Skip to main content

Desks and Writing Tables

1
651
138
28
to
52
445
289
817
339
392
1,771
386
358
320
219
217
205
157
108
102
89
69
55
51
26
11
1
1
136
679
2
51
57
1
7
7
11
11
33
11
7
Height
to
Width
to
Depth
to
553
427
123
116
112
531
215
188
148
107
39
23
17
16
16
Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Hollywood Regency
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Maple Pink
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top. The irregular be...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

Contemporary Home Desk in Metallic Base
Located in New York, NY
Home desk comes in two sizes and the top has one drawer and one extra open box. There is a second open box in lacquer and the base is metallic with powder coating in variety of color...
Category

2010s European Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Modern Home Office Writing Executive Desk in Walnut Wood and Brushed Brass
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
The Executive Desk ExCentric 2.0 listed here is made in walnut wood and brushed brass. However, we can produce this in customized options: Structure: Stainless steel (polished or br...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel

Gervasoni Gray 50 Writing Desk in Air Force Blue Lacquered Oak by Paola Navone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
When a house becomes a space for thinking, creating and working, as well as for living, desks take on a whole new dimension: Gray 50 is a small elegant desk, designed in the name of ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Laws of Motion Desk in Solid Oak Wood, Home Office Writing Desk by Joel Escalona
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Laws of Motion Desk in Solid Oak Wood, Home Office Writing Desk by Joel Escalona Laws of Motion is a furniture collection that through a series of different typologies explores conc...
Category

2010s Mexican Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Marble

Vintage Oval Lacquered Vanity Dressing Table or Desk with a Leather Panel
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage oval lacquered vanity dressing table or desk with a leather panel Offered for sale is a vintage custom made gloss black lacquer oval vanity dressing table or writing table...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Black wood table "The Office Game" Table Contemporary Limited Edition last unit
Located in Barcelona, ES
"The Office game" is the artistic approach to office furniture by the Spanish designers Las Ánimas. It consists of 3 unique pieces: a cabinet, a table and a buc (chest of drawers). ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Italian modern Wooden desk mod. Canaas by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Wooden desk mod. Canaas by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1970s Desk mod. Canaas with rectangular wooden top. On one side there are 2 drawers and on the other 4. It has a ...
Category

1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Kartell Lunat Desk by Patricia Urquiola
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The LUNAT desk, designed by Patricia Urquiola, creates the ideal solution for a home smart working station as well as a desk in a hotel room. The powde...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Bruce Burdick Desk for Herman Miller
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Rarely found with so many modules. Can be configured as a L-shaped desk or as 2 linear desks. Can be purchased in any configuration you may need.
Category

1980s American Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Aluminum

21st Century by Arch.K.Hacke Marble Table/Consolle in P.Serena & B.Pennsylvania
Located in massa, IT
Marble table/console "Hacke Tavolo" designed by K. Hacke Size: cm. 200 x90 x 73 H. Materials: Bianco Pennsylvania + Pietra Serena.  
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Marble

Large Modern Desk in Glass, Birch and Steel, Rectangular
Located in London, GB
Abyss Desk expands Duffy’s explorations on the concept of depth with a mesmerising depiction of the Earth’s seabed, played out in vivid turquoise colours and grounded on stainless steel drawers... Layers of glass and wood combine to create a three-dimensional viewing canvas; the yellow-tinted wood reacts with the blue glass to produce an array of luxurious colours, offering a glimpse into the thrilling ocean depths from the comfort of your dining room! Abyss Desk is raised to office level at 75cm high on two stylish matte black plinths. The original Abyss Table...
Category

2010s English Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

French Hollywood Maison Jansen Style Coffe Tables Iron, Bronze and Marble
Located in BILBAO, ES
Magnificent Hollywood Maison Jansen style coffee tables. Striking French design from the 1970s. Dark green lacquered metal base on solid brass feet with lion feet. Mid Century Ma...
Category

19th Century French Hollywood Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass, Iron

