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Desks For Sale
French Louis XVI Style Diminutive Ebonized Writing Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic French diminutive ladies writing table or desk featuring a black lacquer ebonized finish. Made in the neoclassical Louis XVI taste with a simple clean design and minimal dec...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Table by Hekman Furniture Parson Design
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage Mid-Century Modern desk table by Hekman Furniture Parson Design. 3 Drawer finished back
Dimensions. 58 W ; 30 H ; 24 D Overall
Knee Clearance. 23 7/8.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
$5,680 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Mid Century Table Desk and chair designed by Vittorio Dassi in 1950s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Italian Mid-Century Desk and Chair Designed by Vittorio Dassi in the 1950s
This stunning Italian Mid-Century desk and chair set was designed by the renowned designer Vittorio Dassi ...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Maple, Teak
$3,322 Sale Price
31% Off
English Mahogany Campaign Desk. Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany folding campaign desk with fitted leather interior consisting of document pouch,original ink well, quill box, writing surface, a...
Category
18th Century and Earlier British Antique Desks
19th Century Victorian Five-Drawer Walnut Davenport Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century Victorian 5 drawer Davenport Desk with large storage cabinet. Features 2 drawers on left side and 2 drawers on right side, a large two doors storage cabinet with a doo...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Art Deco Secretary Cabinet Desk in Book Matched Walnut by Gilbert Rohde
Located in New York, NY
This rare and captivating Art Deco Drop Front Secreter Desk in Book-matched Hand-Rubbed Walnut is by the esteemed furniture designer Gilbert Rohde and originates from the United Stat...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
John Stuart Mid Century Walnut Desk
By John Stuart
Located in Franklin Park, IL
John Stuart Mid Century Walnut Desk
This desk measures: 60 wide x 30 deep x 29.5 high, with a chair clearance of 28 inches
All pieces of furniture...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Federal Period Massachusetts Mahogany Secretary Desk with Cylinder Tambour
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a Federal mahogany two part secretary desk, with a dentil molded cornice surmounting an upper bookcase with two 16 pane glazed glass doors with satinwood line inlay, opening to three interior shelves, over a lower case with a cylinder tambour, opening to a compartmentalized interior with central open valanced cubbies flanked by eight fitted drawers over a felted writing surface and three long drawers with flame mahogany bookmatched veneers, line inlay, and punched oval brasses, and dovetailed construction, all supported by four splayed feet. This splendid secretary desk most likely is of MA origin and dates to circa 1790-1810 and is in very good condition, with some surface & shelf restorations, minor escutcheon and surface losses, as well as light wear commensurate with age and use. Includes a 2001 bill of...
Category
Late 18th Century American Federal Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Vintage British Colonial Style Faux Luggage Leather Top Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive British Colonial style desk crafted in mahogany in a three piece construction with a tooled leather top featuring burnished brass hardware, leather strap pulls on the thre...
Category
20th Century Vietnamese British Colonial Desks
Materials
Brass
French Extendable Cerused Art Deco Table Oak, Dudouyt, 1940s
Located in Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
French Art Deco dining table. The table features stunning oak sanded wood grain with a stunning patina. The top is encrusted with a checked marquetry. It rests on tall and Brutalist ...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
Swedish Secretary with Marquetry
Located in New York, NY
A masterpiece of symmetry, the cantilevered sides of the body meet the rectangular working surface, creating a setback for the upper writing surface. Crafted of Nordic birch and fir,...
Category
1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Birch
Custom English Partners Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
Featuring handsomely grained mahogany on raised side panels, this partners desk would make an attractive addition to any office. From its antiqued, hand tooled leather top to its fou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Georgian Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
$17,500 / item
Frits Spanjaard Important Asymmetrical Desk in Oak and Macassar Ebony, 1932
Located in The Hague, NL
This unique architect's desk was designed by Frits Spanjaard in 1932. With its generous proportions, striking asymmetry, contrasting woods and the large knobs in solid Macassar ebony, the desk can be considered as an important example of the Haagse School (The Hague School) style.
The desk has four large drawers on the right, which can be simultaneously locked with a single key. The interior on the left features six drawers and additional storage, and can be locked altogether as well. Particularly noteworthy are the four cleverly incorporated pull-out shelves of different dimensions creating additional space: two on the front, one on the right side and one large shelf on the back side. The desktop is executed in dark stained oak and features a dark grey leather insert.
in 1932, the prosperous Van Stolk & Reese company commissioned Spanjaard to design the interior and furniture of their offices located on the Ceintuurbaan in Rotterdam. This custom desk was most likely designed for the office of the company’s director, which was designed by Spanjaard in a radically modernist way, combining his own sumptuous designs with the functionalist tubular steel furniture made by W.H. Gispen.
