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Desks For Sale
Peter Hvidt, Desk, Teak, Steel, Denmark, 1959
By Peter Hvidt
Located in High Point, NC
A teak and steel desk designed by Peter Hvidt and produced by Søborg Møbelfabrik, Denmark, c. 1959.
Minor oxidation present to metal and brass
Wear consistent with age and use
Ove...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
21st Willington Desk Walnut Wood Leather Handmade in Portugal by Wood Tailors
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
A prestigious member of one of the most exclusive Gentlemen's clubs in London, the 1st Marquess of Willingdon was a British Liberal politician and was the tribute behind this timeless design.
Designed for timeless furniture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Desks
Materials
Steel
$16,473 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Bunny Williams Home Alix Desk (Blue with Leather)
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by the luscious colors of lacquer and the practical lines of campaign furniture, our glossy Alix Desk features an inset brown leather blotter with a stamped gold leaf detail...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Desks
Materials
Brass
$6,500 / item
Mid century Paul McCobb #1561 5 Drawer Desk Red Lacquer Finish Brass Pulls
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful Paul McCobb Planner Group #1561 double pedestal 5 drawer desk with a Red Stained finish Brass knobs solid maple. Desk is in vintage condition shows signs of use and wear. V...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Rorimer Brooks Art Deco Moderne lacquered bookcase Writing desk with chair
Located in Ferndale, MI
Manufactured by obscure Rorimer Brooks co. of Cleveland Ohio . Art Deco or Moderne Writing desk in matte black lacquer with cream accents . Bank of five...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Desks
Materials
Wood
Cherry Slant Front Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
A nice early 19th century Cherry slant front desk probably Pennsylvania or Virginia. Nicely dovetailed case resting on tall bracket feet. The interior sur...
Category
Early 19th Century American Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Cherry
$1,595
Antique French Louis XVI Style Leather Top Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout antique Louis XVI style desk crafted in walnut and mahogany featuring a banded leather top on a case with two drawers decorated with gilt brass ormolu and inlaid floral desi...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
19th Century American Cutler
Sons Model 1 Roll Top Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a glorious piece of Americana namely, a 19th century American Cutler & Sons model 1 roll top desk.
This is the prototype of the well-known Cutler & Sons patented desk...
Category
Late 19th Century American American Craftsman Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Pierre Chapo, vintage desk model B40 in solid elm, circa 1980
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Hägersten-Liljeholmen, Stockholms län
Large desk design by Pierre Chapo and produced in 1980. This desk B40 is made in solid Elml. The desk is in good vintage condition. The feet can be moved around to fit your space. Th...
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Elm
Regency Style Leather Wrapped Davenport Desk, Atrib. Maitland-Smith
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Regency Style Leather Wrapped Davenport Desk, Atrib. Maitland-Smith
Late 20th century
A stunning Regency-style leather-wrapped Davenport desk, attributed to Maitland-Smith, was ma...
Category
Late 20th Century Regency Desks
Materials
Brass
$2,796 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage mid century modern exquisite Danish teak wood desk
Located in Phoenix, AZ
1960s Danish teak wood desk. Excellent mid century modern floating style with sculptural legs and handles. Features three drawers on the right and a filing drawer on the left. There ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Mahogany Finely Carved Ball
Claw Console Writing Table Desk Two Drawers Rope
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mahoganyfinely carved ball & claw console writing table desk two drawers rope edge.
Category
20th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
Eugenio Quarti desk, Chair and Trah in Style Liberty or Art Nouveau, Jugestails
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Eugenio Quarti (Desk , chair and Trash )
Style: Liberty or Art Nouveau or Modernism or Jugendstil
Furniture realized mainly in inlays of nacre and metallic applications, parchament
bronze ferrules.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles since 1982.If you have any questions we are at your disposal
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Eugenio Quarti was born in Villa d'Almè, a small village in the province of Bergamo, from an artisan family of woodworkers. In 1881, at the age of 14 years old he goes to Paris, where he will learn new techniques and broaden his horizons. In 1886, he returned to Italy and settled in Milan where he worked, for a short period, with Carlo Bugatti and then open his own workshop in via Donizetti 3.
His early works are strongly marked by Bugatti Moorish’s style, but already the exhibition of Turin of 1898 you can see the first signs of Art Nouveau and his personal style. He was always attentive to the quality and originality of his accomplishments, always attentive to every art form. Furniture realized mainly in walnut with inlays of nacre and metallic applications. Develop over time a harmonic elegance of the decor, with thread-like grounds, valuable wood species and inlays and high quality bezels with fine materials (nacre, silver, copper, bronze, pewter, etc.), this characteristic was called "the goldsmith of furniture makers."
