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Desks For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1930s
18th Century Walnut Large Buffet Louis XV, France
Located in Labrit, Landes
Antique Louis XV buffet cabinet, made circa 1770
Walnut and brass
Good patina.
Good antique condition
Shipping:
136 x 159 x 58 cm 81 kg.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
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
Antique English Kidney Form Leather Top Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Mahogany kidney form desk with gilt-embossed brown leather top (The Leather top replaced at a later time). The desk with a center drawer flanked by 4 drawers each side on front. Fini...
Category
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique English Victorian Carlton House Painted Library Writing Desk Vinyl Top
Located in Dayton, OH
"A lovely antique late Victorian Carlton House writing desk or library table. Features a ""D"" form with seven drawers, lockable hutch compartment and green vinyl work surface. Ornately designed with a putti or cherub carving a long the knee-hole and tassel / ribboned medallion backing. The desk is supported by four reeded and tapered legs leading to peg feet. Front corners have a neat wrap around leaf motif. Finished in an Antique White that was painted in the 1940s. Hardware is brass.
A Carlton House desk is a specific antique desk form within the more general bureau gradin...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Antique Mahogany Double Sided Desk of French origin
Located in Cesena, FC
Large double-sided desk in mahogany in the center of the room
important desk in mahogany from the center of the room, of French origin.
A very elegant and imposing double-sided desk...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
English Regency Period Mahogany Writing Table with Pedestal Ends 33 Inches Wide
Located in Wells, ME
English Regency period mahogany one drawer pedestal end writing table with black hand dyed and tooled leather writing surface. This small elegant writing table has downswept legs ending in brass toes and casters. It is finished on all four sides so it free stands...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
English Pale Oak Desk
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
19th C English pale oak pedestal desk with leather insert. 1880.
Knee hole dimensions: 27.5" w x 24.5" h.
Reference: 7905
Dimensions
60.5 inches (154 cms) Wide
36 inches (91 cms) ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
French 19th Century Ladies bureau, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Kingwood ormolu mounted Bureau de Dame. Having glazed doors above, a fall front opening to reveal d...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Bonheur Du Jour, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Bon hour du jour. The pair of doors above having wonderful parquetry inlaid diamond shaped inlay, a sliding tablet opening to write upon...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Rosewood Library Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5414 Fine quality and very attractive William IV library table in rosewood, having green tooled leather with minor signs of usage and crossb...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Anglo Indian Military Campaign Camphor Wood & Brass Bureau Desk Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely late Victorian Anglo Indian campaign Camphor wood with brass inlay Military bureau desk
This piece really is exquisite. It’s a genui...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Beautiful Early-Victorian Walnut Davenport
Located in Crawley, GB
A Beautiful early-Victorian walnut Davenport fitted with four side drawers and raised on carved scroll supports.With a lift lid desk with 2 internal d...
Category
Early 19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Fine Pair of Fully Restored Unique Antique Davenport Side Table Bookcases Desks
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptional pair of fully restored, Regency circa 1810-1820, Walnut & Brown leather Daveport desk side table bookcases
These are the only pair of Daveports I have ever seen this size, designed as open library bookshelves...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Small Mahogany Pedestal Desk From The 19 ° Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
elegant small 19th century mahogany pedestal desk from partridge & cooper London Holborn
Very beautiful pedestal desk which has been worked on both sides which allows it to be place...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French Charles X Curule Leg Desk Writing Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning French Charles X curule leg desk featuring neoclassical empire style cues. Fronted by three drawers the case is decorated in the Charles X tas...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Important Original Edward & Roberts Restored Chinese Thomas Chippendale Desk
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning, exceptionally rare and very fine, fully restored Edward & Roberts stamped, Chinese Chippendale desk
The firm Edwards and Roberts were among the best English antique furniture cabinet...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Antique Victorian Hardwood & Green Leather Military Campaign Davenport Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Victorian Military Campaign writing slope in the form of a Davenport desk circa 1880 in mahogany with a green leather writing slope
A very ...
Category
1880s English Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
American Chippendale Maple Slant-Front Desk, Late 18th or Early 19th Century
Located in Hudson, NY
Late 18th/early 19th century American Chippendale slant-front desk in maple. Slant front with lock opens to fitted interior, having two central drawers with carved rosettes. Over fou...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Desks
Materials
Maple
19th Century Mahogany Partners Writing Table
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century Mahogany partners writing table, having a black leather writing surface decorated with gilt and blind tooling , two drawers either side with the original brass ring hand...
