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Desks For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: Early 1900s
1950 Desk "Model 80" by Franco Albani for Knoll, 1949-1954
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Minimalist desk Franco Albini for Knoll International, European mid-century modern desk from the 1950s.
Authentic "model 80" desk - 1949 - 1954.
Rare first version with the X-shape...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Desk Model 530, Gianfranco Frattini Bernini Edition, 1957
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Desk model 530 - Gianfranco Frattini - Circa 1957
Bernini edition (label in right drawer)
Rosewood
H95xW130xD79.5cm
In a perfect state
The desk features a removable storage un...
Category
1950s European Other Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood, Wood
Mid Century Heywood Wakefield Prophecy Desk and Chair c. 1960's
Located in New York, NY
Rare Heywood Wakefield Prophecy desk and chair. This stylish desk features a white Formica asymmetrical top, with a solid wood base. The desk has three deep storage drawers, each wit...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Formica, Wood
Midcentury Classic Four Drawer Pine Student Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A classic 4 drawer solid study desk from the 1970s. Measures 38" in width, 20" in depth and stand 30" tall. Knee clearance is 25".
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Pine
1960s Large Exclusive Free Standing Palisander Desk
Located in Praha, CZ
- Item has been carefully refurbished
- quality craftsmanship
Category
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood, Palisander
French Bureau Plat Desk Kingwood Antiques
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This quality bureau plat stands upon elegant shaped legs with ormolu mounts.
circa 1930
The bureau plat features 3 oak lined drawers with decorative ormolu handles...
Category
1930s Vintage Desks
Materials
Kingwood
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
Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin Mahogany Desk +Typing Table Heritage Henredon, 1955
Located in Camden, ME
A professionally refinished classic nine drawer Honduran mahogany desk with a separate typewriter table designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his Taliesin line of furniture manufactured...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Danish Rosewood Desk, Model 56 by Arne Wahl Iversen for Vinde Mobelfabrik, 1960
Located in JOINVILLE-LE-PONT, FR
Superb Scandinavian desk with a very elegant sleek design. 2 large and 2 small drawers on the front face with a niche between the 2 small drawers. Particularly graceful cross base wh...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Frank Lloyd Wright for Henredon Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A mahogany desk with pull out "typewriter" table designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Henredon.
Category
1950s Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Paul Mccobb Desk for Calvin
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Rare architectural walnut and stone desk designed by Paul Mccobb for Calvin Furniture in the early 1950's.
The left hand pedestal features a slide out work surface, a small drawer...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Stone, Brass
Midcentury Danish Modern Teak Desk 3 Drawer
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Danish modern teak desk with three drawers that have teak handles and a rectangular base. The drawers easily slide and are clean. original vintage condition and ready for use. Shows ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
1960s Egon Ostergaard Scandinavian Roll Top Desk Swedish Secretaire with Key
Located in Monrovia, CA
Vintage 1960s Teak Scandinavian Modern Roll Top Desk Designed by Egon Ostergaard For Svensk Mobelindustri, Made In Sweden. Also Known As A Swedish Secretaire.
Beautiful Teak Wood ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Koa California Studio Craft Filing Cabinet #2
By Jim Sweeney
Located in Oakland, CA
California studio Craft filing cabinet designed by Jim Sweeney, Berkeley, circa 1983. The cabinet is handcrafted of solid Koa wood, and features two filing drawers with boldly expose...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
Danish Rosewood Desk and Bookcase with Sliding Doors, 1950
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
A beautiful Danish rosewood desk cabinet with upper shelving. Features adjustable shelving with additional storage behind the 2 sliding doors and an extendable writing surface. Has a...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Paul McCobb Winchendon Planner Group Blonde Desk with Orange and White Drawers
Located in Ferndale, MI
Paul McCobb designed desk for Winchendon Furniture in Mass. Part of the large Planner group collection Introduced in the early 1950s. Planner group being a collection of modular furn...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Maple
CM141 Desk by Pierre Paulin for Thonet, France, 1960s
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Pierre paulin desk model "cm141", produced by thonet in 1953, model from the 50/60 period. Base in black lacquered steel surmounted by a black formica top and a box with 2 drawers in...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks
Materials
Metal
Modernist Desk in Solid Wood 40s / 50s Bauhaus Style Vintage
Located in Lyon, FR
French desk from the 40s / 50s in modernist Bauhaus style. Structure of the desk in veneered and solid Rio rosewood with a triple tubular base in chromed steel quite rare. The desk i...
Category
1940s French Bauhaus Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Walnut Writing Desk in the Manner of Jens Risom, c. 1960s
By Jens Risom
Located in Deland, FL
A minimal design with all the attention to all of the right details. A solid build finished with gorgeous cuts of book-matched walnut veneer. The desk top has chamfer beveled edge de...
