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Angelo Mangiarotti: Sculptural Eros Console in White Carrara Marble, Italy 1971
Located in New York, NY
Angelo Mangiarotti (1921 - 2012)
A beautiful Eros console by Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper, in thick white Carrara marble with subtle grey veining. A large ovoid top with a flat...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Carrara Marble
Mid-Century Modern Industrial 3-Piece Office Set with Desk by Norman Bel Geddes
Located in Lafayette, IN
Three pieces of iconic mid-century industrial design combine to complete this fantastic home-office suite.
- Simmons dresser/desk (by renowned designer Norman Bel Geddes)
- Goof Form desk chair
- Dazor desk lamp...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Vintage WWII Folding Military Field Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage WWII Military Field Desk
A vintage US Military aluminum celadon green painted metal folding field desk. Transforms from a rectangle to p...
Category
1940s North American Industrial Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum
1960 Retro Pilastro Tomado shelving Grey Metal Desk Unit with Drawer and Shelf
By Tjerk Reijenga, Tomado
Located in Markington, GB
1960 retro Pilastro Tomado shelving grey metal desk unit with drawer and shelf designed by Tjerk Reijenga for Tomado, Holland. The wall unit is in very...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Bureau De Direction De Bruce Burdick Pour Herman Miller, États-unis, 1980
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Le bureau de direction Bruce Burdick pour Herman Miller est composé de 3 plateaux en verre soutenus par une base en aluminium et des tiroirs.
Dimensions :...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal, Steel
Milo Baughman Attributed Lacquered Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Milo Baughman attributed lacquered desk. Desk has been re-lacquered in the original white finish and polished.
Would work well in a variety of interiors such as modern, mid centu...
Category
1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Rare Warren McArthur Two-Tier Desk with Drawers, Reversible, Machine Age 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
Warren McArthur two-tier desk with drawers
Aluminum and black lacquered wood
Warren McArthur Corporation, 1930s
Measures: 48" x 24" x 30" desk height
Desk is reversible, and ca...
Category
1930s Machine Age Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum
Custom White Lacquer Desk with Lucite Side Panels
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Made to order, custom white lacquer desk with Lucite side panel supports an pulls in Lucite and chrome. Drawer interiors are finished in spray lacquer. Custom dimensions and finishes...
Category
2010s North American Modern Desks
Materials
Chrome
Custom White Metal Console with Two Drawers
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Custom white metal console table or desk in modern style with legs that taper to a narrow shape at the base. Table has two drawers.
Category
Late 20th Century Desks
Materials
Metal
Modern Shagreen Leather Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A modern shagreen embossed leather-wrapped desk with a brass tone iron-framed base. Three drawers with marbleized paper-lined interiors and with brass ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Gallotti&Radice, Desk in Glass, 1970s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gallotti&Radice, attributed to.
Desk in glass, in rectangulare shape. Chrome metal assembly.
Italian work realized in the 1970s.
Dimensions : H x W 175 x D 76 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Glass
Salterini Atr. Wrought Iron Wrap Around Vanity Dressing Table Glass Shelves Mint
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Glass measures 3/8'' in thickness.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Iron
Walt Disney 'After' Child's Desk "Dalmatian" in White and Black Plastic
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Walt Disney (After) child's desk "Dalmatian" in white and black plastic, circa 1990.
Wear and loss of paint.
Category
Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Plastic
Jerome 'Jerry' & Evelyn Ackerman Micro-Mosaic Inlaid Desk Drawer Handle Pull
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic little micro-mosaic design gem with turquose colored mosaic inlay by well know Mid-Century Modern designers Jerome (Jerry) & Evelyn Ackerman.
The Ackermans began their career in design primarily in ceramics in the early 1950s. After finishing at Alfred University, Jerome worked at the Jenev Design Studio developing ceramic molds...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Leather Desk, Light Grey
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Art Deco style shagreen embossed leather desk in a light grey. With gilded highlight trim, three frieze drawers with modern round pulls, and raised on square tapered legs.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Art Deco Desks
Materials
Leather
Zanotta Calamo Desk in White Top with Steel Frame by Gabriele Rosa
By Gabriele Rosa, Zanotta
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Zanotta Calamo Desk in White Top with Steel Frame by Gabriele Rosa
Varnished steel frame and top in black, white or graphite. Top and storage space in cowhide pigmentato 90. The storage space is accessed by a drop-leaf opening.
Calamo is not an old-style desk with drawers overflowing with paper, but an essential element of furniture, both in function and appearance, something that could fit anywhere in the home. The collection includes a new furnishing accessory designed by young designer Gabriele Rosa: the Calamo desk-console table. With a white, black or graphite steel structure with cowhide pigmentato cover for the surface and storage space under the folding lid. Undoubtedly the writing desk still...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Desks
Materials
Steel
Modern Stainless Steel and Glass Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern stainless steel and glass desk with drawer and tempered glass writing surface.
