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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Mid-Century Modern Teak Desk with Green Lacquer and Meticulous Restoration
Located in Rome, IT
Enhance your workspace with this exquisite Midcentury Modern desk. Crafted entirely from premium teak wood, this desk features three spacious drawers for convenient storage. The stan...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

Whitewashed Ash Linderman Wall-Mounted Desk with Leather Wrapped Drawer in Stock
Located in Accord, NY
New York Heartwoods' Linderman wall-mounted desk is influenced by Mid-Century Modern, Shaker and Asian design, and features a hand-shaped base, leather wrapped pen drawer (shown here...
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2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Ash, Leather

Melting Vanity Table in Cream Shagreen and Bronze-Patina Brass by R & Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The melting vanity table's simple but elegant design, makes for an adaptable elegant piece of furniture. The cream shagreen inlaid surface is fram...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Desk table Patrice Maffei for Kappa brushed steel smoked glass 1970
Located in Paris, IDF
A rare brushed stainless steel desk table designed by French designer Patrice Maffei for Kappa editor in the 1970s, it features two locki...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Steel

Mother of Pearl Vanity with Bronze-Patina Brass Details by R & Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The melting vanity table's simple but elegant design, makes for an adaptable elegant piece of furniture. The mother of pearl inlaid surface is fra...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

White Desk, Attributed Howard Dilday, 20th Century
Located in Greding, DE
White lacquered desk with rounded corners. The desk shows signs of age and use.
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20th Century Unknown Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

French Late Neoclassic Walnut 1-Drawer Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a large rectangular nearly square top with canted corners, the apron with a kneehole opening and a single locking drawer, raised on tapering legs.
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1830s Neoclassical Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

French Louis XVI Style Burl Walnut / Bronze Tooled Leather Desk or Writing Table
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a lovely French Louis XVI style bureau plat dating to the 1940s. It has a red tooled leather top and bronze appointments. The des...
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1940s French Louis XVI Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Gianni Moscatelli for Formanova Executive Desk
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Gianni Moscatelli for Formanova, desk, black lacquered wood, nickel-plated steel, Italy, 1960s This modern, streamlined writing desk is designed by Gianni Moscatelli in the sixtie...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Steel, Nickel

Italian Carved-Wood Desk W/Pullout Writing Shelf & Great Storage, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian smaller-sized carved-wood desk, with pull-out writing shelf and storage, from the 19th century. This antique table from France features a rectangular top, approximately 3....
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19th Century Italian Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Midnight Modern Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Midnight Modern Desk with a unique dark cerused greyed finish having a large flat top writing surface, three drawers with metal grommet finger pulls. Rais...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

Hans Von Klier for Skipper Executive Desk in Mahogany, Leather and Steel
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Hans Von Klier for Skipper, writing desk, mahogany, leather, steel, Italy, 1970s Impressive office desk designed by Hans von Klier. A striking combination of differently textured ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Steel

19th Century Antique Louis XV Style French Oak Desk from Pierre Deux
Located in Chicago, IL
19th C. Antique Louis XV Style French oak desk with two drawers and original hardware. Its carved back and side aprons and sabre legs lend a regal standing to this piece. Additio...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Oak, Iron and Brass Library Table Banc De France, circa 1920s
Located in East Hampton, NY
An oak, iron and brass frame (added later) library table from the Banc de France, circa 1920. The table is braced by stretcher spanning full length of t...
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1920s French French Provincial Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Antique Directoire Style Flame Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Directoire style flame mahogany writing table with a faux leather top, early 19th century. With a rectangular flame mahogany top i...
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Early 19th Century Directoire Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Synthetic, Mahogany, Pine, Bone, Textile

Antique M. Hayat & Bros Ltd Twin Pedestal Partners Desk with Drawers Both Sides
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Stunning M. Hayat & Bros Anglo Indian Twin Pedestal Desk. The M. Hayat & Bros Anglo Indian Twin Pedestal Partners Desk is an exquisite piec...
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20th Century Pakistani Anglo-Indian Desks and Writing Tables

