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Desks For Sale
Large Deep Walnut 9 Drawers Partners Style Antique Desk Brass Pulls Table Mint
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large Deep Walnut 9 Drawers Partners Style antique desk brass pulls table mint.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Vintage Chippendale Style Mahogany Desk
Located in Annville, PA
A fine quality Vintage Chippendale Style Mahogany Desk with a richly restored top and sympathetically restored drawer area. The solid brass p...
Category
1980s North American Renaissance Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Burl Walnut Writing Slope
Located in Brussels, Brussels
19th-century burl walnut writing case.
A beautiful, high-quality case featuring a burl walnut with a superb flame.
We can find two diamon medaillon in it center
The case opens to ...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini Wooden Secretary Desk
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant mahogany wood desk with aluminum inserts designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini in 1960. Hardwood and wood veneer, details on feet and the bottom in aluminum. Pull-out t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Aluminum
Petite French Louis XV Style Walnut Slant-Front Desk, Stamped, circa 1810
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stamped French Louis XV style small walnut slant-front desk with sliding inlaid panels, long drawer and inner compartments from the early 19th century. This petite French desk...
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Italian Mid Century Executive Desk Table designed by Vittorio Dassi in 1950s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stylish Executive desk designed by Vittorio Dassi in 1950s,truly unique design characterized by a sinuous top with an arched line in contrast with the central part convex in the oppo...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Glass, Teak
Vintage Italian Walnut Burl Louis XV Bombay Style Serpentine Writing Desk VGC
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Hand-made in Italy, circa 1950s or 60s, this gorgeous 5-drawer Louis XV or Bombay style desk in Italian walnut burl with antiqued brass hardware. This desk has been in my collections...
Category
1960s Italian Louis XV Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Pierre Paulin Bird
s-Eye Maple and Walnut Inlay Executive Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare Pierre Paulin executive desk for Baker. Bird's-eye maple veneers inlaid with dark walnut in the signature motif for the Paulin Collection. Drawers are fitted to give a floating ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Desks
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
$14,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English Cylinder-Top Pedestal Desk with Green Leather
Finished Back
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A more compact version of a classic model, this functional pedestal desk in light, golden oak is unusual in that it can float in a room and has the original casters, making it mobile...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
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
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
Antique Edwardian Quality Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
A fine Edwardian mahogany partners desk of generous proportion and refined design. The rectangular moulded top is inset with a gilt-tooled leather writing surface resting above an ar...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antiqued 17th Century Style Writing Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
An antiqued wood writing desk, with two frieze drawers, on barley twist turned legs joined by stretchers. This is an antique reproduction of the original 17th century.
Dimensions: 4...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Desks
Materials
Wood
$2,500 Sale Price / item
40% Off
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ranch Oak Desk and Matching Chair by Brandt
Located in Lafayette, IN
Great little desk in the "Ranch Oak" style and manufactured by Brandt Furniture Co. of Fort Worth, Texas. Desk features a great size paired with that wonderful, faux-weathered wester...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
$695 Sale Price
44% Off
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
Modernist Carl Malmsten Pine 1940s Desk with a shelf, unique
Located in Forest, BE
This is a unusual desk made out of pine. Produced in Sweden around the 1940s. It is a so unique in the shape, the base is very unusual with the shelf as a feet. It will brighten any...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Pine
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
Cane Desk with Bamboo Pulls, Heron, by Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Heron Desk brings a touch of timeless style to any workspace. A paneled cane gallery and drawer fronts introduce texture and warmth, beautifully complementing the wooden top. Des...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Desks
Materials
Wood, Cane
Dudouyt - Inspired - Table - Extendable - Oak - 1940s - France - Brutalist
Located in Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Brutalist legs and luminous marquetry — a dialogue between grain, geometry and patina.
This French Art Deco dining table distills the period’s boldness into a restrained, architectu...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
Georgian Cherry Wood Drop Front Secretary Desk With Bookcase Hutch
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Georgian or Chippendale style bureau with drop front secretary desk and bookcase hutch top
USA, Late 20th Century
Gorgeous carved solid cherry wood, with original brass...
Category
Late 20th Century American Georgian 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
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
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
Large wall desk massive oak and bronze 6 drawers Denmark end of 19 century
Located in SAINT-YRIEIX-SUR-CHARENTE, FR
Large wall counter in solid oak, bronze, and glass tops, from the former customs buildings (“Toldboden”) at the port of Aarhus in Denmark, built in 1897 by architect Hack Kampmann (1...
Category
1890s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
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
Important Edward Wormley For Dunbar Drop-Leaf Desk in Tawi Walnut
Steel 1950s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Before this desk was built in the early 1950s, top-class American furniture design was typically unrecognizable compared to the mid century design that exploded in the late 1950s. Across the pond in Europe, the mid century revolution had already happened, yielding huge success in the form of designers and architects like Ettore Sottsass and many more. This inspired Dunbar to produce this desk: one of the most conservatively designed Dunbar models ever at the time. Then, it probably looked incredibly sleek and handsome. Now, it stands as a piece of history not only for Dunbar, but for American design as a whole.
