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19th Century Barokk iroda gyogyoru barokk stilusban szett
Located in Kerepes, HU
Ez egy komplett nagyon impozáns iroda garnitúra. Csak egyben eladó.
asztal + trón szék, egy nagy polcos szekrény, kozepen üveggel ellátva es nem utolsó sorban meg egy gyógyáru bar s...
Category
Late 19th Century Hungarian Baroque Antique Desks
Materials
Nutwood
A Rare And Early Georgian Kneehole Bureau
Located in Skipton, GB
A rare early Georgian Kneehole Bureau of a wonderful colour and patination.
Having a well figured fall which opens to reveal three banks of oak lined dovetailed drawers, all above a ...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
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
French Empire Escritoire Chest Desk 1880 Mahogany
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Classic French Empire escritoire / desk
Crafted from mahogany with ormolu fittings
Great space saving piece as both a desk and a chest of drawers
We ...
Category
1880s French Provincial Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Ebony, Brass And Ormolu Boulle Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and richly detailed French 19th century Louis XIV st. Ebony, Brass and Ormolu Boulle desk. This wonderful rectangular desk is raised by four square tapered legs decorated by a mottled Ormolu band and bottom topie shaped feet. The legs are connected by a pierced double triangle stretcher with a central circle motif. The stretcher is elegantly decorated by Ormolu bands along the edges. The arbalest front apron has three drawers which are recessed with intricately inlaid Brass filets of scrolled and foliate designs. The inlaid panels are framed by an attractive Ormolu band. The interior of the outer drawers are fitted with unique safe...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Burr Oak Regency Galleried Writing Desk, Circa 1820
Located in Lincoln, GB
This unusual regency burr oak writing desk is of exceptionally fine quality. The skiver raises towards you for ease of use. The piece is extremely rare due to the burr oak and in gre...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
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
Empil Desk
By Drugeot
Located in Courbevoie, FR
A streamlined side facing a disorganized side, the Empil desk plays with contrasts. A combination of 4 cases that can be set as one wishes. It offers the features of a classic desk. ...
Category
2010s French Desks
Materials
Oak
Italian 18th Century Walnut and Rosewood Tuscan Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome Italian 18th-century walnut and rosewood Tuscan desk. The desk is raised on walnut tapered legs below the scrolled apron that continues at ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut
French Louis XV St. Tulipwood and Kingwood Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French 19th century Louis XV st. tulipwood and kingwood side table/desk. The table is raised on slender cavriole legs with ormolu sabots and finely chased ormolu acan...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French Mid-19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood and Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French mid 19th century Louis XV st. tulipwood and kingwood Bureau Plat. The desk is raised on cabriole legs accented at the top with finely chased ormolu mounts. Thr...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Writing Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality French Louis XVI style bureau plat, having an inset leather top, gilded ormolu mounts, a single frieze drawer, raised...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th c. Swedish Rococo Painted Fall Front Desk
Located in Wichita, KS
A 19th century Swedish fall-front bureau in the Rococo style wearing beautiful black paint, circa 1800. One large drawer with key, scalloped apron, and slender cabriolet legs. There ...
Category
19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Desks
Materials
Wood, Paint
California Studio Black Walnut Executive Desk #1
By Jim Sweeney
Located in Oakland, CA
California studio desk by Berkeley craftsman, Jim Sweeney, handcrafted of solid black walnut. The desk features beautifully figured black walnut, two drawers with exposed joinery on ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Walnut
Modern Chiado Console Table, Leather Oak Root, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Chiado Console, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The Chiado console table honors Lisbon’s historic quarter, cap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
California Studio Black Walnut Executive Desk #2
By Jim Sweeney
Located in Oakland, CA
California studio desk handcrafted of solid black Walnut by Berkeley craftsman, Jim Sweeney. The desk features beautifully figured black walnut, two drawers with exposed joinery on s...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Walnut
Pierre Jeanneret, Authentic PJ-BU-02-A Desk, circa 1957, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Hasselt, VLI
The "Office table" desk also known as PJ-BU-02-A, was created around 1957-58 by Pierre Jeanneret. It is a beautiful blend of solid sissoo, teakwood and cedar. Its rectangular top has...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Faux Leather, Wood, Teak, Cedar
Antique 19th Century Architect's Mahogany Pedestal Desk Drafting Table 1870
Located in Portland, OR
A good and unusual 19th century antique mahogany pedestal architect's drafting table, desk, circa 1870.
