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Desks For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 1950s
French Provincial Secretary Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French provincial secretary desk with an angled arched cornice above two paneled doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the midsection ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial Desks

Materials

Wood

Regency Style Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine inlaid Regency style writing table with two frieze drawers, turned and fluted legs that have acanthus cast brass capitals and feet, made of solid mahogany and figured Etimoe v...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Desks

Materials

Brass

English Walnut Burl Three-Drawer Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Created for us by an English cabinetmaker with whom we have been associated for over 30 years, this walnut writing desk has Classic lines that would blend well in a modern setting. I...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Desks

Materials

Leather, Walnut, Burl

Zanotta Calamo Desk in White Top with Steel Frame by Gabriele Rosa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Zanotta Calamo Desk in White Top with Steel Frame by Gabriele Rosa Varnished steel frame and top in black, white or graphite. Top and storage space in cowhide pigmentato 90. The storage space is accessed by a drop-leaf opening. Calamo is not an old-style desk with drawers overflowing with paper, but an essential element of furniture, both in function and appearance, something that could fit anywhere in the home. The collection includes a new furnishing accessory designed by young designer Gabriele Rosa: the Calamo desk-console table. With a white, black or graphite steel structure with cowhide pigmentato cover for the surface and storage space under the folding lid. Undoubtedly the writing desk still...
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21st Century and Contemporary Desks

Materials

Steel

Art Deco Leather Inset Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Art Deco style fumed figured Eucalyptus veneered desk, the rectangular stainless steel strung top centered by a tooled leather writing surface and a demi lune cut-out, with three frieze drawers with stainless steel handles, on turned legs with stainless steel castors...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Desks

Materials

Stainless Steel

Louis XVI Leather Top Mahogany Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A mahogany and brass mounted bureau plat desk, with a leather inset writing surface and three frieze drawers, on turned legs French. The original Lou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Brass

Greta Magnusson-Grossman Desk for Glenn of California
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Greta Magnusson-Grossman desk for Glenn of California, c.1950s, USA. This stunning desk features a mixed base of walnut and iron with a black laminated writing surface and cabinet do...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Iron

Emmett Desk Small, Handcrafted Solid Wood Desk
Located in Stevenson, WA
The Emmett Desk is a simple asymmetrical desk with exposed offset box joints and turned tapered legs. Spread your papers out, pile your books in a corner, open the laptop, draw for h...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks

Materials

Hardwood

Transitional Turned Leg Jenks Writing Desk in Oak by Martin and Brockett
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin & Brockett's Jenks Writing Desk features clean-lined transitional turned legs, a solid wood top and two concealed drawers in the front apron. Shown in Light-Fumed Oak finish ...
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2010s American Desks

Materials

Oak

Melchiorre Bega Desk, 1950s Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning Italian desk in a beautiful caramel wood. Four pull-out drawers flank each side of the desk. Angular extension on the left side of the desk for extra writing space and fanta...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Brass

Giorgio Collection Absolute Presidential Desk Glossy Japanese Tamo Wood
Located in New York, NY
Desk in moka japanese tamos burl veneer in high gloss polyester with 5 full extension drawers with bottom velvet inside and 1 file drawer on each side. Lock on the first right facing...
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2010s Italian Art Deco Desks

Materials

Polyester, Ash

Partners Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Dallas, TX
A mahogany partners desk with original leather top and base and brass hardware. Designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.
Category

1950s Vintage Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Simply Modern Writing Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
An elegant modern writing table with three singular leather wrapped drawers, our Cardamon finish on the veneered frame (and handles) with panel end supports and brushed brass finish ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks

Materials

Wood

Modern Stainless Steel and Glass Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern stainless steel and glass desk with drawer and tempered glass writing surface. Dimensions: 54" W x 24" D x 30" H.  
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

