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Desks For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: Early 20th Century
Danish Teak Mid-Century Modern Writing Desk
Located in Frederick, MD
This unusual Danish teak writing desk has a special design. The drawer stack can slide from left to right to accommodate different spaces and left-handed individuals.
The deep red t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Victorian Pedestal Desk Mahogany 1900 Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian Mahogany Pedestal Desk.
This Wonderful Desk Features an Arrangement of 9 Mahogany Lined Drawers.
Each Pedestal Being of a Bow Form.
Circa 1900
The Drawer Fronts Having Wond...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Desk Bamboo and Black Lacquer by E. Murio, 1960s
By E. Murio
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Desk Bamboo and Black Lacquer by E. Murio, 1960s
Category
1960s Vintage Desks
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Antique Derby School Paneled Oak Roll Top Desk with Full Interior, C1900
By Derby Desk Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique roll top desk offers paneled quarter sawn oak construction with s-top opening to full interior over base with flanking drawer towers h...
Category
Early 20th Century American Desks
Materials
Oak
British Colonial Style Faux Bamboo Leather Clad Desk by Maitland-Smith
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive Mid Century desk crafted with a faux bamboo frame having a faux tortoise finish featuring tooled leather panels on the top, front, side and back, lower tier storage and be...
Category
Mid-20th Century Philippine British Colonial Desks
Materials
Leather, Faux Bamboo
Baker Vintage Campaign Style Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome mid century partners desk crafted in mahogany with ebony trim and brass hardware featuring three tooled leather panels on the top over a campaign style twin pedestal form ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Campaign Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Gothic Revival Hand Carved Solid Oak Side Table / Ladies Desk W. Drawers
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful and practical size, hand carved Gothic sidetable or small desk.
This rare antique table in the Gothic Style can be placed tight on your wall...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Gothic Revival Desks
Materials
Brass
Gio Ponti: Monumental Executive Desk in Reeded Walnut and Brass, Italy 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Gio Ponti (1891-1979)
A rare and important executive desk by Gio Ponti, in dramatically carved and reeded walnut with polished brass details. Impeccably crafted, starkly geometric i...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Paul Frankl for Brown Saltman Combed Wood Desk
By Paul Frankl
Located in Pasadena, TX
A desk designed by Paul Frankl for Brown and Saltman. This desk features combed wood restored to emphasize the beautiful tones and textures of the natural ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Paul McCobb Pedestal Desk
By Paul McCobb
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vintage modern pedestal desk features the iconic mid-century design of Paul McCobb. Single sided writing desk offers two drawers for storage and organization and a spacious formica-style top for work. Slender tapered legs and unique McCobb drawer pulls...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
1950's Amazing "Magic Box' Organiser Bureau Compact Plywood Ateliers Genestar
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
This 'Magic Box' organising desk has been produced by various manufactures in Europe in the 1950's and 1960's
Commonly this desk is known as produced in Switzerland by Mummenthaler & Meier but this same model was also made in Norway and France
We believe this is the French version that was made by Ateliers Genestar as that version has the retractable plywood curved lamp...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak, Plywood
Vintage Hand-Painted Italian Provincial Style Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original Vintage Condition
Style: Italian Provincial
Dimensions: 29”H x 35.50”W x 19.50”D
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Mummenthaler and Meier Norway Teak and Birch Desk "Magic Box"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Norwegian Made "Magic Box" Desk in a Box. Designed by Mummenthaler and Meier. Teak exterior with birch and teak interior. Doors swing open and work surface pulls out! Ample stora...
Category
1950s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Birch, Teak
Vintage Walnut Executive Desk by Florence Knoll
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Amazing vintage executive desk designed by architect and furniture designer Florence Knoll in the United States, circa 1960s. This iconic design...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Exhibition Quality Mahogany Cylinder Bureau by Maple & Co
By Maple & Co.
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
R031 Superb quality and very attractive, Edwardian flamed mahogany cylinder bureau by Maples & Co, two mahogany lined and satinwood crossbanded drawers fitted with original brass han...
Category
Early 20th Century English Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Empire Style Partners Desk with Leather Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original Vintage Condition
Materials: Patinated Leather Top, Mahogany
Category
1930s American Empire Vintage Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Original French Macassar Art Deco Partners Desk
Located in Oakland, CA
Original French Art Deco desk in spectacular book-matched Macassar wood. These high-quality, streamline-style, classic desks do not often come around. This one has everything. Great ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Bronze
Warren McArthur for Warren McArthur Corporation Table or Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Warren McArthur for Warren McArthur Corporation Table or Desk from the Virginia State Library, Richmond V.A.
Aluminum base, wood top with laminate surface
Dimensions:
30¼"high
50½" w...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum
Queen Anne Style 1930s Walnut Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Queen Anne Style 1930s walnut bureau in good condition. The fall sits on two pull out slides with a fitted interior with drawers and pigeon holes. The bureau stands on elegant cabrio...
