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Desks For Sale
ANTIQUE VICTORiAN HARDWOOD PEDESTAL DESK WITH TOOLED LEATHER TOP
Located in Pulborough, GB
Antiques of London
A fine-quality antique Victorian mahogany pedestal desk, dating from the late 19th century, with a rich patina and original charm. This traditional piece has a...
Category
20th Century British Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Bernhardt Modern Credenza
Located in Pasadena, TX
Bernhardt Credenza
A rare modern chrome and maple credenza.
4 drawers with ample storage underneath with shelving.
Chrome pulls. Marked Bernhardt.
See pedestal desk also available....
Category
Late 20th Century North American Modern Desks
Materials
Maple
$4,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Desk with ormolu desk in wood and bronze france 1920s
Located in Cantù, IT
Desk with ormolu desk in wood and bronze france 1920s
Category
20th Century Italian Other Desks
Materials
Wood
English Walnut Slant Front Bureau/Desk with String Inlay
Located in Woodbury, CT
Proportioned in a smaller scale than most, this slant front bureau / desk in walnut has parallel strings of satinwood surrounding the herringbone crossbanding that is used throughout...
Category
19th Century British Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Florence Knoll Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Knoll International Planed Office Group double pedestal desk with modesty panel model 1503.
Features five drawers one for files.
Modesty pane...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
$5,198
Mahogany Single Bank Desk
Located in Annville, PA
A fine quality Mahogany Single Bank Desk from Niagara Furniture with raised side panels and a rich brown color finish similar to that found in English antiqu...
Category
2010s Chippendale Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
$2,145 / item
vintage desk desk teak 1960s
Located in Lemmer, NL
vintage desk desk teak 1960s
period 1960s
design unknown
condition good light signs of use
size 74.5 x 96 x 56 (hxbxd)
details teak; oak;
article number 2855
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak, Teak
Rectangular Naturally Patinated Steel Contemporary Writing Desk by Dennis Kaiser
Located in Geneve, CH
Rectangular Patinated Steel Contemporary Forever Writing Desk by Dennis Kaiser
Dimensions: D 50 x W 110 x H 77 cm.
Materials: Steel.
Handcrafted in Tuscany, Italy. Customization is ...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Desks
Materials
Steel
Harvey Probber Desk in Mahogany 1950s
Signed
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Desk in mahogany with alternating grain top and brass sabots by Harvey Probber, American, 1950s (label in drawer reads "designed by Harvey Probber"). This desk is beautifully made.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Scandinavian Minimalist Style Wood Desk
Located in Paris, FR
Great Nordic style compact desk made of solid wood, oak or walnut (chosen by the buyer) offering storage solution with one drawer. Great lines, elegant designer's creation, made in a...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Oak, Walnut
$5,732 / item
Antique English Victorian Burl Walnut Small Lap Desk Box with Fitted Interior
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Victorian Burl Walnut Small Lap Desk with Fitted Interior. Item features working lock and key, small inlaid brass plaque, very nice antique. Circa 19th Century. Measu...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
1960s Guillerme et Chambron Oak and Formica Desk , Made in France
Located in London, GB
A refined desk by the celebrated French design duo Guillerme et Chambron, dating from the 1960s. Crafted in oak with a sleek formica top, this desk exemplifies mid-century French mod...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Formica, Oak
MID-19th CENTURY NAPOLEON III VENEERED WRITING DESK
Located in Firenze, FI
A beautiful and elegant centerpiece writing desk, featuring high-quality venereed walnut and brown walnut, and embellished with lost-wax bronze decorations. The writing desk is disti...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Italian Louis XVI style desk with drawers and pyramid feet plus chairs
Located in Cantù, IT
Italian Louis XVI style desk with drawers and pyramid feet plus chairs
Category
20th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Wood
Fall-Front Desk in West Indies Mahogany, Attrib to Gustav Friederich von Hetsch
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A very lovely secretary with serpentine front in beautiful West Indies/ Cuban mahogany attributable to Danish architect and painter, Gustav Friederich von Hetsch (1788-1864). A mirro...
