the renowned architect Jan Wils also played an important role in the orientation towards Wrights work in The Netherlands.
In its particular application of geometric shapes, primary colours and its sophisticated cubist division of the surface, the Haagse School designers were also aware of De Stijl movement, lead by contemporaries such as Gerrit Rietveld and Piet Mondriaan. At the same time the geometry, the harmonious proportions and the understated decorations were primarily based on the rationalist design principles of H.P. Berlage, who would later become one of Spanjaard’s clients himself. Design had to meet the functional demands of the user but purely utilitarian ideas were certainly not the most important. Due to his frequent travels to Germany, Spanjaard was also familiar with the designs of Marcel Breuer and Mies van der Rohe, especially appreciating the simplicity and purity of their designs.
Biography
Frits Spanjaard (1889-1978) started his career as the artistic director of the LOV furniture...
Category
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Macassar, Oak
Demilune French Art Deco Cerused Oak and Nickeled Bronze Mounted Desk
Located in New York City, NY
A French modern cerused oak demilune desk with nickeled bronze linear hardware details decorating three sides, raised on inset plinth. Architectural and streamline, this kneehole des...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Art Deco Streamline Moderne Metal Desk in the Style of Norman Bel Geddes, 1930's
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Very cool Art Deco metal desk very similar to the designs Norman Bel Geddes created for Simmons Furniture in the 1930s. All original with wear consiste...
Category
1930s American Streamlined Moderne Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Raymond Loewy Desk with Drawers for Doubinsky Freres, DF2000 Series
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare Raymond Loewy DF2000 desk in red, orange, and white. See photos for how the desk top slides forward to create clearance for a chair and also reveals storage. Red molded plastic ...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
Unique Midcentury Style Floating Top Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Italian style desk makes a unique and stylish workspace for home or office. Two sets of drawers make for ample storage options, while the spaci...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Bert England Persian Walnut and Leather Desk for John Widdicomb
Located in Chicago, IL
From California designer Bert England's Orientation Group for John Widdicomb Company, this extraordinary desk is made of Persian walnut and solid mahogany.
Wrapping around the fr...
Category
1960s American Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Unique Symmetrical Art Deco Desk French Style
Located in Oakland, CA
Unique Art Deco desk has truly unusual and lyrical lines. The undulating base opens to reveal secret storage along with the two drawers on both sides. We like those square drawer pul...
Category
1930s Argentine Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Burl
Danish Cabinetmaker Table Desk
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
The Danish cabinetmaker dining table or desk features a light wood top and round black legs. The tabletop is crafted from a high-quality light wood, which exhibits a natural and warm...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Desk with the Leather Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Deco desk with the green leather top. Oak base and veneer, brass hardware. Desk can be dismantle for easy transport.
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood, Leather
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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