Dimensions: 54" W x 24" D x 30" H.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Essentials Desk by Uhuru
By Uhuru Design
Located in Pasadena, TX
Essentials Desk by Uhuru. Measure: 59"
Donald Judd Minimalist inspired desk with powder coated steel legs and ebonized walnut veneer top by Brooklyn-based Uhuru.
New in box.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Desks
Materials
Steel
Custom Blue Shagreen and Bone Desk
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Custom made-to-order blue shagreen desk with bone trim. Customization of dimensions and colors is available. The piece shown is in a custom blue color (n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Desks
Materials
Bone, Shagreen, Wood
1980s Gray Squiggle Desk by Ron Rezek
By Ron Rezek
Located in Brooklyn, NY
While known primarily for his lighting design and his long career as an entrepreneur, this 1980s postmodern "Squiggle" desk was designed by the prolific American designer Ron Rezek. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Swedish 19th Century Gustavian Style Painted Wood Slant-Front Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish mid-19th century painted wood Gustavian style slant-front desk or secretary with three lower drawers standing on short tapered feet.
Here are the measurements: 48" W x 2...
Category
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Italian Arco Desk by BBPR for Olivetti Synthesis
By Olivetti, Studio BBPR
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This impressive vintage modern desk boasts a floating top covered in faux textured leather. A stunning Italian Industrial Design that looks amazing in any setting. The metal frame ha...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Ribbon Wall Mounted Vanity or Desk, Gray Ash Wood, Bronze Hardware by Debra Folz
By Debra Folz
Located in Pawtucket, RI
An interest in the translation of textile languages and soft surfaces through furniture forms has led to the development of a unique hardware and storage collection. Inspired by ribbons and communicated through hand cast solid bronze hardware and solid ashwood construction, each ribbon is fastened to the inside of the drawer front and designed to come through and gracefully fall down the front, serving as the pull for a drawer/door. Ash wood with a gray stain and satin bronze ribbon handles.
This listing is for the vanity/desk only...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Other Desks
Materials
Bronze
Modern Acrylic & Rosewood Desk Poul Norreklit
Located in Toledo, OH
Modern four drawer acrylic and rosewood desk by Poul Norreklit. Acrylic base is 3/4" thick. Two locking center drawers. Original finish. 72" x 35.5" deep x 33" tall. Very nice to exc...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Modern Desks
Materials
Acrylic
ClassiCon Orcus Desk in Lacquered White by Konstantin Grcic
Located in New York, NY
Orcus Desk in high gloss lacquer by Konstantin Grcic. Secretary desk in high gloss lacquered drop-flap writing surface, 4 drawers, secret compartment, stora...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Desks
Materials
Steel
Danese Milano Farallon Desk in Chrome Structure with White Top by Yves Béhar
Located in Hicksville, NY
Farallon Desk is a extremely light but resistant table. The structural principle takes up the shapes and technologies of the Farallon family: a thin metal surface harmoniously curved...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Danese Milano X&Y Large Desk in White Metal by Paolo Rizzatto
Located in Hicksville, NY
x&Y is a series of lively and dynamic tables. The structure is in either powder-coated or galvanized metal while the top, which can be either round, square or rectangular, is availab...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Danese Milano X&Y Small Desk in White Metal by Paolo Rizzatto
Located in Hicksville, NY
x&Y is a series of lively and dynamic tables. The structure is in either powder-coated or galvanized metal while the top, which can be either round, square or rectangular, is availab...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Pivoting Drafting Table, Blackened Steel and Smoked Glass, by Force/Collide
Located in Seattle, WA
Designed and made-to-order in our Seattle studio with artists, architects, drafters, designers and creatives in mind, the Pivoting Drafting Table is modern, minimal and sleek. It features a satin black oxide steel framework with a tempered gray glass inlay (materials and finishes are customizable).
The flush, uninterrupted work surface pivots between 0 and 40 degrees to eliminate ergonomic interference for a more versatile way of working. Both clamping levers are easily accessed with an ergonomic feel for quick-change operation, featuring subtle bronze hardware accents. The silhouette of the legs imitates the work surface when expressed in its pivot position for minimal, geometric line-work that lends to a contemporary, minimal feel. The body has an open style for the option of storing a matching Rolling Utility Cart...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Iron
Marble and lacquered Wood Console Capri with Brass Details by Hervé Langlais
Located in Paris, FR
Capri, Console desk, designed by Hervé Langlais for the Gallery Negropontes
H 29.7 x W 41.3 x D, 17.7 inch
Marble and lacquered wood with brass details
Hervé Langlais is a graduate...
Category
2010s European Modern Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Drafting Table and Utility Cart, Blackened Steel and Gray Glass by Force/Collide
Located in Seattle, WA
Designed and made-to-order in our Seattle studio with artists, architects, drafters, designers and creatives in mind, the Drafting Table and Utility Cart ...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Sheet Metal
Jerome 'Jerry' & Evelyn Ackerman Micro-Mosaic Inlaid Desk Drawer Handle Pull
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic little micro-mosaic design gem with orange colored mosaic inlay by well know Mid-Century Modern designers Jerome (Jerry) & Evelyn Ackerman.