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Hardwood

19th Century Oak Drum Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th century oak pedestal drum table. The circular top with inset green tooled leather. Above four freeze drawers. All raised up on turned stem and scroll-carved cabriole legs. Dime...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Early 20th Century Carved Walnut & Bone Inlay Pedestal Desk
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
An early 20th Century walnut carved and bone inlay twin pedestal desk. With foliate geometric inlay throughout. The rectangular moulded top with yellow gilt tooled leather above an a...
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Early 20th Century French Anglo-Indian Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Gio Ponti for Singer & Sons Model #2135 Extendable Dining Table, c 1950, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This restored Model 2135 extendable dining table with four leaves by Gio Ponti for Singer & Sons features gorgeously veined Italian Walnut with sculpted legs to Gio Ponti's signature...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Midcentury Walnut Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Midcentury Walnut Desk. Built with a solid oak frame and with a warm walnut veneer writing top and frieze with a simple elegant gilded iron fram...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Iron

Modern Armona Desk, Walnut, Brass and 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, by using h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Onyx, Marble, Brass

Ebonized Wood All Black MiMi Console or Tiny Desk by Miduny, Made in Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The faceted geometry of the MiMi console table creates a slender, elegant profile punctuated with angled surfaces that capture light. This sculptural and ...
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2010s Italian Minimalist Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak, Plywood, Birch

Bastogne Walnut Live Edge, Executive Desk In-Stock
Located in Calgary, CA
Handcrafted from a single slab of highly figured California Bastogne Walnut this desk features organic lines and contemporary angles which together create a functional piece of art. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Colorful Ash Desk by Thomas Dariel
Located in Geneve, CH
Colorful ash desk by Thomas Dariel, Maison Dada Measures: W 140 x D 75 x H 103 cm Desktop in painted ash veneer • fronts in matte paint finish Structure in MDF • Metal legs with p...
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2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Nouveau Lucy Desk by Richard Holbrook/Herman Miller
Located in Pasadena, CA
New nouveau chrome Lucy desk by Richard Holbrook with chrome legs. for Herman Miller. desk and top shelf. The desk top area has a distinctive shape tet offers plenty of real estate f...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Chrome

Swedish Gustavian Style 19th Century Writing Desk with Three Reeded Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian Style painted wood writing desk from the 19th century with three reeded drawers, brass hardware, carved rosettes and tapered legs. Experience the charm of Scandin...
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19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Desk by Claude Vassal for Magasin Pilote 1955
Located in JASSANS-RIOTTIER, FR
Desk by Claude Vassal edited by Magasin Pilote in 1955 Structure in oak, base in black lacquered wood Four drawers in left side, 2 shelves on the right.
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Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Writing Desk, Italian Manufactory, Mid-20th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Small desk with two drawers on the sides and rectangular veneered table top. The desk stands on an elegant frame of smooth polished wood with conical legs. The desk has been restored...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Italian 1940s Desk
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1940s desk featuring plywood legs and one drawer. Shape and proportions resemble the work of Giuseppe Pagano.
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1940s Italian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Swedish Gustavian Style 1850s Painted Desk with Single Drawer and Carved Apron
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style wooden desk circa 1850 with carved apron, single drawer, tapered legs and distressed finish. Immerse yourself in the charm of 19th-century Scandinavia with ...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Limited Edition Desk by Arno Declercq
Located in Geneve, CH
Limited Edition desk by Arno Declercq Limited Edition of 12 pieces. Materials: Burned and waxed Iroko wood. Dimensions: W 233 x D 100 x H 75 cm Arno Declercq Belgian designer and a...
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2010s Belgian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Bespoke Modernist Tubular Steel Table in Chromed Metal and Glossy Lacquered Wood
Located in Berlin, DE
Bespoke modernist tubular writing table made of chrome plated tubular steel and lacquered wood.
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2010s German Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal, Chrome