Between 1925 and 1935 the work of Spanjaard was strongly connected to the Haagse School movement of which he’d become a main proponent. This style was not so much inspired by the Classic European Art Deco capitals such as Paris and Vienna but more by other national and international architectural developments such as the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. The influential magazine Wendingen published a series of articles on Wright still relatively unknown at the time in 1925 and the renowned architect Jan Wils also played an important role in the orientation towards Wrights work in The Netherlands.
In its particular application of geometric shapes, primary colours and its sophisticated cubist division of the surface, the Haagse School designers were also aware of De Stijl movement, lead by contemporaries such as Gerrit Rietveld and Piet Mondriaan. At the same time the geometry, the harmonious proportions and the understated decorations were primarily based on the rationalist design principles of H.P. Berlage, who would later become one of Spanjaard’s clients himself. Design had to meet the functional demands of the user but purely utilitarian ideas were certainly not the most important. Due to his frequent travels to Germany, Spanjaard was also familiar with the designs of Marcel Breuer and Mies van der Rohe, especially appreciating the simplicity and purity of their designs.
Biography
Frits Spanjaard (1889-1978) started his career as the artistic director of the LOV furniture...
Category
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Macassar, Oak
Macassar and Bronze Desk Attributed to Marc Du plantier
Located in Montreal, QC
Macassar and bronze desk attributed to Marc Du plantier inset with leather top and sliding extension with brass side compartments Galerie Themes, Saint-Ouen Property from a Private N...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Macassar
Two Pedestal Leather to Desk, English Oak, 19th Century
Located in Huntington, NY
Oak Desk, English 19th Century. Desk is comprised of 2 pedestals
& a top, come apart in 3 pieces 3 top drawers on each side of the desk with 3 top drawers. 2 cabinet doors on one sid...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
$5,600 Sale Price
53% Off
No. 804 Rolltop Desk
Located in Munich, DE
Rare and unusual desk designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini. By pulling the desk top out you open the rolltop. This desk cabinet has a lot of storage space, 10 drawers at the f...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
$5,221 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Executive Desk by House of Jaipur
Located in New York, NY
A stunning expression of mid-century modern craftsmanship, this executive desk is handcrafted from solid, sustainably sourced wood. With its symmetrical design and graceful proportio...
Category
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood, Teak
$4,880 / item
Beautiful French 19th Century Hand-Painted Secretary Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful French 19th century hand-painted secretary desk, the patina is so much beautiful in person, it has a little repair on one side, see...
Category
1880s French Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Handcrafted Myers Console in Solid Wood 48"W by Mary Ratcliffe Studio
Located in Toronto, ON
A handsome console table with elegant curves and drawer storage. Contrasting drawer fronts with concealed integrated pulls and soft close slides provide a simple and elegant storage solution. The drawer fronts of this piece may be customized with leather, brass, or blackened steel. Custom sizing available.
We work with North American solid hardwoods on a made-to-order fabrication basis. Additional offerings in white oak, white ash, dark oak, walnut & hard maple are available, with different finish oils & stains at our disposal.
Please reach out for any customizations to species, stains, or leather quality. We are more than happy to provide more information and pricing as per your specifications.
As all of our products are made-to-order, we cannot accept returns or refunds of purchased items.
Crating, shipping & packaging materials are not included in the flat rate shipping quote provided. Please inquire within at the time of order for a quote on any applicable charges.
Mary Ratcliffe Studio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Desks
Materials
Ash, Maple, Oak, Walnut
Chippendale Desk Chair Mahogany Leather Arm Seat
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Impressive mahogany Chippendale style desk chair
Circa 1900
This chair is raised upon cabriole legs with carved shells to the knees and boldly carved ball and claw feet
The chair fea...
Category
Early 1900s Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Charlotte Perriand Pine Desk for Les Arcs with Matching Stool, 1960s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Charlotte Perriand desk for Les Arcs. circa 1960s. Comes with matching stool. This gorgeous solid pine desk can be used as a console or writing desk. Beautiful vintage condition...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Pine
Midcentury Classic Four Drawer Pine Student Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A classic 4 drawer solid study desk from the 1970s. Measures 38" in width, 20" in depth and stand 30" tall. Knee clearance is 25".