Pavilion AV16 Black Desk by Anderssen & Voll for &tradition
Located in Dubai, AE
A light and lyrical aesthetic compact desk intended to suit both office and home spaces. The Pavilion desk is made of a tabletop laminated with linoleum...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks

Materials

Steel

SET AIMARA Small, Medium & Large Alpaca Silver Photoframes
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The waves on a choppy lake, rough by the wind, inspire the design of alpaca boxes and picture frames of this family, whose name comes from the tribe that dwelled in the North Argenti...
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2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desks

Materials

Metal, Sheet Metal

Pedestal Desk in the Biedermeier manner
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A blond wood burr veneered and ebonized pedestal desk with inset leather top and diamond design inlaid ends. The design is taken from Biedermei...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Biedermeier Desks

Materials

Birch, Wood

Fabulous Grosfeld House Style Splayed Legs Bar Desk Cabinet Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fabulous Grosfeld House style walnut splayed legs bar cabinet. We love everything about this wonderful cabinet with the 2 pull-down doors revealing cubbies on one side and open space...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Walnut

Large Double Face Desk in Oak, 1950's
Located in LYON, FR
Very large mid-century oak desk, from the 1950s, fully restored. This is a superb double-sided desk, so it can be placed in the middle of a room and / or serve as an executive office...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Oak

I Do desk from the Alexandre Arrechea SoShiro collaboration
Located in London, GB
'I do' is a desk made of pear wood and aluminium as part of Alexandre Arrechea and SoShiro’s collaborative Layers collection. It is inspired by the installation CHAOS, which communic...
Category

2010s Italian Desks

Materials

Aluminum

Custom Mahogany and Parchment Desk Featuring Three Central Drawers
Located in New York, NY
Custom parchment and mahogany writing desk. This desk is custom made. It can be crafted in your choice of wood and finish, mahogany, cerused oak, parchment top, shagreen etc. Lead Ti...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks

Materials

Mahogany, Parchment Paper

Rustic Country Style Writing Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Rustic country reclaimed oak and mahogany trestle desk, the planked rectangular top above a frieze with three recessed panel drawers, on turned column splayed end supports secured ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Desks

Materials

Wood

Compas Desk
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Leaning against the wall, the COMPAS desk is ideal for small places. Simple lines, original design and still so functional: 2 removable flaps giving access...
Category

2010s French Desks

Materials

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. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Art Deco Desks

Materials

Leather

Class Desk with a Walnut Wood Top and Graphite Finished Metal Base 55''
Located in Miami, FL
The Class desk was designed by our Uultis team with a walnut wood finish top and a graphite-finished metal base, representing lightness and practicality in ...
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2010s Brazilian Desks

Materials

Metal

Danese Milano X&Y Small Desk in Green Metal by Paolo Rizzatto
Located in Hicksville, NY
x&Y is a series of lively and dynamic tables. The structure is in either powder-coated or galvanized metal while the top, which can be either round, square or rectangular, is availab...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

Pierre Jeanneret Desk, 1950s Chandigargh
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spectacular pigeonhole desk by Pierre Jeanneret. Made for the Chandigarh project. Used in the administrative buildings in Chindigargh, Sector 1. Angular leg and bookcase back. One of the most iconic pieces of modern design. Taupe leather top. Single pull out drawer on front left. Looks stunning from every angle. Great piece to float in a room. Desk in excellent vintage condition. The last 4 images are original photos of the desk pre-restoration. Armrest clearance is 26.25" Jeanneret Chandigargh Book - Jacques Dworczak...
Category

1950s Indian Vintage Desks

Materials

Teak, Leather

Simply Modern Writing Table, 49
Located in Westwood, NJ
An elegant modern writing table with two singular leather-wrapped drawers, our Cardamon finish on the veneered frame (and handles) with panel end supports and brushed brass finish ac...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks

Materials

Wood

Essentials Desk by Uhuru
Located in Pasadena, TX
Essentials Desk by Uhuru. Measure: 59" Donald Judd Minimalist inspired desk with powder coated steel legs and ebonized walnut veneer top by Brooklyn-based Uhuru. New in box. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Desks

