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Desks For Sale
Large and impressive Teak Executive Desk by D-Scan
By D-Scan
Located in South Charleston, WV
39 1/8 deep, 72.5" wide and 28.25" tall. A large, well-crafted, and impressive 1970s danish modern teak executive desk by D-Scan. This is a very heavy desk. Clean Danish modern-inspired design distinguished by 3.75” wide solid teak legs with exposed finger joinery in the style of Niels Bach or Peter Hvidt. Expansive top features very handsome highly figured grain. Finished on all sides, allowing for flexible room placement. Five drawers with flush-mount solid brass hinged ring pulls. Top right drawer locks, though key is no longer extant. Bottom right drawer has rails for hanging file folders. Privacy panel is inset 14” from the back, providing plenty of room for opposing chairs...
Category
1970s Singaporean Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
1960s Studio Made Live Edge Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A 1960s studio made live edge desk. Sourced from the home of a New Jersey architect who had it commissioned custom for his study. Stylistically reminiscent of George Nakashima, it fe...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Spinet Style Writing Desk w/ Hidden Deawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Materials: Walnut-Stained Mahogany
Style: Antique Victorian
This exquisite 1940s antique spinet-style writing desk blends elegance with clever...
Category
1940s American Victorian Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage French Provincial Style Painted Writing Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Materials: Painted Wood
Category
1960s American French Provincial Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique English Arts & Crafts Oak Writing Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Materials: Quarter-Sawn Oak, Brass Pulls
This beautifully crafted English Arts & Crafts writing desk embodies both functionality and elegance....
Category
1920s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Newly Refinished - Mid-Century Danish Modern Teak & Oak Desk w/ Bookcase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Expertly Refinished
With over 15 years of experience, our workshop has followed a careful process of restoration, showcasing our passion and creativity for vintage desi...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak, Teak
American Colonial Cherry Drop-Down Desk by Maddox
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Materials: Cherry, Brass Pulls
Dimensions:
39.25”H x 36”W x 19.25”D
Table Height 28"
Category
1950s American American Colonial Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Baker Furniture Georgian Burled Walnut Executive Credenza Desk, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A stately Georgian or Chippendale style executive credenza desk
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1950s
Walnut case, with gorgeous burled walnut drawer fronts, and original brass pull...
Category
1950s American Georgian Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
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
Newly Refinished - Mid-Century Modern Desk w/ Leather Top by Milling Road
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Designer: Milling Road Furniture / Baker
Manufacturer: Milling Road Furniture / Baker
Materials: Light Walnut, Original Leather Top, Patina...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique 19th century warm brown oak Dutch Lectern or portable desk writing box
Located in Casteren, NL
This exquisite antique writing box was meticulously handcrafted using traditional joinery techniques, with beautifully visible dovetail joints at the corners. Made in the Southern Ne...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Empire Antique Desks
Materials
Steel
1800s American Federal Mahogany Butler's Secretary Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
An early 19th Century Federal Mahogany Butler's Secretary Desk recently refinished.
Measure 45.75" in width, 21" in depth and 44" in height.
Category
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Louis XVI Style Drop-Down Desk Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition:
Original Vintage Condition, Missing 2 Pulls On Bottom Drawer
Materials: Mahogany, Missing 2 Pulls On Bottom Drawer
Category
1920s French Louis XVI Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Rococo 18th century Swedish yew and elm bureau desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rococo 18th century yew and elm bureau desk circa 1750.
Stunning swedish rococo period bombe shaped bureau. Beautifully made from yew wood and elm, using various techniques such a...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Desks
Materials
Elm, Yew
18th Century George III Mahogany Bureau Desk. Slant Front Writing Secretary.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th Century George III Mahogany Bureau Desk. Slant Front Writing Secretary.
This 18th century English bureau desk has 3 rows of graduated hand do...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Stunning Quality Inlaid Ladies Desk by Edwards & Roberts w. Leather Top
Located in Lisse, NL
Exceptional quality ladies desk / writing table by Edwards & Roberts.
With antique desks and bookcases having always been the most sought after antique pieces of furniture, we were ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desks
Materials
Brass, Metal, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Colonial Revival Secretary Desk w/ Glass Bookcase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Designer: Northwestern Cabinet Co.
Manufacturer: Northwestern Cabinet Co.
Materials: Mahogany, Original Glass, Patinated Brass Hadles
Crafted by Northwestern Cabinet Co. in the 1950s, this Colonial Revival Secretary Desk with Glass...
Category
1950s American Colonial Revival Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid century Danish Modern Flip Down Desk in teak
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid century teak secretary desk Featuring a flip down front with small drawers organizer slots and lower large drawers. Beautiful danish construction including brass hinges with wond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique RJ Horner Figural Carved Mahogany Griffin Library Table Partners Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
An exceptionally carved mahogany partners desk by R.J. Horner & Co, circa 1890s. Drawing inspiration from Victorian & Italian Baroque Styling. Features a serpentine form with carved ...