Category
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
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
Mid-Century Modern Walnut "Mainline" Desk by Hooker
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fabulous Mid-Century Modern walnut “Mainline” desk by Hooker Furniture in the United States, circa 1960s. This desk has been built from the highest quality walnut wood. It has a desi...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum
Desk Art Deco, 1940, Materials: Wood and Bronze, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk style: Art Deco
Year: 1940
Material: Wood and bronze
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it uni...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Bronze
Bauhaus Tubular Steel Desk by André Lurçat, Manufactured by Thonet, circa. 1935
By André Lurcat
Located in Berlin, DE
Bauhaus tubular steel desk designed by André Lurçat and probably manufactured by Thonet. Chrome plated tubular steel, stained oak veneer, circa 1930.
Category
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Italian Designer, Desk, Teak, Brass, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A teak and brass desk or secretaire designed and produced by an Italian Designer, Italy, 1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Desk Art Deco, 1940, Materials: Wood and Bronze, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk style: Art Deco
Year: 1940
Material: Wood and bronze
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it uni...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Paul McCobb #1561 5 Drawer Desk Blonde Maple Finish Brass Pulls
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Beautiful Paul McCobb Planner Group #1561 double pedestal 5 drawer desk blonde maple finish Brass knobs solid maple. Desk is in original vintage conditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Teak desk by Børge Mogensen for P. Lauritsen & Søn
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Teak desk by Børge Mogensen for P. Lauritsen & Søn, 1950s. A double pedestal desk with 9 drawers of varying sizes for quite a bit of storage.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Peter Lovig Nielsen Desk + Folke Ohlsson Armchair, 1960s, Scandinavian Design
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Desk, Denmark, circa 1960s. Designed by Peter Lovig Nielsen, this model is known as the Boomerang Desk because of its slightly curved top. Our model is constructed of oiled teak with...
Category
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Pair of California Studio Craft Koa Filing Cabinets
By Jim Sweeney
Located in Oakland, CA
Pair of California studio craft filing cabinet designed by Jim Sweeney, Berkeley, circa 1983. The cabinets are handcrafted of solid Koa wood, and each features two filing drawers wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
Vintage Danish Rosewood Floating Executive Desk by H.P. Hansen
By H.P. Hansen
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid-Century Modern executive desk in rosewood by H.P. Hansen, Denmark circa 1960s. Features a floating top with raised lip edges and a unique external supporting leg base. This piece...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
Bertha Schaefer for Singer and Sons Italian Walnut Asymmetrical Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Diminutive midcentury angled student desk in Italian walnut designed by Bertha Schaefer for M. Singer & Sons (Model 2162 - USA, ca. 1955).
Often co-attributed to Gio Ponti, who also...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Koa California Studio Craft Filing Cabinet #1
By Jim Sweeney
Located in Oakland, CA
California studio craft filing cabinet designed by Jim Sweeney, Berkeley, circa 1983. The cabinet is handcrafted of solid Koa wood, and features two filing drawers with boldly expose...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Gunnar Falsig Rosewood Desk for Falsigs Mobelfabrik
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Midcentury rosewood desk, expertly crafted by Gunnar Falsig for Falsigs Møbelfabrik. The desk is a testament to the finesse of Scandinavian design, blending functionality with a stri...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
A MODERNIST SCANDINAVIAN DANSK Secretary DESK by SVEND AAGE MADSEN, 1950 Denmark
Located in PARIS, FR
An elegant and aerial desk or secretary desk, by Svend Aage Madsen, produced by Knudsen & Søn, Denmark 1950. This small desk represents the essence of modernist Dansk creatitivy. it ...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Walnut Executive Desk with Chrome Accents
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Experience the timeless elegance of our 1960s Mid-Century Modern Executive Desk, masterfully constructed from select walnut wood. This vintage writing table, restored to impeccable c...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Walnut American Studio Craft 3 Drawer 3' Wide Writing Desk
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Unique American Studio Craft black walnut writing desk with tapered legs with two small drawers, a pull out surface, and a wide full-size dra...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Boho Lever of London Burl Wood Partners Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
An extraordinary vintage Boho Partners desk. Incredible Burl wood cabinet with an inset leather top. Made by the iconic Lever of London. Tagged on the drawer. Acquired from a Palm Be...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
Modernist Tubular Steel Desk with 2 Chests of Drawers, Chromed Metal, Oak Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Modernist tubular steel desk with two chests of drawers, chrome plated metal, oak veneer, circa. 1935.