Category
1830s Danish Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Marquetry Inlaid Mixed Wood Maggiolini Style Secretary Desk
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Fabulous Italian Inlaid Mixed Wood Maggiolini Style Secretary Desk
Dimensions : 95" Tall X 44" Wide X 22" Deep
This desk is a work of art! The secretary desk was made in Italy and ...
Category
1990s Italian Rococo Desks
Materials
Burl
Regency Mahogany Writing Table with Satinwood Inlay, New Design
Located in Woodbury, CT
Mahogany shaped top partners writing table with satinwood stringing and inlaid fan medallions. Black/green, antiqued and gold tooled leather top. Three drawers each side with antique...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Boxwood, Olive, Satinwood
18th Century Swedish Neoclassical Painted Secretary Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Swedish neoclassical painted secretary desk will make the perfect addition to your home whether your decor is modern, traditional,...
Category
1790s Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks
Materials
Steel
Dutch Colonial Teak Desk with Brass Hardware
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Dutch colonial teak desk with brass hardware.
Solid carved legs united by footrest stretcher. Old brass handles and peg work joinery throughout. Locks have b...
Category
1840s Antique Desks
Materials
Teak
$2,765 Sale Price
30% Off
Custom Two Drawer Lacquered Writing Table
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Petite custom, made-to-order, two-drawer lacquered writing table with Lucite and chrome handles. Designed and made by Venfield.
Currently out of stock but available for custom orde...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks
Materials
Chrome
$14,940 / item
Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern Mahogany
Leather Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
In the early 20th century, modernism emerged as a bold response to the ornate traditions of the past. At the forefront of this shift was Tommi Parzinger, a designer who married the s...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Vintage wicker, bamboo and brass desk by Dal Vera, 1970s
By Dal Vera
Located in MONTESSON, FR
This vintage desk was produced in Italy by Dal Vera around 1970. It is made of wicker and bamboo. The handles of the two drawers are in brass. This table is in good original condition.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Laminate Desk with Integrated Bookshelf Hutch, Writing Desk
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
A clean-lined Mid-Century Modern desk with an integrated laminate hutch, crafted with a soft wood-tone laminate surface, featuring a classic 1960s modular look.
Design: Mid-Century ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Laminate
Early 19th Century French Empire Desk
Located in Nashville, TN
Mahogany veneered French Empire desk. Leather insert top. Brass hardware on column legs and bun feet. Very unique and good quality period French des...
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$2,640 Sale Price
51% Off
Paul McCobb for Calvin MCM Ebonized Mahogany Brass and White Laminate Desk
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Paul McCobb for Calvin mid century ebonized mahogany brass and white laminate desk
Desk measures: 54.5 wide x 26 deep x 29 inches high, with a cha...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
French Adjustable Clerks Desk Restaurant Station Greeter
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Adjustable Clerks Desk Restaurant Station Greeter
A very neat Front of House Reception Greeter, the Péret table, known as the "hygienic" table, made of moulded natural wood, ...
Category
Early 1900s Industrial Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Restored Boutique Rattan
Mahogany Writing Desk w/ Stacked Rattan Sides
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Experience the allure of tropical-inspired mid-century design with this Paul Frankl inspired restored rattan and mahogany writing desk. This desk features stacked rattan sides and ma...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rattan, Mahogany
Antique Writing Table, English, Regency, Mahogany, Davenport, circa 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique writing table, an English, Regency, mahogany, open Davenport dating to the early 19th century, circa 1820.
Of quality craf...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
George Nelson for Herman Miller Mid Century Drop Side Desk
Located in Franklin Park, IL
George Nelson for Herman Miller Mid Century Drop Side Desk
This desk measures: 40 wide x 24 deep x 28.75 inches high, with a chair clearance of 27.75 i...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Shapland
Petter, Arts
Crafts Mahogany Desk with a Pierced Heart to the Top
Located in London, GB
Shapland & Petter. A wonderful Arts & Crafts mahogany writing desk with a pierced heart to the top, shaped back and sides, with upper three quarter shelf and a stylized floral leaded glass back below. A period style leather writing area with hand tooled gilt decoration to the edges. A bow fronted drawer with stylized copper heart...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Thomasville French Provincial Louis XV Oak Writing Desk with Bookcase Hutch Top
By Thomasville
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style writing desk with bookcase hutch top
By Thomasville
USA, Circa 1980s
Carved solid oak,...
