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Desks For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 20th Century
A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV Style gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat by François Linke.
The rectangular top inset with a green leather writing surface with gilt-tooled border, within a gilt-bronze su...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique German Mahogany Biedermeier Secretary Desk
Located in Round Top, TX
Outstanding early 19th century German Biedermeier secretary desk, circa 1830, with exceptional book matched mahogany drawer and desk front. ...
Category
Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century Spanish Baroque Oak Desk, Console
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
19th century Spanish antique oak desk, writting table with two drawers.
This elegant console was crafted in Spain, circa 1900, it featur...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Sypher & Co. 19th Century Chippendale Block Front Slant Front Desk
By Sypher & Co.
Located in Parkesburg, PA
Sypher & Co. 19th century Chippendale block front slant front desk with excellent original finish from a private estate in Princeton NJ
Featur...
Category
Late 19th Century North American Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Hepplewhite Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable early 19th century Hepplewhite partners desk having the original tooled leather top in a crossbanded border, a case with three drawers in each side with beechwood...
Category
Early 19th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th Century French Wooden Desk
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden desk from 19th century France. The lower portion of this exquisitely crafted desk is composed of four symmetrical sliding drawers, in addition to...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique Diminutive Burl & Mahogany Davenport Desk with Watercolor Panels, c1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique diminutive davenport desk offers burl and mahogany construction with upper pierced bronze gallery over slant front desk having watercolor...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Fine Regency "Ribbon" Library Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Mahogany with inlaid ebony. Bronze fittings and original castors.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
A Regency Style Carved Mahogany Beau Brummel Gentlemans Vanity Desk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A Regency style carved mahogany Beau Brummel gentleman's dressing table, 20th century, the hinged top enclosing nine lidded compartments about a folding m...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Regency Cylinder Desk Mahogany Furniture, 19th Century
Located in Potters Bar, GB
English regency cylinder desk.
A very nice quality cylinder desk.
Raised upon stylised bracket feet.
19th century
Featuring 3 graduated oak lined drawers.
The whole of the desk ...
Category
1890s Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Amazing Louis XV Style Bridge Desk 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing Louis XV style bridge desk 19th century
France
with geometric marquetry made of rosewood and lemongrass.
In excellent condition.
Measurements: 84 x 44 x 68 cm.
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Mahogany and Gilded Bronze Cylinder Desk, Empire Style, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Large cylinder desk in mahogany and flamed mahogany veneer in the Empire style. This secretary with semi-cylindrical flap has eight drawers with pa...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Kingwood and Ormolu-Mounted Bonheur Du Jour, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A French kingwood quarter veneered and ormolu-mounted bonheur du jour with Sevres-style oval floral plaques inset to the cupboard doors, two drawers to t...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
SALE 19th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany Inlaid Ladies Desk Brass Ornaments
Located in Sofia, BG
This is a beautiful antique French mahogany inlaid Ladies writing desk made circa 1890. The fall front opens to reveal an interior of leather writing surface, and bank of three drawe...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Desk, Walnut Bonheur De Jour, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Wonderful French Walnut and Marquetry Bonheur de Jour.
Standing on Typical French Swept Legs with Ormolu Mounts and Kingwood Cross banding.
The Fall having a raised tablet with bea...
Category
1860s Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Anglo Indian Military Campaign Trestle Desk & Armchair Hardwood & Brass
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale lovely vintage Anglo Indian Rosewood with ornate brass inlay Campaign trestle desk with matching directors armchair.
A highly decorative and wel...
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
George I Bureau Desk Walnut Chest Drawers
Located in Potters Bar, GB
George I walnut bureau.
This bureau stands upon bracket feet and features an arrangement of 2 over 2 oak lined drawers.
18th century
The drawers and the fall having herringbone inlays.
The interior having an assortment of drawers and pigeonholes.
The bureau retails its original handles, escutcheons and loper pulls.
The bureau is of a good warm antique walnut colour.
Category
Early 1800s George I Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
French Escritoire Desk Mahogany Antique, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
French Mahogany Escritoire.
Circa 1860
This Escritoire Stands Upon Turned Feet.
Having Fluted Turned Columns, 3 Lower Oak Lined Drawers and 1 Upper Mah...
Category
1860s Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Victorian Antique Freestanding Walnut Ladies Davenport
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique Victorian freestanding figured walnut ladies Davenport having the original decorative gallery above a lift up lid opening to reveal a pleasing fully fitted interior, ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
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
Chic & Stylish Mercier Frères, Paris Nutwood and Gilt Bronze Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Lisse, NL
Finest quality and stunning design Louis XVI style desk, circa 1890.