Category
1930s Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Edwardian mahogany pedestal desk
Located in Salisbury, GB
Edwardian mahogany pedestal desk 153cms
This Edwardian mahogany pedestal desk was made circa 1910 and is of a good large size.
The pedestal desk is made in 3 parts, this is for ease ...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Anglo Indian teak davenport
Located in Martlesham, GB
A good quality mid 20th Century teak davenport, the top structure having two panelled hinged doors opening to reveal various compartments, the desk section having a panelled hinged d...
Category
1960s Indian Victorian Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Early 20th century mahogany pedestal desk by Hobbs & Co
By Hobbs & Co.
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century mahogany pedestal desk by hobbs & co circa 1900.
Beautiful desk in the adams style circa 1900. Stamped by hobbs & co of london. Mahogany lined drawers. Shaped fro...
Category
Early 20th Century English Georgian Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Mid-Century Freestanding Teak Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen, 1960s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
A desk designed by Danish designer Peter Løvig Nielsen in the 1960s. Desks are characterized by original, extraordinary design and high-quality workmanship made of high-quality mater...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Vintage Maple Chest of Drawers with Drop Front Writing Desk
Located in Freehold, NJ
This vintage chest of drawers features solid maple construction with original finish, brass accented hardware, three dovetailed drawers and one drop front writing desk with interior ...
Category
1960s American American Colonial Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid century danish modern teak desk with 3 drawers
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid century danish modern teak desk with 3 drawers And lower brace. This danish desk has (2) upper drawers and (1) lower deep file drawer. The top has a beautiful teak wood grain wit...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak, Oak
1960s Bureau, Munch Møbler
By Munch Møbler
Located in Neuss, NW
Classic secretary from the 1960s by Munch Møbler. High-quality corpus in teak veneer with a hinged work surface, six interior drawers, three drawers and cigar shaped feet.
Quality Fe...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood, Teak
60er 70er Jahre Teak Writing Desk Schreibtisch von Gunnar Nielsen für Tibergaard
Located in Neuenkirchen, NI
60s 70s teak writing desk by Gunnar Nielsen for Tibergaard
Object: Writing Desk
Manufacturer: Tibergaard
Condition: good - vintage
Age: around 1960-1970
Dimensions:
Width = 114...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Modern Desk, Wood, Italy, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern desk, wood, Italy, 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
English Regency Style Rosewood & Brass Campaign Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original Condition
Materials: Rosewood, Walnut, Patinated Brass
Style: English Regency
Category
1950s American Regency Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Newly Refinished - Mid-Century Modern Desk by Merton Gershun
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With over 15 years of experience, our workshop has followed a careful process of restoration, showcasing our passion and creativity for vintage designs that can seamlessly be incorpo...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Vintage Baroque Style Leather Wrapped Studded Partner Desk with Lion Pulls
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Baroque Style Leather Wrapped Studded Partner Desk with Lion Pulls
This beautiful, well-made desk has seven drawers on one side and faux drawers on the other. The desk comes...
Category
1930s Unknown Baroque Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Vintage Chippendale Style Carved Walnut Executive Writing Desk by Maitland Smith
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Chippendale Style Carved Walnut Executive Writing Desk by Maitland Smith
This stunning 19th century Chippendale style desk has three drawers and solid brass hardware. Each s...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
Edwardian Kidney shaped writing desk
Located in Budleigh Salterton, GB
Very good quality early 20th century mahogany and inlaid writing desk
English circa 1900 with original brass handles , castors and leather insert
Having 9 mahogany lined drawers , th...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Teak Desk by I.B Kofod-Larsen for Seffle Möbelfabrik, Sweden, 1950s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
The desk was designed by the Danish designer Ib Kofod-Larsen, manufactured in the 1950s in the Swedish factory Seffle Möbelfabrik. The desk with an interesting modernist form is an e...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Model 75 Freestanding Teak Desk from Omann Jun, Denmark, 1950s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
Mid-Century desk, model 75, produced by Omann Jun danish furniture factory. A desk with a high craftsmanship of design and workmanship, characteristic of Danish design from the 1960s...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Mid Century Rosewood Desk by Gunnar Nielsen Tibergaard for Tibergaard, 1960s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
The desk designed by G. Nielsen Tibergaard was produced in Denmark in the 1960s. The desk is made of rosewood and free standing thanks to the finished back side with open storage spa...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Peter Lovig Danish Teak Partners Desk 1966
By Lovig Dansk
Located in Frederick, MD
This is one of the most beautiful examples of this iconic Danish modern partners desk. Designed by Peter Lovig, this Partners Desk is a versatile as it is beautiful. It's spacious de...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Jean PROUVE - "Standard BS"
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Jean PROUVE (1901-1984). "Standard BS" desk in folded and white lacquered sheet steel and oak suspended pedestals. Manufactured by the Jean Prouvé workshops around 1948. H: 74 cm - W...