Category
Late 20th Century American French Provincial Desks
Materials
Brass
1990 Thomas Moser Library Desk in Solid Cherry Hardwood 72x48 in 2x Available
By Thomas Moser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Library Desk, designed by Thomas Moser and produced by Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers based in Auburn, Maine. This piece dates back to 1990. This desk is comprised of cherry woo...
Category
1990s American Modern Desks
Materials
Hardwood, Cherry
Desk, Danish design, 1960s.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Danish desk from the 1960s
Very good condition.
After Renovation
Wood: teak
Dimensions: H 73 cm / W 130 cm / D. 70.5 cm.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
$2,624 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Mahogany Writing Desk with Folding Front Part
Located in Sofia, BG
French mahogany writing desk with folding front part and hidden drawers in the upper part. There are also three big drawers in the lower p...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$2,818 Sale Price
30% Off
French Bureau Plat Marquetry Leather Top Desk with Orig. Ormolu Mounts, C. 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
French bureau plat marquetry leather top three drawer desk with hearing bone inlays, three opposite side faux drawers, original floral ormolu mounts, brass escutcheons, brass knobs, ...
Category
1770s French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu, Brass
Rosewood Roll Top Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Dallas, TX
A rosewood tambour roll top desk with brass feet and leather trim. Designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.
Category
1950s Vintage Desks
Ebonized Mahogany Desk by Paul McCobb, Connoisseur Collection, C. 1950s
By Paul McCobb
Located in Westport, CT
Ebonized Mahogany Desk from Paul McCobb's Connoisseur Collection, meticulously restored by Stamford Modern. Crafted in the 1950s, this mid-century icon boasts minimalistic lines and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
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
1960s Florence Knoll Executive Desk in Walnut and Chrome
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Small Executive Desk, model 502B-BWM, designed by Florence Knoll for Knoll Associates in 1952. This example dates to the 1960s. The doors, sides, and back are constructed w...
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Studio Craft Desk by Peter Dudley, 1993
Located in Dallas, TX
A solid cherry studio craft desk with ebony legs and finials by Peter Dudley, signed and dated 1993.
Matching wall mount console also available.
Category
1990s Desks
Materials
Cherry
Swedish Modern Design Desk
Located in London, England
Swedish desk in satin birch. Swedish modern design highlighted by the organic shape, one cupboard with drawers, one floating paper shelf and a bookcase front. Re-finished. Sweden cir...
Category
1940s Vintage Desks
Materials
Beech
French Empire Mahogany Drop Front Secretary "Secrétaire à Abattant"
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 19th century French mahogany wood Empire style drop front secretary with a removable black marble top. The secretary features two front side columns with bronze mounts detail w...
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Danish Modern Oak Hans Wegner Writing Desk
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A writing desk in oak that exemplifies studio level woodworking. A design by Hans J. Wegner known as the “Classic Desk” which references traditional Scandinavian cabinetmaking.
This...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Oak
19thC Campaign Style Rosewood with Brass Inlay Stationary Letter Box
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and large rosewood and teak fitted letter writing box with brass inlay. Numerous cubbies with lids for various items. Slotted back panel fo...
Category
1850s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
French Desk with Ormolu and Brass Mounts Louis XVI Style
Located in Toronto, CA
French Desk with Ormolu and Brass Mounts Louis XVI Style
On offer here a Timeless Piece of French Elegance that is sure to elevate
your home o...
Category
20th Century Spanish Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Hardwood
1940s Hollywood Regency Desk
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s Hollywood Regency desk.
Category
1940s Vintage Desks
Mahogany Stand Up Desk
Located in Annville, PA
This beautiful Mahogany Stand Up Desk from Niagara Furniture is made of the finest solid mahogany and mahogany veneers. Oversized but with clean lines, this desk has a slant top lid ...
