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Desks For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 20th Century
19th Century Victorian Mahogany Winged Griffin Slant Front Desk
Located in Long Branch, NJ
This late 19th century slant front desk was made in the USA most likely by R.J Horner of NYC. The desk is made of a fine mahogany and has two griffins flanking each side of the drop ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Renaissance Revival Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Style Inlaid Carved Cherry Bonheur du Jour
Located in New Orleans, LA
An antique French Louis XV style inlaid carved cherry Bonheur du Jour, 19th century with a raised brass galleried shelf above a wide beveled mirror back, flanked by two small brass g...
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
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
Victorian Rosewood Pedestal Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Victorian rosewood pedestal desk, having a leather inset top, above three drawers each with brass handles. The top fits on to two tapered pedestals each wi...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Antique English Walnut Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fine burl walnut interior
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Dutch Marquetry Cylinder Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Dutch marquetry cylinder desk, 19th century. The top with conch shell and floral inlay, exposed dove tails where top and sides meet, the cylinder with bird and floral inlay, the inte...
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
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
19th Century English George III Mahogany Architect’s Desk with Adjustable Green
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century English George III Mahogany Architect’s Desk with Adjustable Green Leather Top
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Painted French Provincial Ivory and Green circa 1920s Secretary/ Desk
Located in Essex, MA
In an all-over ivory paint with a wonderful light green interior throughout this beautiful turn of the century, a French provincial secretary...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown French Provincial Desks
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique English 19th Century Oak Writing Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th century handsome oak writing desk.
Category
19th Century English Jacobean Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique Carved Mahogany Drop-Front Secretary with Brass Gallery, circa 1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique secretary offers mahogany construction with upper brass gallery over upper case with drawers over slant-front desk with carved patera reserve, raised on cabriole legs, c19...
Category
Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
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
19th Century Country French Provincial Walnut Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Handsome 19th century country French provincial diminutive writing table or desk carved from walnut. The top and frieze have a gracefully curved serpentine shape with a small storage...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Edwardian Chippendale Style Pedestal Desk
Located in Salisbury, GB
Edwardian Chippendale style pedestal desk.
This Edwardian Chippendale style pedestal desk was made circa 1900.
A sumptuous desk of this type gives a room or office a feeling of s...
Category
Early 1900s English Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Roll Top Desk Mahogany Bureau, 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Classy French Empire roll top desk in mahogany
Plenty of storage with all the cubby holes and drawers
Writing surface revealed by opening up the...
Category
1880s Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
EXQUISITE ANTIQUE ITALIAN CIRCA 1860 OLIVE WOOD DESK WRITING TABLE SUBLiME WOOD
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal house antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite original circa 1860-1880 Olive wood Italian desk ...
Category
1860s Italian High Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
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
Antique Biedermeier Secretary Desk, Early 19 Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Early 19C Biedermeier Secretary Desk
Extended depth is 31".
Additional information:
Materials: Ebony
Color: Light Yellow
Per...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Ebony
French marquetry inlaid Ladies bureau, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th Century French Rosewood inlaid Bonheur Du Jour, having glazed cupboards and mirror above. A fall front bureau opening to reveal compartments within, drawers ...
Category
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
ANTIQUE CIRCA 1883 REVEREND FRANK H FISHER GIFTED ViCTORIAN OAK PARTNER DESK
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely sublime exceptionally rare, 1883 dated honey oak partner desk with green leather top and brass presentation plaque to Reverend Frank H Fisher
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote, please send me your postcode and I’ll provide you with the exact price.
What can I say, a 140 year old desk...
Category
1880s English High Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
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
English Leather Top Campaign Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century English campaign desk featuring the original tooled green leather top, campaign brass hardware, two pedestals and a case with nine paneled drawers and block fee...
Category
19th Century English Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
English Regency Style Mahogany Writing Table with Gilt-Tooled Leather Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome English Regency style mahogany writing table with a gilt-tooled tobacco colored leather top. The front has 3 functioning drawers and the back has 3 matching dummy drawers....
Category
Late 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Louis XVI Style French Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century French desk with the original tooled leather top now aged to perfection over a two drawer case decorated with bronze ormolu and inlaid marquetry on elegant ta...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Secretaire Abattant / Secretary desk, circa 1800
Located in Lucenec, SK
The secrétaire à abbatant or fall front desk is nearly identical to the desk 5th President James Monroe brought back from France in 1797. These desks are ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Italian Brass Inlaid Walnut Hotel Restaurant Reception Desk, Greeter
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Italian Brass Inlaid Walnut Hotel Restaurant Reception Desk, Greeter
An Original Italian Front of House Walnut Greeter, this is a very imposing piece, it is in the finest figured wo...