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Pine
Late 19th Century English Mahogany and Rosewood Partners Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a partners desk made in England, circa 1890. The top of the desk is beautifully shaped with a nicely molded edge. There are 3 brown leather panels with gold tooling. On the f...
Category
1890s English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
19th Century French Louis XV Style Floral Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Writing Desk
Located in Miami, FL
19th Century French Louis XV Style Floral Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Writing Desk
A very fine and well-proportioned 19th century French Louis XV style ladies desk...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
$3,500 Sale Price
53% Off
American Victorian Wooden Drafting Table with Iron Base
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian wood tilt top adjustable drafting architects table desk with a tripod iron base.
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
French Directoire Style Medium-Large Secretary Desk in Wood, Orange
Gray
Located in Landivy, FR
This Secretary desk is a handmade modernized interpretation of the French Directoire style at the end of the 18th century. This period design is remarkable with its straight, classic...
Category
2010s French Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood, Cherry, Lacquer
Mid-Century Danish Teak Desk, 1970s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice teak desk, produced in Denmark in the 1970s.
The desk can be used as free standing thanks to the finished back side.
On the front there are three drawers with the or...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Austro-Hungarian Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wearing a layer of Austrian walnut root veneer, this secrétaire has a unique grain that one does not often see; it swirls and undulates across the surface drawing the eye along in a ...
Category
19th Century Hungarian Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Modern Industrial Leather Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A modern industrial leather desk with a solid hammered metal base. It has three drawers accented with cast brass campaign drawer pulls.
Dimensions...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
$2,650 / item
20th Century Swedish Birchwood Secretaire by A.B. Svenska Moebel Fabrikerna ‘SMF
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish secretary desk signed by the A.B. Svenska Moebel Fabrikerna (SMF), one of the largest furniture manufacture...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Birch, Jacaranda
Warren Platner for Lehigh Leopold Mid Century Rosewood and Chrome Executive Desk
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Warren Platner for Lehigh Leopold Mid Century Rosewood and Chrome Executive Desk
This desk measures: 95.75 wide x 39.5 deep x 29.75 high, with a chair clearance of 27.5 inches
Good...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Chrome
West Michigan Burlwood Desk with Bronze X-Base, Two Drawers
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This West Michigan Furniture Company desk is a striking blend of craftsmanship and clean-lined modernism. Featuring a highly figured burlwood top with rich natural variation, the pie...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
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
Materials
Metal
$9,555 / item
DAVID LINLEY BURR WALNUT CLASSIC PEDESTAL DESK FOR LiGHT RESTORATION
By David Linley
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand made in England Viscount David Linley Classic Pedestal desk RRP £25,500
Please note the ...
Category
20th Century English Art Deco Desks
Materials
Walnut
Dudouyt - Dining Table - Natural Oak - 1940 - France - Brutalist
Located in Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Presenting a captivating and compact French Art Deco dining table that exudes timeless elegance. This exquisite table showcases the beauty of oak wood with a sanded finish, revealing...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
Arne Vodder Mid Century Danish Rosewood L Desk
By Arne Vodder
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Arne Vodder Mid Century Danish Rosewood L Desk
This desk measures: 69 wide x 68.5 deep x 28.5 high, with a chair clearance of 24.75 inches
All pieces...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
1860s French Boulle Writing Desk
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1860s French boulle writing desk. No shelves.
Category
1860s Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Vintage 1960
s American of Martinsville Desk
Located in New York, NY
Vintage 1960's American of Martinsville desk with structural details and original pulls. Nice corner details. Marked inside drawer. Two f...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
John Widdicomb for Mastercraft Black Lacquered and Brass Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
This Classic writing table or desk by John Widdicomb for Mastercraft. Composed of a large black lacquered wood top with canted corners that sits atop a brass frame. Brass legs swoop ...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Stainless Steel and Burl Wood Desk by Leon Rosen for Pace, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, PA
A monumental Demi Lune Executive's Desk designed by Leon Rosen for Pace. This stunning desk has matchbook burl wood veneer which creates a beautiful surface. The warmth of the wood w...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Stainless Steel
Medium Dark Walnut Architect Adjustable Desk with Black or Brown Leather Insets
Located in Ballard, CA
The Iconic Jean Pierre desk named after the famous actor Jean Pierre Aumont is an handcrafted desk in solid walnut with black or brown leather insets,...
Category
2010s North American Campaign Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood, Walnut
Art Deco Boomerang Desk Circa 1940
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Exceptional modernist desk from the Art Deco period. This superb piece of furniture is reminiscent of the desk made by Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Janneret with its curved top and ...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Ash
$5,696 Sale Price
58% Off
Console-Zebra Hide
Located in New York, NY
Product information
Dimensions: 50"W x 16"D x 30"H
Color: Natural / Black
Made of: Genuine Burchell's Zebra Hide / MDF / polished warthog tusk / embossed leather
Made in: Cape T...