Owning and using top quality pieces of furniture from times when European craftsmen were at the top of their game is something that will lift your spirit like very few things can. That is ofcourse is you are able to recognize quality. It will remain a mystery why so many people don't seem to see the quality and the details of even the best quality made antiques. This wonderful antique ladies desk...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Burled Wood Petite Desk with Brass Gallery Rail
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A petite burled wood antique desk with brass gallery rail and brass decorated hardware surrounding each drawer's keyhole. Beautiful burled wood on th...
Category
Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Large and Imposing Victorian Mahogany Partners’ Desk
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and imposing Victorian mahogany partners’ desk, the rectangular top inset with replaced green leather within cross-banding and a moulded edge, the frieze with three drawers which can be opened from either side and thus extend across the full depth of the desk, above eight drawers and a kneehole, the ends fitted with a pair of cupboard doors with arched...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Outstanding Gothic Revival Tiger Oak Desk w. Quality Carved Church Window Panels
Located in Lisse, NL
Wonderful Gothic Revival desk with an amazing presence and patina.
If you like Gothic Revival furniture then we are certain you will like this quality carved Gothic desk. This good size and highly practical specimen comes with very attractive, church-window-like panels in the perfect condition cabinet doors. This intricate and predominantly solid tiger oak desk...
Category
Early 20th Century European Gothic Revival Desks
Materials
Brass, Iron
Victorian Oak Partners Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Victorian oak partners desk, having a quality green leather skiver writing surface, decorated with gold tooling, above three drawers to the front, and thre...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
20th Century Oak Desk with Grapes and Vine Leaves Carvings & Sliding Shelves
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning very solid and heavy, early 20th century carved oak desk in one piece.
The practical desk is well decorated with vine leaves and g...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Desks
Materials
Oak
French Escritoire Desk Mahogany Antique Chest
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This rather imposing escritoire stands upon turned feet.
The bottom panelled doors open to reveal an inner oak lined drawer.
The writing section having a drop down fall with a leat...
Category
1860s Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is an 19th century Dutch Marquetry Bureau. The sloping fall inlaid with flowers enclosing a shaped interior of drawers and pigeon holes. The ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Outstanding Quality Large Antique Mahogany Serpentine Shaped Partners Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality large antique carved figured mahogany serpentine shaped partners desk having a three section brown leather top crossbanded in mahogany with an outstanding quality...
Category
Early 20th Century English Desks
Materials
Other
William IV Library Table in Coromandel
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
William IV library table
Produced in England in the Mid-19th Century this is a extremely rare example produced in Coramandel having solid dra...
Category
19th Century British William IV Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
French Desk Art Deco, 1920, Materials: Wood
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Art Deco Desk
Year 1920
French
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. It has a large work surface.
The quality of the furniture make it unique. ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Edwardian Mahogany and Satinwood Lady's Desk
Located in Pewsey, GB
An Attractive Mahogany and Satinwood Edwardian Ladys Desk with two small drawers each side on top piece and two small drawers each side with larger middle dr...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
French 19th Century Inlay Lady’s Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This is a darling petite lady’s writing desk from France circa 1850. Sleek and uncluttered design, typical of its Louis XVI style. A wonderful white marble top is encircled by an ele...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
Rare Pair Regency Bon Heur Du Jours, circa 1820, After McLean
By John Mclean
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality and rare pair of Regency period Rosewood Bon huer du Jours. Each with three quarter brass gallery to the top, trellis panels and drawers to the super structure. Hinged...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Oak Secretary Desk, Sweden, circa 1920
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique secretary from the beginning of the 20th century.
Made of oak wood.
Very good condition.
Dimensions: Height 111 cm / width 88 cm / depth. 52 cm.
Category
1920s Swedish Chippendale Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
Stylish French, Napoleon III Fine Ladies Writing Desk with Wine / Bacchus Theme
Located in Lisse, NL
Fine quality and great design Napoleon III desk with large drawer and bronze angels.
This wonderful antique ladies desk also is highly practical...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique Mahogany Davenport Writing Desk
Located in Benington, Herts
This attractive mahogany Edwardian Davenport / writing desk, circa 1900s has been constructed from quality solid mahogany having a raised back above a fall front moulded edge writing slope with a raised and fielded panelled cupboard door standing on bracket feet.
