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Desks For Sale
Art Deco Table J.Halabala from 1960
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Art Deco table by J. Halabala from 1960s.
The piece of furniture was made of walnut tree.
Art Deco table by the famous Czech designer J. Halabala, 1950. Jindrich Halabala - (a Czech ...
Category
1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique English Mahogany Campaign Desk Inset Pulls Tooled Leather Top Circa 1860
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Circa 1860 English Mahogany Campaign Desk with inset brass pulls and inset tooled gilt black leather top constructed in three sections - the top section with three drawers; each of ...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
English Red Mini Kneehole Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
English Venezian Red Mini Kneehole Desk with raised Chinoiserie. Hand painted and crafted by Kipper himself in our shop; truly making this vibrant desk a one of a kind. He was inspir...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Art Deco Table J.Halabala from 1960
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Art Deco table by J. Halabala from 1960s.
The piece of furniture was made of walnut tree.
Art Deco table by the famous Czech designer J. Halabala, 1950. Jindrich Halabala - (a Czech ...
Category
1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Danish desk table by Sven Ellekaer 1960s
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Exclusive wooden desk attributed to the important Danish designer and architect Sven Ellekaer. Ellekaer's unmistakable design with its V-shaped curved wood and the precise union betw...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
18th Century Kneehole Desk
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A wonderful knee hole desk.
Category
18th Century British Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Small Writing Desk on Cabriole Legs
Located in Sheridan, CO
Antique small writing desk on cabriole legs with original brass hardware. Desk features 7 drawers and pull out slide on the front.
Dimensio...
Category
Late 19th Century English French Provincial Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Geraldo de Barros writing desk Unilabor Brazil 1956
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice minimalistic small writing desk designed by Geraldo de Barros and manufactured by Unilabor, Brazil 1956. The desk is made up of three main parts. The black iron frame, rosewood finished top and the drawer cabinet. The drawer fronts have the characteristic white laminated finish with metal handles. Unilabor could use these same parts to create different furniture designs, following the company's standards.
This approach was part of a methodical way of making things, and the design style was common to other factories of that time. The most unique idea was how they thought about the production process in an organised way. In very good condition with beautiful grain to the rosewood. The chair on the pictures is not included.
Literature; Brazilian Modern Design Alberto Vicente Marcelo Vasconcellos 2017, page 264-281
The most profound conceptual experience in the production of modern furniture in Brazil was led by Geraldo de Barros, a major artist of the Concrete Art movement in the country. Interested in new technologies and processes, Geraldo's career was consistently permeated with artistic experiments, particularly in photography and painting. His affiliation with design was influenced by the "gute form" principle advocated by Max Bill. Bill was the founder of the Ulm School...
Category
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Sheraton Pedestal Desk Shaped Marquetry Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Pretty Mahogany Sheraton Revival Pedestal Desk.
This Desk Stands Upon Shaped Legs.
Circa 1880
Each Pedestal Featuring 3 Graduated mahogany Lined Drawers.
The Drawer Fronts Having Tea...
Category
1880s Sheraton Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Shaped Boulle Bureau Plat Desk French Interiors
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Elegant French bureau plat in the Boulle manner
The first thing that really attracted us to this was the elegant shape
Features intricate Boulle inlay on all surfaces, lacquer and brass and faux tort
Good size writing surface with pink tooled...
Category
1980s Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Trunk Mobile Office Bureau Leather Black Restoration Hardware Timothy Oulton
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Travel and take your work anywhere, anytime
Funky, fun, ergonomic, mobile office, compact bureau or bookcase for the home or travel to exhibitions or sites
Vintage trunk stylish and ...
Category
2010s Central American Campaign Desks
Materials
Chrome
Zebva Coffee Table
Located in Ostrava, CZ
Introduce a touch of genuine exoticism into your interior with this remarkable table, showcasing a captivating zebrawood pattern that exudes simplicity and sophistication. The three-...
Category
2010s Czech Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Wood, Zebra Wood
Regency Mahogany Desk Library Table Period
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Impressive Regency Mahogany Library Table.
Period Regency
This Table is Raised upon Impressive Ring Turned, Fluted and Carved Legs with Brass Castors.
Featuring 6 x Mahogany Lined Wo...