In classic Dunbar fashion, the construction of the desk is absolutely in the top of its class. Known for overbuilt pieces, this desk takes it to another level. A frame of black enameled square tubular steel supports a mahogany cabinet with four drawers of the same material, attached with beautiful solid brass hardware. The top is of a rare form of walnut called tawi, which has an interesting grain structure that's visibly more smooth than figured walnut, and is secured to the base with no less than 12 high-quality brass screws. The hinges for the drop side are also uncessesarily intricate, and feature exceptional stability and smoothness. When the drop side is extended, it feels like a perfect natural extension of the main work surface. To top it all off, the drop side has sliding support panel on the underside made of solid rosewood, one of the most expensive and premium woods. Signed in the interior of the second drawer with a metal label. An extraordinary construction for an extraordinary piece of history.
In good condition. Top has been refinished and is ready for another generation of use. Structurally excellent. Drawers slide smoothly with almost no dip when extended. Drop side is sturdy and hinges feel great.
If desired, we can restore this desk even more. We can repaint the frame black, we can refinish the cabinet, polish brass, etc. As it stands, it has a nice original patina that adds to the character of the desk. Let us know what you'd likle to see! We have decades of experience restoring vintage furniture...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass, Steel
Osvaldo Borsani Mid-Century Modern Italian Shop Counter Cash Desk, 1950s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Beautiful and original shop cash desk in the style of Osvaldo Borsani in the 1950s, original VITREX glass top.
Note the particularity of the designer and the...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Glass, Maple, Walnut
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
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
Stickley Brothers Style Antique Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Desk, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period writing desk or library table with built-in bookcases
In the manner of Stickley Brothers
USA, Circa 1900
Measures: 40"W x 26...
Category
Early 1900s American Mission Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
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
Antique Eastlake Walnut Cylinder Roll Top Desk C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Eastlake Walnut Cylinder Roll Top Desk C1890
Measures - 95 1/4" x 36" x 23 7/8"
This antique Eastlake cylinder roll top desk, crafted ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
$1,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Frejus
Wood And Steel Desk In The Style Of Eugene Printz
Located in Glendale, CA
'Frejus' Wood And Steel Desk In The Style Of Eugene Printz
Crafted in Los Angeles in the workshop of noted French designer and antiques dealer Denis de le Mesiere, who meticulously ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks
Materials
Steel
$14,500 Sale Price / item
10% Off
English Camphor Wood Military Campaign Chest with Fitted Interior Desk, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English camphor wood military campaign chest with an upper case fitted drawer hinged fall front secretary desk revealing a leather writing surface, central prospect door with key, fl...
Category
1810s English Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Danish Rosewood Desk by Severin Hansen Jr. for Haslev, 1960s
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An exceptional Danish modern rosewood desk designed by Severin Hansen Jr. for Haslev Møbelsnedkeri, crafted in the 1960s. This piece is a quintessential example of Hansen’s celebrate...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
American Maple Slant Front Desk, Late 18th C.
Located in Astoria, NY
American Maple Slant Front Desk, late 18th century, with fall front opening to central drawer flanked by three cubbies, and five short drawers, the desk above four drawers on bracket...
Category
Late 18th Century American American Classical Antique Desks
Materials
Maple
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mengel Drop Front Secretary Desk by Raymond Loewy
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome vintage Mid-Century Modern Mengel drop front secretary desk by Raymond Loewy. Comprised of an oak case, cerused oak drawer fronts, and blac...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
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
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
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
French 19th Century Desk-Vitrine
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This French Desk is amazing, it has a top with its original old glass and very useful for storage.
It is made of walnut with a kaki color leather top.
From the floor to the top of th...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Glass, Walnut
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
19th Century English Paint Decorated Adam Style Satinwood Writing Table Desk
Located in Long Branch, NJ
19th Century English Paint Decorated Adam Style Satinwood Writing Table Desk
Dimensions : 50" Wide X 26" Deep X 34.5" Tall
This stunning desk was made in England in the late 19th C...
Category
Late 19th Century British Adam Style Antique Desks
Materials
Satinwood
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
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
Antique Louis XVI Style Fruitwood Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Louis XV style fruit wood desk with brass mounts and leather top, circa 1900. With a rectangular top with rounded corners, inset with leather, 3 frieze drawers with brass hardware, resting on cabriole legs ending in brass sabots. Hand dove tailed drawer construction. Probably imported by John Nelson Antiques...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
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
Victorian Davenport Desk Burr Walnut Pop Up Mechanism 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian burr walnut pop up Davenport
Circa 1880
This davenport features a piano style lid which opens to reveal a pullout writing slope with a stand up reading support and fitted i...
Category
Early 1800s Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
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
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
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
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
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
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
19th Century Vernis Martin French Secretaire Cabinet Attributed To Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Dublin, IE
A superb late 19th century French flamed mahogany and Vernis Martin secretaire cabinet in the manner of Paul Sormani Paris. The rectangular top with three quarter balustrade gallery,...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Maddox French Provincial Louis XV Painted Secretary Desk With Mirrored Bookcase
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style bureau with drop front secretary desk and mirrored bookcase hutch top
By Maddox Furniture
USA, 1970s
Cream lacquered walnut, with hand-...
Category
1970s American French Provincial Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Compass desk designed by Jean Prouve and produced by Vitra in 1953
By Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Ravenna, IT
Compass executive desk designed by Jean Prouvé and produced by Vitra in 1953. The iconic piece gets its name from the aesthetics of the slender metal legs, resembling a compass. Comb...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
Rosewood Danish Executive Desk with Tambour Door
Located in San Francisco, CA
Danish executive desk in richly grained Rio rosewood, made in the 1950s or 1960s. The front includes a central drawer and two cupboards with interior pull-out trays, all key-operated...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Rosewood
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
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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