Category
2010s South African Desks
Materials
Zebra Hide
$6,135 / item
Italian 18th Century Northern Italian Walnut Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most handsome Italian 18th-century walnut, burl walnut, and iron desk. The desk is raised by fine bun-shaped feet below impressive turned baluster-shaped legs each connected by an ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage Postal Sorting Desk
Located in Oakville, CT
Antique Post Office Sorting Desk
Overall Dimensions: 30" x 48" x 75" high
Dimensions of Desk Space: 29" x 45 1/2"
Dimensions of Shelves: 10 1/2"...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Desks
Materials
Maple, Oak
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
A W N Pugin Attri, Gothic Revival Oak Davenport with Linenfold
Floral Carving
Located in London, GB
A W N Pugin attributed,
A Gothic Revival Oak Davenport with finely executed carved gallery to the top and a sloping writing area opening to reveal storage...
Category
1860s English Gothic Revival Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Peter Løvig Nielsen Flip-Top Teak Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
Peter Løvig Nielsen Flip-Top teak desk for Dansk Designs
circa 1970s
Beautifully grained teak with unique flip top shelf flips down to extend the desk for more working space and...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
$5,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Kittinger Williamsburg Adaptation Mahogany Two Piece Secretary Desk / Bookcase
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a two piece mahogany blind door secretary desk / bookcase in the Chippendale style by Kittinger from their Williamsburg Adaptati...
Category
20th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
American Mid-Century 3-drawer Walnut Desk
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century walnut desk with a large top drawer next ot a smaller drawer over a bottom cabint drawer
NEEDS REFINISHING AND REPAIRS TO VENEER
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Walnut
Midcentury 1960s Dixie Desk, Two Sided, 4 Drawers
By Dixie
Located in Madison, WI
Beautiful original Dixie desk in walnut, two sided desk. Large space for an office chair. Very nice wood grain. Small areas of wear, adding vintage charm. S...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
$2,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Century Furniture Faux Bamboo Demilune Walnut Library Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
This demilune shaped back desk is made by Century Furniture.
The desk is made of walnut and has faux bamboo legs.
Category
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique English Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century English partners desk crafted in mahogany in three-piece construction, featuring the original tooled leather top, African Bubinga wood drawer and door fronts, b...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plat with Ormolu Bronze Mounts
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This elegant Louis XVI-style bureau plat, crafted from rich mahogany wood and adorned with exquisite ormolu bronze mounts, epitomizes classic French sophistication. The desk features...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Desk Laminate, 1950 Italian Furniture Especially Gio Ponti Attributed
By Gio Ponti
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Desk laminate, 1950 Italian furniture especially Gio Ponti Attributed,
made of colored laminate, brass legs spiked, and glass, presents in the lam...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
$3,738 Sale Price
47% Off
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
Antique Mahogany Georgian Architect
s Drafting Drawing Desk Table Chest 1780
Located in Portland, OR
A rare George II mahogany architect's desk/chest, circa 1750.
The desk/ top slides forward, thus allowing the sitter to work, the top having a drafting table that has an easel support to place the top at three different heights, the highest being 47" floor to top. The chest having a plan drawer which is flanked by two pen drawers...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$5,213 Sale Price
24% Off
French writing Table 2 drawers in Solid Cherry Wood - Louis XVI Directoire style
Located in Landivy, FR
This writing table is part of the Mélanie collection, a modern interpretation of the French Directoire style of the late 18th century.
This style is famous for its straight, classi...
Category
2010s French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Wood, Cherry, Oak
Super Kidney Shaped Mahogany Desk
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A very nice quality solid mahogany Edwardian serpentine desk with satinwood banding and green leather top, gilded swan neck handles, working locks, in overall excellent original cond...
Category
19th Century English Edwardian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Indonesian Mahogany Writing desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a nice mahogany writing desk from Indonesia.
IT HAS 2 MAIN DRAWERS.
It also contains hidden drawers and smaller compartments for pens, pa...
Category
Early 2000s Indonesian Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French First Empire Period, circa 1805, ‘Secretaire Abattant’
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most powerful and of the highest quality French First Empire period, Circa. 1805, "Secretaire Abattant'. The secretary is solid Cuban mahogany and fire gilded ormolu mounts with tw...
Category
19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
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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