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Desks For Sale
Style: Hollywood Regency
Style: Empire
Antique Empire Style Partners Desk with Leather Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original Vintage Condition Materials: Patinated Leather Top, Mahogany
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1930s American Empire Vintage Desks

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Mahogany Architects Table by Jean-Joseph Chapuis, 1810
Located in Hellouw, NL
Beautiful Empire mahogany architects table by Jean-Joseph Chapuis (1765-1864). Jean-Joseph Chapuis (born in Brussels) was a famous furniture maker. He obtained a master craftsman ti...
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Early 1800s Belgian Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Brass

French Restauration Antique Mahogany Cylinder Roll-Top Desk circa 1830
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FINE RESTAURATION PERIOD ORMOLU-MOUNTED FLAMED MAHOGANY BUREAU À CYLINDER France, circa 1830 Item # 403ZGP18C An exceedingly fine bureau à cylinder from the Restauration period in F...
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19th Century English Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Marble, Brass, Ormolu

Mastercraft mid century brass detailed desk three drawers console Hollywood
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Stunning mid century desk by Mastercaft with T-shaped drawer pulls and leather top. All in great vintage condition,
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Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desks

Materials

Brass

1st Empire Mahogany desk, ca 1810
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
Unusual 1st Empire desk, circa 1810, in mahogany, Burl, with Brass inlay and blackened columns ending on 2 blackened lion's feet above gilded leaves . Center drawer pulls out to re...
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1810s French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany, Giltwood, Lacquer

Large French Neoclassical Mahogany Roll-Top Desk
Located in Troy, NY
French mahogany Empire desk of stately proportions, with a roll top, revealing a double row of total six drawers under an open shelf, as well as a sliding writing surface with inset ...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Hollywood Regency Era Italian Florentine Petite Gilded Secretary / Writing Desk
Located in Kennesaw, GA
For the Florentine collector, this is a rare find! It is a petite secretary with lovely fold out writing surface. It has quote a bit of stationary s...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Desks

Materials

Poplar, Giltwood

Antique French Empire Flame Mahogany Abattant with Figural Ormolu 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Empire abattant secretary offers flame mahogany construction with upper drawer over drop front desk opening to interior with p...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Ormolu

1940s Hollywood Regency Ladies Kidney Shaped Writing Desk -Finished in the Round
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1940's Hollywood Regency Kidney Shaped Ladies Writing Desk. This piece is finished on all sides and would "float" very nicely in your room of choice. There is drawer space and shelve...
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1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks

Materials

Wood

American Mahogany Partner's Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful Mahogany Partner's Desk with glass knobs. Top refinished and everything else cleaned and ready to go! Two wide drawers per each side with smaller drawers below. Beautiful c...
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1880s American Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Maitland Smith style Tobacco Leaf Desk
Located in Raleigh, NC
A unique tobacco leaf wrapped desk with pencil drawer. Circa 1980s and possibly made by Maison Jansen. This piece is finished on all sides an...
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1980s Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks

Materials

Hardwood

French Empire Mahogany Bonheur du Jour Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
19th century French Empire mahogany Bonheur du Jour desk. The upper section is decorated with classical motifs of pharaoh masks and wreaths around...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Wood, Mahogany

Jean Claude Mahey Set of Desk & Table Lamp in Lacquered Wood & Brass, 1970s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Jean Claude Mahey Desk in Lacquered Wood & Brass + Table Lamp, Paris, France, 1970s. This is a wonderful desk / table / vanity table in lacquered wood and brass by designer Jean C...
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Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Desks

Materials

Brass

Late 19th Century Empire Desk
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Empire desk with mahogany veneer, decorated with numerous brass applications. The surface of the furniture is finished with polish, giving a subtle gloss. The table top is covered wi...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Wood

Jean Claude Mahey Desk in Lacquered Wood & Brass, 1970s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Jean Claude Mahey Desk in Lacquered Wood & Brass, Paris, France, 1970s. This is a wonderful desk / table / vanity table in lacquered wood and brass by designer Jean Claude Mahey. A great and quintessential seventies Hollywood Regency design with hints to Art Deco and 1930s furniture. Great and deep 'Sang de Boeuf' red color and inlayed brass which gained a nice patination over time. This desk features nice proportions and clean lines, but looks very chique and rich due to the use of high gloss lacquer of a very grand quality. Seven or eight layers of lacquer are applied to the wood. There are three drawers at the front and a nicely finished backside, so this desk can be used as a freestanding unit in the room. The desk shows signs of wear and use, but this is inevitable with a lacquered piece of this age. But overall it is in a good vintage condition and perfectly usable in a stylish and elegant interior. Great as a writing desk or as a vanity desk. Please note: we also have the original table / desk lamp which belonged to this desk for sale...
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Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Desks