The Ackermans began their career in design primarily in ceramics in the early 1950s. After finishing at Alfred University, Jerome worked at the Jenev Design Studio developing ceramic molds...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Danese Milano Bincan Desk in White Metal by Naoto Fukasawa
Located in Hicksville, NY
Bincan desk is part of the Bincan collection, which was designed for the work place and can be adapted to any type of office or work space. The minimal structure in powder-coated met...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Cylinder Secretary Desk in Lucite Late 1980s Style Louis XVI
By Comatec
Located in Brussels, BE
Amazing very rare limited edition cylinder secretary desk in Lucite late 1980s
This is the best secretary kept in town: A fine art, exquisite...
Category
1980s Louis XVI Vintage Desks
Custom Glamorous Mirrored Writing Desk with Acrylic Legs
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Custom glamorous mirrored writing desk with acrylic legs. Customization is available in different sizes, mirror finishes and hardware.
Category
2010s American Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Acrylic, Mirror
Stan Usel Desk Mosaic Stainless Steel and Malachites
By Stan Usel 1
Located in Brussels, BE
Created to measure by Stan Usel, this desk of stainless steel, red copper and brass is inserted with a magnificent malachite and agates stones highlighting a mosaic radiation. Each p...
Category
2010s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Malachite, Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel
Design Institute of America Console Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An elegant vintage modern maroon colored console table with unique brass drawer pulls and sculpted feet. The three hefty drawers ensure plenty of...
Category
1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
James Mont Style Faux Bamboo Dining Table in Aluminum and Brass
By James Mont
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desks
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Custom Oversized High Gloss Lacquer Desk
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Custom oversized high gloss lacquer desk with mirrored stainless steel X band legs. Customization is available in different sizes, finishes and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks
Materials
Stainless Steel
Neoclassical Style Gold Trim Mirrored Desk with X-Detail
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Custom Neoclassical Modern gold trim mirrored desk with X-detail. Customization is available in different sizes, finishes and hardware.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Gold
Custom Designed Slumped Glass Desk by Laurel Fyfe
By Laurel Fyfe
Located in Dallas, TX
This is an absolutely breathtaking piece. It is impossible to capture the beauty and simplicity of this desk with a camera. It is a thick clear sheet of glass that has been manipulated by the world renowned glass artist Laurel Fyfe into the form of a gently draped desk...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Glass
Large Design Desk in Steel and Glass, circa 1970-1980
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large design desk in steel and glass, circa 1970-1980.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
Rare Stainless Steel Desk with Smoked Grey Glass Top, France, c. 1970
Located in New York City, NY
Rare Stainless Steel Desk with Smoked Grey Glass Top, France, c. 1970
This exquisite table sports an undulating, curvilinear base with a custom glass top in a smoked grey finish.
The last three...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pedra Desk by Gustavo Neves, Brazilian Contemporary Furniture
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Brazilian Contemporary Furniture
Designer: Gustavo Neves
AEon Collection
Pedra desk
Materials: stone (limestone), metal (brass) darkened with manual treatment, manually sanded ac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Post-Modern Desks
Materials
Stone
Metal and Glass Moderniste Desk
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Metal and glass moderniste desk, light scratches on the glass.
Category
1950s French Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Glass Top X-Base Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique antiqued glass writing table features a wonderful chrome X-style base and two drawer storage. Unique pulls, sturdy construction, and antique finish on the beveled mirror ...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Walnut Single Pedestal Desk by Stow Davis
By Stow Davis
Located in Pasadena, TX
This piece has three drawers, one of which is a filing drawer. A very distinctive desk with unique capped off point stainless steel legs.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
7ft Dunbar Roger Sprunger Rosewood Chrome Writing Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage midcentury Roger Sprunger rosewood chrome table writing desk by Dunbar
1970s
Executive desk in rich rosewood veneer with three drawers over legs in polished chrome.
We als...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Chrome
Mirrored Xception Executive Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
A mid century modern executive desk made by Xception with a beautifully figured oak case and mirrored facings. Two drawers, a file drawer, and a pencil drawer. As shown in the last...
Category
1970s Canadian Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
Mariani for Pace Grey-Green Leather Executive Desk and Credenza
Located in Chicago, IL
Italian executive desk by Mariani for Pace Collection. Modular desk assembles in pieces for easy adjustments and moving. Teal grey leather has tooled borders where the hides are join...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood, Laminate
Vintage Campaign Desk in the Style of Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique vintage desk features a unique chrome base topped with a large workspace perfect for any setting. Pair of drawers offer added storage, ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
'XiangSheng I' Desk with an Etruscan Green Patina by Studio MVW
By Studio MVW
Located in Paris, FR
‘XiangSheng I' Desk is an elegant piece of art furniture in oxidized and brushed bronze, with a glass top, that plays on the unity between structural form and space. It combines surf...
Category
2010s Chinese Desks
Materials
Bronze
Small Leather Topped Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
An 18th century French painted three-drawer desk. It has a leather top and two doors. The knee hole is very small, as in the period one sat sideways with only the right knee under th...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
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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