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1850s Victorian Antique Desks
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Walnut
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Mahogany
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Mahogany
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Brass
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Teak
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Walnut
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Hardwood
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Leather, Walnut
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Rosewood
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Oak
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Walnut
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Desks
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19th Century American Victorian Antique Desks
Walnut
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Walnut
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Mahogany
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Sterling Silver
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Brass
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Wood, Cherry, Birch
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Mahogany
1890s Victorian Antique Desks
Walnut
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Pine
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Brass
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Leather, Wood
Early 20th Century American Late Victorian Desks
Oak
1850s English Victorian Antique Desks
Brass
1860s English Victorian Antique Desks
Walnut
19th Century American High Victorian Antique Desks
Walnut
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Mahogany
1880s English Victorian Antique Desks
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Mahogany
19th Century Victorian Antique Desks
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Desks
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1860s Victorian Antique Desks
Walnut
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Walnut
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Leather, Hardwood
1880s Swedish Victorian Antique Desks
Walnut
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Brass
20th Century English Victorian Desks
Leather, Hardwood
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Birch
1930s British Victorian Vintage Desks
Fruitwood
19th Century Victorian Antique Desks
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Other
20th Century English Victorian Desks
Leather, Yew
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Brass, Gold Leaf
1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks
Wood
19th Century Victorian Antique Desks
Metal
1860s English High Victorian Antique Desks
Hardwood
1850s English Victorian Antique Desks
Cowhide, Mahogany, Oak
1860s English High Victorian Antique Desks
Leather, Oak
19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Desks
Mahogany
1870s English Victorian Antique Desks
Burl
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
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.