The desk/drafting table having a hinged lift up writing/drawing surface that c...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
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
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
Phillip Lloyd Powell American Craft Custom Double Pedestal Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Phillip Lloyd Powell American Craft Custom Double Pedestal Desk, This remarkable American Craft Double Pedestal Desk by Powell Studio was custom-made in 1995. The desk boasts a total...
Category
1990s American Desks
Materials
Slate, Metal
Antique 19th century blacked dark brown oak Dutch Lectern or portable desk
Located in Casteren, NL
This unique lectern was crafted in the Southern Netherlands at the beginning of the 19th century, around 1820. It was made from fine European White Oak and stained a very dark brown,...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Desks
Materials
Steel
French Rococo Desk Louis XV Style
Located in Buxton, GB
This Rococo-style writing desk was crafted in the 1950s, featuring a stunning rosewood finish and intricate carvings that exude the elegance of the Louis XV style. The antique desk b...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Desks
Materials
Bronze
English 18th C. Spinet Case by Crang & Hancock London Converted Writing Desk
Located in Vero Beach, FL
English 18th Century Spinet Case by Crang & Hancock London Converted Writing Desk
This is a fine example of the English spinet in its most fully developed form. Rare ca. 1760 pentag...
Category
18th Century English Baroque Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Tulipwood
19th Century Standard Grade Wooton Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a highly desirable and quite rare 19th century standard grade Wooton desk.
This desk was made in Indiana, circa 1880 by the Wooton Desk Co.
Made of walnut and burled walnut.
Black cast iron hardware. Fully marked.
In the Gallery we have excepts from the Smithsonian Institution publication concerning the history of “The King of Desks ….Wooten Patent Secretary” by Betty Lawson Walters (a copy of which will be furnished with the desk upon purchase).
Wooten Desks...
Category
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Rare Director's Desk by Ernest Igl for Wilhelm Werndl, Germany c.1970
By Ernest Igl
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A rare Director's Desk by Ernest Igl for Wilhelm Wendl, Germany. The design truly resembles the ethos of the seventies, a bright and bold era. The writing desk feels retro, without clashing with contemporary interiors. Ernest Igl focused on functionality combined with an aesthetically pleasing design for daily use, seen in the playful composition of curved lines and round shapes.
The body of the desk is entirely made of molded fiberglass and lacquered in white. The push up writing surface reveals a large storage compartment. A switch inside can lock and unlock the drawers. The top aluminum panel has a clock, large ceramic inset tray, two round ceramic dishes and five ceramic pen holders...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Aluminum
Maitland Smith Campaign Style Leather Top Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Maitland Smith Campaign Style Leather Top Desk
This desk measures: 62 wide x 32 deep x 30.25 high, with a chair clearance of 24.75 inches
We take our photos in a controlled lightin...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
French Napoleon III Ebonized Writing Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French Napoleon III ebonized marquetry and inlay writing desk. This statement table has an intricate inlay cartouche in the center of the ebonized marquetry table top. Thoughtful p...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Bone, Wood
Organic Modern Armona Desk, Oak Root Onyx, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Armona desk, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Armona modern desk pays homage to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks
Materials
Onyx
Modern Toscana Vanity Table Oak Beige Leather Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Toscana Vanity Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The organic modern Toscana vanity table is a captivating blend of natural beauty and c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Danish Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Secretary Desk
Located in VANCOUVER, CA
Rosewood Danish secretary desk, circa 1960's. Sleek angular profile and elegant tapering legs. Stunning bookmatched veneer case with contrasting beech wood fitted interior. Minor ven...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Organic Modern Oga Desk Raw American Oak Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Oga Desk, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
Oga seamlessly combines the beauty of organic materials with the elegance of contemporary design. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Modern Black Lage Bookcase, Brass Walnut, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Lage Bookcase, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The Lage modern bookcase was designed to be the focal point in a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Modern Menir Console Table, Patagonia Stone, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Menir Console, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The Menir modern console table draws inspiration from menhir sil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Marble, Onyx, Brass
Modern Lage Bookcase Set/2, Brass Oak Root, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Set of 2 Lage Bookcases, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The Lage modern bookcase was designed to be the focal ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Alma Mid Century Walnut and Leather Executive Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Alma Mid Century Walnut and Leather Executive Desk
This desk measures: 84 wide x 40 deep x 28.75 high, with a chair clearance of 25 inches
All pieces of furniture can be had in wha...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Neoclassical desk with lid and drawer. Grey.original hardware. Swedish
Located in MADRID, ES
Neoclassical swedish desk 19th century.
Very good condition
Category
1810s Swedish Neoclassical Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
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
Antique Welsh Primitive Shop Counter
Located in Calgary, Alberta
Antique unadorned Welsh rustic oak shop counter with pine top. It has 2 shelves to the back.
