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Desks For Sale
Vintage mid century modern exquisite Danish teak wood desk
Located in Phoenix, AZ
1960s Danish teak wood desk. Excellent mid century modern floating style with sculptural legs and handles. Features three drawers on the right and a filing drawer on the left. There ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Shop Counter Sarreguemines Porcelain
Located in Vosselaar, BE
This late 19th century French shop counter is extremely rare because of its custom made Sarreguemines porcelain panels. Every panel is a bit different and fits seamlessly with bolts ...
Category
19th Century French Baroque Revival Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Walnut Ivanhoe Desk with Pencil Drawers by Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Ivanhoe desk features a cantilevered base with open display shelves. Available in American walnut or white oak and drawers are available upon ...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Walnut
Period Regency Mahogany Mechanical Gentleman's Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
This very fine desk made during the Regency period in England is of great design and exceptional quality. Constructed of Mahogany solids and veneers with fine figure and color. The d...
Category
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Mid-Century Teakwood Executive Desk Table by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This exquisite desk, so well designed by Vittorio Dassi in the 1950s, stands as a testament to the collaboration between Dassi and the renowned Gio Ponti.
The teakwood structure is ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
1960s Pilastro Multi-Color Two Section Wall Mount Desk with Drawers and Shelves
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960s Pilastro multi-color wall mount desk with double drawers and adjustable shelves. An energetic industrial style desk with white and orange enameled shelves, textured white ename...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Rare Antique English Regency Rosewood Davenport with Spring-Loaded Pen Drawer
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
This wonderful early 19th century Antique English Rosewood and ebonized Davenport or Ship Captain's Desk is one of the finest we've had in recent years. Davenports or Ship Captain's Desks are so-named originally for a Captain Davenport...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
$5,738 Sale Price
24% Off
Trunk Mobile Office Bureau Leather Black Restoration Hardware Timothy Oulton
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Travel and take your work anywhere, anytime
Funky, fun, ergonomic, mobile office, compact bureau or bookcase for the home or travel to exhibitions or sites
Vintage trunk stylish and ...
Category
2010s Central American Campaign Desks
Materials
Chrome
Midcentury Designer Desk, Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
This writing desk, proudly crafted in Italy, embodies the timeless aesthetics of the Mid-Century design movement prevalent during the 1950s. Its exquisite design showcases the design...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
1960's English Regency Style Pecan Desk Console by Thomasville
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This English Regency style pecan writing desk by Thomasville would be perfect in any room. Desk, console, or entryway table to name a few. The stain / tone appears to be in the fam...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
$2,726 Sale Price
22% Off
Italian Mid Century sculptural Desk Table designed by Vittorio Dassi in 1950s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This elegant mid-century Italian design desk was designed by Vittorio Dassi in the 1950s. The piece is characterized by a refined design that alternates soft and rounded lines with a...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
$3,720 Sale Price
29% Off
French Directoire style minister's desk in solid wood
Located in Landivy, FR
This minister's desk with 5-drawers is a craft-handed reproduction of the world-renowned French Directoire style, which dates back to the end of the 18th century.
This range is char...
Category
2010s French Directoire Desks
Materials
Brass
Rare 1930s Antique Industrial Steel & Brass Roll Top Desk by the Art Metal Co.
By Art Metal Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
This is an absolute stunner of a roll top! Rare 1930s Steel and brass Manufactured by the Art Metal Construction Co. of Jamestown, NY around ...
Category
1930s American Industrial Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass, Steel
Shape modern desk in Eucalyptus with leather top
By Carpanelli
Located in Desio, IT
Desk from the Shape line, characterized by its curved lines and enhanced by the leather top, presented in Eucalyptus rope F129. Equipped with two large drawers with rallenty system.
...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desks
Materials
Leather, Bentwood
$6,110 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Dutch 18th Century Architect’s Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A versatile Dutch architect’s desk from the late 1700’s. This mahogany desk has an adjustable tilt top drafting surface with six distinct height options. The writing surface is 32 ¼”...