Category
1930s Czech Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Harvey Probber Executive Pedestal Desk with Polished Walnut Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare monumental desk by Harvey Probber in walnut, brass, metal fittings and leather inlaid top. Significant statement piece for an executive setting or...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Oryx Desk Table by Parigi and Prina for Molteni
By Vittorio Parigi
Located in Antwerp, BE
Italian Plastic and Steel Orix Desk by V. Parigi & N. Prina for Molteni, 1970s
Moulded ABS plastic with chrome base, and hinged glass writing surface.
In impeccable original conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Chrome
Jacques Adnet Table
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Wonderful Jacques Adnet table which could also be used as a desk.
Beautiful slatted oak wood top and signature caramel leather legs with contrast stitch detail
New leather beautif...
Category
1940s French Vintage Desks
Materials
Leather, Oak
Rationalist Desk by Giuseppe Pagano for Maggioni, Veneered Wood, Italy, c. 1940
Located in Berlin, DE
Rationalist wooden desk designed by Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig and manufactured by Maggioni, Varedo, circa 1940. The desk was designed for the Bocc...
Category
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Modernist Tubular Steel Desk by Jindrich Halabala, Chromed Metal, Lacquered Wood
Located in Berlin, DE
Modernist tubular steel desk model H-180, designed by Jindrich Halabala and manufactured by Spojené UP Závody, Brno, circa 1935.
Category
1930s Czech Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal, Chrome
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
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
Rare Warren McArthur Two-Tier Desk with Drawers, Reversible, Machine Age 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
Warren McArthur two-tier desk with drawers
Aluminum and black lacquered wood
Warren McArthur Corporation, 1930s
Measures: 48" x 24" x 30" desk height
Desk is reversible, and ca...
Category
1930s Machine Age Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum
Chippendale Style Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Montreal, QC
This superb desk is a copy of one made by Thomas Chippendale in 1766 for Sir Rowland Winn . The original masterpiece of English cabinetry is at his residence, Nostell Priory in Yo...
Category
1940s English George III Vintage Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
Kho Liang Le for Fristho Management Desk Model J1 Design from 1956
By Kho Liang Ie
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
Rare executive desk model J1 designed by Kho Liang Ie for Fristho in 1956.
Executive desk made of wood and finished with solid wood between the top and the legs, the handles are m...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
1930s Art Deco Italy in the Manner Pagano Attributed Writing Desk
Located in Biella, IT
Walnut veneer desk Art Deco rationalism years '30 Italy design in the manner of Pagano(attributed)
veener is usured in only the back low zone invisi...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Paul Laszlo, Freeform Desk, Oak, Brown Saltman, USA, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A freeform oak desk designed by Paul Laszlo and produced by Brown Saltman, USA, 1940s.
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
Vintage WWII Folding Military Field Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage WWII Military Field Desk
A vintage US Military aluminum celadon green painted metal folding field desk. Transforms from a rectangle to p...
Category
1940s North American Industrial Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Desk from the 60s
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Red lacquered wood desk from the 60s, Italian.
Desk 1960s
Country: Italian
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer
It is an elegant and sophisticated desk.
If you...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Mid-century George Nelson Secretary Dresser and desk for Herman Miller, 1960's
Located in Chicago, IL
George Nelson Secretary for Herman Miller, 1960's
Walnut
Herman Miller tag on inside of drawer.
5 drawers and a pull-down desktop.
Measures: ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut, Plywood
Rare Dom Hans van der Laan Desk, the Netherlands
Located in Antwerp, BE
Dom Hans van der Laan Bossche School office desk , the Netherlands
Very rare and highly collectible piece by renowned Dutch designer, architect and monk Dom Hans van der Laan. Made ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood, Pine
Jerome 'Jerry' & Evelyn Ackerman Micro-Mosaic Inlaid Desk Drawer Handle Pull
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic little micro-mosaic design gem with turquose colored mosaic inlay by well know Mid-Century Modern designers Jerome (Jerry) & Evelyn Ackerman.
The Ackermans began their career in design primarily in ceramics in the early 1950s. After finishing at Alfred University, Jerome worked at the Jenev Design Studio developing ceramic molds...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Design Desk, Curved Top, Piano Lacquer, Chrome, France, 1950s
Located in Regensburg, DE
Extraordinary curved (kidney-shaped) designer desk from the 1950/60s.
Asymmetrical shape similar to that of a grand piano. Walnut, high-gloss black finish with piano lacquer. Octagon...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Stainless Steel
American of Martinsville Dania 3 Piece Louvered Walnut Desk Modular Unit
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Mid-Century Modern walnut low bench with modular desk and drawer cabinet designed by Merton Gerhsun for American of Martinsville's Dania line circa 60...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Swedish Desk and Stool by Göran Malmvall 1940s/'50s
Located in Brescia, IT
Pine wood table and stool set designed by G.Malmvall for The Swedish Fur company.
Two pieces of furniture of Scandinavian origin, evident in the type of wood used and the rustic b...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Pine
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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