Wonderful in a cottage kitchen.
Category
Late 19th Century British Primitive Antique Desks
Materials
Oak, Pine
IMPORTANT ANTiQUE GABRIELD VIARDOT 1830-1906 ATTRIUBTED JAPONISME PEARL DESK
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and important, museum quality Gabriel Viardot 1830-1906 attributed writing desk with sublime ...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Oak
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 Walnut Executive Desk by Florence Knoll
By Knoll, Florence 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
Antique Victorian Traveling Desk Birds Eye Maple Writing Slope Edwards Roberts
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality early English well figured Birds Eye Maple Wood Ladies or Gents Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and compact proportions. Last quarter of...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
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
Mid-Century Magic Box Desk by Mummenthaler & Meier, Switzerland, 1955
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Magic Box Desk by Mummenthaler & Meier, Switzerland, 1955
Category
1950s Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Vintage Desk by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini, Italy 50’s
Located in PÉZENAS, FR
Mid-century Italian desk designed by Gianfranco Frattini, one of Bernini's best-known designers of the 1950s. Gianfranco Frattini was an important figure in the Italian design scene ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Teak
1960's English Regency Style Pecan Desk Console by Thomasville
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This English Regency style pecan writing desk by Thomasville would be perfect in any room. Desk, console, or entryway table to name a few. The stain / tone appears to be in the fam...
Category
1960s American Regency Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Flip-Top Executive Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Raleigh, NC
Mid-century Danish teak executive desk with flip-top mechanism. Designed by Peter Løvig Nielsen circa 1970s. This iconic desk has become well known within the world of mid-century de...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Period Regency Davenport Desk Mahogany
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Regency Mahogany Davenport.
This Davenport Features an arrangement of 6 Graduated Mahogany Lined Drawers to the Right Hand Side with Faux Drawers to the Reverse.
Period Regency
The T...
Category
1980s Regency Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century French Louis XVI Writing Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
Handsome late 18th Century French Louis XVI style writing desk with leather insert on top. Desk features a middle drawer, with three drawers on left and three drawers on right side. ...
Category
18th Century French Directoire Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Vintage Mid Century Modern Danish Style Teak Roll Top Cylinder Desk Bureau 1968
Located in Portland, OR
A good Mid Century Modern roll top cylinder desk bureau, circa 1968.
The desk with a locking roll top cylinder, that is cross-banded with teak, the interior is fitted with a single d...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Wooden desk by Pierre Guariche
Located in PARIS, FR
Desk model "590" by French designer Pierre Guariche (1926-1995), manufactured by Minvielle in the 1960s (1962). The mahogany top rests on a black lacquered metal base, and the desk a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Metal
19 century Gyogyoru kecses korabeli biedermeier iroasztal
Located in Kerepes, HU
Ajánlom ez a gyógyoru korabeli Biedermeier stílusban kis íróasztal . Kecses forma es a kis méretek miatt elhelyezhető majdnem bármi helységben.
maga az asztal magasság: 79 cm.
ossz ...
Category
Late 19th Century Hungarian Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Other
Antique Small Georgian Inlaid Mahogany Slant Front Secretary Desk Bureau 1780
Located in Portland, OR
An unusually diminutive Georgian inlaid mahogany bureau, slant front desk, circa 1780.
This is a rare & unusually diminutive Georgian mahogany bureau, the fall front with a brass esc...
Category
1780s English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Standard Furniture Mid Century Walnut and Brass Executive Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Standard Furniture Mid Century Walnut and Brass Executive Desk
This desk measures: 66 wide x 36 deep x 29 high, with a chair clearance of 24.5 inches
All pieces of furniture can be...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Peter Hvidt and Orla Molgaard-Nielsen Secretary Desk in Solid Teak
Located in San Diego, CA
Peter Hvidt and Orla Molgaard-Nielsen drop front solid teak desk opens to drawers with beautiful dovetail joinery. The piece has three small drawers below and two larger drawers. Per...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Henredon Burlwood Desk
By Henredon
Located in Countryside, IL
Henredon Burlwood Desk
This desk measures: 76 wide x 34 deep x 31.25 high, with a chair clearance of 25.25 inches
About Photos: We take our photos in a controlled lighting studio ...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Desks
Materials
Burl
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Mid Century Walnut and Rosewood Executive Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Mid Century Walnut and Rosewood Executive Desk
This desk measures: 84 wide x 40 deep x 29 high, with a chair clearance of 25 inches
All pieces of furnitur...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood, 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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