In 1900 he participates at the Paris International exposition where he received the "Grand Prix" of the jury. Will participate in a number of other exposures as that of Turin in 1902 and Milan in 1906 where he will receive the "Grand Royal Award" and the "Diploma of gold medal".
Eugenio Quarti worked with the most prestigious architects of his time (Giuseppe Sommaruga, Luigi Broggi, Alfredo Campanini, etc.) well as with the great artists/craftsmen of his time as Alessandro Mazzucotelli. He also worked as a decorator, designing entire furniture for both public and private buildings. It was he who designed the furniture for Palazzo Castiglioni in Milan, Villa Carosio in Baveno, Grand Hotel and Casino in San Pellegrino Terme, Hungaria Palace Hotel in Venice Lido. One of his most significant works were the vessels of the "Bar Camparino", at the entrance site of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan. however not disdain also committed less important such as the furniture for Villa Mariani to Bordighera residence of the painter Pompeo Mariani...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
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 en...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
$4,785 / item
Barbarella Writing Desk / Secretary by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, 1966/1985
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ettore Sottsass Barbarella cabinet for Poltronova, Italy. Designed in 1966, produced in 1985. The cabinet features three drawers over a drop-front ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Late 18th century Georgian walnut bureau
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Late 18th century georgian walnut bureau circa 1790.
Fine quality George III period walnut bureau, fitted with a fall and 2 over 3 drawers.
Fall drops down onto pull out slides to ...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique French Provincial Mahogany Inlaid Marquetry Kidney Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Provincial Mahogany Inlaid Marquetry Kidney Desk
Elevate your workspace with this beautiful antique inlaid marquetry kidney desk. Its kidney shape not only enhances ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown French Provincial Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Theodore Alexander French Louis XV Walnut Bureau Plat Leather Top Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk
By Theodore Alexander
Vietnam, Early 21st Century
Carved walnut, with bronze ormolu mounts, and embossed black le...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial Desks
Materials
Bronze
Amazing Desk Art Deco 1930 France Wood Zebrano
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Desk
Year 1930
French
Wood is Zebrano
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. It has a large work surface.
The quality of the furniture and the e...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood, Ebony, Zebra Wood
19th Century Exceptional Biedermeier Walnut Drop Front Desk. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
This exceptional drop-front desk represents one of the finest examples of top-quality Viennese Biedermeier furniture from circa 1825. Renowned for its refined proportions, understate...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Desks
Materials
Maple, Walnut
French Directoire Style Narrow Secretary Desk in Wood, Orange Gray Lacquered
Located in Landivy, FR
This Secretary 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, classical an...
Category
2010s French Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood, Cherry, Lacquer
Mahogany Writing Table Green Leather
Located in Annville, PA
An elegant Mahogany Writing Table Green Leather by Niagara Furniture which is a perfect fit for use either at home or in the offic...
Category
2010s Renaissance Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
$2,085 / item
French Empire Style Mahogany Antique Secretary Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EMPIRE STYLE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRETARY DESK
Composed of 19th century elements
ref. 501GWU22P
45 7/8" H x 32 1/8" W x 15 5/8" D; writing area is 15" D x 26 1/8" W
Thi...
Category
20th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Exceptional Quality Antique 19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Exceptional quality antique 19th century Victorian burr walnut bureau having three drawers above a beautiful shaped fall enclosing a wonderful fitted exterior with three long drawers...
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Peter Lovig Mid Century Danish Teak Flip Top Desk
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Peter Lovig Mid Century Danish Teak Flip Top Desk
This desk measures: 63.75 wide x 28.75 deep x 28.75 high, with a chair clearance of 23.5 inches
W...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
19th Century Venetian Desk
Located in Charlottesville, VA
This is a charming Venetian desk. It is beautiful in decoration.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Wood, Paint
Mid-Century Modern Danish Walnut Desk by Svend Åge Madsen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant mid-century modern Danish desk crafted by Svend Åge Madsen from beautifully grained teak. Features clean Scandinavian lines, multiple drawers for storage, and fully functiona...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Heal
Son Satinwood Inverted Breakfront Pedestal Desk, c.1890 (Victorian c19th)
By Heal
s
Located in Leeds, GB
Heal & Son Satinwood Inverted Breakfront Pedestal Desk, c.1890
A late Victorian satinwood pedestal desk by Heal & Son, London, dating to around 1890.
Gracefully formed in an inverte...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Satinwood
Burr walnut desk bookcase, 19th century
Located in MILL, NL
English Desk Bookcase, Top Desk
From England, early 19th century. Approx. 1810-1840. Entirely in burr walnut veneer. Very beautiful colour.
