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Desks For Sale
1960s Large Exclusive Free Standing Palisander Desk
Located in Praha, CZ
- Item has been carefully refurbished
- quality craftsmanship
Category
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood, Palisander
Campaign Desk In Mahogany-19 ° Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant mahogany campaign desk or marine desk from the 19th century from England
Indeed this furniture called "campaign furniture" or navy furniture was...
Category
Late 19th Century British Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XV Secretaire, France 1770
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite secretaire de dame, France 18th century, beautiful kingwood veneer on front, sides, top, back and the inside. The writing surface is covered with leather. With original bro...
Category
1770s French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Kingwood
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Empire Carved Mahogany Partner’s Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Empire Carved Mahogany Partner’s Desk
This beautiful empire partner desk from the early twentieth century is carved from solid mahogany w...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Empire Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Rustic Adirondack Style Hewn Dark Stained Wooden Kneehole Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Rustic Adirondack (2nd quarter 20th Century) heavy wooden executive desk with a hewn solid wooden desktop supported by two pedestal bases, each c...
Category
20th Century Rustic Desks
Materials
Wood
Vintage Restored Harrods Kennedy Brown Leather Military Campaign Pedestal Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage, Harrods London retailed, REH Kennedy made, Military Campaign twin pedestal partners desk with brown leather writing surface
...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique French Pedestal Desk Walnut 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
French burr walnut pedestal desk
This unusual desk has an arrangement of 9 drawers with brass swan neck handles
Featuring a wide molding to the bottom of the desk and turned bun feet...
Category
1880s Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Queen Anne Burled Walnut Slant Front Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
This very fine and fully restored Queen Anne slant front desk was crafted in burled walnut on an oak carcass. This secondary wood choice wa...
Category
1720s British Queen Anne Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
American Sheraton Mahogany Campaign Desk. Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American Sheraton mahogany campaign desk with hinged flip top, pull out writing surface, recessed brasses, and terminating on turned bulbous legs. Early 19th Century
Category
19th Century American Antique Desks
Tolda Desk with Mirror in Canaletto Walnut
Black Frame by Valentina Carretta
By Miniforms, Valentina Carretta
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tolda is a neo-romantic pop element, the adjustable mirror reveals the inspiration for the classic dressing table, now revisited in a contempora...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks
Materials
Walnut
Napoleon III, Desk, Center Table, Bronze, Inlaid Tortoise, France, 19th Century
Located in Manhasset, NY
Napoleon III Desk or Center Table, Ormolu Bronze, Inlaid Burlwood, Marquetry, France, 19th C., Aristide-Henry Gros. (after)
An exemplary French Centre Table or Writing Desk, dating ...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Vintage British Wood Grain Laminate Desk
By Stonehill
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A classic example of mid-century British design, this vintage desk is finished in a faux wood grain veneer, offering both style and durability. Featuring four generous drawers with s...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Laminate, Formica, Wood, Hardwood
Italian Art Deco Executive Table Desk designed by Osvaldo Borsani, 1940
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stylish Art Deco desk designed by Osvaldo Borsani in 1940s, refined design in the back part with a beautiful arched shape, a solution that is repeated in the front in the part of th...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Vintage Walnut Single Pedestal Desk by Stow Davis
By Stow Davis
Located in Pasadena, TX
This piece has three drawers, one of which is a filing drawer. A very distinctive desk with unique capped off point stainless steel legs.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
$2,320 Sale Price
20% Off
John Stuart Walnut Mid-Century Modern Long Credenza Dresser Pull Out Shelf Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
John Stuart walnut Mid-Century Modern long credenza dresser server sideboard w/ 3 pull out shelf tabs mint!
Two door compartments 4 drawers, brushed pewter hardware.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century English Bureau Plat in the Manner of Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine 19th century Louis XV style Walnut, Ebony and floral marquetry Bureau Plat in the manner of Edward Holmes Baldock, the serpentine shaped top inset with a panel of tooled leather within a border of scroll work and floral trails, the corners with shell and cabochon and foliate clasp mounts, above two frieze drawers decorated with floral marquetry and similar opposing dummy drawers, on cabriole legs applied with scrolling foliate and rocaille mounts trailing to sabots.
Footnotes:
Edward Holmes Baldock (1777-1845) is documented in London Trade Directories of the period in various capacities but first appears listed at 7 Hanway Street, London in 1805 described as a '..dealer in china and glass'. But by 1826 the various facets of the business included '..buying and selling, exchanging and valuing china, cabinets, screens, bronzes etc'. Baldock's business seems to have largely involved trading in foreign items and between 1832-7 he was the purveyor of earthenware and glass to William IV and later purveyor of china to Queen Victoria from 1838 until his death. He is known to have repaired, re-modelled and adapted furniture...