Category
18th Century Dutch Other Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique French Empire Flame Mahogany Abattant with Figural Ormolu 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Empire abattant secretary offers flame mahogany construction with upper drawer over drop front desk opening to interior with p...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
George III Mahogany Slant Front Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Diminutive proportions built relatively shallow with a hinged fall front opening to a fitted interior over four drawers with brass handles. Bracket feet.
Category
1760s English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Large Floating Walnut Modern Executive Desk on one inch Lucite Base.
Located in Kansas City, MO
Amazingly cool, mid century modern desk. Rectangular form with rounded corners. Heavyweight construction floating on a super sturdy one inch thick acrylic base. Expertly restored ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
Expertly Restored - Danish Modern Executive Teak Desk with Raised Edges 1950's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danish modern executive teak desk with raises edges.
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Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to ...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
1950's Mid Century Desk and Chair Conant Ball Modern Mates by Leslie Diamond
Located in New York, NY
Architectural Mid Century desk, with original chair, designed by Leslie Diamond, for Conant Ball, as part of their hugely successful Mod...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
Rare Mid-Century Modern Walnut Push-Button Executive Desk by SLS Environetics
Located in Lafayette, IN
This ultra-rare and ultra-cool desk features a black steel frame, walnut veneer cabinet and brushed-aluminum legs with rosewood inlay. The contrasting woods, aluminum accents and minimalist, mid-century lines, make this desk is the epitome of 70's chic! However, what makes this desk truly remarkable is its parlor trick... Cable-actuated, spring-loaded drawers that open at the touch of a button! (see video) This unique desk was custom-designed by SLS Environetics and produced by Leopold/Litton Industries for use in offices at the Sears Tower...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel, Aluminum
$3,499 Sale Price
63% Off
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Fall Front Desk
Located in Huntington, NY
A two part Swedish Gustavian fall front desk. Upper section top opens to an ample work surface, eleven drawers with brass pulls and four storage cubbies. The lower section has three ...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Iron
Federal Butlers Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
Very attractive Mahogany southern Federal Butlers Desk probably mid Atlantic states around 1820-30. Large bottle drawers on either side of a nicely fi...
Category
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$1,895
Shaker Style Pine Desk + Hutch
Located in Round Top, TX
Charming two-piece, pine desk + hutch with Shaker proportions. Natural, oiled finish with simple brass hardware and two round, white porcelain pulls to glass front doors. Very good o...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Shaker Desks
Materials
Brass
$926 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Stickley Brothers Telephone Table and Chair - W5050
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is a superb looking Stickley Brothers set of telephone table and a chair.
The quarter sawn is fantastic, and great original finish and its soli oak and not veneered.
the set co...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks
Materials
Oak
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Walnut desk with two solid walnut drawers in mid-century modern style
Located in ZIELONA GÓRA, PL
Desk in mid-century style with two drawers and brass handles. The tapered legs are finished with brass plated aluminum feet. Desk made of solid American walnut wood and wood covered ...
Category
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Queen Anne Chinoiserie Lacquer Pedestal Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Queen Anne Chinoiserie black lacquer pedestal desk. Desk features three-quarter gallery top over three horizontal drawers, and doo...
Category
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Desks
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Vittorio Dassi Monumental Desk Wall Unit for Mobili Cantù, Italy, 1950
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Monumental and very rare desk wall unit by Vittorio Dassi for Mobili Cantù – Italy, circa 1950.
Italian walnut, birch and brass details.
Corner assembly between two walls at a 90-deg...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
1979 Warren Platner for Knoll Executive Desk in Leather, Oak, and Chromed Steel
By Warren Platner, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Large Executive Desk, designed by Warren Platner for Knoll International in 1973. The desk features a minimalist design, having a chromed-steel cantilever base. It has an i...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Mahogany Finely Carved Ball & Claw Console Writing Table Desk Two Drawers Rope
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mahoganyfinely carved ball & claw console writing table desk two drawers rope edge.
