Desks
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Desks
Walnut
1810s English Campaign Antique Desks
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Antique Desks
Marble, Bronze, Gold
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Metal
2010s American Regency Desks
Mahogany
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Wood, Teak
20th Century French Desks
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks
Steel
1750s English George III Antique Desks
Wood, Oak
Early 1800s Victorian Antique Desks
Walnut
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Gold Leaf
1990s American Post-Modern Desks
Steel
1970s American Modern Vintage Desks
Steel, Chrome
19th Century English Campaign Antique Desks
Brass
20th Century American Jacobean Desks
Mahogany
1960s American Georgian Vintage Desks
Brass
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Elm
1950s Canadian Vintage Desks
Metal
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desks
Mahogany
1760s English George III Antique Desks
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Desks
Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks
Brass, Iron
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Bronze
1860s European High Victorian Antique Desks
Leather, Walnut
1950s Vintage Desks
Wood
1960s Czech Vintage Desks
Oak
1870s English Campaign Antique Desks
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
21st Century and Contemporary Slovenian Modern Desks
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Rosewood
Early 19th Century English Antique Desks
Walnut
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Aluminum
19th Century French Baroque Revival Antique Desks
Wood
2010s French Neoclassical Desks
Leather, Wood, Cherry, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Desks
Leather, Mahogany
1810s American Federal Antique Desks
Brass
1820s English Antique Desks
Leather, Ebony, Mahogany
Mid-18th Century British George III Antique Desks
Mahogany
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Desks
Mahogany
1880s French Regency Antique Desks
Metal, Silver, Bronze, Copper, Ormolu
Early 1900s Art Deco Antique Desks
Oak
Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Desks
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Teak
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Teak
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Wood
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks
Leather, Beech
Late 19th Century Antique Desks
Walnut
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Rosewood
Early 20th Century Desks
Oak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Chrome
18th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Brass
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Desks
Metal, Chrome
Early 1900s Antique Desks
Brass
Late 20th Century American Desks
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Desks
Brass, Steel
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks
Mahogany
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Ash, Oak
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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