Category
19th Century English Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French Secretaire à Abattant, First Empire Period
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French first Empire period Secretaire à Abattant, also known as a drop-front secretary, fall front or cantilevered desk. Under the dark grey marble top is a secret, entablature drawe...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Arts and Crafts Desk Chair Swivel Office Seat Oak
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Good quality oak and leather office chairbr
This chair is raised upon a 5 leg revolving base with brass castors
Circa 1920
The chair features ring turned arm supports
The chair is co...
Category
1920s Arts and Crafts Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
French Empire Desk Marquetry Inlay Harrods Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous French Empire style bureau plat or desk
Piece was originally purchased in Harrods - please see close up of store stamp on the inside of the drawer
The intr...
Category
1980s French Provincial Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
De coene desk Alfred hendrickx style Belgium 1950
Located in Linkebeek, BE
De coene desk Alfred hendrickx style Belgium 1950
Wear consistent with age and use.
Belgium Furniture - For Bellform
Category
1960s Vintage Desks
Materials
Beech
19th C. Spanish Carved Walnut Serpentine Desk with Four Drawers on Trestle Base
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Spain circa 1860, this sculptural antique walnut writing desk exemplifies the bold elegance of 19th-century Spanish craftsmanship. The serpentine front adds a graceful sil...
Category
Mid-19th Century Spanish Louis XIII Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
French Riviera Style Bamboo Desk Italy 1960s
By Dal Vera
Located in Munich, DE
Elegant French Riviera style desk made of bamboo and wicker with two side drawers with recessed brass handles by the well-known manufacturer Dal Vera, Italy 1960s. A timeless desk wh...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Tracks desk by Naghi Habib for Bernini, 1999
By Naghi Habib
Located in Misinto, IT
"Track" desk designed by Naghi Habib for Bernini, 1999
Designed by Naghi Habib in 1999 for Bernini, the Track desk is part of a sophisticated family of furniture designed to interpre...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Other
Hans Wegner 74"Architect
s Desk in White Oak by PP Mobler
By PP Møbler
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This timeless 74" Architect's Desk designed by Hans Wegner and made by PP Mobler is crafted from solid white oak and features a distinctive, tapered shape. The solid construction ens...
Category
2010s Danish Desks
Materials
Oak
Postmodern Faux Tan/Beige Marble Laminate Waterfall Desk
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Postmodern Faux Tan/Beige Marble Laminate Waterfall Desk featuring three spacious drawers and a sleek waterfall design, perfect for contemporary interiors.
We sell items as acquir...
Category
1980s American Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Moooi Paper LHS Desk in Wood
Cardboard with Oak Veneer Top by Studio Job
By Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Despite the advances made in technology, many of us still use paper pad and pen for grocery lists, notes & cards while sitting busily at our desks. But have you ever dreamt of a clas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Desks
Materials
Oak
19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Ladies Bombe Bureau
Located in Dublin, IE
A magnificent 19th century French ormolu mounted and brass marquetry inlaid bombe bureau in the Louis XV style with three quarter brass gallery top, the fall front to reveal a superb...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Late 19th Century Georgian Style Burl Walnut and Leather Top Desk
Located in Richmond, VA
Gorgeous wear and patina on this burl walnut and leather top Georgian style desk from late 19th century. Early Georgian style with burl walnut and leather top raised on pad feet with...
Category
Late 19th Century English George I Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Mid Century Laminate Top Desk, Wood Base, USA, c. 1960s
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
A distinctive desk in the Mid-Century Modern tradition, crafted with a durable laminate top and rich wooden base. Showcasing clean lines, six spacious drawers, and minimalist styling...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Laminate, Wood
Teak 4 Drawer Desk/Writing Table by Nanna Ditzel for Soren Wiladsen
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
This is a particularly nicely marked Teak version of this most classic of desks/writing tables, in the preferred 4 drawer larger model.
Its in very nice original condition with no v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Birds Eye Maple Italian Art Deco Style Low Profile Desk w/ Leather Chair Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Birds eye maple Italian Art Deco style low profile desk with matching leather chair mint!
Chair: 18x18×39.
Seat height: 19.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Birdseye Maple
OPENING WRITING TABLE SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant writing table for the center entirely veneered in fruit wood. This refined piece of furniture stands out for its arched band and slightly curved legs, enriched by feet decora...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Brass Bound Desk
Located in Worcester, GB
Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Brass Bound Desk
An exceptional piece in the Louis XV style, this mid-20th-century desk combines classic French elegance with refined craftsmanship....
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks
Materials
Wood
Venice Laguna Desk by Morici
Located in Geneve, CH
Venice Laguna Desk by Morici
Dimensions: W 113 x D 65 x H 77 cm, Drawers : 42×43 H6 covered in Alcantara.