Category
20th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Modern Large Scale Executive Desk by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Spectacular Mid Century Parsons Executive desk in Honduran mahogany by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar. Beautifully refinished. Minor repairs at two corners and appear exaggerated in photo...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Rare 19th Century English 'Eclipse' Patented Telescopic Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING an EXCEPTIONALLY RARE 19C English Eclipse Patented Telescopic Desk.
Made of oak in the Rococo Style in Great Britain, circa 1880.
Fully marked as “The Eclipse“, Brand’s ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Teak writing desk, Danish design, 1960s.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Teak writing desk, Danish design,
Very good condition, after professional renovation.
Wood: Teak
Dimensions: Height 95 cm, width 89 cm, depth 42 cm.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
19th Century Walnut Partners Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a walnut and Kashmir walnut partners desk made in England, circa 1890. The top of the desk is Walnut with 3 shaped pieces of beautiful brown lea...
Category
1890s English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Vernis Martin French Secretaire Cabinet Attributed To Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Dublin, IE
A superb late 19th century French flamed mahogany and Vernis Martin secretaire cabinet in the manner of Paul Sormani Paris. The rectangular top with three quarter balustrade gallery,...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century American Walnut "Wells Fargo" Desk by Wooton Desk. Co
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality and impressive standard grade American walnut Wootton Desk Co. "Wells Fargo" desk, of substantial form, with three quarter galle...
Category
19th Century American High Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Oval Louis XVI Writing Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
An oval Louis XVI style writing desk. Three panels of black leather are framed with a scrolled gilt border. Four dovetailed drawers with beveled paneled fronts, open with round brass...
Category
Late 20th Century Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Swiss German Black Forest Carved Walnut Writing Letter Box Folding Desk
By Black Forest
Located in Portland, OR
A very good carved walnut Swiss German Black Forest writing box, folding desk desk, Brienz Switzerland, circa 1890.
The slant front is finely carved in relief with a design of quills...
Category
1880s German Black Forest Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Dutch Marquetry Kidney Desk with Floral Inlay, Original Key
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Dutch Marquetry Kidney Desk with Floral Inlay, Original Key
A refined 19th-century Dutch kidney-shaped writing desk, masterfully crafted in mahogany and richly inlaid w...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Neoclassical Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
German Space Age Flexible Desk from Multiform, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Space age desk with container and expandable plate.
a functional design. This small desk impresses with its reduced form and flexibility. The table top can be expanded on both sides...
Category
20th Century German Desks
Materials
Metal
Large Louis XV style flat desk, marquetry and gilt bronze, 19th century work
Located in NICE, FR
Large Louis XV-style 19th-century flat desk in solid beech veneer with inlay, opening with three drawers including a central drawer in the waistband with floral bronze fittings and r...
Category
1860s French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
18th century Virginia inlaid walnut desk
Located in Richmond, VA
Great period Virginia inlaid walnut slant front desk with a family history of being made in Rockingham County. Nice proportions, incredible color and beautifully executed interior.
Category
Late 18th Century American Federal Antique Desks
Materials
Poplar, Walnut
Fine 19th Century Mahogany Kidney Shaped Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
A fine quality mid-19th century well figured mahogany kidney shaped pedestal desk, having moulded edge gilt tooled leather top, ab...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century English Paint Decorated Adam Style Satinwood Writing Table Desk
Located in Long Branch, NJ
19th Century English Paint Decorated Adam Style Satinwood Writing Table Desk
Dimensions : 50" Wide X 26" Deep X 34.5" Tall
This stunning desk was made in England in the late 19th C...