Materials

Steel

Lucite and Walnut floating Desk
Located in Ballard, CA
A highly engineered modernist desk made from a walnut (or oak, mahogany, or rosewood veneer) case “floating” on a Lucite base, which is affixed by custom-designed hardware. Custom si...
Category

2010s American Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

'Nido' Mid-Century Modern style Desk in Brazilian Hardwood by Knót Artesanal
Located in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro
Nido desk is comprised of an ample work area and a slim drawer all enclosed by delicate slats and suspended upon four slender legs. The offset drawer pull breaks the symmetry of the ...
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2010s Brazilian Minimalist Desks

Materials

Wood

English Crossed Sabre Leg Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Handcrafted for us by a small workshop in England, this writing table embodies the quality and appearance buyers of bespoke English furniture have come to expect over the last 300 ye...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Desks

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Modern Desk with Brass Supports
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern desk with rectangular starburst veneered walnut grain top with a Macadamia finish, four shagreen inlaid drawers with brushed brass handles and side supports. Dimensions: 63...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

French design & connected executive desk in solid wood, by Christophe Lecomte
Located in Landivy, FR
This minister's desk is part of the TRAPEZ collection designed by the Vendée designer Christophe Lecomte, who combines noble materials, aesthetics and uptodate office functionalities. This collection includes several desks and storage units to equip personal offices, private practices and companies. This large writing table is made of French high-valued solid and veneer ash wood sourced in sustainable managed and PEFC certified French forests. With TRAPEZ, work free and with only 1 single wire on the floor between your desk and the wall. With the integrated power strip (3 electrical plugs and 2 USB chargers), you will be able to plug your office electronical...
Category

2010s French Modern Desks

Materials

Wood, Ash

Rúna Large Desk, by Isabel Ahm from Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
Timeless desk with a poetic idiom and a neat little drawer. With its pure and classic design, Rúna creates a space around itself and boosts your entire interior design whether the de...
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21st Century and Contemporary Slovenian Modern Desks

Materials

Wood

Executive Desk by Franco Albini, Italy, 1950s
Located in Hellouw, NL
Large executive desk by Franco Albini from Italy, ca the 1950s. The desk has a small cabinet at the front of the desk with some shelves giving it a very attractive design from all si...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Wood

Pierre Jeanneret Desk, 1950s Chandigargh
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spectacular pigeonhole desk by Pierre Jeanneret. Made for the Chandigarh project. Used in the administrative buildings in Chindigargh, Sector 1. Angular leg and bookcase back. The word - OFFICE - stenciled on years ago designating it to one of the buildings. One of the most iconic pieces of modern design. Dark green leather top. Single pull out drawer on front left. Looks stunning from every angle. Great piece to float in a room. Desk in excellent vintage condition. Last 5 images are the original photos - pre-restoration. Armrest clearance is 26". Jeanneret Chandigargh Book - Jacques Dworczak...
Category

1950s Indian Vintage Desks

Materials

Leather, Teak

Jacques Adnet Leather and Oak Desk, 1950s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental Art Deco era desk by French Art Deco Modernist designer Jacques Adnet. Iron frame with 4 posts, inverted u-shaped bases and brass support ...
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1950s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Brass, Iron

Desk-Sideboard 1950s Belgium Design
Located in Antwerp, BE
Modern beautiful sideboard in ashwood with a front door that you can open and change the furniture into a desk use with an interior with two shelves laminated in white. Simple and s...
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1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Laminate, Ash

Medium Dark Walnut Architect Adjustable Desk with Black or Brown Leather Insets
Located in Ballard, CA
The Iconic Jean Pierre desk named after the famous actor Jean Pierre Aumont is an handcrafted desk in solid walnut with black or brown leather insets,...
Category