Category
1980s Regency Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Modern Teak Wood Roll Top Secretary Desk by Egon Ostergaard 1960s
Located in Hawthorne, CA
Teak wood roll top desk made in Sweden, designed by Egon Ostergaard. Curved top opens upward to reveal divided cubbies and three small drawers (two black pulls on each end and a bras...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood, Teak
Julian Chichester Cortes Black Vellum Desk
Located in London, GB
Julian Chichester founded his furniture design company in 1995, inspired by the classic shapes from the 19th and 20th centuries and adding his own unique twist through contemporary f...
Category
2010s British Desks
Materials
Animal Skin
Hotel Restaurant Reception Hostess Greeting Station, Greeter
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Hotel Restaurant Reception Hostess Greeting Station, Greeter
A very neat Front of House Reception Greeter, the front of the desk is very attractive, it is panelled with decorative carved and gilded leaf decoration , at the receptionist side there are 2 large storage shelves and a concealed desk...
Category
1870s Adam Style Antique Desks
Materials
Gold Leaf
Desk cylinder in mahogany and bronze louis XVI style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very nice desk cylinder in mahogany and bronze louis XVI style executed by PELLAET
31 rue Caumartin PARIS . A very good cabinet maker in this time
the desk cylinder has three belt d...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Bronze
C1700 burr walnut kneehole bureau on original bun feet
Located in Bakewell, GB
C1700 burr walnut kneehole bureau on original bun feet.
Burr walnut bureau, of fabulous colour and patination complete with good interior and well kneehole configuration with cupboa...
Category
18th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
English Edwardian Chippendale mahogany desk
Located in Salisbury, GB
Edwardian Chippendale mahogany desk
This Edwardian Chippendale mahogany desk was made circa 1910.
The cabinetmaker took inspiration from the designs of Thomas Chippendale. Using the ...
Category
Early 1900s English Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
George II Style Oyster Walnut Partner’s Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Magnificent Late 19th Century Oyster Walnut Partners Desk. Beautiful matched and patterned oyster walnut veneer. Two pedestals with graduated drawers on one side and cabinets on th...
Category
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Newly Refinished - Mid-Century Modern Sculpted Walnut Desk by Hooker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Expertly Refinished
With over 15 years of experience, our workshop has followed a careful process of restoration, showcasing our passion and creativity for vintage designs that can ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Victorian walnut kidney desk
Located in Salisbury, GB
Victorian walnut kidney writing table
This Victorian walnut kidney writing table was made circa 1870.
It is of a dramatic kidney shape with the top in b...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany, Ormolu Desk, Signed Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Ormolu desk, signed Linke. The three drawer rectangular desk with pullouts on either side is raised by four slender square ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Ormolu
1960’s Mid Century to Scandinavian Modern Teak Writing Desk w Shelf & Round Legs
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome vintage mid-century modern or Scandinavian Modern teak writing desk with raised back shelf, 2 drawers, and straight round legs, made in Bangkok. Beautiful condition, keeping...
Category
1960s Thai Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Table in Solid Oak, Charles Dudouyt, 1940s
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Immerse yourself in the timeless allure of French Art Deco design with this exceptional dining table crafted by the renowned Charles Dudouyt. This table is a true masterpiece, charac...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Elm
British Colonial Antique Campaign Leather Top Three Person Desk or Workspace
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable 19th century English three person desk or workspace handcrafted in mahogany, featuring a green tooled leather top over three knee holes and three pedestals with t...
Category
19th Century English Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
French 1970s Desk by Michel Mortier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Michel MORTIER (1925-2015)- A writing table with a beech base and a white laminated plywood top. Model MP2 (Mortier/ Perrigault), 1979.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Laminate, Beech
Pierre Jeanneret Mid Century Wooden Black Office Desk & Box Chair in Teak, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare mid century wooden desk and box chair in black stained teak by Pierre Jeanneret produced for Chandigarh, India 1950s. In good a...
Category
1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rattan, Teak
Desk Model 530, Gianfranco Frattini Bernini Edition, 1957
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Desk model 530 - Gianfranco Frattini - Circa 1957
Bernini edition (label in right drawer)
Rosewood
H95xW130xD79.5cm
In a perfect state
The desk features a removable storage un...