Raily Dark Writing Desk
Located in Milan, IT
This sophisticated writing desk will transform simple office tasks into a luxurious occasion with its exclusive details. Prized leather covers the wooden top, featuring a practical s...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Minimalist Modern Desk in Ash
Located in Lisbon, PT
A stylish desk for home or office. The clean look is achieved by using the drawers almost hided, and as a part of the desk’s structure, as well as cable storage under the tabletop. F...
Category

2010s European Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ash, Wood, Plywood

Modern Eglomise Glass Byzantine Gold Vanity and Forged Metal Legs by Ercole Home
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Mystic Byzantine Gold Green vanity by Ercole Home has a 9-drawer, with ivory wood finish on oak. Hand painted eglomise glass panels are inset on the surface. There are nine pulls in brushed brass finish. The hand hammered metal base...
Category

2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Donkey, Black Writing Desk with Leds, Made in France
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 500 other unique products. (2) The Maturin donkey, an animal perceived as labor-emblematic in the countryside, preserves its function while taking on an eminently contemporary dimension. Connected and equipped with luminous LEDs, the very distinctive writing desk is powered by an electric bridle. Stubborn and secretive, it conceals sliding storage space and secret drawers for letters and pending files. Once your work is complete, the finely crafted sliding screen...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Laminate

Gervasoni Writing Desk in Black Lacquer with Wooden Feet by Paola Navone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
When a house becomes a space for thinking, creating and working, as well as for living, desks take on a whole new dimension: LC 60 is an elegant desk of rather small dimensions, desi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Lacquer

Pebble Edge English Walnut Dining oval Table by Jonathan Field
Located in London, GB
The Pebble Edge Oval Table on Chapel Legs: The pebble edge refers to the tabletop edge, which takes inspiration from the perfect skimming stone, a stone that has been smoothed and made tactile by natural forces. The photographs show it with the Carol Bentwood walnut chairs. The two pieces of English walnut used for the top are joined centrally along the live edge and held in place with butterfly ties on the underside. The tabletop stands...
Category

2010s English Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Laurameroni "Poe" Rounded Desk in Black Rye-Straw by Bartoli Design
Located in Monza, IT
Family of desks with round-shaped top and legs with ovoidal section. Top in special shaded glossy lacquered wood and legs covered in a black rye-straw inlay. Poe consoles stem from the desire to design a family of desks for contemplation, working hours, or moments dedicated to personal passions. The rounded shape of the top conveys the idea of meditation and introspection while the legs gently connect to the tabletop giving a precious effect. Inspired by the antique escritoires...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Three Drawer Cane & Reed Faux Bamboo Compact Desk Writing Table w/ Glass Top
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Decorative cane & reed three drawer compact entry hall desk writing table or console with glass top.
Category

20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cane, Glass

Cream Study Desk with Natural Linoleum Table Top and Drawer, Customisable
By &New
Located in Leicester, GB
This study desk is made with a pearl powder-coated steel frame and colour matched natural linoleum tabletop. The linoleum for our desks is selected for the ecological properties of t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

Minimalist Modern Desk in Ash
Located in Lisbon, PT
A stylish desk for home or office. The clean look is achieved by using the drawers almost hided, and as a part of the desk’s structure, as well as cable storage under the tabletop. F...
Category

2010s European Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ash, Wood, Plywood

Butterfly Desk
Located in Milan, IT
The Butterfly desk has a folded sheet metal base covered in leather and the top is made in leather with seams. Modesty in bronze lacquered sheet metal. ...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

French Marcello Desk in Blue Lacquer, Glass, and Brass by Joris Poggioli
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ultra-glam statement-making desk in glossy blue lacquer, with glass base, brass accents, and velvet and MDF drawers by French designer Joris Poggioli. I...
Category

2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Gentile Solid Wood Desk, Walnut in Hand-Made Natural grey Finish, Contemporary
Located in Cadeglioppi de Oppeano, VR
Aesthetics and functionality combine in the Ideale solid wood desk. A piece of high quality craftsmanship tailor-made for everyday use as well as to furnish with style. The desk feat...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Jacques Powder Blue Dining Table in Bird's Eye Maple by Fred&Juul
Located in Fiesole, Florence
Designed with the aim to find the perfect balance between clean lines and warm texture. Consisting of 5 rounded, 50 mm thick slats with bird’s eye maple veneer, the dining or coffee ...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Birdseye Maple, Maple

