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Desks For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 1930s
Industrial Antiqued Zinc Top Desk, or Kitchen Table On Pair of Sawhorses
Located in Chicago, IL
Industrial looking aged Zinc Top Desk, or small Kitchen Table or Craft Table. The Zinc Dining Table was carefully aged and clear-coated for protection a...
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2010s American Industrial Desks

Materials

Zinc

Ebonized Mahogany French Directoire Style Desk Hand-Crafted in Chicago Any Size
Located in Chicago, IL
Handmade in our Old Plank workshop, this Ebonized Mahogany Directoire Style Desk can be made in any size or finish. Note the optional pop up door and hidden power strip...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Directoire Desks

Materials

Brass

Live Edge Monkey Pod 3.5 Solid Slab Desk with Chrome Base
Located in Pasadena, TX
6ft monkey pod desk with chrome base Stunning 3.5 solid kiln-dried monkey pod slab with chrome base.   
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Chrome

Bamboo Secretary Cabinet Desk with Turned Bronze Legs and Bronze Hinges
Located in Bangall, NY
The bamboo secretary is a contemporary take on a traditional cabinet used for letter writing. The beautiful bronze hinges are contrasted with a modern bamboo laminate product for the case, with turned metal legs. All the drawers run on bamboo slats...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Desks

Materials

Bronze, Steel

English Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
This Georgian styled desk with raised panel sides and three-piece leather top with gilded tooling is generously sized without being overly dramatic. At 60” by 36”, there is enough su...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Desks

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Custom Cherrywood and Ebony Console Table-Desk
Located in Bellport, NY
A modern version of the Federal period furniture, elegant tapered legs, one pull-out drawer with original brass hardware. The front and back h...
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1930s American American Craftsman Vintage Desks

Materials

Ebony, Cherry

Johann Tapp Custom Built Art Deco era Cartoonist Desk with Hidden Compartments
Located in Ferndale, MI
Custom Built Art Deco desk attributed to Johann Tapp of Chicago . Built for Chicago Tribune Pulitzer prize winning cartoonist Carey Orr. Both top side pane...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Chrome

Bird's-Eye Maple and Walnut Art Deco Desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bird's-eye maple and walnut Art Deco desk with nine drawers.      
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1930s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Birdseye Maple

Pedra Desk by Gustavo Neves, Brazilian Contemporary Furniture
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Brazilian Contemporary Furniture Designer: Gustavo Neves AEon Collection Pedra desk Materials: stone (limestone), metal (brass) darkened with manual treatment, manually sanded ac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Post-Modern Desks

Materials

Stone

Exceptional Asymmetric Student Desk by Eugène Printz, Art Déco, France, 1930s
Located in Paris, FR
This asymmetric desk was designed by Eugène Printz (1889-1948) for the famous Cité Universitaire Internationale de Paris (a unique place where multiple residences - one per country -...
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Wood

Frits Spanjaard Important Asymmetrical Desk in Oak and Macassar Ebony, 1932
Located in The Hague, NL
This unique architect's desk was designed by Frits Spanjaard in 1932. With its generous proportions, striking asymmetry, contrasting woods and the large knobs in solid Macassar ebony, the desk can be considered as an important example of the Haagse School (The Hague School) style. The desk has four large drawers on the right, which can be simultaneously locked with a single key. The interior on the left features six drawers and additional storage, and can be locked altogether as well. Particularly noteworthy are the four cleverly incorporated pull-out shelves of different dimensions creating additional space: two on the front, one on the right side and one large shelf on the back side. The desktop is executed in dark stained oak and features a dark grey leather insert. in 1932, the prosperous Van Stolk & Reese company commissioned Spanjaard to design the interior and furniture of their offices located on the Ceintuurbaan in Rotterdam. This custom desk was most likely designed for the office of the company’s director, which was designed by Spanjaard in a radically modernist way, combining his own sumptuous designs with the functionalist tubular steel furniture made by W.H. Gispen. Between 1925 and 1935 the work of Spanjaard was strongly connected to the Haagse School movement of which he’d become a main proponent. This style was not so much inspired by the Classic European Art Deco capitals such as Paris and Vienna but more by other national and international architectural developments such as the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. The influential magazine Wendingen published a series of articles on Wright still relatively unknown at the time in 1925 and the renowned architect Jan Wils also played an important role in the orientation towards Wrights work in The Netherlands. In its particular application of geometric shapes, primary colours and its sophisticated cubist division of the surface, the Haagse School designers were also aware of De Stijl movement, lead by contemporaries such as Gerrit Rietveld and Piet Mondriaan. At the same time the geometry, the harmonious proportions and the understated decorations were primarily based on the rationalist design principles of H.P. Berlage, who would later become one of Spanjaard’s clients himself. Design had to meet the functional demands of the user but purely utilitarian ideas were certainly not the most important. Due to his frequent travels to Germany, Spanjaard was also familiar with the designs of Marcel Breuer and Mies van der Rohe, especially appreciating the simplicity and purity of their designs. Biography Frits Spanjaard (1889-1978) started his career as the artistic director of the LOV furniture...
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1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Macassar, Oak