Category
1940s Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Rway 4-Drawer Mid Century Desk in Black
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Extremely rare Rway black mid century desk with silver hardware. This desk in in decent vintage condition with some considerable scratching to the top. Looks like It was used as a wr...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
French 20th Century by Pierre Paulin for Thonet CM141 Desk
Located in CANTELEU, FR
Coming from France. Discover the minimalist and functional elegance of the CM141 desk designed by Pierre Paulin and published by Thonet, an emblematic piece of 20th century design.
...
Category
1960s Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Sculpted Walnut Desk by Hooker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With over 15 years of experience, our workshop has followed a careful process of restoration, showcasing our passion and creativity for vintage designs that can seamlessly be incorpo...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Hunting Aviation Metal Desk Ernest Race
By Ernest Race
Located in New York, NY
Ernest Race designed Metal Desk for P.W. Cow / Hunting Aviation, United Kingdom 1946. A wonderful piece of British Design History Desk by Ernest Race. The aluminum metal has a pattern to its surface as aircraft panels...
Category
1940s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
ND93 desk by Nanna Ditzel for Søren Willadsen, Denmark, 1960s - 60s
Located in Paris, FR
An iconic piece of Danish design, this desk is in very good condition.
Dimensions :
Length : 175cm
Width : 75 cm
Height : 72 cm
The top shelf has been completely redone in walnut s...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Bureau Plat French Inlay Desk Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Quality antique French desk or bureau plat
Classic look crafted from kingwood with original ormolu fixtures
Good size at five feet - 154 CM - wide
Great for a home office set up
Boug...
Category
1920s Vintage Desks
Materials
Kingwood
Early Danish Roll Top Desk with Fluted Legs in Booked Matched Veneer Mid Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine example of a classic Scandinavian design desk. Clad in fine walnut veneer and sophisticated book matched on the roll top is just the beginning. The interior is done is beautif...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Walnut
Vintage American Art Deco Desk
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This vintage art deco desk from United States is a stunning piece from the 1930s. Its unique design features two shaped columns, each containing four pull-out drawers, as well as an ...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Leather, Rosewood, Walnut, Burl
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ranch Oak Desk and Matching Chair by Brandt
Located in Lafayette, IN
Great little desk in the "Ranch Oak" style and manufactured by Brandt Furniture Co. of Fort Worth, Texas. Desk features a great size paired with that wonderful, faux-weathered wester...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
Danish Mid-Century Modern Teak Writing Desk
Located in VANCOUVER, CA
Teak mid-century Danish desk, circa 1960's. Finished on both sides, this beauty looks great from every angle! Sleek tapering legs, integrated low profile handles and ample storage. S...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Ste Marie and Laurent Mid Century Modern Rosewood and Chrome Executive Desk
Located in Denville, NJ
We photograph and list inventory in the condition it arrives at our warehouse to streamline operations and focus on restoration for current orders. This also enables us to maintain a...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Danish Modern Teak Writing Desk by Andreas Hansen, 1960's Masterpiece w/Roll Top
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Stunning solid teak writing or letter desk designed by Danish master designer Andreas Hansen.
Circa 1960's, made in Denmark. Pull out leather top writing area, 9 drawers and organiza...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Mid 20th Century Vintage Italian Inlay Partners Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
Discover the epitome of timeless luxury with our Vintage Italian Inlay Partners Desk. Infused with Old World charm and American refinement, this exquisite piece showcases intricate I...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
George Nelson for Herman Miller Steel Frame Desk and Dresser
Located in Chicago, IL
George Nelson for Herman Miller Steel Frame Desk and Dresser, Model 4112 Desk and Model 4014 Dresser, Angled Steel White Frames with Walnut drawer ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
Mid Century Desk Designed by Severin Hansen for Haslev, 1958
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
One of the most beautiful desks from the Danish Modern period. Model 36, from Danish designer Severin Hansen was designed in 1958 and produced by the renowned Danish manufacturer Has...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Bureau scandinave vintage teck et sa chaise Henning Kjaernulf 1960
Located in NANTES, FR
Bureau scandinave en teck estampillé "made in Denmark" et sa chaise Henning Kjaernulf des années 60
en très bon état, seul à noter une zone de frottement sur un côté à l'emplacement...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Danish Modern Floating Top Teak Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fabulous Danish modern floating top teak desk designed by Peter Løvig Nielsen for Løvig Dansk in Denmark, circa 1960s. Features a floating top design with a raised lip along the edge...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Expertly Restored - Danish Cantilever Floating Rosewood Desk by Georg Petersens
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this journey with passion and precision. With over 17 years of artisanal exper...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Danish rosewood desk with extension and floating box, model 0S 51 by Arne Vodder
Located in JOINVILLE-LE-PONT, FR
Superb Scandinavian office. An extension held by brass hooks allows you to adjust the desk according to your needs. The box with 3 drawers (key) can slide over the entire length. Bea...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Louis Van Teeffelen Writing Desk for Wébé, Dutch Design, 1960s
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Writing desk designed by Louis van Teeffelen and produced by Wébé in the Netherlands around 1960. This desk features a teak veneer table top with 3 drawers on the left, a cabinet on ...
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
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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