Category
1950s European Other Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood, Wood
French Inlay Slant Front Writing Desk
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Early 20th C. Lady's Desk. Mahogany. Slant Lid Embellished With Mother-Of-Pearl And Colored Wood Inlay In Foliate Design.
Curbside to NYC/Philly $300
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown French Provincial Desks
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Mahogany
French 18th Century Directoire Roll Top Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A handsome and classically designed French Directoire “D” roll top desk. The desk is topped with a polished piece of St. Anne gris marble. Directly beneath the marble are three draw...
Category
18th Century French Directoire Antique Desks
Materials
Marble
Danish Modern Finn Juhl NV40 Writing Desk
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A rare Finn Juhl design know as the FJ 40. One of Finn Juhl’s earliest designs that is produced by master cabinet maker Niels Vodder.A small compact writing desk in teak with very fi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
1900s French Wooden Writing Desk
Located in High Point, NC
Embrace the timeless charm of this 1900s French Wooden Writing Desk, a sophisticated addition to any study or office space. The warm finish exudes ...
Category
20th Century French Desks
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century American Walnut Federal Style Drop-Front Desk
Located in Louisville, KY
Circa 1830's, this walnut Federal Sheraton style plantation desk has a single front drawer on the lower desk and double doors on the upper piece. The double doors open to reveal intr...
Category
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Traditional 72 Inch Mahogany Executive Desk by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is a new traditional mahogany executive desk. Its design was inspired by large desks from the 1800s. It is the regular size version of our classic (84”) LH-3084. It features a t...
Category
2010s American Regency Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Modern Style Desk, Mahogany Finish
Located in Westwood, NJ
Mid-Century Modern style desk with a three-quarter wooden gallery, a single frieze drawer, and raised on square tapered legs. Finished in our dark mahogany stain.
Dimensions: 48" ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Teak Desk by Svend Åge Madsen for H.P. Hansen, 1960s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
This desk is designed by Svend Åge Madsen and manufactured by h.p. Hansen in Denmark in the 1960s. It is a good example of high quality materials and manufacturing. This is a teak de...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Mid century Danish Modern Magic Box Desk in Teak by Mummenthaler & Meier
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid century teak closable locking teak writing desk called the "Magic Box", designed by Swiss Mummenthaler and Meier. The piece closes completely and can be key-locked to protect all...
Category
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Stow Davis Kidney Shaped Executive Desk
By Stow Davis
Located in Hanover, MA
Handsome late 1940's American Art Deco kidney shaped desk designed by Giacomo "Jack" Buzzita for Stow Davis' Executive collection.
Beautifully refinished bleached walnut large kidney shaped top overhangs ovoid shaped satin finished dark walnut case of drawers with cast bronze pulls and a crescent moon shaped pedestal support, both on a shaped ebonized plinth.
Case appears like four drawers but is actually three as the middle is double height and fitted for files. Organizer vide poche in top drawer along with metal label "Stow & Davis Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan".
Crescent moon pedestal can be reversed if preferred so the cove faces inside (see last two detail images).
Stylistically similar to designs of Gilbert Rohde.
Depth of top from center is 39 inches.
This particular desk is unusual insofar as all the others I've seen are oriented the other way so that the ovoid case is on the left side and the crescent pedestal is on the right while the kidney top...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Bronze
Restored Pre WWII Rattan and Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Embrace the fusion of timeless beauty and functionality with our Restored Rattan and Mahogany Writing Desk. Featuring a convenient drawer adorned with rattan drawer pulls and support...
Category
1950s Vintage Desks
Materials
Rattan
1968 Alexis Yermakov for Stow Davis Executive Office Suite
Located in Cedar Falls, IA
Matching executive office suite designed by Alexis Yermakov for Stow Davis in 1968 as part of the Electa line.
Stunning walnut color and figure present on this expansive executive d...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum
French Napoleon III Bonheur Du Jour, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
An unusual 19th-century Napoleon III desk Bonheur Du Jour in wood with yellow metal filets, a mat top, a top with golden metal rails, four little drawers, and a wide lower one with a...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Metal
Vintage Carlton House Writing Desk
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Carlton House Writing Desk. Stands on four hepplewhite legs with ball feet. Accented with tooled leather top, starburst brass drawer pull, b...