To use the secretary desk, two supports ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Slant Front Desk
Located in Huntington, NY
An unusual trapezoid-shaped Swedish Gustavian slant front desk. Front opens to reveal an ample work surface with six cascading drawers sitti...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Iron
Monumental Monteverdi Young Boomerang Desk, Gilded and Ebonized, 1960
s
Located in Culver City, CA
Step into a world where luxury meets artistry with this monumental executive desk, a true statement piece designed by the illustrious Maurice Bailey for Monteverdi-Young. At an awe-i...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
$19,500 Sale Price
40% Off
Arne Vodder Desk in Rosewood for H.P. Hansen, Denmark, 1960s
By Arne Vodder
Located in BERKEL EN RODENRIJS, NL
This elegant freestanding desk was designed by Arne Vodder for H.P. Hansen in Denmark in the 1960s. Made of richly grained rosewood, it features a rare symmetrical design with drawer...
Category
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Danish Modern Børge Mogensen Teak Secretary Desk
Located in San Diego, CA
Danish Secretary Desk by Børge Mogensen for Soborg Mobler, circa 1960's. This gorgeous teak drop-front secretary desk has three storage drawers. Tall tapered legs under a teak case g...
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Rare 18th Century Georgian Period Mahogany Architect Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
This rare and elegant Georgian Architect’s desk has a ratchet top, extending drawer front, as well as storage compartments. Architect desks, m...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
$8,400 Sale Price
67% Off
Multifunctional Orange Desk by Fredrik Mattson for Blå Station
Located in Pasadena, CA
Multifunctional swivel chair/desk designed by Fredrik Mattson for Blå Station, Sweden in 2001.
Innovation C is now dressed up all monochrome for its 20-year anniversary! Using a ta...
Category
Early 2000s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Chrome
Antique 19th Century Architect
s Mahogany Pedestal Desk Drafting Table 1870
Located in Portland, OR
A good and unusual 19th century antique mahogany pedestal architect's drafting table, desk, circa 1870.
The desk/drafting table having a hinged lift up writing/drawing surface that c...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Large Oak Wood Desk with Antler Decorations by Rudolf Brix 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A large antique oak wood desk decorated with several antler pieces from the deer and the Virginia deer as well as wild boar tusks. The doors and sides carry animal heads (staghound and fox) made of pottery. A rare rustic furniture manufactured in Austria ca. 1900 by Rudolf Brix...
Category
19th Century Austrian Black Forest Antique Desks
Materials
Antler, Wood
19th C Buffet Secretaire, Escritoire Cabinet Louis Philippe Cherrywood, France
Located in Labrit, Landes
Antique Louis Philippe buffet escritoire secretaire cabinet, circa 1850-1860
Desk very convenient to store and close in a room with several func...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Desks
Materials
Cherry
$1,797 Sale Price
56% Off
Mid-Century Modern Solid Wood Desk by House of Jaipur
Located in New York, NY
Elevate your workspace with this exquisite handcrafted teak executive desk, a statement of refined luxury and artisanal craftsmanship. Designed for discerning collectors and professi...
Category
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood, Teak
French Louis XVI Secretaire Abattant / Secretary desk, circa 1800
Located in Lucenec, SK
The secrétaire à abbatant or fall front desk is nearly identical to the desk 5th President James Monroe brought back from France in 1797. These desks are ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
$4,826 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Writing Desk and Chair Set circa 1920s, Moorish Style Inlaid Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Very fine antique Moorish style inlaid writing desk and chair set, circa 1920's. This hand-carved, intricately detailed example has absolutely incredible inlay work and fine woods to...
Category
Early 20th Century Lebanese Moorish Desks
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Rare Midcentury Paul McCobb 1562 Drop Lid Desk with Organizer Maple T Pulls
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful Paul McCobb planner group #1562 drop lid desk with Rare organizer inside and adjustable glass shelf blonde maple finish T-pulls all solid maple. Flip down front door is des...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Steel
Vittorio Dassi Monumental Desk Wall Unit for Mobili Cantù, Italy, 1950
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Monumental and very rare desk wall unit by Vittorio Dassi for Mobili Cantù – Italy, circa 1950.
Italian walnut, birch and brass details.
Corner assembly between two walls at a 90-deg...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
François Linke French Louis XVI Ormolu Kingwood Bureau Plat Desk, c.1889
Located in King
s Lynn, GB
A rare early François Linke bureau plat (c.1889, a masterwork of the Belle Époque by France’s most celebrated ébéniste. Originally from the Estelle D...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
7ft Dunbar Roger Sprunger Rosewood Chrome Writing Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage midcentury Roger Sprunger rosewood chrome table writing desk by Dunbar
1970s
Executive desk in rich rosewood veneer with three drawers over legs in polished chrome.