The Davenport's top section has a brass hinged mahogany lift up lid to reveal an original lead lined storage...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Serving Table Antique Oak Desk, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Impressive oak serving table.
This serving table stands upon ring turned and fluted legs.
Could also function as a desk
Featuring 2 mahogany lined drawers which retain their origi...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Lovely Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Cushion Drawer Brown Leather Partner Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very fine fully, Antique circa 1900, Burr Walnut twin pedestal partner desk with hand dyed brown leather top.
It’s been lightly restored to...
Category
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
19th Century Dutch Marquetry Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Generously scaled and proportioned with elaborate inlays inside and out -
- both figural and floral. Quality bombe' form.
The desk is raised upon paw feet.
A visually dramatic piece.
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Carved Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent 19th century French writing table, desk, or bureau plat made in the grand Louis XV taste. The wood frame of this extraordinary table is veneered and carved with intricate flo...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Gesso, Wood
English Buffet Secretaire, Escritoire Cabinet Oak, with Drawers, circa 1920
Located in Labrit, Landes
Antique english escritoire secretaire cabinet, made circa 1920
Oak and leather
The upper part of the cabinet opens to become the writing table ...
Category
1920s English Vintage Desks
Materials
Leather, Oak
"Japonisme" Cylinder Desk Att. to G. Viardot, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare Japanese style cylinder desk in tinted and carved wood, richly engraved on all sides with foliage, cherry branches and geometric interlacing. Surmounted by two asymmetrical shelves, the cylinder is decorated with an engraved dragon. Opening this cylinder reveals many compartments with adjustable dimensions, a drawer with engraved decoration and letter storage. The cylinder sides can open laterally, allowing a larger area for working and writing.
The lower part of the desk is formed on the left by five superimposed drawers decorated with geometric interlacing and carved branches, as well as Japanese characters, deer and mother-of-pearl foliage. On the right, there is a drawer and a door decorated with carved leaves and mother-of-pearl interlacing, revealing four drawers forming compartments.
An ingenious mechanism makes it possible, when the cylinder is closed with a key, to completely lock the desk.
Gabriel Viardot career began as a wood carver and he produced small furniture, sculpturally carved with naturalistic motifs and animals. In the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris, his finely sculpted objects were well received. However, with the increasing importation of similarly produced Swiss and German articles, he found less opportunity for these and decided to innovate. G. Viardot succeeded to his father’s business in 1861 installed rue Rambuteau in Paris. Around 1870 he turned to the idea of producing « Meubles genre Chinois et Japonais ». The taste in Europe for exotic furniture, incorporating sometimes authentic Chinese or Japanese objects...
Category
1880s French Japonisme Antique Desks
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Art Deco Freestanding Oak Walnut Brass Desk Chest Attributed Josef Frank, 1927
By Josef Frank
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco freestanding vintage commodes, chest or desk from oak, walnut and brass attributed to Josef Frank circa 1927 Vienna.
An extraordinary chest, commodes or desk attributed to Josef Frank circa 1927 Vienna from oak and walnut inlays with maples at the top.
With four ( 4 ) beautiful brass handles, very similar handles by Josef Frank for Theodor Kalmar...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
5' English Regency Center Pedestal, Tilt-Top Dining or Breakfast Table, c. 1820
Located in Miami, FL
Just over 5' long this unusually large rectangular English Regency breakfast or dining table in mahogany can seat up to 8 in a pinch (family and friends) and 6 with a lot of room and...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Fine Quality Antique Edwardian Freestanding Mahogany Inlaid Cylinder Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine quality antique Edwardian freestanding mahogany inlaid cylinder desk by Maple & Co. London having the original brass gallery above two mahogany drawers with pretty satinwood crossbanding and original brass handles above a cylinder top desk...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desks
Materials
Other
Secretaire Napoleone III, France, 19th Century, Black
Located in Prato, IT
France, second half '800
Lastronate in ebanized wood.
Inlay in brass, copper, pewter, mother-of-pearl.
Marble top in "Fior di pesco".
Inside three drawers with leather top with g...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Biedermeier Austrian Country Secretary Bookcase Desk, Early 19th Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Early 19th Century Biedermeier Austrian Country secretary bookcase desk
Additional information:
Materials: Fruitwood
Color: Sienna
Peri...