Materials

Brass

French Escritoire Desk Mahogany Antique Chest
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This rather imposing escritoire stands upon turned feet. The bottom panelled doors open to reveal an inner oak lined drawer. The writing section having a drop down fall with a leat...
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1860s Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

French Hollywood Regency Style Ebony Lacquer Executive Desk / Writing Table
Located in Stamford, CT
French Hollywood Regency Style Ebony Lacquer Executive Desk / Writing Table A spectacular Executive Desk that can sit Center of any room or office. The finest ebony finish having b...
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2010s American Hollywood Regency Desks

Materials

Bronze

French Bureau Plat or Desk with Gilt Griffin Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Empire Style Bureau Plat or Desk, France, circa 1950s. Elegant design in black lacquered wood with brass hardware and an inset black leather...
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1950s French Empire Vintage Desks

Materials

Brass, Metal

Empire Style Mahogany Middle Desk with Egyptian Décor, France 19th Century
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
It is composed of two boxes and a central tray opening with nine drawers in total. The desk is in mahogany veneer of very fine grain quality, the color of the mahogany is not dark but rather soft, in harmony with the slightly darker soft veining that embellishes this mahogany veneer. This desk is adorned with gilded bronzes depicting busts of Egyptian women, leafy motifs such as palmettes and laurel wreaths, diamonds. All the bronzes are original, none of them are added. The top of the desk is embellished with empire green leathers gilded with iron. This "Return from Egypt" style desk is a fine example of the Empire style. It can also be combined with our empire green leather office chair...
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1890s French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Bronze

Russian Empire Commode Secretary
Located in Newport Beach, CA
An exceptional Russian Empire fruitwood and ebonized 4 drawer chest/secretary. The top drawer conceals the drop-down desk featuring 6 drawers and a lapis...
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1850s European Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass

Gampel Stoll Style Stone Top Carved Elephant Desk and Chair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stone top carved elephant desk and matching chair. All tusk are completely removable for safe transportation. Reupholstery is recommended on the chair. No chips or nicks to the stone...
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1970s Unknown Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks

Materials

Stone

French Empire Mahogany Drop Front Secretary "Secrétaire à Abattant"
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 19th century French mahogany wood Empire style drop front secretary with a removable black marble top. The secretary features two front side columns with bronze mounts detail w...
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1810s French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Brass

French, Mid-19th Century Empire-Style Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-19th century The petite mahogany knee-hole desk with a central drawer and two slender drawers on each side, with gilt-bronze mounts and inset tooled green leather writing su...
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Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Bronze

Fornasetti Decorated Antique Italian Writing Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
The exquisite antique table desk, shown here, represents the first collaboration between foley&cox HOME and Fornasetti. The desk was purchased in Italy and hand-decorated by Fornasetti using...
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Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Hollywood Regency Maison Jansen Desk, Ebony, Bronze, Leather, France, 1930s
Located in Stamford, CT
A Hollywood Regency ebony and bronze mounted desk, writing table or vanity A stunning example of this highly sought after designers work. Bronze sabots and capitals shine on the sleek tapering legs with flame bronze mounts on the reeded centers leading to a knee hole, 18.5 by 24 inch wide, center having finished sides. The three over two drawers all having bronze framing and keyholes, the center lock missing. Each side with bronze framing and the reversed fully finished so this finely constructed desk can sit center stage in any setting. The writing or computer table...
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1930s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks

Materials

Bronze

Hollywood Regency Whitecraft Desk, Vanity & Armchair Green Finish American, 1970
Located in Miami, FL
Hollywood Regency bamboo & reed desk, writing table or vanity with glass top and matching armchair in olive green finish. Features 2 drawers with hand carv...
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Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desks

