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Desks For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: Early 1900s
Tolda Desk with Mirror in Canaletto Walnut & Black Frame by Valentina Carretta
By Miniforms, Valentina Carretta
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tolda is a neo-romantic pop element, the adjustable mirror reveals the inspiration for the classic dressing table, now revisited in a contempora...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks

Materials

Walnut

21st Century Carpanese Home Italia Desk with Leather Base Modern, Arthur XL
Located in Sanguinetto, IT
Big desk in Walnut Canaletto and leather base and inserts. The beautiful mix between natural Walnut wood and leather is perfect for a Contemporary and luxurio...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

Impressive Vanity Table with Rough Texture, Breakfree Collection
Located in Port Orchard, WA
The vanity table from the BreakFree collection will become an accent piece of furniture in your bedroom. Exactly with this beautiful object, a new beautiful day will begin. The rough texture...
Category

2010s Ukrainian Industrial Desks

Materials

Metal

White Square Desk in Ash Wood Designed by Eric Gizard, 100% Made in France
Located in Landivy, FR
This square desk is made of 100% solid ash wood and designed by Eric Gizard, a famous Parisian Designer 1 wooden drawer is placed in the front This squar...
Category

2010s French Scandinavian Modern Desks

Materials

Ash, Lacquer, Wood

Dining Table / Desk "100/20" by Vincent Vincent in Solid Ash Modern Design VV114
Located in Lyon, FR
Dining table / desk in solid ash wood, designed and made by the cabinetmaker Vincent Vincent from Lyon. This table, which can be used as a desk, can be completed with the chairs and ...
Category

2010s French Organic Modern Desks

Materials

Ash

Danese Milano X&Y Medium Desk in Black 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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

Custom Black Lacquered Office Writing Desk with Brass Inlay by Carrocel
Located in North York, ON
This is a custom hand crafted desk that is not a production piece. It is only made to order and is made from bespoke materials designed just for this one piece. Solid maple drawers w...
Category

2010s Canadian Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

21st Century Antigua Writing Desk in Carbalho by Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Writing desk with top and chest of drawers in glossy grey color. Under-desktop covered with leather from the collection. Metal base is available in all t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks

Materials

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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Biedermeier Desks

Materials

Birch, Wood

Absolut Desk with Curved Glass and Clear Glass Top
Located in Paris, FR
Desk Absolut composed of a curved transparent glass base 19mm and a clear glass top 15mm with fastening plates in polished stainless steel. Available on request in: L220xD80xH74cm, ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desks

Materials

Stainless Steel

Contemporary Handcrafted Console "Alke" in Wood with Marble Pedestals by Anaktae
Located in Athens, GR
Contemporary, handmade console model "Alke Marble" with a rectangular surface in walnut wood resting on two geometric pedestals in solid marble. Variations ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Desks

Materials

Marble

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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Desks

Materials

Leather, Wood

Darling Point Desk by Yabu Pushelberg in Nude Matte Lacquered Oak and Brass
Located in Toronto, ON
This Darling point desk by Yabu Pushelberg in nude brushed ultra matte lacquered oak is paired with a Golden or Bronze coloured brass frame structure. Yabu Pushelberg’s design for...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Desks

Materials

Oak

Extraordinary Signed Zwiener Ormolu Mounted Lady's Secretary
Located in Cypress, CA
Extraordinary Ormolu mounted marquetry kingwood lady's desk, signed Swiener, also dated 1902 and bearing an initial of the persons that it was made for (see attached photo). Meticulous attention has been given to every details. Jean-Henri Jansen (1854-1928) founded the famous interior decoration firm of Maison Jansen in 1880. Manufacturing revival and Nouveau furniture he became Fournisseur de la...
Category

Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Ribbon Wall Mounted Vanity or Desk, Gray Ash Wood, Bronze Hardware by Debra Folz
Located in Pawtucket, RI
An interest in the translation of textile languages and soft surfaces through furniture forms has led to the development of a unique hardware and storage collection. Inspired by ribbons and communicated through hand cast solid bronze hardware and solid ashwood construction, each ribbon is fastened to the inside of the drawer front and designed to come through and gracefully fall down the front, serving as the pull for a drawer/door. Ash wood with a gray stain and satin bronze ribbon handles. This listing is for the vanity/desk only...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Other Desks