Category
19th Century American High Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Rare 1950s Mid-Century Modern Executive Series Kidney-Shaped Desk by Stow Davis
By Stow Davis
Located in Lafayette, IN
Stunning 1950s "Executive" Series desk by Giacomo "Jack" Buzzita for Stow Davis' Executive collection. Desk features a 70" kidney-shaped top, walnut veneer and nickel-plated brass ha...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
An exquisite late 19th-century French writing desk in the Grand Louis XVI style, sourced directly from Provence, France. Beautifully handcrafted from solid mahogany, it features a re...
Category
Late 19th Century European Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Vintage Tortoise Bamboo and Rattan Writing Desk
Located in Roanoke, VA
Stunning vintage faux tortoise bamboo writing desk. Beautiful frame and detail. Features three drawers for storage.
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Desks
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Rattan
Jacques Adnet pique sellier leather and brass desk 1950
Located in Paris, IDF
Beautiful desk table with drawer, bureau de dame, in black leather by Jacques Adnet dating from the early 1950s. This desk is characteristic of Adnet's work, soft saddle-stitched lea...
Category
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Original 1950s Mid-Century Modern Desk by Paul McCobb for Planner Group
Located in Lafayette, IN
This fantastic little desk is an original 1950s piece designed by the renowned Paul McCobb for the Planner Group and manufactured by the Winchendon Furniture Company. Desk has lots o...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
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
Danish Modern Teak Desk By Domino Møbler
Located in Cedar Falls, IA
Danish modern teak writing desk by Domino Mobler, made in Denmark.
Very nice overall condition, freshly oiled teak.
53x23 inch work surface with nice teak wood grain.
Six drawers,...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Early to Mid 19th Century American Walnut Plantation Desk 2-pc
Located in Louisville, KY
The 19th Century was known as a golden age of letter writing and diary keeping. As such, desks were necessary pieces found in many homes and businesses across America. Of the many de...
Category
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th century Chinese Canton black lacquered desk cabinet
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century chinese canton black lacquered desk cabinet, circa 1830.
Stunning quality chinese export desk, circa 1830. Main feature is the rare alabaster doors which have been hand...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Alabaster
Emile Galle. An Art Nouveau Walnut writing desk with exceptional inlaid scenery
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
An exhibition-quality Art Nouveau Walnut writing desk with an exceptional scene depicting moored boats on a river overlooked by a large tree on the river bank inlaid to the upper cup...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
1960's Mid Century Modern Walnut Executive desk with floating top
Located in Chicago, IL
1960's Mid Century Modern Walnut Executive desk.
Features a "floating" desktop and (6) drawers.
Unmarked, however very well made.
60" x 30" x 29"H
Condition: Overall very good con...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Large Antique Edwardian Freestanding Quality Oak Roll Top Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Large antique Edwardian freestanding quality oak roll top desk with fielded panels to all sides and back, quality swan neck tambour opening to reveal a fitted interior consisting of ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desks
Materials
Oak
Danish Modern Flip-Top Partners Teak Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spectacular teak desk designed and crafted by Peter Løvig Nielsen in Denmark circa 1970's. Its ingenious design makes it versatile in accommodating two-persons on each side by simply...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Newly Refinished - Mid-Century Modern Sculpted Walnut Desk by Johnson Carper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Expertly Refinished
With over 15 years of experience, our workshop has followed a careful process of restoration, showcasing our passion and creativity for vintage design...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Swedish Teak Writing Bureau / Desk by Egon Ostergaard
Located in Round Top, TX
Streamlined teak writing bureau / desk designed by Egon Ostergaard. Cubbies and three small drawer compartments are hidden behind a locking roll top. A sliding desk surface tucks awa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Expertly Restored - Danish Modern Flip-Top Partners Desk by Peter Lovig
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this journey with passion and precision. With over 17 years of artisanal exper...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood, Teak
Mid-Century Modern Herman Miller Roll Top Action Office Desk by George Nelson
Located in Lafayette, IN
This is a wonderful early example of the Action Office Roll Top desk by George Nelson for Herman Miller.
Desk features:
Walnut roll top
(4) action drawers
Ebonized black side panels
Deep inner file space
Cast aluminum frame
Foot rest
White laminate writing surface
Power outlet...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Highly Carved Mahogany Desk with a Intricate Carved Gallery 1890
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Highly carved mahogany with a flat top writing surface and a intricate carrved gallery with dragons and birds. Carvinga are on every service ans these are highly skiiied labor. See ...