2010s North American Campaign Desks

Materials

Leather, Wood, Walnut

Edwardian Leather Top Pedestal Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
An English Edwardian style hand carved pedestal desk, with a leather inset top, three frieze drawers, one pedestal with cupboard the other with tw...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Edwardian Desks

Materials

Leather, Wood

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese George II Desks

Materials

Wood

Macassar Ebony Executive Desk 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Singaporean Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Stainless Steel

21st Century Brocart Dressing Table with Hand-carved Legs
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
The pieces of the Brocart line showcase a refined style that evokes the luxury of the 17th and 18th century French noble courts. They present a base with hand-carved legs and antique...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Wood

Mid-Century Danish Teak Desk by Kai Kristiansen, 1950s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Beautiful mid century Danish desk with a lovely shaped top. Designed by Kai Kristiansen and fabricated by Feldballes Møbelfabrik in the 50's. A cute circular storage...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Teak

Apartment-Sized Patterned Osis Desk by Llot Llov
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Llot Llov's Osis desk was developed specifically for the home office — it has a small footprint yet offers the necessary space to work, and it has a privacy screen to help with both ...
Category

2010s German Modern Desks

Materials

Steel

French Leather Top Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French neoclassic style mahogany, cerejeira veneered and crossbanded writing desk, the rectangular burnished leather inlaid top above one long and one short frieze drawers, and an ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Neoclassical Desks

Materials

Leather, Wood

Modern Pedestal Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A modern pedestal desk with quartered oak veneer and with a basalt finish. With brass slab legs and handles having a long center drawer and three gradua...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

Custom Mahogany Regency Style Writing Desk by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is made-to-order traditional mahogany writing desk made in the Leighton Hall shop. It features a cathedral mahogany top with a satinwood inlay, inlaid and tapered legs, dovetail...
Category

2010s American Regency Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Rustic Country Whitewash Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A rustic country-style solid whitewash rectangular desk with a rustic finish revealing exposed saw marks. Three small oak-lined drawers to front with mortice and tenon joints to X-fr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Desks

Materials

Wood

Rustic Country Walnut Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A rustic country-style solid walnut rectangular desk with a rustic finish revealing exposed saw marks. Three small oak-lined drawers to front with mortice and tenon joints to X-frame...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Desks

Materials

Wood

Jeannette Laverrière and Maurice Pré, Bookcase/Desk, France, 1950
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Jeannette Laverrière and Maurice Pré, bookcase / desk in gilded ash, France, 1950. Equipped with 4 shelves, two of which are adjustable and a drop...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Ash

Paul Laszlo Bleached Oak "Basket Weave" Desk for Brown Saltman
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Paul Laszlo's (1900-1993) stunning bleached oak desk for brown saltman features basket weave drawer fronts and modern U-shaped legs.       
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Oak

Rectangular Desk in solid ash wood, scandinavian design by Eric Gizard, Paris
Located in Landivy, FR
This dark blue rectangular console desk/table is designed by Eric Gizard in Paris. Eric is well know for its beautiful sleek design adapted for French craft brands and luxury groups....
Category

2010s French Scandinavian Modern Desks

Materials

Lacquer, Wood, Ash

Jacques Adnet Leather Desk and Chair, 1950s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptional Art Deco era desk with matching chair by French modernist designer Jacques Adnet. Entire desk is wrapped in leather. Iron frame with 4 po...
Category

1950s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Brass, Iron

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese George III Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Mid-Century Italia Vanity Desk in Lacquered Wood Gio Ponti Style Colored Dassi
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Mid-century Italia vanity desk in lacquered wood and Gio Pont style colored glass.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Wood, Lacquer, Glass

Asymmetrical "Linda Marie" Writing Desk with Leather Top by Kate Duncan
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Riffing on a traditional writing desk, our writing desk is made to order in a variety of sizes, wood types and finishes. A small drawer done u...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Desks

Materials

Leather, Wood

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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