Category
2010s Chippendale Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
$3,220 / item
Napolean III Boulle Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Lady writing cabinet form the 19th century, French Napolean III period, with inlay in the Boulle style. With a centered cabinet door, surrounded by open shelves, three drawers over a...
Category
19th Century Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
$10,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Venetian Rococo Style Walnut Secretary Lacquered by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic late 19th century Italian secretaire cabinet or bookcase made in the Venetian Rococo taste. Crafted from walnut the two-part case features a speckled lacquer finish centered by a cartouche shaped window with a painted bust by artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). The bureau cabinet has a bombe shaped dresser base with a drop front diminutive writing table. The drop front has two storage drawers and a small pigeon hole storage above. Below the desk are two small drawers and two large storage drawers with rocaille patinated brass pulls. The dresser is supported by small cabriole legs with scrolled feet. The dresser is surmounted by a bookcase with a painted door depicting a nobleman holding a chicken. The painting is painted on board titled "Venezia" and signed by Yeager with a fictitious date of 1725. The door opens to a three-shelf bookcase. The case is topped with a pediment having a cartouche shaped window and corniced top. The entire secretary is speckled with a mustard yellow tone over a taupe background. This whimsical cabinet...
Category
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
$14,000 Sale Price
22% Off
Antique English Victorian Oak Wood Desktop Portable Lap Desk Letter Holder
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Victorian Oak Wood Desktop Lap Desk Letter Holder. Item features a lift front with fitted interior, small glass inkwell, lion head drop ring handles, raised on turn c...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Metal
Paul McCobb
Cache Desk Organiser
Wood and Steel by Karakter
By Paul McCobb
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Storage unit designed by Paul McCobb in 1952.
The foundation of the Cache series, part of Paul McCobb’s extensive Planner series, is a beautifully simplistic and easy table with ...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Steel
Antique Louis XV Bureau Plat or Leather Top Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 18th Century Louis XV bureau plat handcrafted in classic style with mahogany and kingwood, featuring the original tooled oxblood leather top on a brass bound case with thr...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Fine French Louis XV Bureau Dos D
Ane/ Secretaire/ Desk
Located in Westport, CT
Fine and elegant French Louis XV Bureau D'Os Dane in walnut adorned sparsely with floral marquetry inlay to its fall front top above three drawers finishing on cabriole legs and bron...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Splay Leg Mid-Century Modern Style Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
White lacquered splay leg writing desk with chrome hardware. Newly lacquered white finish. This three-drawer desk will fit in many different style decors.
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
18th Century English Chippendale Mahogany Chest with Desk Drawer
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example an English Chippendale four drawer mahogany chest with a rectangular top with molded edge surmounting a case with four graduated drawers, the top of which converted to...
Category
18th Century English Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
English Mahogany Student Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
This desk features a gallery surround that walls off the ink and pen wells at the back area above the sloped and leathered writing surface. Inside, two generously sized drawers offe...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Early 20th century satinwood sheraton revival desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century satinwood sheraton revival desk circa 1910.
Fine quality petit sheraton revival pedestal desk, comprising of 3 sections, top surface and 2 pedestals.
Shaped top ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Sheraton Desks
Materials
Satinwood
Sorrel Ash-Flip Top Trestle Based Writing Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Counter height ash wood flip top desk or writing table finished in sorrel tones with incised back panels. X-shaped collapsible base with foot rail. Slanted top with that flips up to reveal four petite...
Category
1970s American Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Vanity Desk in Teack by Arne Wahl Iversen
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Mid-Century Modern scandinavian teak vanity desk by Arne Wahl Iversen, model 64 for Vinde Møbelfabrik. Referenced by the Design Museum Danmark under number RP01076.
Category
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Lamb of Manchester, An Aesthetic Movement Walnut Writing Desk.
Located in London, GB
Lamb of Manchester. An Aesthetic Movement walnut and leather writing desk with a bank of four graduating drawers to the left and a large upper drawer to the right with turned and flu...
Category
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
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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