Yew Wood Pedestal Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
This Classic English style desk features a file drawer in the left-hand pedestal, a modern convenience not found in an antique desk. The three-piece, gold tooled tan leather and tuli...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Desks

Materials

Leather, Yew, Mahogany

Yew Wood Shaped Top Partners Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
Three part, English yew wood modified partners desk with uniquely shaped top and pedestals. File drawer to one pedestal, graduated drawers to the other. Opposite side has three drawe...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Desks

Materials

Leather, Yew, Ebony

Art Deco Streamline Moderne Metal Desk in the Style of Norman Bel Geddes, 1930's
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Very cool Art Deco metal desk very similar to the designs Norman Bel Geddes created for Simmons Furniture in the 1930s. All original with wear consiste...
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1930s American Streamlined Moderne Vintage Desks

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Table Desk in Palisander, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Deco table desk in palisander, circa 1930.  
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Palisander

Demilune French Art Deco Cerused Oak and Nickeled Bronze Mounted Desk
Located in New York City, NY
A French modern cerused oak demilune desk with nickeled bronze linear hardware details decorating three sides, raised on inset plinth. Architectural and streamline, this kneehole des...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

Art Deco Desk with the Leather Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Deco desk with the green leather top. Oak base and veneer, brass hardware. Desk can be dismantle for easy transport.
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Wood, Leather

American Folk Art Marquetry Furniture, Suite of Five Pieces
Located in San Francisco, CA
American Folk Art marquetry furniture (California), suite of five pieces. Desk, side chair, lounge chair, ottoman, and coffee table. All pieces constructed of multiple, intricate, thick laminates forming striking symmetrical pattern of dazzling compositions. Unrestored except for linseed oil sealed surfaces. Measurements: Chair 30" W x 27" D x 38" H, seat 18", lounge chair 30" W x 27.5" D x 38" H, seat 18" H, ottoman 23" W x 15" D x 16" H, coffee table 37" W x 19" D x 20" H, desk 50...
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1930s American Vintage Desks

Materials

Pine, Fir

Lobel Originals "Centurion Desk" Made to Order
Located in New York, NY
"Centurion Desk" in black lacquer with three drawers, elegant bronze pulls and sabots, and leather top by Lobel Originals. This desk can be customized in any way.
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2010s American Modern Desks

Materials

Bronze

'XiangSheng I' Desk with an Etruscan Green Patina by Studio MVW
Located in Paris, FR
‘XiangSheng I' Desk is an elegant piece of art furniture in oxidized and brushed bronze, with a glass top, that plays on the unity between structural form and space. It combines surf...
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2010s Chinese Desks

Materials

Bronze

A Fine French Art Deco Cherry Desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fine French Art Deco 6 drawers cherry pedestal desk with a leather top and brass handles.
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1930s French Vintage Desks

Large Art Deco Oak Desk in the Style of Dominique, circa 1930-1940
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large Art Deco oak desk in the style of Dominique, circa 1930-1940.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Oak

Paul Dupré-Lafon, Art Deco Desk in Veneer Rosewood and Gilt Bronze
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Paul Dupré-Lafon, (1900-1971), Art Deco desk in veneer rosewood and gilt bronze. Circa 1935 Fully restored. French varnish
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Bronze

‘XiangSheng II Console - Desk, ‘ when West Meets East by Studio MVW
Located in Paris, FR
‘XiangSheng II Console - Desk‘ is an elegant collectible design work that combines surfaces in brushed bronze with a very nice champagne color and surfaces in oxidized bronze with an...
Category