Category
1840s British Early Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany And Ormolu Mounted Partners Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany and ormolu mounted partners desk signed by Victor Raulin. The desk is raised by circular tapered fluted legs...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Big Desk Art Deco in Wood and Parchment, with 3 Drawers, 1930, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk style: Art Deco
Year: 1930
Material: wood and parchment leather
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Parchment Paper, Wood
Antique French Ebonized & Ormolu Ladies Desk with Porcelain Plaques, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French ladies desk offers ebonized finish with upper ormolu gallery over double door case having painted porcelain plaque insets ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Desks
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ebonized Fruitwood And Ormolu Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. ebonized Fruitwood and ormolu desk. The Bureau Plat is raised by slender cabriole legs with pierced ormolu sabots decorated with acanthus ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Regency Mahogany End Support Library Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality Late Regency Period Mahogany End Support Writing Table, Or Library Table, Having Attractive Old Leather Inset Top With Tooled Decoration, Over Two Shallow Frieze ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
5' English Regency Center Pedestal, Tilt-Top Dining or Breakfast Table, c. 1820
Located in Miami, FL
Just over 5' long this unusually large rectangular English Regency breakfast or dining table in mahogany can seat up to 8 in a pinch (family and friends) and 6 with a lot of room and...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Empire Desk
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Empire desk with mahogany veneer, decorated with numerous brass applications. The surface of the furniture is finished with polish, giving a subtle gloss. The table top is covered wi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Watchmakers Desk Georgian Taste Hardwood & Brown Leather
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1880-1900 Watchmakers desk in the Georgian taste with period brown leather top and sorting drawer...
Category
1880s English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
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
Modernist Tubular Steel Desk, Walnut Veneer, Chromium Plated Metall, circa 1935
By Vichr & Co.
Located in Berlin, DE
Modernist tubular steel desk, walnut veneer, chromium plated metal, circa 1935
This desk is restored on request, delivery time 6-8 weeks.
Category
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Victorian Kidney Desk Walnut Writing Table, 1850
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Exquisite Victorian kidney desk in walnut
Very cute piece, would work well in the middle of a room as beautiful from all angles
We date this to...
Category
1850s Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Victorian Walnut & Burl Cylinder Secretary Desk & Bookcase, circa 1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique secretary offers walnut and burl paneled construction with upper bookcase having broken arch crest over double glass door case seated on desk with cylinder opening to writ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut, Glass
French Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Mounted Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
French porcelain and gilt bronze mounted writing desk
French, 19th Century
Height 116cm, width 91cm, depth 51cm
This stunning bonheur du jour was made in France during the 19th...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Provincial Fruitwood Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Diminutive size 19th century French provincial writing table or desk. The table is constructed from fruitwood with a warm patina and lovely wood grain patterns. Fronted by a single s...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century English Walnut Desk
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A charming walnut desk. Made in England in the late 19th century. Lovely patine throughout. Panneled back, leather inset, castor wheels.
Chairspace is 62.5 H x 52 W cms.
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Petite circa 1880 French Napoleon III Black Lacquer Two-Drawer Writing Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Striking original Antique French Napoleon III Bureau Plat, Writing Table or Ladies Desk. Highlighted by polished brass decorations, the black ...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Classic Antique French Cherry Desk with Breadboard Top
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Classic Antique Provincial French writing table with breadboard top. Plank top two drawer desk featuring scalloped knee hole and apron with two drawers with brass pulls on simple c...
Category
Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique Desks
Materials
Cherry, Wood
Circa 1930's Waring & Gillow Ltd Lancaster Oak Desk on Bun Legs & Seven Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this beautiful Waring & Gillow circa 1930's oak desk, dressing table on bun feet.
Made by one of the greatest furniture makers in British Histor...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
Sypher & Co. 19th Century Chippendale Block Front Slant Front Desk
By Sypher & Co.
Located in Parkesburg, PA
Sypher & Co. 19th century Chippendale block front slant front desk with excellent original finish from a private estate in Princeton NJ
Featur...