Category
Early 19th Century Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
French 19th Century Transitional St. Bureau À Cylindre Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and palatially scaled French 19th century Transitional st. Moucheté Mahogany and ormolu Bureau à Cylindre desk. The exceptional thirteen dr...
Category
19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
English Mid-19th Century Mahogany Writing, Library or Sofa Table Pedestal Ends
Located in Wells, ME
English Early Victorian mahogany leather top writing, library, or sofa table with bold pedestal ends. This simple yet handsome table has tapered, turned pedestal ends which are cente...
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Cowhide, Mahogany
Rare English "Adam" Influenced Hepplewhite Style Carved Mahogany Cylinder Desk
By Robert Adam
Located in Charleston, SC
Exceptional quality antique English "Adam" influenced Hepplewhite style carved and pierced mahogany cylinder desk with pull out baize covered slide and fitted interior.
Please note ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Baize
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Mahogany, Tulipwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and very high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Mahogany, tulipwood and ormolu bureau plat desk. The three drawer desk is raised by elegant cabriole legs with ha...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Fine English 19th Century Mahogany Secretary-Desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine English table with a "hidden" writing desk/ secretary opening via three articulated compartments.
Category
Late 19th Century British Edwardian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Rosewood Davenport
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Antique Victorian rosewood davenport, a testament to the exquisite craftsmanship of the era. The piece is characterized by a sliding writing slope t...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Large French Neoclassical Mahogany Roll-Top Desk
Located in Troy, NY
French mahogany Empire desk of stately proportions, with a roll top, revealing a double row of total six drawers under an open shelf, as well as a sliding writing surface with inset ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Oversized Victorian 1870 Burr Quarter Cut Walnut Knee Hole Pedestal Partner Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning circa 1870 solid walnut twin pedestal oversized knee hole desk
This desk is sublime, the walnut patina on the drawers is rich and ...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Burl
19th Century English Regency Style Writing Table Speckled by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical late 19th century English mahogany drop-leaf writing table featuring a speckled lacquer finish by artist Ira Yeager (1933-2022 American). The elegant table is crafted in th...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Walnut Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality 19th Century French walnut Bonheur Du Jour with ormolu mounts and sevres plaques. With an upper arched section with pierced rococ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Vintage and Antique Desks for Sale — Shop Handcrafted Mid-Century Modern Desks, Art Deco Desks and Other Desks and Tables on 1stDibs
There’s no reason that the corner of your home you’ve dedicated to work shouldn’t also reflect your personality and sense of style. A collection of unique vintage and antique desks can be found on 1stDibs today.
The right desk can be a good fit for your space and help keep you organized when you need it most. For many, the word “desk” can have a negative connotation. Derived from the Latin desca, meaning “table to write on,” the word can understandably evoke memories of stuffy classrooms or monotonous workdays.
As working from home has become more widespread for part of the workforce, many professionals who work remotely park themselves at the dining-room table or at the kitchen countertop to do so. If you’ve got the space, it's healthy to set aside an area in your home designated for work. A good desk can keep you on track and keep your newly minted home office free of clutter and distractions.
Within your own walls, an office area can be both personal and productive, decorated exactly to your taste or just an unobtrusive addition that aligns with the energy of the space as is. When shopping for a desk, keep height, space and specs in mind. It’s helpful to know if you’ll need the desk to offer storage, such as drawers or a hutch, or if it should fit alongside your bedroom wall as cleanly as possible.
An antique writing desk, for example, will offer a spacious, streamlined work experience with a desktop that affords real estate for your notebooks, pens, laptop and research materials. Secretary desks reveal small inner storage compartments — pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers — when their hinged leaves are folded out.
Maybe you'd prefer a vintage mid-century modern desk that seamlessly incorporates drawers for storage.
Nebraska-born designer Don S. Shoemaker became inspired by Mexico’s tropical woods, such as cocobolo, a Mexican rosewood, and he decided to work with the material in the postwar years to create desks and other furnishings. Elsewhere, made according to the same high standards as the company’s chairs, celebrated mid-century manufacturer Herman Miller produced desks over the years in a number of versions, created by designers like George Nelson, Gilbert Rohde and Bruce Burdick.
Whether you want a dramatic rolltop-style furnishing akin to the 18th-century secretary commissioned by Louis XVI or a contemporary piece made of everything from linoleum to fallen trees, a new desk and clever arrangement of desktop accessories can brighten the workday in any home.
For every passion project, year-end report or spontaneous million-dollar app idea, find the desk you need on 1stDibs.
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