We als...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Chrome
$13,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English Jacobean Carved Oak Glass Front Double Bookcase, Circa 1920s
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding antique English Jacobean side-by-side double bookcase cabinet with chest of drawers and drop front secretary desk
In the manner of Berkey and Gay
England, Circa 1920...
Category
1920s English Jacobean Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Danish Modern Teak Executive Desk by Ib Kofod Larsen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Amazing Danish teak executive desk designed by Ib Kofod Larsen for Faarup Møbelfabrik in Denmark, circa 1960s. This desk has a versatile and functional design where the fine attentio...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Shop Counter Sarreguemines Porcelain
Located in Vosselaar, BE
This late 19th century French shop counter is extremely rare because of its custom made Sarreguemines porcelain panels. Every panel is a bit different and fits seamlessly with bolts ...
Category
19th Century French Baroque Revival Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Walnut desk with two solid walnut drawers in mid-century modern style
Located in ZIELONA GÓRA, PL
Desk in mid-century style with two drawers and brass handles. The tapered legs are finished with brass plated aluminum feet. Desk made of solid American walnut wood and wood covered ...
Category
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Monumental hotel reception desk set — 11.5m Front Counter, 16.9m Rear
Located in TOURCOING, FR
Monumental hotel reception desk set — 11.5m Front Counter, 16.9m Rear
This monumental reception counter, originally part of a grand hôtel palace, is a masterpiece of 20th-century cr...
Category
1930s Belgian Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Jacobean William and Mary Greek Key Carved Mahogany 3 Drawer Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Jacobean William and Mary Green Key Carved Mahogany 3 Drawer Desk. Item features carved "chinoiserie" details, turn carved spiral legs and s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Mahogany
1940s Petite French Art Deco Oak Office Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
Petite French oak office desk, circa 1930s–40s. Carefully restored for structural integrity while retaining its authentic aged patina and natural surface movement. The compact form f...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Oak
1968 Executive Desk
Located in Hanover, MA
Executive desk formerly belonging to noted architect George M. Notter, (1933–2007) of the Boston firm Anderson Notter Finegold (now known as Finegold Alexander Architects).
Current institutional memory at the firm suggests it was a special order from Herman Miller for the then new New York offices of MGM, however Herman Miller's archivist was unable to confirm.
Styling, particularly the distinctive slim milled aluminum tracks through which the entire drawer carriage glides is clearly similar to Warren Platner's designs for Lehigh-Leopold which were then among the most costly of executive office furnishings.
The bent flat bar chromed steel base with its distinctive pigeon toe splay is somewhat similar to a table base in Stow Davis' Electa Series, designed by Alexis Yermakov circa 1971.
Walnut laminate top is very clean with no issues. One corner edge shows a small separation.
The only identifying markings are within the milled aluminum channel:
G.P.
F.I.
2
And the date Dec. 20, 1968.
See image 18.
Between the rectangular laminate top and the chrome base is a heavy blackened steel plate. Underneath the bent chrome pigeon toe feet are bars of a thick phenolic material which act as floor protector.
We can have keys made to fit the two locking drawers.
Tim Anderson...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
$6,500
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI, Mahogany
Gilt-Bronze Mounted Centre Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th-20th century Louis XVI. Mahogany and gilt-bronze mounted centre - Writing table with tooled leather top, Paris, circa 1900.
Measures: Height 29 1/2 inches (74.9 cm)
...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
$5,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Modern Milano Leather 3-Drawer Desk with Sleek Cerused Oak by Ercole Home
By Ercole Home
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A very functional writing, computer desk with 2 covered leather drawers on the side and in the middle a drawers that open to accommodate your writing keyboard. It fits perfectly your...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
French Designer, Desk, Mahogany, France, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A dark-stained mahogany and brass desk designed and produced in France, c. 1930s.
Provenance: Decorators-commissioned house in Biarritz.
Minor to moderate imperfections throughout....
Category
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Asian Chinoiserie Secretary Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The Vintage Asian Chinoiserie Secretary Desk blends American style with Eastern elegance, featuring intricate Chinoiserie detailing and exquisite cra...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Upholstery, Glass, Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Desk and Return
Located in St. Louis, MO
1960s Edward Wormley desk and ensuite return, label, currently being refinished, desk.
Measures: 72 W x 36.5 D x 29 H.
Return
60 W x 30.5 D x 29 H.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
$5,800 / set
Victorian Mahogany And Brass Campaign Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with new tooled brown leather. Brass bound edge. The frieze containing a long drawer. All set on two pedestals each with three drawers. Back of the desk is finished w...
Category
1870s English Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Stickley Brothers Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table with built-in bookcases
By Stickley Brothers
USA, Circa 1900
Quarter sawn oak, with hammered copper h...
Category
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Desks
Materials
Copper
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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