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Desks For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 1950s
Curvaceous Desk by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Curvaceous desk, designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb, American, circa 1950s. This desk is currently being refinished and can be completed in your choice of finish color.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
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
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
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
Contemporary Patchwork and Iron Writing Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Contemporary Patchwork and Iron Writing Desk
This desk measures: 65 wide x 36.5 deep x 30 high, with a chair clearance of 25 inches
This piece is in Great Vintage Condition. Ther...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks
Materials
Iron
Italian Modernist Glass Top Desk
Located in New York, NY
An Italian modernist glass top desk.
Mahogany with fruitwood inlay details, patinated brass sabots, original glass top.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Campaign Style Writing Table/Desk Lacquered in Red
Located in Dallas, TX
Classic Campaign style desk manufactured by Sligh of Holland/Grand Rapids, Michigan. Restored, consist of five drawers with recessed brass pulls. Inlaid leather top with elegant embossed gold design and brass legs. Brass bound corners and Campaign pulls...
Category
1950s American Campaign Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Kneehole Desk for Widdicomb
Located in Hanover, MA
American Classical modern kneehole desk designed by Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Furniture Co. in figured walnut with contrasting maple moldings. Original label in center drawer. ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Maple, Walnut
Gio Ponti Style Desk Designed for "Hotel della Citta " Forlì, Italy, 1957
By Gio Ponti
Located in Sacile, PN
Desk designed for "Hotel della Città et De La Ville" Forli'
Gio Ponti took care of all the Hotel's furnitures outline and structure as well.
The de...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Desk Designed by Cees Braakman for USM Pastoe
By Pastoe, Cees Braakman
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Beautifully designed desk by Cees Braakman for Pastoe with high levels of practicality and comfort.
It has six drawers, three of each side of the seating position.
The exterior lo...
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
George Nelson Desk for Herman Miller
Located in San Mateo, CA
Double pedestal desk by Herman Miller. This desk was probably a custom order. There are three wide drawers and three small drawers. The top small drawer has a sliding pencil...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Danese Milano Farallon Desk in Chrome Structure with White Top by Yves Béhar
Located in Hicksville, NY
Farallon Desk is a extremely light but resistant table. The structural principle takes up the shapes and technologies of the Farallon family: a thin metal surface harmoniously curved...
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
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
Amuneal’s Collector’s 4 Bay Office Unit
By Amuneal
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
Arthur Umanoff Desk and Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Arthur Umanoff desk and chair. Extremely elegant and timeless design made with an iron frame, walnut slats and rush accents giving it it's classic Umanoff look. One middle drawer and...
Category
1950s American Vintage Desks
Materials
Iron
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
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
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
Italian Mid-Century Modern Small Desk and Chair Attributed to Paolo Buffa, 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Cute and stylish Italian midcentury modern desk, with a graceful chair, attributed to Paolo Buffa.
This teakwood desk it is a splendid example of the Italian class design of 1950.
B...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Desk, Elm Wood, Osvaldo Borsani, 1953
By Tecno, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Berlin, DE
Minimal and elegant desk with drawer. Solid wood construction, take top made of solid elm wood, legs with wooden screw thread. Exhibited at Trienale Milano 1954.
Osvaldo Borsan...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood, Elm
Acaú Side Table
By Sergio Matos
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
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
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
Modern Writing Desk with Three Drawers
Located in Greenwich, CT
This modern writing desk was custom made for utility. The desk features 3 drawers for storage, a steel base brushed with antique brass and a white oak top stained ebony. This is a bu...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks
Materials
Steel
Lorenzo Desk in Argentine Rosewood, Bronze and White Lacquer from Costantini
By 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
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
Fine French 1950s Mahogany Curved Desk by Jacques Adnet '2 Available'
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jacques Adnet: A fine French midcentury mahogany curved desk with a leather top and bronze details.
Provenance: Palais des Consuls of Rouen, France.
2 rectangular desks with a simi...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Bronze
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
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
Highly Decorated Chinese Desk in Red Lacquer, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Highly decorated desk in red lacquer with stacked drawers and painted scenes, Chinese, 1950's.
Category
1950s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Vanity Desk Secret in Ebony and Galvanized Metal, Original Sin Collection, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
A short circuit arises in the original Sin collection designed by Giorgio Ragazzini for VG.
It’s not a sin from the origins, but better a venial, unconv...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
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
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
Custom Black Lacquered Office Writing Desk with Brass Inlay by Carrocel
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
Antonino Gorgone Midcentury Secretaire / Desk Cabinet, Italy, circa 1950
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Italian midcentury writing desk / secretaire in Italian cherry. It has an extractable writing leaf.