2010s Chinese Desks

Materials

Bronze

Ceruse Oak Desk Attributed to Maxime Old
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful Art Deco desk. Lockable center drawer and side cabinets. Cabinets have pull-out file compartments.
Category

1930s French Vintage Desks

Materials

Wood

Donald Deskey Machine Age Desk
Located in New York, NY
Rare desk in walnut and banded copper-plated aluminum, designed by Donald Deskey and produced by Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Company, circa 1929. A strong statement of Machine Age aesth...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Copper

Carl Malmsten Swedish Grace Executive Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
An inlaid rosewood and flame birch desk with locking drawer, filing cabinet and pullout drawers. Various wood inlay. Finished on all sides. Knee hole...
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1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Rosewood

Swedish Art Deco Intarsia Executive Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Swedish inlaid Art Deco or neoclassical executive desk, Sweden, circa 1930s. Exterior golden elm, flame birch, mahogany. The front two doors are paneled and inlaid with intarsia of e...
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1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Birch, Elm, Jacaranda

Warren McArthur Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Black lacquered top and drawers in aluminium tube base, with aluminum handles. Original lacquer finish.
Category

1930s American Machine Age Vintage Desks

Materials

Aluminum

Giacometti Inspired Solid Bronze Dining Table or Desk Built to Order in Any Size
Located in Chicago, IL
Custom Made to Order Solid bronze Desk, or Dining Table inspired by Giacometti and built to your exacting specifications and dimensions. Each Bronze Giacometti inspired Desk or Dinin...
Category

2010s American Modern Desks

Materials

Bronze

Oak Bureau / Desk
Located in Culver City, CA
Oak Bureau / Desk England circa 1930 Dropdown desk with leather surface and space for storage. 30"w x 19.5”d x 38.25”h
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Leather, Oak

Art Deco style office set, Poland, 1930s. After renovation.
Located in Chorzów, PL
An Art Deco style office set from the 1930s. Furniture in very good condition, after professional renovation. Dimensions: Library: height 185 cm / width 200 cm / depth 41 cm Desk...
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1930s Polish Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Walnut

Milo Baughman Style, Modern, Large Desk, Rosewood, Black Metal, Canada, 2000s
Located in Stamford, CT
Large Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Executive Desk, Baughman Style, Ebony Metal A large and impressive rosewood desk having file cabinet drawers as well as custom fitted drawers on ei...
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Early 2000s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Desk by De Coene Frères, Limed Oak, Belgium circa 1935
Located in Regensburg, DE
Small modernist Art Deco Desk by De Coene Frères, Belgium circa 1930/40. Elegant asymmetrical Art Deco design, Model “Depose”. Limed oak surface. Lockable doors on both sides. Inside...
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1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Desks

Materials

Stainless Steel

Bunny Williams Home Palladian Desk
Located in New York, NY
Celebrating the 19th century British tradition of a partners’ desk, our version is fitted with multi-drawers on both sides, encouraging two people to work alongside each other. The h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Desks

Materials

Wood

Modern French Desk, Light
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French two drawer desk with our mangrove beech veneer finish, embossed leather wrapped frieze and drawers with brushed brass finish handles. Dimensions: 54" W x 28" D x 30" H.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks

Materials

Leather, Wood

Rococo Black Lacquered Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
An English Rococo black lacquered desk with gilt-tooled red leather top, carved and gilded decorations with three shaped frieze drawers and cabriole...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rococo Desks

Materials

Leather, Wood

French Directoire Fall Front Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
French Directoire style black painted walnut escritoire with large hinged fall front writing slope. Fully lined within with an inset leather panel as...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Directoire Desks

Materials

Wood

Console in Marble and Wood
Located in Carrara, IT
Sospesa is a console in Panda marble and graven wood legs. Sospesa belongs to the Capsule Collection 2018 by architect Guido Ciompi who designed a coll...
Category

2010s Italian Desks

Materials

Marble

Desk by Axel Einar Hjorth, Sweden, circa 1930
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful streamline desk by Swedish architect Axel Einar Hjorth for NK, circa 1930. Birch and Macassar ebony Measures: 65" L x 29.5" H x 25.5" D.
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1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks

Materials

Birch, Ebony, Macassar

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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