Materials

Bronze

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

Ribbon Wall Mounted Vanity or Desk, Black Wood, Bronze Hardware by Debra Folz
Located in Pawtucket, RI
An interest in the translation of textile languages and soft surfaces through furniture forms has led to the development of a unique hardware and storage collection. Inspired by ribbons and communicated through hand cast solid bronze hardware and solid ash wood construction, each ribbon is fastened to the inside of the drawer front and designed to come through and gracefully fall down the front, serving as the pull for a drawer or door. Ash wood with a black stain and satin bronze ribbon handles. This listing is for the vanity/desk only...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Other Desks

Materials

Bronze

Marble and lacquered Wood Console Capri with Brass Details by Hervé Langlais
Located in Paris, FR
Capri, Console desk, designed by Hervé Langlais for the Gallery Negropontes H 29.7 x W 41.3 x D, 17.7 inch Marble and lacquered wood with brass details Hervé Langlais is a graduate...
Category

2010s European Modern Desks

Materials

Marble, Brass

Darling Point Desk by Yabu Pushelberg in Black Pepper Stained Oak and Brass
Located in Toronto, ON
This darling point desk by Yabu Pushelberg in black pepper stained matte oak is paired with a golden or bronze coloured brass finish structure. Yabu Pushelberg’s design for the da...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Desks

Materials

Oak

Darling Point Desk by Yabu Pushelberg in Whiskey Matte Lacquered Oak and Brass
Located in Toronto, ON
This darling point desk by Yabu Pushelberg in whiskey ultra matte lacquered oak is paired with a golden or bronze coloured brass finish structure. Yabu Pushelberg’s design for the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Desks

Materials

Oak

Darling Point Desk by Yabu Pushelberg in Ivory Matte Lacquered Oak and Brass
Located in Toronto, ON
This darling point desk by Yabu Pushelberg in ivory ultra matte lacquered oak is paired with a golden or bronze coloured brass finish structure. Yabu Pushelberg’s design for the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Desks

Materials

Oak

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

Darling Point Desk by Yabu Pushelberg in Mist Matte Lacquered Oak and Brass
Located in Toronto, ON
This Darling Point desk by Yabu Pushelberg in Mist Matte lacquered oak is paired with a golden or bronze coloured brass finish structure. Yabu Pushelberg’s design for the Darling ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Desks

Materials

Oak

Desk in the manner of Charles Heathcote Tatham
By Charles Heathcote Tatham
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
An important Regency design carved wood pedestal desk in the manner of Charles Heathcote Tatham. The top is symmetrically divided and leathere...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Desks

Materials

Leather, Wood

Ribbon Wall Mounted Vanity & Mirror, Ivory Wood, Bronze Hardware by Debra Folz
Located in Pawtucket, RI
An interest in the translation of textile languages and soft surfaces through furniture forms has led to the development of a unique hardware and storage collection. Inspired by ribbons and communicated through hand cast solid bronze hardware and solid ash wood construction, each ribbon is fastened to the inside of the drawer front and designed to come through and gracefully fall down the front, serving as the pull for a drawer/door. Ash wood with an ivory stain and satin bronze ribbon handles. This listing is for the vanity/desk only...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Other Desks

Materials

Bronze

French Bombe Slant Front Ladies Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
French Bombe slant front ladies desk, the slant front is painted with a figure of a woman holding a stylized caduceus in her left hand, and a dove in her right hand. The top is paint...
Category

Early 1900s French Antique Desks

Materials

Brass

Little Shanghai Desk in Olive Wood and Black Sycamore Silver Painted Leg
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Little Shanghai desk in olive wood and black sycamore silver painted leg. There are two drawers on each side. The and sides are in olive and black...
Category

2010s French Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

Custom Old Plank Directoire Inspired Ebonized Desk with Gilded Leather Top
Located in Chicago, IL
From our Old Plank collection of hand-crafted furniture is a French Directoire inspired desk built to your exact specifications; meaning, in any dimension, wood species, leather colo...
Category

2010s American Directoire Desks

Materials

Mahogany

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

Danese Milano X&Y Small Desk in White 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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