Designer: Stabilimenti Napoli
Manufacturer: Antonino Gorgone...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Cherry
Console Legs Glossy Lacquer Leather Cover with Nails Marble Top Caps in Bronze
By sicis
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
Desk, Walnut, Modern, Storage, Hardwood, Customizable, Semigood
Located in Issaquah, WA
Modern, hardwood rift desk. Our writing desk and chair combo is still the most popular pairing we make. Timeless lines and subtle tapers make this desk the crowing jewel of any home office. The writing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks
Materials
Hardwood
Imposing 1940's French Modernist Desk in Mahogany in Style of Dupré Lafon, E498
Located in Lyon, FR
Imposing 1950's French modernist desk. Structure in solid mahogany and veneer, top in black glass. It is composed of a central drawer, two columns of ten drawers each, two additional...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Galho Table
By Sergio Matos
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
Rebelle Desk
By Drugeot
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Top in 100% solid oak from sustainable French forest. Feet in Carrara marble. Designed and made in Anjou (France).
Dessus en chêne 100% massif issu de forêts françaises gérées durablement. Pieds en marbre de Carrare...
Category
2010s French Desks
Materials
Oak
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...
Category
2010s American Industrial Desks
Materials
Zinc
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
Walnut and Oak Changeable Cabinet, Desk, Sideboard or Bar
By Wewood
Located in Paris, FR
Very elegant changeable cabinet, one open door in solid walnut.
Beautiful Herringbone pattern in the door in solid oak.
Its fully adjustable interiors that can be turned into a bar...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Contemporary Handcrafted Console "Alke" in Wood with Brass Pedestals by Anaktae
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
Midcentury Style Cerused Oak Desk
By David Duncan
Located in New York, NY
A new custom midcentury style cerused oak desk with floating drawer at right of the underside with original leather tab pull and supported by four spl...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Steel
Rosewood and Mahogany Roll-Top Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Dorchester, MA
Designed in 1957 by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, this handsome mahogany desk features a generous writing surface bookended by two rosewood roll-top doors. Three shallow drawers are tucked below, the center one with small divisions at front. A hinged panel...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Desk Designed by Cees Braakman for USM Pastoe
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Very elegant desk made by USM Pastoe.
This desk was designed in the early fifties by Cees Braakman and is part of the oak series.
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
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
Marcel Breuer Custom Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcel Breuer custom desk, acquired by Rufus Stillman, who built three separate Breuer Houses after seeing Breuer’s "House in the Garden” the year before f...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
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
"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
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
Console In Brozed Brass Top in Black Aziz Marble or Calacatta Gold Marble
By sicis
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
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
Jacques Adnet Inspired Desk in Solid Mahogany and Solid Brass Trim in Any Size
Located in Chicago, IL
Recently constructed from our in house Old Plank workshop, this particular Jacques Adnet inspired desk, was made from solid mahogany that we ebonized. The large quarter round trim is...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Modern Gianfranco Frattini Secretary for Bernini, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Gianfranco Frattini Secretary for Bernini, 1950s
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Vintage and Antique Desks for Sale — Shop Handcrafted Mid-Century Modern Desks, Art Deco Desks and Other Desks and Tables on 1stDibs
There’s no reason that the corner of your home you’ve dedicated to work shouldn’t also reflect your personality and sense of style. A collection of unique vintage and antique desks can be found on 1stDibs today.
The right desk can be a good fit for your space and help keep you organized when you need it most. For many, the word “desk” can have a negative connotation. Derived from the Latin desca, meaning “table to write on,” the word can understandably evoke memories of stuffy classrooms or monotonous workdays.
As working from home has become more widespread for part of the workforce, many professionals who work remotely park themselves at the dining-room table or at the kitchen countertop to do so. If you’ve got the space, it's healthy to set aside an area in your home designated for work. A good desk can keep you on track and keep your newly minted home office free of clutter and distractions.
Within your own walls, an office area can be both personal and productive, decorated exactly to your taste or just an unobtrusive addition that aligns with the energy of the space as is. When shopping for a desk, keep height, space and specs in mind. It’s helpful to know if you’ll need the desk to offer storage, such as drawers or a hutch, or if it should fit alongside your bedroom wall as cleanly as possible.
An antique writing desk, for example, will offer a spacious, streamlined work experience with a desktop that affords real estate for your notebooks, pens, laptop and research materials. Secretary desks reveal small inner storage compartments — pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers — when their hinged leaves are folded out.
Maybe you'd prefer a vintage mid-century modern desk that seamlessly incorporates drawers for storage.
Nebraska-born designer Don S. Shoemaker became inspired by Mexico’s tropical woods, such as cocobolo, a Mexican rosewood, and he decided to work with the material in the postwar years to create desks and other furnishings. Elsewhere, made according to the same high standards as the company’s chairs, celebrated mid-century manufacturer Herman Miller produced desks over the years in a number of versions, created by designers like George Nelson, Gilbert Rohde and Bruce Burdick.
Whether you want a dramatic rolltop-style furnishing akin to the 18th-century secretary commissioned by Louis XVI or a contemporary piece made of everything from linoleum to fallen trees, a new desk and clever arrangement of desktop accessories can brighten the workday in any home.
For every passion project, year-end report or spontaneous million-dollar app idea, find the desk you need on 1stDibs.
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