Category
Late 19th Century North American Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Rosewood Slant Lid Writing Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Finely crafted with a hinged leather writing lid enclosing a fitted interior comprising drawers. The sides with pull out slides and a drawer for pens and ink. Raised on circular tape...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Rosewood
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
Venetian Rococo Style Walnut Secretary Lacquered by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic late 19th century Italian secretaire cabinet or bookcase made in the Venetian Rococo taste. Crafted from walnut the two-part case features a speckled lacquer finish centered by a cartouche shaped window with a painted bust by artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). The bureau cabinet has a bombe shaped dresser base with a drop front diminutive writing table. The drop front has two storage drawers and a small pigeon hole storage above. Below the desk are two small drawers and two large storage drawers with rocaille patinated brass pulls. The dresser is supported by small cabriole legs with scrolled feet. The dresser is surmounted by a bookcase with a painted door depicting a nobleman holding a chicken. The painting is painted on board titled "Venezia" and signed by Yeager with a fictitious date of 1725. The door opens to a three-shelf bookcase. The case is topped with a pediment having a cartouche shaped window and corniced top. The entire secretary is speckled with a mustard yellow tone over a taupe background. This whimsical cabinet...
Category
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Large Antique Quality Kingwood Ornate Ormolu Mounted Partners Bureau Plat-Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Large Antique Victorian quality freestanding kingwood ornate ormolu mounted partners bureau plat-desk having a light tan leather shaped top crossbanded in kingwood and a brass edge a...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Other
Antique English Leather Top Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century English desk handcrafted in mahogany having a tooled black leather top, featuring a rare dramatic burled mahogany front, fluted supports and classic block fee...
Category
Late 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
French Empire Mahogany Bonheur du Jour Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
19th century French Empire mahogany Bonheur du Jour desk. The upper section is decorated with classical motifs of pharaoh masks and wreaths around...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
French Empire Mahogany Drop Front Secretary "Secrétaire à Abattant"
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 19th century French mahogany wood Empire style drop front secretary with a removable black marble top. The secretary features two front side columns with bronze mounts detail w...
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Women's Desk, Northern Europe, circa 1860
Located in Chorzów, PL
Women's Desk, Northern Europe, circa 1860.
Very good condition.
Wood: walnut
Dimensions height 110 cm width 86 cm depth 52 cm.
Category
1860s Swedish Renaissance Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
English Tooled Green Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable antique George III style partners desk with the original tooled green leather top on a mahogany case with four drawers on either ...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Mahogany, Brass and Ormolu Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period Mahogany, brass and ormolu desk after a model by Jean-Henri Riesener and attributed to François...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Iconic Gio Ponti Desk for BNL
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Iconic 1950s desk designed by Gio Ponti for BNL. Walnut frame and laminate top with exquisite brass details in the handles and feet.
Condition: Excellent vintage condition, minor ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Superb Quality Freestanding 19th Century Kingwood and Marquetry Inlaid Bureau
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality freestanding 19th century Kingwood and marquetry inlaid bureau, having a brass gallery running along the back and sides of the top, the shaped bureau fall below open...
Category
1870s British Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Kingwood
Antique English Wood & Brass Travelling Lap Desk and Document Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique lap desk and document box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1825 and done in the period...
Category
Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Mahogany Writing Desk with Folding Front Part
Located in Sofia, BG
French mahogany writing desk with folding front part and hidden drawers in the upper part. There are also three big drawers in the lower p...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Large 19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Partners Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A very large French Louis XV style bureau plat partners desk from the late 19th century with an old black leather tooled top. This desk is beautifully veneered in kingwood and rosewo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Oak Barley Twist Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Spectacular 19th century French bureau plat writing table or desk featuring barley twist legs and stretcher. Crafted from oak in the grand Louis XIII style fronted by a large 27 inch...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Mahogany and Gilded Bronze Cylinder Desk, Empire Style, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Large cylinder desk in mahogany and flamed mahogany veneer in the Empire style. This secretary with semi-cylindrical flap has eight drawers with pa...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Biedermeier Austrian Country Secretary Bookcase Desk, Early 19th Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Early 19th Century Biedermeier Austrian Country secretary bookcase desk
Additional information:
Materials: Fruitwood
Color: Sienna
Peri...
Category
Early 19th Century Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century French Bureau de Dame Napoleon III Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Milan, IT
A late 19th century Napoleon III bronze-mounted mahogany bureau à cylinder, an elegant French Bureau de Dame or Bonheur du Jour, a ladies writing desk with cartonnier which opens up ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Spanish Baroque Oak Desk, Console
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
19th century Spanish antique oak desk, writting table with two drawers.
This elegant console was crafted in Spain, circa 1900, it featur...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique 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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