Materials

Fabric, Glass, Bamboo, Cane, Reed

Large French Empire Napoleon III Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Miami, FL
A fine large sized flat desk otherwise referred to as a "bureau de ministre" or ministers flat desk. In mahogany and mahogany veneer flamed on all sides, beautiful ornamentation of...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Bronze

French Bureau Plat Desk, Empire Dummy Partners Desks
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous French Empire bureau plat Classic French antique desk in kingwood with ormolu fixtures We date this desk to circa 1930 Has drawers on both sides although one side they are decorative so this is a dummy partners desk Great for a home office set...
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1930s French Empire Vintage Desks

Materials

Kingwood

Russian Early 19th Century Empire Style Mahogany 'Bureau a Cylindre'
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very high quality and spectacular Russian early 19th century Empire style mahogany ' Bureau a Cylindre' with all original gilt and hardware...
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19th Century Russian Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

19th Century Scandinavian Birch Empire Bureau Secretary with Bookcase, c. 1820
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine Scandinavian Empire/Biedermeier secretary in beautiful birch wood with mahogany interior, Denmark, circa 1820. The highly sculptural form makes this piece an outstanding ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Birch

French Secretaire à Abattant, First Empire Period
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French first Empire period Secretaire à Abattant, also known as a drop-front secretary, fall front or cantilevered desk. Under the dark grey marble top is a secret, entablature drawe...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Marble, Bronze

19th Century Empire Style English Roll Top Desk with Bronze Mounts
Located in New York, NY
19th century Empire style English dark-brown wooden desk with roll top that opens to reveal drawers and letter holders and a gold embossed leather desk surface, topped with a bronze-filigree framed tray, and supported by two columns of drawers, each with a gold drawer pull...
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19th Century Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

French 19th Century Empire Style Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French 19th century Empire st. mahogany and ormolu Bureau Plat. The desk is raised on straight tapered legs with ormolu sabots and pierce...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Empire Style Pedestal Desk in Mahogany with Gilt Bronze Mounts, France ca. 1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century French Empire mahogany pedestal desk with gilt bronze mounts, black leather top, two (2) slides, and eight (8) drawers.
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19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Early 19th Century French Empire Desk
Located in Nashville, TN
Mahogany veneered French Empire desk. Leather insert top. Brass hardware on column legs and bun feet. Very unique and good quality period French des...
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1810s French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Empire Drop Front Desk, Kopenhagen, 1820
Located in Belmont, MA
Empire drop front desk, Copenhagen 1810-20. This unique Danish secretary desk is embellished with mahogany veneer. The lower part has three cur...
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1810s Danish Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Superb 19th Century French Empire Escritoire
Located in Dallas, TX
Marvelous 19th century French Empire three-drawer escritoire with lovely Breche africaine marble top. Having detailed bronze mounts in urn and floral motifs, columnar supports with p...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Wood

Ebony and Parcel-Gilt Decorated Three-Drawer Desk, Maison Jansen attr.
Located in Stamford, CT
Ebony and gilt Hollywood Regency desk. An ebony and parcel-gilt decorated three drawer desk or writing table. This finely crafted desk by Maison Jansen sports a custom glass top sitt...
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Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Desks

Materials

Wood

Empire Style Desk Rich Register of Gilded Bronze
Located in Marseille, FR
Lady's desk with Empire style mahogany, base decorated with griffins, very beautiful register of gilded bronzes oak drawer bottoms, top and zippers trimmed with brown and green Moroc...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Desks

Materials

Bronze

Hollywood Regency Ebony Ladies Desk Louis XV Style Stamped Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Hollywood Regency ebony ladies desk. Finley crafted Louis XV style stamped Jansen flip front desk having sleek and slender legs supporting a lager center drawer flanked by smaller si...
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Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Desks

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Bronze

Antique Empire Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Empire style mahogany desk with gilt bronze mounts, circa 1890-1910. This desk has very fine quality gilt bronze mounts.
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Early 1900s European Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Hollywood Regency Desks in Maison Jansen Manner, Ebonized, Bronze Mounted Pair
Located in Stamford, CT
Hollywood Regency Desks, Maison Jansen Attributed, Ebonized, Bronze, Refinished. A Compatible pair of Hollywood Regency desks in Maison Jansen manner. Two French ebony based leather...
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Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Desks

