Desks
1930s American Empire Vintage Desks
Leather, Mahogany
Early 1800s Belgian Empire Antique Desks
Brass
19th Century English Empire Antique Desks
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desks
Brass
1810s French Empire Antique Desks
Mahogany, Giltwood, Lacquer
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Desks
Poplar, Giltwood
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Ormolu
1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks
Wood
1880s American Empire Antique Desks
Mahogany
1980s Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks
Hardwood
19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Wood, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Desks
Brass
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Wood
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Brass
1860s Empire Antique Desks
Mahogany
2010s American Hollywood Regency Desks
Bronze
1950s French Empire Vintage Desks
Brass, Metal
1890s French Empire Antique Desks
Bronze
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1970s Unknown Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks
Stone
1810s French Empire Antique Desks
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Bronze
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Desks
Mahogany
1930s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desks
Fabric, Glass, Bamboo, Cane, Reed
19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Bronze
1930s French Empire Vintage Desks
Kingwood
19th Century Russian Empire Antique Desks
Brass, Ormolu
Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Desks
Birch
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Empire Antique Desks
Mahogany
19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Ormolu
19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Leather, Mahogany
1810s French Empire Antique Desks
Mahogany
1810s Danish Empire Antique Desks
Mahogany
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Wood
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Desks
Wood
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Bronze
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Desks
Bronze
Early 1900s European Empire Antique Desks
Ormolu
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Desks
Leather, Wood
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Ormolu, Bronze
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Desks
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desks
Brass, Aluminum
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Ormolu
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Mahogany
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Mahogany
19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Bronze
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Mirror, Mahogany
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Desks
Mahogany, Satinwood
1940s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks
Wood
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks
Fruitwood, Burl
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Mahogany
19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Ormolu
19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Bronze
1810s Russian Empire Antique Desks
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.