Hayche WW Desk CS3, United Kingdom, Made to Order
Located in Liverpool, GB
The iconic WW collection celebrates the beauty of materials. An exquisite exercise in joinery and a future heirloom. This designed family is ever expanding and the playful juxtaposit...
Category

2010s British Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Oak, Plywood

Desk, Writing Table, Office, Walnut, Modern, Hardwood, Semigood Design
Located in Issaquah, WA
Hardwood, modern desk or writing table for your home or office. Shown in walnut. The timeless lines and subtle tapers of this desk will have you looking forward to sitting down...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Hardwood

Modern by Giuseppe Carpanelli Cartesio Writing Desk in Ebony
Located in Desio, IT
Writing desk made with a mix of raw materials: wood, leather, stainless steel and glass. Drawers in curved plywood, with a Makassar ebony finishing, equipped with drawers with full-e...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ebony

Rare Modernist Glass Table in the Manner of Danny Lane
Located in Forney, TX
A spectacular, Modern sculptured glass table, from the last quarter of the 20th century, in the manner of Danny Lane (United States, b.1955). This stunning table features a floating,...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Glass

Truman Writing Desk
Located in Milan, IT
Stylish and functional, this writing desk will make a bold addition to a contemporary home study or office. Innovative in its manufacturing procedures, it features six drawers equipp...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Kartell Earl of Wood Desk by Philippe Stark in Dark Wood and Black Frame
Located in Brooklyn, NY
EARL OF WOOD is a simple new desk with a curved wooden surface, offering the perfect solution to the Office and Habitat worlds on account of its myriad diffe...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Ideale Solid Wood Desk, Walnut in Hand-Made Natural Grey Finish, Contemporary
Located in Cadeglioppi de Oppeano, VR
Aesthetics and functionality combine in the Ideale solid wood desk. A piece of high-quality craftsmanship tailor-made for everyday use as well as to furnish with style. The desk feat...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Simply Modern Writing Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
An elegant modern writing table with three singular leather wrapped drawers, our Cardamon finish on the veneered frame (and handles) with panel end supports and brushed brass finish ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Minimalist Modern Desk in Ash
Located in Lisbon, PT
A stylish desk for home or office. The clean look is achieved by using the drawers almost hided, and as a part of the desk’s structure, as well as cable storage under the tabletop. F...
Category

2010s European Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ash, Wood, Plywood

Modern Small Desk with Green Lacquered Glass Top and White Frame, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 500 other unique products. (2.2) Dining table with aluminum legs, structure and drawer. The top is made of 8 mm thick ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Modern Small Desk with Black Marquina Ceramic Top and Black Frame, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 500 other unique products. (2.2) Dining table with aluminum legs, structure and drawer. The top is made of Black marqu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Vintage Fret Gampel & Stoll Kidney Elephant Desk Lacquered in Choice of Color
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Gampel & Stoll kidney shaped elephant desk with drawer. This will be newly lacquered in color of your choice. Please allow 3-6 weeks to ship from time of color choice. Dimens...
Category

1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

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 and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Hardwood & Green Leather Partner Desk with Sliding Keyboard Shelf Twin Pedestal
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this vintage Twin Pedestal partner desk with drop front sliding keyboard shelf A good looking and well made desk with a premium vintage green le...
Category

20th Century English Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

Modern Black Walnut Burl Curved Desk with Leather Inset
Located in Hobart, NY
Walnut burl veneered desk, with 2 pencil drawers and leather worktop.
Category

2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Walnut, Burl

Custom Modern Walnut Starburst Dining Table with Black Curved Pedestals
Located in North York, ON
Custom modern walnut starburst dining table with black curved pedestals. Magnificent sunburst walnut top in a medium walnut satin finish. Comple...
Category

2010s Canadian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Desk
Located in New York, NY
Brushed steel frame enclosing two mahogany drawers, faced with aluminum and inset with a dark-green tinted glass work surface. The top drawer locks.
Category