Soft TV Unit Console in Beige with Natural Pine Solid Wood Spheres
Located in Larnaca, CY
SOFT TV unit console in beige color and natural Swedish pine solid wood spheres. With linear cuts on the front covers for giving access to remote control signals. A custom hole for c...
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2010s Cypriot Desks and Writing Tables

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Pine

Midcentury Desk in Rosewood, Danish Modern, 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
Freestanding desk in rosewood designed and made in Denmark in the 1960s. Great condition.
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood

Modern Silhueta Console Table, Carrara Marble, Handmade by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Silhueta console, Modern Collection, handcrafted in portugal - Europe by GF Modern. Inspired by the organic shapes and lean silhouettes, this console adds a modern touch to every ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Onyx, Marble, Steel, Brass, Stainless Steel

Art Deco Parma Console Table, Hand Carved Linden Wood, Handmade by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Parma Console, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern. An exclusive and sumptuous hand-carved console table in Linden wood that catches the eye of anyone...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble

Modern Castelo Console Table, Sahara Noir, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Castelo Console, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Brass

Lifting Desk by Karstudio
Located in Geneve, CH
Lifting desk by Karstudio Dimensions: W 120 x D 45 x H 75 cm Materials: MDF Frame Available in black. Kar, is the root of Sanskrit Karma, meaning karmi...
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2010s Chinese Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Fiberglass

Modern Armona Desk, Oak Root and 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, by using...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Onyx, Brass

Modern Armona Dining Table, American Oak, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Armona Dining Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Coll...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Scandinavian Vintage Desk
Located in Roncadelle, BS
Small 1960s teak desk. This small desk is perfect for recreating a work corner in the bedroom as well. It features long tapered legs in light oak wood and a teak frame that includes a drawer and a lockable storage...
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1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Teak

Mid-Century Modern Design Office Desk Violet Marble with Details Polished Brass
Located in Porto, PT
Queena Desk promises to be the next statement design for a modern office project. Contemporary offices need to keep a corporative language, but that doesn’t mean they need to be boring. Take your home office design...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble, Brass

Arne Vodder for Bovirke Writing Desk in Teak and Brass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Arne Vodder for Bovirke, desk 'model BO85', teak, brass, Denmark, 1950s This teak writing desk was designed by Arne Vodder for Bovirke. The table has an organically shaped table...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Italian Small Writing Desk in Mahogany
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Small writing desk, mahogany, brass Italy, 1950s. Sculptural Italian desk with beautiful curved top. This writing table is both refined and elegan...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Asymmetrical "Linda Marie" Writing Desk with Leather Top by Kate Duncan
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Riffing on a traditional writing desk, our writing desk is made to order in a variety of sizes, wood types and finishes. A small drawer done u...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Leather

Greenapple Console, Arco da Augusta Console, Marble Top, Handmade in Portugal
Located in Lisboa, PT
Arco da Augusta Console, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Inspired by Lisbon's historical arch and as a homage to the Portuguese architecture...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Steel

Swedish Gustavian Style Painted Pinewood Desk Console Table
Located in Madrid, ES
Swedish Gustavian style hand carved pinewood painted console, desk table with simple drawer and clasical hardwarwe, painted in light grey typical Scandenavian taste. the top is paint...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Desk, 1960
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-Century Modern rosewood desk, circa 1960s. Newly refinished rosewood top with black ebonized base.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood

Modern Castelo Console Table, Marble, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Castelo Console Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collecti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

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Travertine, Carrara Marble, Marble, Onyx, Steel, Brass

Modern Menir Console Table, Marble, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Menir Console, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Inspired by the purest architectural structures, Menir console t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble, Onyx, Carrara Marble, Brass