Materials

Leather, Wood

19th Century Birch and Morocco Leather Pedestal Desk in the French Empire Manner
Located in London, GB
A pedestal desk in the French Empire manner of freestanding breakfront form with everted angles, constructed in birchwood, and burr birchwood, having bronze accents drawn from the...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Early 19th Century French Empire "Bureau a Gradin" Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
The rectangular superstructure centred by two drawers above two shelves, flanked by an pair of cupboard doors flanked and separated by patinated and gilt bronze caryatids, the lower part with a leather lined writing slide above three drawers around a slight kneehole each side fitted with a writing slide raised on square supports joined by stretchers and fitted at the front with painted and parcel gilt wood female torsos...
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Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

James Mont Style Faux Bamboo Dining Table in Aluminum and Brass
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic 1970s James Mont style Hollywood-Regency faux-bamboo dining table was acquired from a Palm Beach estate. The piece is fabricated in cast aluminum with brass rin...
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Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desks

Materials

Brass, Aluminum

Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Pedestal Desk in the Empire Style
Located in London, GB
A fine French late 19th century mahogany and ormolu pedestal desk with tooled leather top in the Empire style, having nine drawers, one containing a locking secret compartment, with ...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century French Empire Escritoire
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality, 18th century Louis XV Escritoire. The Escritoire has a drawer at the top with ornate mounts, above a fall front opening to reveal a fitted interior compri...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

French 19th Century Empire Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Troy, NY
Elegant French Empire bureau-plat or partners desk, The top, inlaid with a center-star-motive and small decorations on each corner, above five drawers, the middle one opening from th...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Large Empire French Writing Desk with Embossed Brown Leather Top & Column Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large Empire French writing desk or bureau plat with embossed brown leather top, bronze dore mounts, column legs, and  three drawers.
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19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Early 19th Century French Empire Flame Mahogany Drop Front Secretary Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Classic antique French Empire drop front "abattant" secretary desk made with magnificent high quality flame mahogany adorned with bronze doré mounts and its original gray marble top....
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Desk, Antique Bonheur du Jour, Gamichon a Paris
By Jean-Baptiste Gamichon
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a French antique bonheur du jour by Jean-Baptiste Gamichon dating to circa 1810. A piece for the connoisseur, rare and sought after,...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Mirror, Mahogany

19th Century Italian Empire Writing Table in Mahogany with Marquetry
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome Italian Empire desk or sofa table in mahogany with fold-down leaves, and resting over trestle base with splayed legs ending in carved li...
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Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Desks

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Mahogany, Satinwood

Jansen Style, Hollywood Regency, Desk, Ebonized Wood, Mirror, France, 1950
Located in Stamford, CT
A finely constructed French desk. The curved C-shaped inverted legs supported by a metal undercarriage. The top verre églomisé decorated with leafs and vine design. The double drawer...
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1940s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks

Materials

Wood

Italian Fruitwood and Burl Marquetry Parquet Desk, circa 1950
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Stunning sculptural fruitwood and burl marquetry desk done in a parquet pattern, stunning bombe shape with cabriole legs. Total refinished and ready to go.
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1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks

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Fruitwood, Burl

French Empire Period Mahogany, Marble and Gilt Bronze Cabinet
Located in London, GB
This beautiful mahogany cabinet was crafted in France in the early 19th century, when Napoleon Bonaparte was Emperor (1804-1814,15). The cabinet features a wide rectangular body, top...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century French Empire Style Mahogany Roll-Top Desk with Gilt Bronze-Mounted
Located in Cypress, CA
This impressive 19th century, French Empire style gilt bronze-mounted Fine mahogany roll-top desk, The blackstone top over three short gilt-bronze mounted drawers, issuing a barrel top desk...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Ormolu

19th C. Royal Antique Burl Wood Secretary Desk & Black Leather Drop Leaf Top Hrh
Located in West Hollywood, CA
19th C. royal antique burl wood secretary desk & black leather drop leaf top HRH . Very rare early 19th century secretary " Secrétaire a' Aba...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Desks

Materials

Bronze

A Russian Neoclassical Roll Top Writing Desk
Located in New Haven, CT
A most elegant Russian Plumpudding mahogany cylinder desk, circa 1810. Raised on four tapered legs the lower case holds seven drawers and two sliding shelves with leather tops that e...
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1810s Russian Empire Antique Desks

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Mahogany

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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