1970s French Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Stainless Steel

"Nizza" Table or Desk with Copper Varnished Steel Top by Moroso for Diesel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Nizza" is a table or desk, designed by Diesel Creative Team and manufactured by Moroso, featuring a top made of a perforated steel sheet varnished with a copper finish and black var...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal, Steel

Simply Modern Writing Table, 49
Located in Westwood, NJ
An elegant modern writing table with two singular leather-wrapped drawers, our Cardamon finish on the veneered frame (and handles) with panel end supports and brushed brass finish ac...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

"Optimum" Walnut Desk Designed by Stephane Lebrun for Dessie'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Optimum" is a desk, designed by Stephane Lebrun and manufactured by Dessie', with a structure made in solid Pascoso walnut (1.57" x 1.57") and features 2 drawers in solid walnut, a ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Walnut

21stCentury Table B Desk Konstantin Grcic Top Anodized Silver with Inox Legs
Located in Barcelona, ES
The Table B, which inaugurated the Extrusions Collection in 2009, can reach up to five metres using a simple profile of extruded aluminium. Its apparent simplicity covers a complex t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Lucite and Walnut floating Desk
Located in Ballard, CA
A highly engineered modernist desk made from a walnut (or oak, mahogany, or rosewood veneer) case “floating” on a Lucite base, which is affixed by custom-designed hardware. Custom si...
Category

2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Kartell Viscount of Wood Table by Philippe Stark in Walnut and Black Frame
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Viscount of wood tables are the latest addition. These naturally composed tables complement the collection's choice of seats and create a sustainable livin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Chrome

Modern Spalted Roundback Maple Reception Desk with Acrylic and Blackened Steel L
Located in Hobart, NY
Spalted maple round back with rose gold fill and 2' thick acrylic and blackened steel legs.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

French design & connected executive desk in solid wood, by Christophe Lecomte
Located in Landivy, FR
This minister's desk is part of the TRAPEZ collection designed by the Vendée designer Christophe Lecomte, who combines noble materials, aesthetics and uptodate office functionalities. This collection includes several desks and storage units to equip personal offices, private practices and companies. This large writing table is made of French high-valued solid and veneer ash wood sourced in sustainable managed and PEFC certified French forests. With TRAPEZ, work free and with only 1 single wire on the floor between your desk and the wall. With the integrated power strip (3 electrical plugs and 2 USB chargers), you will be able to plug your office electronical...
Category

2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Ash

Organic 2fold black walnut desk With Pencil Drawers
Located in Hobart, NY
2fold black walnut with leather lined drawer and bronze handles
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Modern Turquoise Blossom Glass Mosaic Desk with Metal Base by Ercole Home
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Pavia Blossom desk/vanity by Ercole Home has a 2-drawer, with a sky gray wood finish on oak. Hand cut glass mosaics in Bluegreen and Turquoise decorate the drawer fronts in blos...
Category

2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Executive Terni Desk Ico Parisi for MIM, Italy
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Terni desk in aluminium and Indian rosewood, Ico Parisi for MIM great Italian design very nice color and powerful patina marked MIM.
Category

1950s Italian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Modern White Lacquered Executive Desk
Located in North York, ON
Modern white Lacquered executive desk. Timeless Art Deco inspired design lacquered in a designer finish with oil rubbed bronze hardware and execut...
Category

2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Radius Cutaway Reclaimed Walnut Desk
Located in brooklyn, NY
Radiused outer edges and a scalloped inner edge create a contrasting profile that adorns this minimal desk. Made from hand oiled solid walnut, this desk blends simple lines with unique subtle details. Three deep drawers with recessed pulls offer ample storage options, while offering soft close drawer slide movement. Finished with a water resistant non toxic finish from Germany. Hand made in our small studio in Red Hook Brooklyn...
Category

2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Twain, Brown Leather Desk, Designed by Gordon Guillaumier, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (1.8) The twain desk has a lacquered brushed steel frame, which gi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

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.

Recently Viewed

View All