Category
Late 19th Century British Adam Style Antique Desks
Materials
Satinwood
Custom English Partners Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
Featuring handsomely grained mahogany on raised side panels, this partners desk would make an attractive addition to any office. From its antiqued, hand tooled leather top to its fou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Georgian Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
$17,750 / item
Paul Evans Patchwork Burl and Steel Cityscape Executive Desk, 1970's
By Paul Evans
Located in Culver City, CA
Some desks hold paper clips. Others hold power. This Paul Evans Cityscape Desk? It’s the power! Designed by the legendary Paul Evans in the 1970s, this monumental, sculptural masterp...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
Stunning Art Deco Burr Walnut 9 Drawer Kneehole Desk
Located in Barnstaple, GB
A fabulous burr walnut 1930s Art Deco 9 drawer desk. Veneered in the most beautiful burr walnut to the drawer fronts with very pale contrasting straight ...
Category
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
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
$2,067 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Mid Century Executive Desk Table designed by Vittorio Dassi in 1950s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stylish Executive desk designed by Vittorio Dassi in 1950s,truly unique design characterized by a sinuous top with an arched line in contrast with the central part convex in the oppo...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Glass, Teak
Antique Mahogany Georgian Architect's Drafting Drawing Desk Table Chest 1780
Located in Portland, OR
A rare George II mahogany architect's desk/chest, circa 1750.
The desk/ top slides forward, thus allowing the sitter to work, the top having a drafting table that has an easel support to place the top at three different heights, the highest being 47" floor to top. The chest having a plan drawer which is flanked by two pen drawers...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$5,213 Sale Price
24% Off
Early 19th Century Spanish Baroque Carved Mixed Wood Writing Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
An extraordinary early 19th-century Spanish Baroque writing desk sourced from Provence, France. The table features exquisite and intricate hand-carved floral motifs throughout the en...
Category
Early 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Desks
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage Asian Chinoiserie Secretary Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The Vintage Asian Chinoiserie Secretary Desk blends American style with Eastern elegance, featuring intricate Chinoiserie detailing and exquisite cra...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Upholstery, Glass, Wood
Antique GUSTAV STICKLEY Drop Front Desk PERIOD DESK - W5844 MUST SELL
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is an antique Gustav Stickley drop front desk from the early 1900s in good condition with a great selection of quarter-sawn oak. This des...
Category
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
$4,920 Sale Price
40% Off
Oval Writing Desk Studio Crafted Walnut Spider Leg , 1970s
Located in Camden, ME
Unusual spider legged oval top writing desk with a single inset drawer.
Handcrafted and laminated in a walnut veneer with hand shaped removable legs and an inset black glass top.
...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Walnut
$5,100 Sale Price
31% Off
Circa 1750 Early George III Period Slant Front Bureau Desk
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1750 early George III period slant front bureau desk. Wood referred to at the time as "Red Walnut", with oak drawer liners. Original, fine cut-work bat-wing brass hardware. Ori...
Category
1750s English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Wood, Oak
$2,800 Sale Price
22% Off
Compass desk designed by Jean Prouve and produced by Vitra in 1953
By Vitra, Jean Prouvé
Located in Ravenna, IT
Compass executive desk designed by Jean Prouvé and produced by Vitra in 1953. The iconic piece gets its name from the aesthetics of the slender metal legs, resembling a compass. Comb...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
18th Century French Secretary Desk
Located in Belmont, MA
This gorgeous Louis XV Secretary desk dates back to around 1750-60 and was made in France. The secretaire de dame has a kingwood veneer and a v...
Category
1750s French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Kingwood
$5,760 Sale Price
42% Off
American Federal Cherry Wood Slant Top Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
American cherry wood slant top desk, early 19th century. With a rectangular dove tailed top, a single board slant top,
the interior with a central drawer flanked by two drawers on ei...
Category
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
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
Large Embossed Green Leather Top Flame Mahogany Double Pedestal Federal Desk
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large Embossed Green Leather Top Flame Mahogany Double Pedestal Federal Desk
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
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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