Materials: Wood, black Alcantara, inlay veneer.
Finish : Gloss brushed polye...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
$6,859 / item
Paul Dupré-Lafon, Art Deco Desk in Veneer walnut and Gilt Bronze
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Paul Dupré-Lafon, (1900-1971), Art Deco desk in veneer walnut and gilt bronze. Circa 1935
Fully restored. French varnish
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Bronze
Circa 1900 French Burl Elm and Ebony Table Slope Top Secretary
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
C1880-1900 Beautiful French Burl Elm Slope Table Top Secretary, with secondary woods of ebony, satin and an entire interior made from rosewood. Exterior trimmed in brass. Lovely un-r...
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks
Materials
Brass
Venice Sestiere Desk by Morici
Located in Geneve, CH
Venice Sestiere Desk by Morici
Dimensions: W 113 x D 65 x H 77 cm, Drawers : 42×43 H6 covered in Alcantara.
Materials: Wood, black Alcantara, inlay veneer.
Finish : Gloss brushed pol...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
$6,859 / item
Desk Model Cosmopol Large, in Steel and Walnut
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Desk model Cosmopol large walnut top, base in solid steel, calamined and waxed. Apparent welds. Can be manufactured to measure: extra cost: + €150.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desks
Materials
Steel
$1,364 / item
Queen Anne Style 1930s Walnut Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Queen Anne Style 1930s walnut bureau in good condition. The fall sits on two pull out slides with a fitted interior with drawers and pigeon holes. The b...
Category
1930s Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Burr Walnut Partners Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
This beautiful burr walnut partners pedestal desk features a 3 sectioned inset leather writing surface with hand-tooling. The graduating, shaped drawers all have oak linings, dovetai...
Category
2010s Indonesian Desks
Materials
Brass
Børge Mogensen BM-66 Desk for P. Lauritsen
Søn
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautifully crafted teak desk model BM-66 by Børge Mogensen for P. Lauritsen & Søn in Denmark. Solid oak drawer construction with adjustable interior. Brass hardware with nice pati...
Category
1950s Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
English Chippendale Mahogany Carved Floral Desk With Bookcase. Circa 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale mahogany desk / bookcase on stand with flanking book matched doors, gadrooned molded edge, fitted interior pigeon holes o...
Category
1770s English Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Important Art Deco Presidential Desk - André Domin And Marcel Genevriere - Maiso
Located in BARSAC, FR
DOMIN André (1883-1962) and GENEVRIERE Marcel (1885-1967) for Maison DOMINIQUE
Magnificent flat desk in presidential format in thuja burl veneer designed by André DOMIN and Marcel G...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
George III Partners Desk Serpentine Althorp House
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Absolutely incredible George III Revival partners desk of serpentine form
This is based on the original as found in Althorp House - the ancestral home of the Spencer family, the late...
Category
1980s Chippendale Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Modern Writing Desk with Three Drawers
Located in Greenwich, CT
This modern writing desk was custom made for utility. The desk features 3 drawers for storage, a steel base brushed with antique brass and a white oak top stained ebony. This is a bu...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks
Materials
Steel
$7,150 / item
Custom Oak and Polished Chrome Single Drawer Writing Table
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Made-to-order, single-drawered writing table in Oak with polished chrome stretcher and hardware.
Available in custom dimensions and finishes. Please inquire with Venfield about est...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks
Materials
Chrome
Antique English George III Chippendale Style Mahogany Library Desk
Located in Glasgow, GB
A George III mahogany freestanding library desk in the Chippendale style. Designed to be used in the centre of a room and with storage to front and back similar to a partners’ desk,...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Desk Swedish Early 18th Century Baroque Period Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Desk Swedish Baroque Period Sweden. A rare Swedish Baroque desk in a stunning condition and patina from the Swedish King Fredrik I period. Structu...
Category
Late 17th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Desks
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Georgian Revival Knee Hole Desk Mahogany
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a Georgian Revival knee hole desk in mahogany
We date this fine piece of English furniture to circa 1920
Mahogany Writing Desk
With Leather insert
This has been fully...
Category
1920s Revival Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Milo Baughman for Murray Mid Century Maple and Brass Desk
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Milo Baughman for Murray Mid Century Maple and Brass Desk
This desk measures: 48 wide x 24.75 deep x 29.5 high, with a chair clearance of 27.75 inches
All pieces of furniture can b...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
19th-Century Sandblasted Walnut Extendable Desk
Located in PARIS, FR
This elegant 19th-century walnut extendable desk is a perfect blend of functionality and timeless design. Measuring 101 cm in width without extensions ...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
$1,879 Sale Price
53% Off
Memphis style metal desk and stool
Located in Isle Sur Sorgue, FR
Rare Memphis style metal desk and stool circa 1980.