Lorenzo Desk in Argentine Rosewood, Bronze and White Lacquer from Costantini
Located in New York, NY
This Classic yet modern desk features an Argentine Rosewood body and white mirror-polished lacquered face and drawers with bronze accents. The drawers feature soft-close hardware and...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desks

Materials

Wood

Pivoting Drafting Table, Blackened Steel and Smoked Glass, by Force/Collide
Located in Seattle, WA
Designed and made-to-order in our Seattle studio with artists, architects, drafters, designers and creatives in mind, the Pivoting Drafting Table is modern, minimal and sleek. It features a satin black oxide steel framework with a tempered gray glass inlay (materials and finishes are customizable). The flush, uninterrupted work surface pivots between 0 and 40 degrees to eliminate ergonomic interference for a more versatile way of working. Both clamping levers are easily accessed with an ergonomic feel for quick-change operation, featuring subtle bronze hardware accents. The silhouette of the legs imitates the work surface when expressed in its pivot position for minimal, geometric line-work that lends to a contemporary, minimal feel. The body has an open style for the option of storing a matching Rolling Utility Cart...
Category

2010s American Modern Desks

Materials

Metal, Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Iron

English Shaped Top Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Mahogany shaped top partners writing table with satinwood stringing and inlaid fan medallions. Black/green, antiqued and gold tooled leather top. Three drawers each side with antique...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Desks

Materials

Mahogany, Boxwood, Olive, Satinwood

Contemporary Handcrafted Desk "Timaios" in Wood, with Inclined Legs by Anaktae
Located in Athens, GR
Contemporary handmade desk model "Timaios" in Brazilian walnut with four inclined legs and surface, and three drawers with oxidized brass handles. Variations are available in custom...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

Danese Milano X&Y Small Desk in Black 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, squa...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

Scandinavian Minimalist Style Wood Desk
Located in Paris, FR
Great Nordic style compact desk made of solid wood, oak or walnut (chosen by the buyer) offering storage solution with one drawer. Great lines, elegant designer's creation, made in a...
Category

2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Desks

Materials

Oak, Walnut

Console Legs Glossy Lacquer Leather Cover with Nails Marble Top Caps in Bronze
Located in London, GB
Sicis is delighted to welcome you at ‘Home’. The classically inspired extent in contemporary plays an eclectic style, elegant and refined. Interiors express personality. A constant...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desks

Materials

Marble

Console In Brozed Brass Top in Black Aziz Marble or Calacatta Gold Marble
Located in London, GB
Sicis is delighted to welcome you at ‘Home’. The classically inspired extent in contemporary plays an eclectic style, elegant and refined. Interiors express personality. A constant...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks

Materials

Marble, Brass

Lorin Marsh, Modern, Desk, Gray Embossed Leather, Chrome, 2000s
Located in Stamford, CT
Hollywood Regency style modern desk or writing table. Embossed and stitched leather on a sleek and stylish chromed steel base. All sides finished in chrome and leather including interior of drawers. This custom quality desk is sure to add sparkle to any room in the home or office. A simply stunning example of detail to workmanship. This particular desk is selling for three times ($25,350) the listed price at Lorin Marsh. In 1975, Lorin Marsh established their eponymous furniture and décor showroom in the historic New York Decoration and Design building, with the aim of providing comprehensive interior decorating options while maintaining a chic, boutique experience. Not only offering an array of home décor, including furniture, lighting and accessories, Lorin Marsh also presented a wide variety of styles, comprising antique, vintage and modern, as well as imported pieces with European, Asian and South American aesthetics. Over the decades since its inception, the brand expanded to include bespoke pieces, made to the same high-quality standards of craftsmanship that Lorin Marsh has come to be recognized for. Arguably one of the more unique aspects of the company’s operation is the purveying of both brand-designed pieces and unique vintage furnishings...
Category

2010s Modern Desks

Materials

Chrome

Custom Blue Shagreen and Bone Desk
Located in New York, NY
Custom made-to-order blue shagreen desk with bone trim. Customization of dimensions and colors is available. The piece shown is in a custom blue color (n...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Desks

Materials

Bone, Shagreen, Wood

Danese Milano X&Y Large Desk in White 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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

Iconic Modern Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
The iconic modern desk with parquetry veneered and lacquered top having brass inlaid details, Icon bronze bound top with inlaid brass strapped accen...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks

Materials

Leather

Acaú Side Table
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
The inspiration comes from the sea. A dive with the talent and the keen eye of Sergio Matos, the designer from Mato Grosso, Paraíba, which brings to the surface the products of his c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Desks

Materials

Resin

Drafting Table and Utility Cart, Blackened Steel and Gray Glass by Force/Collide
Located in Seattle, WA
Designed and made-to-order in our Seattle studio with artists, architects, drafters, designers and creatives in mind, the Drafting Table and Utility Cart ...
Category

2010s American Modern Desks

Materials

Metal, Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Sheet Metal

Danese Milano Bincan Desk in White Metal by Naoto Fukasawa
Located in Hicksville, NY
Bincan desk is part of the Bincan collection, which was designed for the work place and can be adapted to any type of office or work space. The minimal structure in powder-coated met...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

Butler's Desk or Walnut Secretary
Located in Princeton, NJ
A contemporary take on the butler's desk. A butler's desk is a cabinet that converts into a desk, concealing its function. A desk, standing on its own looks out of place without an accompanying chair and lamp, but a cabinet that functions as a desk looks fine all by itself. This is entirely handmade, down to the desk hardware...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Desks

Materials

Brass

Gotham Desk Customizable Wood, Metal and Resin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The harmonious mix of materials enhances the beauty of this Gotham desk. The desk features rich oxidized Ambrosia maple wood, a bronze frame, three blackened bronze encased in epoxy ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

Live Edge Waterfall Desk
Located in San Diego, CA
Burl wood live edge waterfall desk by San Diego designer. Although it isn't heavy, the desk should be suspended with wall anchors or other reinforc...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary North American Desks

Materials

Wood

Eros Desk in Antique Bronze Frame & Novasuede and Marblo Surface
Located in London, GB
Fierce, sensual and sumptuous, the Eros desk has a versatility that is not available in many luxurious furniture designs. Throughout its entire range, Casa Botelho believes that ever...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Art Deco Desks

Materials

Steel, Brass

Contemporary Handcrafted Console "Alke" in Wood with Brass Pedestals by Anaktae
Located in Athens, GR
Contemporary, handmade console model "Alke" with a rectangular surface in walnut wood resting on two geometric pedestals in oxidized solid brass. Var...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

Stan Usel Desk Mosaic Stainless Steel and Malachites
Located in Brussels, BE
Created to measure by Stan Usel, this desk of stainless steel, red copper and brass is inserted with a magnificent malachite and agates stones highlighting a mosaic radiation. Each p...
Category

2010s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Malachite, Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel

Amuneal’s Collector’s 4 Bay Office Unit
Located in New York, NY
Four bays of our collector’s shelving system are used to create this modular office configuration with desk, adjustable display shelving, drawers and la...
Category

2010s American Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

English Walnut Pedestal Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
A three-piece, tan leather surface with tooling and gilding is the starting point for this three part pedestal desk in walnut burl. Classic touches abound in the appearance and const...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Desks

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Height Adjustable Industrial Desk Made in Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful work station/desk, designed and manufactured in Los Angeles California. The desk has a beautiful industrial steel base, the desk has a height adjustable mechanism that r...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks

Materials

Steel

Olivette Dark Wood Writing Desk
Located in Milan, IT
Blending form with function, this elegant desk is the perfect sophisticated pick for the office. The thick wood desktop is in a gray hue, while the body and sides of this piece are i...
Category

2010s Italian Desks

Materials

Metal

"Dalsace" Desk in the Manner of Pierre Chareau
Located in Glendale, CA
"Dalsace" desk in the manner of Pierre Chareau. Handcrafted in the Los Angeles and French workshops of noted French designer and antiques deal...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks

Materials

Steel

Console in Brozed Brass Top in Black Aziz Marble or Calacatta Gold Marble
Located in London, GB
Sicis is delighted to welcome you at ‘Home’. The classically inspired extent in contemporary plays an eclectic style, elegant and refined. Interiors express personality. A constant...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Galho Table
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Versatility and sophistication are the words to set the twig table. Composed of independent structures that allow several compositions, joining one, two or more bases to form tables ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Desks

Materials

Aluminum

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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