Category
19th Century International Style Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Lap Desk with Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Lap Desk with a leather top inset.
Category
Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Wicker Desk with Chair and Telephone Table
Located in East Hampton, NY
Antique Wicker Desk with Chair and Telephone Table, Arts and Crafts Style 3 piece wicker set has original paint and crackle patina, top has minor scratc...
Category
Late 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Desks
Materials
Wicker, Wood
Chinese Antique Table Ming Style Console Side Table
Located in Somis, CA
A solid wood table in Ming dynasty style. The solid top is set in a floating panel structure joined by mitered tenons and mortises. A narrow waist connects the top to the set of two ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Tramp Art Secretary Desk of Diminutive Size
Located in Downingtown, PA
Tramp Art Secretary Desk of Diminutive Size,
late-19th century.
The secretary desk is black over red with thumb-nail moldings. The top with dra...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Desks
Materials
Wood
Gorgeous 19th century English Burl Walnut Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
Gorgeous 19th century English burl walnut three part desk. Finished all around with faux drawers on the opposite side and pull out writing slide that would work very well for a laptop computer...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut, Burl
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
H.E. SHAW Antique Early 20th Century Mahogany Georgian Secretary Desk
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Georgian style secretary desk by H.E. Shaw Furniture. Mahogany with brass hardware, wood drawer knobs, scroll pediment top with three finials, an e...
Category
Early 20th Century American Georgian Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique H.T. Cushman Betumal Oak Telephone Stand Small Child's Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique H.T. Cushman Betumal Oak Telephone Stand Small Child's Desk. Item features a pull out seat, glass top, storage cubby to stand, solid woodconstr...
Category
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Desks
Materials
Glass, Oak
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
American Mahogany Partner's Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful Mahogany Partner's Desk with glass knobs. Top refinished and everything else cleaned and ready to go! Two wide drawers per each side with smaller drawers below. Beautiful c...
Category
1880s American Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Aesthetic Movement Tiger Tortoise Bamboo Secretary Desk With Rice Mat Shelves
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Turn-of-the-century Tiger Bamboo Secretary desk with handwoven rice mat top, center drawer, Bottom shelf, and three-tier split-level overhead shelving.
1900, United States
We only ...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Desks
Materials
Bamboo
Edwardian Oak Pedestal Desk
Located in Salisbury, GB
This Edwardian oak pedestal desk was made circa 1900.
A high-quality desk of this size is not easy to find. It was made for the home of a professional...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau 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
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
Victorian Pedestal Desk Antique Mahogany 1870
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian mahogany pedestal desk.
This mahogany desk features 9 graduated drawers with turned knobs.
The top of the desk having a green leather writing surface (replacement) with h...
Category
1870s Victorian 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
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
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
Antique Chippendale Carved Mahogany Knee Hole Desk, Claw & Ball Feet, C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Chippendale style knee hole desk offers mahogany construction with top having rope twist trim over central drawer with flanking smaller drawers and reeded columns, raised ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chippendale Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Early 20th-Century Neoclassical Writing Desk Inlaid with Brass
Located in Opole, PL
Early 20th-Century Neoclassical Writing Desk Inlaid with Brass
We present you a Neoclassical writing desk from the early 20th century.
It is...
Category
Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Brass
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
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
Restored Aesthetic Movement Tiger Tortoise Bamboo Secretary Hutch Desk
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Late VictoruiaTiger bamboo secretary desk with handwoven rice mat coverings and cut bamboo floral sculpture along the front, center drawer, and flip-d...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Art Nouveau Tiered Pyrography Etched Desk
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Art Nouveau Tiered Pyrography Etched Desk
This stunning Art Nouveau Desk is decorated profusely with pyrography etchings depicting country scenes, including vines, windmills, boat...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Desks
Materials
Beech
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
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
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
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
19th Century French Oak Podium
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden desk made in 19th century, France. This tall desk has been carefully bleached so as to enhance its natural oak surface and highlight the elaborate c...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
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
19th Century French Walnut Writing Table Desk, Cabriole Legs Banded Top, Drawer
Located in Toronto, CA
A beautifully proportioned 19th century French style writing table or desk, crafted in walnut with a lovely pattern walnut top with a walnut edge band. The carving is nicely detailed...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Walnut
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
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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