Great design, good condition.
Category
1980s Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Farsø Stolefabrik For Maurice Villency Brazilian Rosewood Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
A mid century modern desk made by Farsø Stolefabrik and sold by Maurice Villency in New York made of rosewood with five drawers.
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
$2,880 Sale Price
26% Off
2020 Noori Desk by Nuevo Living in Onyx (black)
By Nuevo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Noori desk, originally designed and produced by Nuevo Living. This particular example was made in Canada in 2020. The desk features a streamlined rectangular top finished i...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Desks
Materials
Onyx, Steel
Venice Mestre Desk by Morici
Located in Geneve, CH
Venice Mestre Desk by Morici
Dimensions: W 113 x D 65 x H 77 cm, Drawers : 42×43 H6 covered in Alcantara.
Materials: Wood, black Alcantara, inlay veneer.
Finish : Gloss brushed polye...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
$6,859 / item
Period Georgian Pedestal Desk Mahogany
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Small Georgian mahogany pedestal desk.
Period Georgian
This desk is raised upon a plinth base.
Each pedestal having a panelled door which opens to reveal 5 graduated drawers.
The top...
Category
1920s Georgian Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Large walnut desk with brass fronts in mid century modern style
Located in ZIELONA GÓRA, PL
Desk in mid-century style with three drawers with brass fronts. The tapered legs are finished with brass plated aluminum feet. Desk made of solid American walnut wood and wood covere...
Category
2010s Polish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Venice Rialto Desk by Morici
Located in Geneve, CH
Venice Rialto Desk by Morici
Dimensions: W 113 x D 65 x H 77 cm, Drawers : 42×43 H6 covered in Alcantara.
Materials: Wood, black Alcantara, inlay veneer.
Finish : Gloss brushed polye...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
$6,859 / item
19th Century English Victorian Rosewood and Marquetry Writing Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
A good quality Victorian rosewood and marquetry writing, having a green leather writing surface, decorated with blind and gold tooling above an arrangement of 9 drawers, each with or...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Vintage Regency Monumental Carved Georgian Secretary Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This Vintage Regency Georgian Secretary Desk features intricate carved details and a classic silhouette. Its drop-front design opens to reveal ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Regency Desks
Materials
Glass, Wood
Vintage and Antique Desks for Sale — Shop Handcrafted Mid-Century Modern Desks, Art Deco Desks and Other Desks and Tables on 1stDibs
There’s no reason that the corner of your home you’ve dedicated to work shouldn’t also reflect your personality and sense of style. A collection of unique vintage and antique desks can be found on 1stDibs today.
The right desk can be a good fit for your space and help keep you organized when you need it most. For many, the word “desk” can have a negative connotation. Derived from the Latin desca, meaning “table to write on,” the word can understandably evoke memories of stuffy classrooms or monotonous workdays.
As working from home has become more widespread for part of the workforce, many professionals who work remotely park themselves at the dining-room table or at the kitchen countertop to do so. If you’ve got the space, it's healthy to set aside an area in your home designated for work. A good desk can keep you on track and keep your newly minted home office free of clutter and distractions.
Within your own walls, an office area can be both personal and productive, decorated exactly to your taste or just an unobtrusive addition that aligns with the energy of the space as is. When shopping for a desk, keep height, space and specs in mind. It’s helpful to know if you’ll need the desk to offer storage, such as drawers or a hutch, or if it should fit alongside your bedroom wall as cleanly as possible.
An antique writing desk, for example, will offer a spacious, streamlined work experience with a desktop that affords real estate for your notebooks, pens, laptop and research materials. Secretary desks reveal small inner storage compartments — pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers — when their hinged leaves are folded out.
Maybe you'd prefer a vintage mid-century modern desk that seamlessly incorporates drawers for storage.
Nebraska-born designer Don S. Shoemaker became inspired by Mexico’s tropical woods, such as cocobolo, a Mexican rosewood, and he decided to work with the material in the postwar years to create desks and other furnishings. Elsewhere, made according to the same high standards as the company’s chairs, celebrated mid-century manufacturer Herman Miller produced desks over the years in a number of versions, created by designers like George Nelson, Gilbert Rohde and Bruce Burdick.
Whether you want a dramatic rolltop-style furnishing akin to the 18th-century secretary commissioned by Louis XVI or a contemporary piece made of everything from linoleum to fallen trees, a new desk and clever arrangement of desktop accessories can brighten the workday in any home.
For every passion project, year-end report or spontaneous million-dollar app idea, find the desk you need on 1stDibs.
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