Category
1890s Chinese Chinese Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
George Nakashima Inspired Walnut Desk by Boyd & Allister
Located in Santa Fe, NM
A walnut desk inspired by George Nakashima’s desk design of the late 1950’s. The desk is built in solid walnut with an exceptional live edge walnut slab top complimented by Wenge but...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Post-Modern Italian Executive Desk Piano Black Burl by G&C Italia Art Deco Style
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Made in the 1980s in Italy, this desk features a sleek, post-modern, and angular design. Finished in a gloss piano black complemented by burl drawer-fronts, the large work surface ha...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Burl, Lacquer
Midcentury Danish Modern Magic Box Desk in Teak by Mummenthaler & Meier
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Midcentury 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
American Federal Swirl Mahogany Butler's Desk New York, Circa 1800s
Located in Germantown, MD
An American Federal Swirl Mahogany Butler's Desk New York Circa late 18th Century to Early 19th Century , featuring three flawlessly working upper drawer, and A Abattant Door that o...
Category
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique French Kingwood & Ormolu Kidney Shaped Lady’s Desk with Tower C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Antique French Kingwood & Ormolu Kidney Shaped Lady’s Desk with Tower C1900
Measures - 40.25"H...
Category
20th Century Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Mid-Century Heavy Gray Strafor Desk from the Netherlands, w/ File Storage, 1960s
By Strafor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century, Strafor manufactured desk from the Netherlands, 1960s. The desk's frame has cabinets on both sides with a file drawer on the right hand side. Outfitted with a linoleum t...
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Mad Men Bureau Secretaire Cabinet by Beaver and Tapley
Located in Leicester, GB
Please contact us with your country and postcode for the cheapest shipping options. US shipping for this piece £450 which includes a custom-made crate.
This is a beautiful compact vintage bureau...
Category
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Antique 19th C Inlaid Mahogany Leather Top Carlton House Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique 19th C Inlaid Mahogany Leather Top Carlton House Desk.
Category
Late 19th Century Regency Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
English 18th Century Georgian Mahogany Chippendale Lowboy.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
English 18th Century Georgian Mahogany Chippendale Lowboy.
Circa 1780 George III period lowboy. Well figured mahogany. The lowboy, with a central arch kneehole, is designed with fou...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Baker Furniture Historic Charleston Georgian Writing Desk, Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style writing desk, console table, or sofa table
By Baker Furniture, "Historic Charleston Collection"
USA, Late 20th Century
Carved mahogany, wi...
Category
Late 20th Century American Georgian Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Italian Desk Table by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini, 1960s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Rare and unusual desk model N°804 designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini. Pulling out the desk top opens the rolltop. This desk cabinet has plenty of storage space, 10 drawers a...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Ash
Rare Egon Ostergaard Swedish Roll-Top Secretary Desk Bookmatched Teak & Rosewood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed by Egon Ostergaard in the 1950s, this desk was made some time after by Gustafsson in Sweden. Similar to other pieces of the era and origin, this desk features awesome graine...
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Mid century danish modern 4 drawer teak desk
By G.V. Møbler
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid century Danish modern G.V. Møbler teak desk boasts a striking floating top with three dovetail drawers on the left and a deep file drawer on the r...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Birch, Teak
20th Century French Art Deco Pedestal Olive Ash Burl Executive Desk
Located in Cordova, SC
Elevate your workspace with this exquisite Art Deco olive burl desk, where timeless elegance meets modern functionality. Crafted from the finest olive burl wood, this desk boasts a r...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art Deco Desks
Materials
Chrome
Federal Butlers Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
Very attractive Mahogany southern Federal Butlers Desk probably mid Atlantic states around 1820-30. Large bottle drawers on either side of a nicely fi...
Category
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Viking Oak Kneehole Writing Desk with Matching Chair by Romweber
Located in Lafayette, IN
Excellent vintage writing desk in the Viking Oak style by the Romweber Furniture Co. of Batesville, IN. This charming desk features wonderful relief carved details, solid oak constru...
Category
1940s American Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
1965 Sligh Lowry Distressed Walnut and Tooled Leather Executive Desk Bookcase
Located in Germantown, MD
A beautiful rare Sligh Lowry Furniture Distressed Walnut and Black Tooled Letaher Top Excutive Desk Bookcase in good vintage condition. Gold stincile ornate leather top
Measures 54" ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Walnut
Early 20th century satinwood sheraton revival desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century satinwood sheraton revival desk circa 1910.
Fine quality petit sheraton revival pedestal desk, comprising of 3 sections, top surface and 2 pedestals.
Shaped top ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Sheraton Desks
Materials
Satinwood
A Stunning Art Deco Cotswolds School Walnut and Oak Desk
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A stunning, Cotswolds School Art Deco desk. Veneered walnut on solid walnut with oak cross banding. Central upper frieze drawer to front with open bookshelves to rear. Flanked by an ...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Mid-C. National Mount Airy Mahogany with Satinwood and Ebony Inlays Writing Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A mid Century National Mount Airy Furniture Mahogany and Satinwood and Ebony Inlays and three drawers.
Measures 50" in width, 25" in depth and 29" in height.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
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
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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