Category
20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Brass
Fine Quality Victorian Oak Partners Desk
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
R035 Fine quality Victorian desk in oak, having new black tooled leather and moulded top above three frieze drawers above three graduated drawers, all fitted with original working lo...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Crescent Desk - Modern White Lacquered Desk with Brass Legs
Located in London, GB
The Crescent collection is inspired by the graceful curvature of the antique arches, intertwined between them to bring its architectural majesty into our houses. It's a structure made of lacquered wood and brass legs that can be customized to order by our team of experienced craftsmen. This piece is built in lacquered solid wood with a polished brass structure and a set of three individual push-open...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
19th C Antique Military Campaign English Traveling Writing Desk Tompson Patent
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique, circa mid 19th Century English Military Campaign traveling writing or lap desk with brass details, a fitted leather and gilt interior, two ink bottles, pen tray and compa...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Mid-Century Italian Modern Walnut and Steel Desk with Blue Laminate Top
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Single-drawer desk composed of a light blue laminate surface with walnut trim, drawer and foot rest, all supported by a black steel base with patinated brass, adjustable feet (ca. 19...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass, Steel
French Bonheur du Jour 19th Century, Louis XV
Located in Lisbon, PT
A rare Bonheur Du Jour with gilt brass mounts and exquisite marquetry inlay with French Sèvres Style Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted.
A Louis XVI Style 19th Century piece with four uppe...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Art Deco Table J.Halabala from 1960
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Art Deco table by J. Halabala from 1960s.
The piece of furniture was made of walnut tree.
Art Deco table by the famous Czech designer J. Halabala, 1950. Jindrich Halabala - (a Czech ...
Category
1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Desk , Small English Knee Hole Desk with Tooled Leather Top, Serpentine Front
Located in Toronto, CA
A serpentine curved front, small English kneehole desk in classical mahogany Georgian styling. The goldfish brown tooled leather skiver writing s...
Category
20th Century English Georgian Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Antique French Louis XV Style Highly Figured Walnut Bureau Plat Desk Circa 1920
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully handcrafted late 19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat. Finely crafted marquetry using both burled and straight grained walnut veneers. Three serpentine drawers ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Freestanding teak Desk by Valdemar Mortensen, 1960s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
The desk designed by Valdemar Mortensen, produced in Denmark in the 1960s. The desk is made of teak wood and is free-standing. There are two modules at the front - three drawers each...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood, Teak
Desk attributed to Silvio Cavatorta
Located in Lugo, IT
Desk attributed to Silvio Cavatorta.
Signs of time and a 'not perfect corner as pictured.
Thank you
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Charlotte Perriand Desk for Les Arcs, France circa 1970
Located in Malibu, US
Wonderful and rare desk/console designed by acclaimed architect and designer Charlotte Perriand for the ski resort Les Arcs in Savoie, France in the 1970s.
Furniture from Les Arcs i...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Pine
Antique Jacobean Hand Carved Oak Slant Front Writing Desk Early 17th Century
By Jacobean
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 17th Century Hand Crafted English Jacobean Slant Front Desk on Later Stand also fashioned in oak. Intricate hand carved detailing on the front and side panels. Interior fitted with 3 inlayed oak...
Category
17th Century British Jacobean Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Vintage Hand-Crafted Blonde Pine Kneehole Desk
Located in Malibu, CA
This desk is hand crafted in pine. It features two doors below the drawers on each side of the spacious drawers.
The desk is constructed in 3 parts; the top segment includes the ban...
Category
20th Century American Craftsman Desks
Materials
Pine
Antique Spanish Colonial Revival Desk with Iron Stretcher Bars Circa 1900
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Finely crafted Early 20th Century Spanish Colonial Revival style hand carved mahogany desk with hand forged wrought iron stretche...
Category
Early 20th Century South American Spanish Colonial Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XV Style Black Lacquer Desk Made by Baker
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XV style Black lacquer writing table, circa 2000. Made by Baker. With a rectangular overhanging top with rounded corners the top inset with tooled leather, 3 frieze drawers the...
Category
1990s North American Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
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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