Table Desk Writing Home Office Pink Onyx Gold Mirror Steel Modern Collectible
Located in Ancona, Marche
The table 'Bangles' are an important desk with structure in mirror polished stainless steel with a special varnish gold and top in rare pink onyx. Dimensions are customizable. Eve...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Onyx, Stainless Steel

Giuseppe Pagano-Pogatschnig and Gino Levi Montalcini Desk in Wood and Buxus
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig and Gino Levi Montalcini for F.I.P. Torino, lacquered wood, buxus paper, brass, Italy, 1929 This desk was designed by Pagano and Montalcini for Palazzo d...
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1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Modern Chiado Console Table, Red Leather, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Chiado Console, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Inspired by Lisbon's historic quarter, this beautiful piece ex...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Granite, Onyx, Marble, Brass

Rosewood and Mahogany Receptionist Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, circa 1960
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This spectacular fully restored and sought-after model #452 'Roll Top' desk was designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar and features beautifully grained Rosewood and Ebonized Mahogany, designed and made in the 1960s. Most examples of this design are regular desk height however this example was custom made to be a receptionist desk...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany, Rosewood

Modern Castelo Console Table, Black, Marble, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Castelo Console, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, Ca...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Onyx, Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel

French Art Deco Desk in Palisander
Located in Houston, TX
Unusual design of the desk makes it a very unique piece. Made out of Palisander wood, table has two legs composed from metal plates. In the middle of the table front there is a small...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

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Palisander

Modern Armona Dining Table, American Oak, Dark Brown, Handmade by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Armona Dining Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collec...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Onyx, Marble, Brass

19th Century Anglo-Indian Sadeli Inlaid Work Box Traveling Writing Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
A stunning camel bone, ebony and metal inlaid sadeli work box with portable writing desk, Bombay, circa 1850. The sandalwood body of faceted rec...
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Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

Antique and Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

Choosing the perfect writing desk or writing table is a profoundly personal journey, one that people have been embarking upon for centuries.

Queen Atossa of Persia, from her writing table circa 500 B.C., is said to have been the originator of the art of handwritten letters. Hers was reportedly the first in a long and colorful history of penned correspondence that grew in popularity alongside literacy. The demand for suitable writing desks, which would serve the composer of the letters as well as ensure the comfort of the recipient naturally followed, and the design of these necessary furnishings has evolved throughout history.

Once people began to seek freedom from the outwardly ornate styles of the walnut and rosewood writing desks and drafting tables introduced in the name of Queen Victoria and King Louis XV, radical shifts occurred, such as those that materialized during the Art Nouveau period, when designers longed to produce furniture inspired by the natural world’s beauty. A prime example is the work of the famous late-19th-century Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí — his rolltop desk featured deep side drawers and was adorned with carved motifs that paid tribute to nature. Gaudí regularly combined structural precision with decorative elements, creating beautiful pieces of furniture in wood and metal.

Soon afterward, preferences for sleek, geometric, stylized forms in furniture that saw an emphasis on natural wood grains and traditional craftsmanship took hold. Today, Art Deco desks are still favored by designers who seek to infuse interiors with an air of luxury. One of the most prominent figures of the Art Deco movement was French decorator and furniture designer Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann. With his use of neoclassical motifs as well as expensive and exotic materials such as imported dark woods and inlays of precious metals for his writing desks, Ruhlmann came to symbolize good taste and modernity.

The rise in appreciation for Scandinavian modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary writing desks. It employs the “no fuss” or “less is more” approach to creating a tasteful, sophisticated space. Sweden’s master cabinetmaker Bruno Mathsson created gallery-worthy designs that are as functional as they are beautiful. Finnish architect Alvar Aalto never viewed himself as an artist, but, like Mathsson, his furniture designs reflected a fondness for organic materials and a humanistic approach. Danish designers such as Hans Wegner introduced elegant shapes and lines to mid-century desks and writing tables, often working in oak and solid teak.

From vintage desks to contemporary styles, 1stDibs offers a broad spectrum of choices for conducting all personal and business writing and reading activities.

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